IFS Interim Report January–September 2013

Sustained product growth and margin improvement.

July–September 2013 (third quarter)
License revenue amounted to SKr 114 million (Q3 '12: SKr 109 million), an increase of 8 percent currency adjusted.
Maintenance revenue was SKr 227 million (Q3 '12: SKr 224 million), an improvement of 4 percent currency adjusted.
Consulting revenue amounted to SKr 291 million (Q3 '12: SKr 268 million), an increase of 11 percent currency adjusted.
Net revenue was SKr 633 million (Q3 '12: SKr 612 million), an improvement of 6 percent currency adjusted.
EBIT amounted to SKr 66 million (Q3 '12: SKr 29 million).
Cash flow after investments was SKr -43 million (Q3 '12: SKr -28 million).
Earnings per share after full dilution amounted to SKr 1.94 (Q3 '12: SKr 0.86).

January–September 2013 (nine months)
License revenue amounted to SKr 326 million (YTD '12: SKr 284 million), an increase of 20 percent currency adjusted.
Maintenance revenue was SKr 685 million (YTD '12: SKr 678 million), an improvement of 5 percent currency adjusted.
Consulting revenue amounted to SKr 935 million (YTD '12: SKr 930 million), an increase of 4 percent currency adjusted.
Net revenue was SKr 1,950 million (YTD '12: SKr 1,907 million), an improvement of 6 percent currency adjusted.
EBIT amounted to SKr 40 million (YTD '12: SKr 69 million), including one-off costs for efficiency program.
Cash flow after investments was SKr 37 million (YTD '12: SKr -96 million).
Earnings per share after full dilution amounted to SKr 0.71 (YTD '12: SKr 1.71).

Outlook
For 2013, IFS expects strong license revenue growth and an improvement in EBIT.

Legal dispute
The counterparty has increased its claim in the legal dispute that IFS is involved in, concerning the partly-owned company IFS Sri Lanka. IFS’s position with respect to the dispute remains unchanged: IFS rejects the counterparty’s claims as being frivolous and completely unmeritorious and unfounded, and rejects the claims in their entirety.

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Investor Relations
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About IFS

IFS™is a public company (XSTO: IFS) founded in 1983 that develops, supplies, and implements IFS Applications™, a component-based extended ERP suite. IFS focuses on industries where management of any of the following four core processes is strategic: service & asset, manufacturing, supply chain, and projects. The company has 2,100 customers and is present in approximately 60 countries with 2,800 employees in total. Net revenue in 2012 was SKr 2.7 billion.

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IFS discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Financial Instruments Trading Act (1991:980) and/or the Securities Markets Act (2007:528). The information was submitted for publication on October 24, 2013 at 8:00 a.m. (CEST).

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