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E2open and Amber Road Announce Successful Tender Offer

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E2open, LLC (“E2open”), the one place in the cloud to run your supply chain, and Amber Road, Inc. (NYSE: AMBR) (“Amber Road”) today announced the successful completion of the previously commenced cash tender offer by Chicago Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of E2open (the “Purchaser”), to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Amber Road.

The tender offer expired at one minute after 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on July 1, 2019. A total of 23,640,724 shares of common stock of Amber Road (excluding 487,177 shares tendered by guaranteed delivery), representing approximately 78.4% of the outstanding Amber Road shares, were validly tendered in and not validly withdrawn from the tender offer. As of such expiration, all conditions to the tender offer have been satisfied. As a result, all Amber Road shares (and any additional shares tendered by guaranteed delivery unless actual delivery does not occur) have been irrevocably accepted by the Purchaser for payment, which will be made on July 2, 2019.

At the same time as payment for the tendered shares on July 2, 2019, the Purchaser will merge with and into Amber Road, with Amber Road continuing as the surviving company. As a result of the tender offer and the merger, Amber Road will become a privately-held, wholly owned subsidiary of E2open and Amber Road’s common stock will cease trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. acted as exclusive financial advisor to Amber Road. Dentons US LLP acted as Amber Road’s legal counsel. Credit Suisse and Lazard served as financial advisors to E2open, and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP served as legal counsel.

About Amber Road

Amber Road’s (NYSE: AMBR) mission is to dramatically transform the way companies conduct global trade. As a leading provider of cloud-based global trade management (GTM) software, trade content and training, Amber Road helps companies all over the world create value through their global supply chain by improving margins, achieving greater agility and lowering risk. Amber Road creates a digital model of the global supply chain that enables collaboration between buyers, sellers and logistics companies. Amber Road replaces manual and outdated processes with comprehensive automation for global trade activities, including sourcing, supplier management, production tracking, transportation management, supply chain visibility, import and export compliance, and duty management. Amber Road provides rich data analytics to uncover areas for optimization and deliver a platform that is responsive and flexible to adapt to the ever-changing nature of global trade.

About E2open

At E2open, we’re creating a more connected, intelligent supply chain. It starts with sensing and responding to real-time demand, supply and delivery constraints. Bringing together data from customers, distribution channels, suppliers, contract manufacturers and logistics partners, our collaborative and agile supply chain platform enables companies to use data in real time, with artificial intelligence and machine learning to drive smarter decisions. All this complex information is delivered in a single view that encompasses your demand, supply and logistics ecosystems. E2open is changing everything. Demand. Supply. Delivered. Visit www.e2open.com.

E2open, the E2open logo and Harmony are registered trademarks of E2open, LLC. All other trademarks, registered trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners.

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