Iron Mountain Announces ACCC Approval of Proposed Undertaking in Australia and CMA Approval of Hold Separate Consent in the United Kingdom in Connection with Recall Transaction

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Iron Mountain Incorporated IRM, the storage and information management services company, reports that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has completed its market testing and approved Iron Mountain's proposed undertaking to divest Iron Mountain's Australian business in a stock sale, excluding its local records management customers in the Northern Territory as well as its data management business (Retained Australian Business). Following the anticipated May 2, 2016 (Sydney time) closing of the acquisition of Recall Holdings Limited (Recall), Iron Mountain will transfer its Retained Australian Business to Iron Mountain's combined Australian company.

Also today, Iron Mountain reports that the United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved Iron Mountain's request for consent to close the anticipated acquisition of Recall prior to regulatory clearance and subject to certain "hold separate" commitments. Iron Mountain announced on January 14, 2016 that the CMA had referred Iron Mountain's anticipated acquisition of Recall for an in-depth, Phase 2 review. Iron Mountain then requested that the CMA permit closing of the transaction prior to completion of its review, subject to Iron Mountain's undertakings to place Recall's UK business in a "hold separate" arrangement until the CMA completes its review on June 29, 2016 and Iron Mountain has made any divestments that might be required.

Iron Mountain continues to expect the transaction to result in meaningful synergies and accretion. Regulatory review and approval is a normal part of the acquisition process, and as previously disclosed, Iron Mountain has agreed to make certain divestments, if required to address competition issues including divestments of certain assets, among other possible remedies.

Iron Mountain stockholders overwhelmingly approved the issuance of shares for the acquisition of Recall on November 19, 2015 and the Recall Board of Directors continues to unanimously recommend that its shareholders vote in favor of the transaction.

About Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Incorporated IRM is a leading provider of storage and information management services. The company's real estate network of more than 69 million square feet across more than 1,100 facilities in 37 countries allows it to serve customers around the world. And its solutions for records management, data management, document management, and secure shredding help organizations to lower storage costs, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and better use their information. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain stores and protects billions of information assets, including business documents, backup tapes, electronic files and medical data. Visit www.ironmountain.com for more information.

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