Saab invests in IFS Applications 9 to improve IT efficiency and expands IFS to its South African operations

The Swedish defense and security company will leverage the layered application
architecture of IFS Applications 9 to enable more efficient applications
development and configuration at a lower total cost of ownership

IFS (http://www4.ifsworld.com/l/5332/2015-08-10/2qts7r), the global enterprise
applications company, announces that Swedish defense and security company
Saab (http://saab.com/) has chosen to deploy IFS Applications™
9 (http://www.ifsworld.com/en/solutions/ifs-applications/ifs-applications-9/) at
its Aeronautics unit and South African operations. The agreement is valued at
approximately SKr 11 million in licenses.
IFS Applications 9 will be deployed at Saab Aeronautics, the company’s unit for
military and civil aviation technology, including the Gripen fighter
system (http://saab.com/air/gripen-fighter-system/gripen/gripen/), which was
recently purchased by the Brazilian Air Force. The agreement will also see IFS
Applications 9 deployed at Saab Grintek Defence (http://saab.com/region/saab
-south-africa/) in South Africa.

As part of a major IT efficiency improvement program, Saab will leverage the
layered application architecture of IFS Applications 9 to deploy a future-proof
and highly scalable platform that allows for a multivendor delivery model. This
will enable increased efficiency of application management support and upgrade
services.

“We became interested in IFS Applications 9 and its capabilities to help global
enterprises ensure improved cost efficiency,” Saab CIO Mats Hultin said. “We
believe that the new version and its layered application architecture will
support our long-term objective of achieving the industry’s most favorable cost
-value benchmark.”

IFS Scandinavia CEO Glenn Arnesen commented, “We are very excited to embark on
this project together with Saab. Flexibility is a fundamental principle for us,
and the layered application architecture of IFS Applications 9 provides a new
level of openness that is ideal for global enterprises such as Saab. We are also
very pleased to extend our ERP to Saab’s South African operations, drawing on
our global network of resources to empower large enterprises with scalable
solutions that support business transformation.”

For more information about how IFS supports companies in the aerospace and
defense sector, visit www.ifsworld.com/en/industries/aerospace-and-defense.
Anders Lundin, Corporate Communications. Phone: 46 8 58 78 45 00,
press@ifsworld.com

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

Saab serves the global market with world-leading products, services and
solutions within military defence and civil security. Saab has operations and
employees on all continents around the world. Through innovative, collaborative
and pragmatic thinking, Saab develops, adopts and improves new technology to
meet customers’ changing needs. www.saab.com

About IFS

IFS (http://www.ifsworld.com/en/)™ is a globally recognized leader in developing
and delivering enterprise 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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IFS discloses the information herein pursuant to the Financial Instruments Act
(1991:980) and/or the Securities Markets Act (2007:528). The information was
submitted for publication on December 28, 2015, at 9.30 a.m. CET.