Tieto's Interim Report 2/2016 – Growth of 5% – profit improvement continues


Tieto Corporation          INTERIM REPORT        22 July 2016, 8.00 am EET

  · Group sales growing by 5% driven by 12% growth in software-based Industry
Products
  · Adjusted operating margin improves to above 9%
  · Healthy profitability in Product Development Services

The full interim report with tables is available at the end of this release

Key figures for the second quarter

IT services

  · Sales growth totalled 6.1%, sales in local currencies up by 7.3%
  · Adjusted operating profit amounted to EUR 32.4 (26.9) million, 9.3% (8.1) of
sales

The Group

  · Sales growth totalled 4.7%, sales in local currencies up by 5.9%
  · Adjusted operating profit amounted to EUR 35.8 (30.1) million, 9.4% (8.3) of
sales
  · Order intake (Total Contract Value) at EUR 326 (340) million, order backlog
at EUR 1 757 (1 737) million – stronger order intake expected for the second
half

+------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|                        |4–6/2016|4–6/2015|1–6/2016|1–6/2015|
+------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|Net sales, EUR million  | 381.0  | 363.8  | 748.5  | 729.4  |
+------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|   Change, %            |  4.7   |  -5.8  |   2.6  |  -5.7  |
+------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|   Change in local      |  5.9   |  -4.5  |   3.6  |  -3.6  |
|currencies, %           |        |        |        |        |
+------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|Operating profit        |  35.7  |  26.2  |  67.3  |  43.4  |
|(EBITA), EUR million 1) |        |        |        |        |
+------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|Operating margin        |   9.4  |   7.2  |   9.0  |   5.9  |
|(EBITA), %              |        |        |        |        |
+------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|Operating profit (EBIT),| 32.3   |  23.1  |  60.6  |  37.0  |
|EUR million             |        |        |        |        |
+------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|Operating margin (EBIT),|  8.5   |   6.3  |   8.1  |   5.1  |
|%                       |        |        |        |        |
+------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|Adjusted 2) operating   | 35.8   |  30.1  |  67.3  |  60.8  |
|profit (EBIT), EUR      |        |        |        |        |
|million                 |        |        |        |        |
+------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|Adjusted 2)  operating  |  9.4   |   8.3  |   9.0  |   8.3  |
|margin (EBIT), %        |        |        |        |        |
+------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|Profit after taxes, EUR | 24.2   |  17.4  |  45.7  |  26.5  |
|million                 |        |        |        |        |
+------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|EPS, EUR                |  0.33  |  0.24  |  0.62  |  0.36  |
+------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|Net cash flow from      |-13.7   |  12.4  |  33.2  |  49.1  |
|operations, EUR million |        |        |        |        |
+------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|Return on equity, 12    |  26.2  |   4.5  |  26.2  |   4.5  |
|-month rolling, %       |        |        |        |        |
+------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|Return on capital       |  25.9  |   7.5  |  25.9  |   7.5  |
|employed, 12-month      |        |        |        |        |
|rolling, %              |        |        |        |        |
+------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|Capital expenditure and | 11.8   |  10.6  |  21.2  |  22.2  |
|acquisitions, EUR       |        |        |        |        |
|million                 |        |        |        |        |
+------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|Interest-bearing net    | 103.3  |  5.3   | 103.3  |   5.3  |
|debt, EUR million       |        |        |        |        |
+------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|Net debt/EBITDA         |  0.5   |   0.0  |   0.5  |   0.0  |
+------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|Book-to-bill            |  0.9   |  0.9   |   0.9  |   1.1  |
+------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|Order backlog           |   1 757|  1 737 |   1 757|  1 737 |
+------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|Personnel on 30 June    | 13 381 |  12 949|  13 381|  12 949|
+------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+

1) includes amortization of all intangible items; previously, only acquisition
-related intangible items included
2) adjusted for restructuring costs, capital gains/losses, goodwill impairment
charges and other items

Full-year outlook for 2016 unchanged

Tieto expects its adjusted1) full-year operating profit (EBIT) to increase from
the previous year’s level (EUR 150.8 million in 2015).

1) adjusted for restructuring costs, capital gains/losses, goodwill impairment
charges and other items

CEO’s comment

Comment regarding the interim report by Kimmo Alkio, President and CEO:

“It is gratifying to see good growth of 5% for the company, and somewhat higher
growth for our IT services business. Simultaneously, our profitability
development continued on a positive trend line and we achieved an adjusted
operating margin level of over 9%. During the second quarter, our software-based
industry solutions and Consulting and System Integration delivered especially
strong results. Also Financial Services has consistently performed well.

I’m pleased to see our business strengthening based on continued investments in
future innovation and growth businesses. We are maintaining our investment
agenda in areas such as cloud computing, Customer Experience Management,
Industrial Internet, and new Security Services. In addition, we invest in
software-based industry solutions to increase value for our customers and
support our growth ambitions.

It is encouraging to see the good engagement we have been able to create among
our stakeholders after the launch of our new strategy. We are building on this
positive momentum and look forward to a good second half of the year.”
Financial performance by service line

+-------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
|EUR million        | Customer| Customer|Change, %|Operating|Operating|
|                   |    sales|    sales|         |   profit|   profit|
|                   | 4–6/2016| 4–6/2015|         | 4–6/2016| 4–6/2015|
+-------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
|Managed Services   |     134 |      131|       2 |      9.8|      3.1|
+-------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
|Consulting and     |      107|      101|        6|     10.9|      8.5|
|System Integration |         |         |         |         |         |
+-------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
|Industry Products  |      110|       98|       12|     12.5|     10.8|
+-------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
|Product Development|       31|       33|       -9|      3.3|      5.7|
|Services           |         |         |         |         |         |
+-------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
|Support Functions  |         |         |         |     -4.2|     -5.0|
|and Global         |         |         |         |         |         |
|Management         |         |         |         |         |         |
+-------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
|Total              |     381 |      364|       5 |     32.3|     23.1|
+-------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+

Operating margin by service line

+----------------+---------+---------+-----------+---------------------+
|%               |Operating|Operating|Adjusted1) |Adjusted1)  operating|
|                |   margin|   margin|  operating|               margin|
|                | 4–6/2016| 4–6/2015|     margin|             4–6/2015|
|                |         |         |   4–6/2016|                     |
+----------------+---------+---------+-----------+---------------------+
|Managed Services|     7.4 |      2.4|        7.4|                  7.6|
+----------------+---------+---------+-----------+---------------------+
|Consulting and  |     10.2|      8.4|       10.6|                  8.6|
|System          |         |         |           |                     |
|Integration     |         |         |           |                     |
+----------------+---------+---------+-----------+---------------------+
|Industry        |     11.4|     11.0|       12.9|                 12.2|
|Products        |         |         |           |                     |
+----------------+---------+---------+-----------+---------------------+
|Product         |     10.7|     17.1|       11.1|                  9.6|
|Development     |         |         |           |                     |
|Services        |         |         |           |                     |
+----------------+---------+---------+-----------+---------------------+
|Total           |      8.5|      6.3|        9.4|                  8.3|
+----------------+---------+---------+-----------+---------------------+

1) adjusted for restructuring costs, capital gains/losses, goodwill impairment
charges and other items

Customer sales by industry group

+-----------------------------------+--------------+--------------+---------+
|EUR million                        |Customer sales|Customer sales|Change, %|
|                                   |      4–6/2016|      4–6/2015|         |
+-----------------------------------+--------------+--------------+---------+
|Financial Services                 |            93|            88|        5|
+-----------------------------------+--------------+--------------+---------+
|Manufacturing, Retail and Logistics|            82|            77|        6|
+-----------------------------------+--------------+--------------+---------+
|Public, Healthcare and Welfare     |           120|           107|       13|
+-----------------------------------+--------------+--------------+---------+
|Telecom, Media and Energy          |            56|            58|       -3|
+-----------------------------------+--------------+--------------+---------+
|IT services                        |           350|           330|        6|
+-----------------------------------+--------------+--------------+---------+
|Product Development Services       |           31 |            33|       -9|
+-----------------------------------+--------------+--------------+---------+
|Total                              |           381|           364|        5|
+-----------------------------------+--------------+--------------+---------+

M&A impact by service line

+----------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
|                                  |            Growth, %|    Organic growth, %|
|                                  |(in local currencies)|(in local currencies)|
|                                  |             4–6/2016|             4–6/2016|
+----------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
|Managed Services                  |                  2.7|                  2.7|
+----------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
|Consulting and System Integration |                 6.1 |                 1.1 |
+----------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
|Industry Products                 |                15.4 |                 6.5 |
+----------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
|IT services                       |                 7.3 |                 3.1 |
+----------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
|Product Development Services      |                -8.3 |                -8.3 |
+----------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
|Total                             |                 5.9 |                 2.1 |
+----------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+

M&A impact by industry group

+------------------------------------+---------------------+--------------------
-+
|                                    |            Growth, %|    Organic growth,
%|
|                                    |(in local currencies)|(in local
currencies)|
|                                    |             4–6/2016|
4–6/2016|
+------------------------------------+---------------------+--------------------
-+
|Financial Services                  |                 7.1 |
6.8 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------+--------------------
-+
|Manufacturing, Retail and Logistics |                 5.9 |
2.3 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------+--------------------
-+
|Public, Healthcare and Welfare      |                13.3 |
5.5 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------+--------------------
-+
|Telecom, Media and Energy           |                -0.9 |
-5.2 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------+--------------------
-+
|IT services                         |                 7.3 |
3.1 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------+--------------------
-+
|Product Development Services        |                -8.3 |
-8.3 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------+--------------------
-+
|Total                               |                 5.9 |
2.1 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------+--------------------
-+

For further information, please contact:

Lasse Heinonen,
CFO, tel.+358 2072 66329, +358 50 393 4950, lasse.heinonen (at) tieto.com
Tanja Lounevirta, Head of Investor Relations,
tel.+358 2072 71725, +358 50 321 7510, tanja.lounevirta (at) tieto.com


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