SII Group selects IFS to optimize project management across its international operations

IFS Applications to be deployed for 4,430 users in 14 countries starting with
France, Romania, Spain, and Germany

IFS (http://www.ifsworld.com/), the global enterprise applications company,
announces that SII Group (http://www.groupe-sii.com/en/home), an international
IT systems and consulting services provider, has chosen to implement IFS
Applications™ (http://www.ifsworld.com/en/solutions/ifs-applications/) to
enhance project management (http://www.ifsworld.com/en/solutions/enterprise
-project-management/) and business-critical processes such as quality management
and export control.
Paris-based SII Group is a trusted technology partner that provides high value
-added solutions to many renowned corporations. To support the expansion of its
offshore operations and future business growth, the company needed to replace
its legacy business system with a standard solution that could ensure
flexibility and scalability.

After evaluating major ERP vendors such as SAP, Microsoft AX, and Unit 4, SII
Group selected IFS Applications because of its broad functional coverage and
project management capabilities.

The solution includes support for project management, quality management
including audit management, and export control for enhanced collaboration with
customers in heavily regulated verticals such as aerospace and defense. IFS
Applications will be deployed for 430 users with an additional 4,000 SII staff
accessing the system for project and time reporting.

“We chose IFS Applications because it offered us excellent capabiltites to
manage our complex projects that often span across sites and countries,” SII
Group CEO, Eric Matteucci said. “Operating in a dynamic market, we feel
confident that IFS will be able to offer flexible support as we continue to
develop our business, both domestically and abroad.”

“Our enterprise project management solution has been developed to manage complex
project lifecycles in some of the world’s most demanding industries, making it
the ideal solution for multi-site and multi-country  organization such as SII,”
IFS France president Amor Bekrar said. “We are very proud to announce the
agreement with SII Group, a well-respected brand in France’s IT industry, and we
look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship.”

The implementation project is expected to be completed in Q2, 2016.
Oliver Pilgerstorfer, Corporate Communications. Telephone: 44 1494 428900,
press@ifsworld.com

Frédéric Guigues, Investor Relations. Telephone: 46 8 58 78 45 00,
frederic.guigues@ifsworld.com
About SII

As a trusted technology partner, SII Group provides high value-added solutions
for the IT projects of many large corporations. It relies on a staff of expert
engineers and on methods at the cutting edge of quality standards to carry out
its activities in:

• Technology Consulting (IT, electronics and telecommunications), which accounts
for 54% of its business, and
• Systems Integration (IT technology and networks), which accounts for 46% of
the total.

SII Group has opted for a corporate structure that offers the responsiveness and
flexibility associated with local-level services, with nine regional offices in
France and fourteen more in other countries, all of which have access to all of
the Group’s operational resources and can provide effective services to major
corporations’ international operations. The Group posted revenue of €294.2m in
fiscal 2013-2014, which ended March 31, 2014, reflecting like-for-like growth of
3.3 percent. Year after year, SII Group has been expanding its profitable
operations and its growth has significantly outpaced that of other firms in its
sector.

About IFS

IFS (http://www.ifsworld.com/en/)™ is a globally recognized leader in developing
and delivering business software for enterprise resource planning (ERP),
enterprise asset management (EAM) and enterprise service management (ESM). IFS
brings customers in targeted sectors closer to their business, helps them be
more agile and enables them to profit from change. IFS is a public company
(XSTO: IFS) founded in 1983 and currently has over 2,700 employees. IFS supports
more than 2,400 customers worldwide from its network of local offices and
through a growing ecosystem of partners. For more information visit:
www.ifsworld.com.

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submitted for publication on April 2 2015, at 4.45 p.m. CEST.