The French software publisher IGE+XAO bought three competitor companies. In the Netherlands it bought, for FF 43 million, 100% of TESSDATA BV (turnover equivalent to FF 5.6 million in 2000 with 14 employees). In Denmark, it bought, for FF 4.2 million a 51% stake in CAE DEVELOPMENT APS (turnover equivalent to FF 2 million in seven months) and 49% of the distributor CADDY DENMARK (turnover equivalent to FF 2.6 million).