The board of directors of IFS will evaluate the public offer from IGT Holding

IGT Holding IV AB (”IGT Holding”), a company indirectly wholly owned by EQT VII
[1] (“EQT”), announced on December 7, 2015 a public offer to the shareholders in
Industrial and Financial Systems, IFS Aktiebolag (publ.) (“IFS” or the
“Company”) to acquire all outstanding A- and B-shares in IFS at a price of SEK
362.50 per share (the “Offer”). The total value of the Offer is approximately
SEK 9.05 billion [2].

The Offer is unconditional and is fully financed through equity from EQT. The
acceptance period is expected to commence on December 10, 2015 and end on
January 4, 2016. Settlement is expected to commence around December 23, 2015 for
those who have accepted the Offer no later than December 18, 2015, and around
January 12, 2016 for those who have accepted the Offer after December 18, 2015
but no later than January 4, 2016. For more details about the Offer, please
refer to EQT’s press release and other information on www.eqtinfo.se.

The Board of Directors [3] will, in accordance with applicable regulations,
evaluate the Offer from IGT Holding to the shareholders of the Company and
announce its opinion on the Offer at the latest on December 21, 2015.

Stockholm, December 9, 2015
IFS Board of Directors

[1] EQT VII comprises EQT VII (No.1) Limited Partnership, EQT VII (No.2) Limited
Partnership (together the “Partnerships”) as well as certain co-investment
schemes established to invest alongside the Partnerships. EQT Services (UK)
Limited acts as the manager of the Partnerships and certain of the schemes, and
is authorized and regulated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority.
[2] Based on the total number of shares in the Company.
[3] Anders Böös and Bengt Nilsson will not participate in the evaluation of the
Offer.
Ulrika Hagdahl, Board Member. Telephone: +46 8 58 78 45 00,
ulrika.hagdahl@ifsworld.com

Frédéric Guigues, Investor Relations. Telephone: +46 8 58 78 45 00,
frederic.guigues@ifsworld.com
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(XSTO: IFS) founded in 1983 and currently has over 2,700 employees. IFS supports
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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 December 9, 2015 at 1:00 p.m.
(CET).