In 1998 Experian also acquired QAS, a supplier of contact data management and identity verification solutions. As a result of their growth, Experian became the first company ever to win the UK Business of the Year award twice, winning in both 2003 and 2005. Experian continued to grow in 2005 with its purchase of PriceGrabber for 485 million dollars. In 2005 Experian also acquired FootFall, an information provider for the real estate and retail property industries. Experian also spent $330 million in 2005 acquiring LowerMyBills.com. In 2006 Experian made a big move when it announced its purchase of Northern Credit Bureaus, located in Québec, Canada. That same year Experian demerged from their British company GUS plc and was independently listed on the London Stock Exchange. Since 2005 Experian has continued to aggressively grow their corporation. In 2007 they purchased a 65% stake in Serasa, a leading credit bureau in Brazil, now the largest credit bureau in the world. Experian continued to purchase software companies that year, including Emailing Solution, Hitwise, and Tallyan. In 2010 Experian became the first CICRA licensed credit bureau to go live in India, where it continues to supply reports to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) guidelines. Currently, Experian continues to grow at a rapid pace. In 2011 they acquired a majority stake in Computec S.A., a credit services provider in Columbia. They also purchased Medical Present Value, Virid Interatividade Digital Ltda, and Garlik Ltd, expanding their data and marketing reach. Experian has also become the second largest reporting agency in the business credit world. They provide business credit evaluations for over 27,000,000 small businesses and corporations worldwide. These business records are spread over 80 countries that offer Experian services. Experian’s reach is across four main geographic regions, including North America, Latin America, UK and Ireland, and EMEA/ Asia Pacific.