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Rosetta Stone introduces new CATALYST solution worldwide

In today’s competitive global marketplace, tackling complex business issues requires the ability to communicate across many languages and cultures. To address the diverse language-learning needs in the workplace, Rosetta Stone Inc. (NYSE: RST) today announced the launch of its new Catalyst™ solution. This is Rosetta Stone’s most extensive solution to date made to meet the needs of today’s businesses by breaking down the barriers of language to drive business performance.

Catalyst features a new comprehensive learner assessment to identify language-training needs for every employee, targeted learning paths in 24 languages, and rich audio and visual content that covers everything from navigating foreign travel to making business presentations. In addition to lessons and activities that increase learner engagement, employees also have unlimited access to live online tutoring sessions with native speakers to get them speaking in their new language proficiently.

“Global leaders recognise the importance of language proficiency in the workplace, but often have difficulty finding one solution and provider that can support their diverse language learning needs,” said John Hass, CEO, Rosetta Stone. “With “Catalyst” not only can we identify the diverse language learning needs of a business with our assessment tool, we’re also able to deliver industry and job specific content with one solution. That’s a game changer.”

Catalyst utilises Rosetta Stone’s patented speech recognition technology and industry-leading mobile apps, allowing customers to learn on-the-go. Progress tests to demonstrate proficiency gains and a robust reporting suite help Administrators with program management and return on investment calculation.

As part of a beta test, Catalyst was introduced to a select number of Rosetta Stone Business clients and prospects in December of 2015, and to date, more than a thousand learners from companies including BASF Corporation, Citi Corp., Dana Corp., Grupo Bimbo and Experian have been actively engaged in language learning through Catalyst.

“Our employees’ response to Catalyst has been very positive,” said Doug Couturier, manager of global talent management at Dana Holdings Corporation. “They point to the variety of content, ability to choose topics most valuable to them, and feedback from native speakers as some of the key strengths of their Catalyst experience. The degree of flexibility and personalisation Catalyst provides is important to our company, since we are a global organisation made up of employees with very different learning needs that we must satisfy in a simple, but effective, solution.”

A recognised world leader in technology-based learning solutions, Rosetta Stone has worked with more than 20,000 businesses around the world for more than 24 years to implement robust language training programs. Additional information on Catalyst can be found online at www.rosettastone.com/business.

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