The results of the first half year For Year 2012 (unaudited)

May 23, 2012 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • TIE announces that Total Income for the first half year was €5.8mln, whereas Total Income amounted to € 5.4mln for the same period in FY 2011.
  • Total Comprehensive Income was € 99k for the first half year of FY2012, an increase of 154% compared to the same period of FY2011 (€ 39k).
  • License revenue was € 437k for the first half year of FY2012, a decrease of 25% compared to the same period in FY2011.
  • Saas revenue was € 2.2mln for the first half year of FY2012, an increase of 8% compared to the same period in FY2011.
  • Total Operating Expenses were € 5.2mln for the first half year of FY2012, compared to €4.7mln for the same period in FY2011, an increase of 11%.

Jan Sundelin, CEO comments: “Looking at the E-commerce and Content Syndication solutions, TIE realized an income of €1,408k for the first half year of FY2012, compared to €1,042k for the same period in FY2011 an increase of 35%, which is in line with TIE’s strategy. TIE anticipates that the growth rate, compared to the second half of FY2011, for these two solutions for the next six months in FY2012 will be at least the same."

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

TIE Holding N.V. Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
For the half year ending March 31, 2012

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Financial Results
Financial results for the three months and half year ending March 31, 2012

Introduction
Total Comprehensive Income for the first six months of FY2012 amounts to € 99k
(2011: € 39k).

Income After Tax for the first six months of FY2012 amounts to € 79k (2011: € 100k). Total Income for the half year of FY2012 amounts to € 5.8m (2011: € 5.4m). The weighted average USD to EUR exchange rate for the first half year of FY2012 was 1.33 compared to 1.36 over the same period in FY2011, an appreciation of 2%. The half year USD to EUR closed at 1.33 compared to 1.42 per year end FY2011. 

Total Income
The following table provides the breakdown of Income by category (and the percentage of total net revenues represented by each category) for the financial periods indicated: .

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Overall Total Income increased by € 376k (7%) during the first six months 2012 compared to the first six months 2011.

License revenues for the first six months 2012 are € 147k (25%) lower compared to the first six months of 2011. In both US and the Netherlands license sales decreased.

Maintenance revenue is € 65k (5%) higher for the first six months 2012 compared to the 2011 comparative periods.

Consultancy is € 317k (28%) higher compared to the first six months last year.

SaaS revenue increased by € 165k (8%) compared to the first half year last year. This is predominantly resulting from Content Syndication projects, attained together with our partner CBS/CNET, in the US and E commerce projects in the Netherlands.

Other income consists predominantly of government grants from EC supported projects like Omelette, Net-Challenge, Premanus and Adventure and Dutch supported OPDM and Create (totaling to € 288k, last year comparative € 302k).

Direct Purchase Costs decreased by € 123k, comparing first six months 2012 with 2011, resulting from cost savings as well as release of over accruals from previous periods.

The appreciation of the USD against the EURO had a positive effect on Total Income of € 65k compared with the first six months last year. 

Income by Solution:
Though the Company operates in one business segment the following revenues per solution is reported:

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More detailed information is not available; the costs to develop a more detailed reporting structure would be excessive and subjects to, too much estimation into the allocation of certain costs. 

Operating Expenses
The following table provides a breakdown of the total operating expenses for the financial periods indicated: 

Operating expenses by category

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The operating expenses increased by € 517k (11%) compared to the same period last year. The Employee benefits increased by € 320k predominantly resulting from higher staff and temporary staff expenditure € 186k, lower capitalization of R&D expenses € 59k, higher redundancy costs
€ 35k and higher other employee costs € 40k.

The Depreciation and Amortization expenses increased by € 54k; The main reason for the increase is that new developed and capitalized software during the last three years, has become productive. The 2011 expenditure was still affected by the impairment of 2008.

The Other Operating Expenses increased by € 143k (12%). This is predominantly caused by bad debt expenditure € 120k higher than in the comparable period last year. The bad debt expenditure is discussed in more detail in the segment information. The other costs fluctuations are accommodation expenses up by € 10k, professional services down by € 7k, communication expense down by € 1k, office supplies up by € 23k, G&A up by € 10k, travel up by € 35k and marketing down by € 54k compared to the same period last year.

The appreciation of the USD against the EURO had a negative effect on the operating expenses of € 40k compared to the same period last year. 

Depreciation, Amortization and Impairment
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The depreciation and amortization expense increased during the first half year 2012 compared to 2011. The depreciation of capitalized R&D increased, predominantly resulting from the investments done over the last three years in our Content Syndication Platform and Business Integration Platform. 

Financial Income and/or Expense
Financial Income relates to interest received on current bank accounts and Financial expense to bank charges, interest paid. 

Corporate Income Tax
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The deferred tax movements represent non-cash movements of temporary differences predominantly for goodwill and deferred revenue between commercial books (in accordance with IFRS) and US tax books. The income tax charge relates to normal tax rates on profits made. 

Segment information for the six months ending March 31, 2012
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Segment information for the six months ending March 31, 2011
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The Netherlands
 

TIE Netherlands
Total Income in the Netherlands shows a decrease of € 1k compared to the first six months last year. License revenue decreased by € 88k (57%) as the market for licenses remains flat and Maintenance & Support revenue decreased as well by € 21k (5%). Consultancy increased by € 18k (7%) despite the fact that BI consultants were also involved in working on E-commerce projects. SaaS revenue increased by € 66k (12%). Sales consist of Business Integration and Content Syndication in the Dutch market.

The Dutch market remains hesitant in investing in larger IT projects especially in Business Integration.

Other Income contributed € 323k over the first half year against € 299k Other Income in the first 6 months of 2011. In 2012 number includes intercompany work done by BI consultants for TIE MamboFive amounting to € 35k. EU and Dutch projects amount to € 288k against € 274k last year.

Direct Purchase Costs decreased resulting from release of over accrued costs of previous years and costs savings realized.

The employee costs are higher by € 127k (16%). The major components of the 2011 increase are: inflation adjustment of 2.6% € 20k, decrease in R&D capitalization of € 30k and moving of staff from TIE MamboFive to TIE Netherlands of € 60k and other changes of € 17k.

Depreciation and amortization costs are € 54k higher for the first 6 months 2012 compared to 2011; From July 2011 depreciation started on SmartBridge as this solution was completed and delivered in the 3rd quarter of 2011.

Other operating expenses remained relative stable with a small increase of € 8k (2%).

TIE MamboFive
Revenue increased by € 194k (30%), compared to last year. As various new projects were delivered during the first half year of FY2012 or are in the process of delivery for q3, Consultancy income increased by € 222k (65%). SaaS slightly decreased by € 25k mainly caused by the stop of the Smaak.nl project causing a loss on SaaS income of € 16k. Direct Purchase costs increased by € 36k compared to the same period last year. This is predominantly caused by the internal hire of BI consultants, who worked on E-commerce projects.

Staff costs slightly decreased by € 8k, this is caused by moving staff to TIE Netherlands on one hand and hire of new staff and inflation adjustments of 2.6% on the other hand.

Depreciation and amortization costs are € 4k lower.

Other operating expenses increased by € 46k. The main influencing factor is the stop of Smaak.nl resulting in a write off of € 71k. As the company did not participate in any large trade exhibitions marketing costs by the first half year 2012 were lower by € 40k. The other major fluctuations are higher recruiting costs € 8k and office and computer supplies € 13k, while other costs levels decreased little. 

North America
Revenues in North America increased by USD 351k (12%), from USD 2,932k to USD 3,283k for the first six months 2012. 

License sales decreased by USD 138k; especially the second quarter Epicor license sales were weak.

Maintenance and Support increased from USD 1,196k this year versus USD 1,122k last year.

Consultancy increased from USD 430k to USD 480k, resulting from the set up of new Content Syndication projects in cooperation with our partner CBS/CNET delivered as well as started during the second quarter and projects started for delivery during the third and fourth quarter.

SaaS revenues increased by USD 242k (28%) from USD 851k to USD 1093k. Both BI and CSP showed a growth of respectively USD 83k and USD 159k compared to last year. BI resulting from the partnership with Epicor as the product is also sold as a managed service SaaS solution and CSP based on our partnership with CBS/CNET.

Other income amounts to USD 196k, compared to last year USD 80k. The Other Income predominantly relates to installation and hosting services delivered to TIE International in relation to Content Syndication projects.

The effect of currency exchange rate developments on US revenues expressed in EUR is substantial. The appreciation of the USD had a positive effect of € 65k on Net Income.

Direct Purchase Costs increased from USD 339k to USD 485k, caused by higher sales levels and recharge of Content Syndication transfer price.

Employee costs over the first six months of FY2012 are USD 1,627k versus USD 1,541k last year. The increase is resulting from additional staff compared to last year.

Depreciation and Amortization costs decreased by USD 3k.

Other Operating expenses amount to USD 489k (last year: USD 425k). This is substantially caused by a write off on an Epicor project amounting to a write off of USD 53k. Other costs varied little.

The appreciation of the USD against the Euro on the total operating costs had a negative effect of € 40k.

Deferred Tax decreased from USD 165k last year to USD 145k. This is caused by mainly by fluctuation of deferred revenue during the first half year 2011, which were part of the Deferred Tax Asset. 

France
Revenue increased by € 91k (17%) compared to last year first six months. License sales were up by € 8k, Consultancy is up by € 60k and SaaS by € 23k, while Maintenance and Support was down by € 1k. 

Employee costs increased by € 45k; resulting from staff changes, inflation adjustments and the hire of an additional sales manager since October 1, 2011.

Depreciation and amortization costs remained stable, while the other operating costs increased by € 17k, mainly consisting of travel expenses. 

Rest of World
Revenue during the first six months 2012 in the Rest of the World is down by € 34k (7%) compared to revenue in the first six months of 2011. 

Licenses sales are up by € 26k (34%) and Maintenance & Support is up by € 9k (8%). Consultancy revenue is down by € 32k and SaaS decreased by € 99k, predominantly caused by movements in Content Syndication. The Microsoft UK contract is shifted into a global CBS/CNET contract with Microsoft which is included in the North American revenue and Siemens contract has been renewed however less services are rendered.

Other income increased by € 62k, resulting from the transfer price recharge to the US for Content Syndication.

The Operating Costs of the ROW increased from € 152k to € 197k, mainly caused by higher depreciation and amortization costs of the Content Syndication software. 

Holding
The Holding expenses increased by € 63k compared to last year. 

Employee Benefits increased by € 58k, predominantly caused by redundancy costs of € 45k, inflation corrections on salaries of 2.6% and other employee related costs, amounting to € 13k.

Other Operating expenses increased by € 9k compared to last year. The costs related to the Samar case amount to € 30k.

The Company operates in a single business segment, providing software and related services in several markets aggregated into geographical areas. These geographical areas are designated reportable segments in the most recent annual financial statements. Revenues are allocated to geographical areas based on the location of the customer. 

Re-estimation Future Guidance
Our quarterly revenue just touched the € 3 million barrier during our second quarter.

Our SaaS revenue continued to grow by 8% for the half year, compared to last year. Our consultancy grew by 28% during the first half year and by 43% during the second quarter as during especially the second quarter various new E-commerce and CSP projects have been started. These are expected to be delivered during the third and fourth quarter of the year, and will start to contribute to our SaaS revenue.

The partnership with CBS/CNET for CSP is starting to pay off, several of the larger and smaller projects have been acquired while we maintained our present customer base.

The partnership with Epicor continues to be of strategic importance. Since 2012 we clearly see a shift from License sales to SaaS, resulting in a short term pressure on sales.

In the E-commerce arena, the partnership with Progress will evolve and develop further during this fiscal year. The Company completed various projects during the second quarter and will continue to deliver projects started during the second quarter. In the food vertical we experienced a setback resulting from the dissolution of Smaak.nl. However we still believe that the food vertical could offer interesting opportunities. The Business Integration market remains difficult in all territories. In the US we see as discussed above the shift from License to SaaS, putting pressure on revenue. The Dutch and French market stay under pressure, a positive aspect in the Dutch market is that the Government seems to become aware of the importance of EDI and starts to make use more use of e-Invoicing and other e-documents.

License revenue during the second half year could benefit, in the event that decision makers free up budget for buying SmartBridge either as license or as managed service to replace the installed TMP base. 

Contracted Value: Projections
The Contracted Value is calculated for the next three years, using the following assumptions: SaaS and Maintenance & Support Contracts run between 12 and 36 months with an automatic renewal for 12 months. As contracts may renew during this three year period shown, the Contracted Value is adjusted based on historical churn rates.

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Contracted Value shows a growth from € 13,3million per April 1, 2011 to € 18,5million to March 31, 2012 for the next 3 years.

The Contracted Value for SaaS increased from € 6,1million per April 1, 2011 to € 9,5million to March 31, 2012, for the next 3 years.

Maintenance and Support Contracted Value shows a growth from € 7,1million per April 1, 2011 to € 7,3million per March 31, 2012.

License and Consultancy activities have been included based upon their current contract values. EU projects (other income) are included based on the actual contracts.

TIE France is currently re-negotiating the contract with ADEC, as a result of this the Company adjusted the contracted value (April 1, 2012) of SaaS downwards by approximately
€ 900k, as the outcome of the re-negotiation is not yet known. 

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Segment information for the three months ending March 31, 2011
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Financial Position
The Equity position of the Company remains positive. Shareholders’ Equity as per March 31, 2012 amounts to € 4,697k (September 30, 2011: € 4,535k).

Total Equity as per March 31, 2012 amounts to € 4,742k (September 30, 2011: € 4,580k) including convertible bonds amounting to € 45k (September 30, 2011: EUR 45k). 

Development (R&D)
In the first six months of financial year 2012, the Company capitalized € 174k, compared to
€ 233k for the first six months 2011. Development activities were spent primarily on the next generation of the Messaging Portal, called SmartBridge and the Content Syndication Platform.

Significant R&D effort is being invested in the EC supported, Omelette, Net-Challenge, Premanus and Adventure and Dutch supported OPDM and Create projects. These projects have not been capitalized but are expensed through the Income Statement. 

Interim Consolidated Balance Sheet
As at March 31, 2012

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Interim Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
For the 6 months ending March 31, 2012 (unaudited)

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Interim Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
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Share based payments amounting to € 63k.
Net Income for the period of € 79k and FX movements € 20k. 


Interim Consolidated Cash Flow Statement

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Corporate Information
 
TIE (NYSE Euronext: TIE Holding) transforms the digital supply chain by providing Total Integrated E-commerce solutions. These solutions maximize revenue opportunities by minimizing the energy required to market, sell and deliver online. Customers and partners of TIE constantly benefit from innovative, field tested, state-of-the-art technologies, which are backed by over 25 years of experience and prestigious awards. TIE makes technology perform, so our customers and partners can focus on their core business.

TIE provides Total Integrated E-commerce solutions through its TIE Kinetix Content Syndication Platform, TIE Kinetix E-commerce Platform and TIE Kinetix Business Integration Platform. All solutions and professional services are designed to enhance the value of the relationship with and between all customers, partners, resellers and additional stakeholders. The solutions are offered in a license model or a Software as a Service model (SaaS/In the cloud).

Today, TIE remains a key contributor to the development and implementation of global E‑commerce standards. It continues to pursue partnerships with industry leaders for global success. Furthermore, TIE focuses on expanding its market share in vertical markets including: IT, Consumer Electronics, Telecommunications, Office Supplies, Home Improvement, Food Retail, Fashion, Financial Services and Automotive.

TIE is a public company with offices in the United States, the Netherlands, France and Australia. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the half year ending March 31, 2012 are authorized for issue through a resolution of the Management Board dated May 22, 2012. 

Notes forming part of the financial statements for the half year ending March 31, 2012
 

1 Accounting policies
Basis of preparation

The interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the six months ending March 31, 2012 have been prepared in accordance wih IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting as adopted by the EU.

The interim condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all the information and disclosures required in the annual financial statements, and should be read in conjunction with the Group’s annual financial statements as at September 30, 2011.

Significant accounting policies

The accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the interim condensed consolidated financial statements are consistent with those followed in the preparation of the Group’s annual financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2011.

2 Segment Information
The Company operates mainly in one business segment, but operates in different countries, through subsidiaries. All subsidiaries provide similar products and services. The segment information is disclosed above.

3 Seasonal Effects
There are little seasonal effects on the operations and therefore the results of the Company. Despite the holiday season the second half year (April-September) sales have proven to be strong during this period over the last few years. Due to the increased importance of SaaS, the company’s revenue and results have become less vulnerable for seasonal effects. However there may be some effect on Consultancy and R&D development as a result of the holiday’s season. Therefore the Company may face some impact on the results of the second half year.

4 Intangible Assets
During the first six months of 2012 the Company capitalized € 174k (6M_2011: € 233k).

5 Cash
On March 31, 2012 the Company held a net positive cash and cash equivalents position of € 996k (September 30, 2011 € 380k).

6 Subsidiaries
There are no changes to report.

7 Acquisitions
There have been no acquisitions during this reporting period.

8 Convertible Bonds
There are no movements to report.

9 Options
During the reporting period the following movements occurred:

A number of 273,033 options have lapsed on April 1, 2012.
A number of 34,366 options have been cancelled resulting from people leaving the Company.

10 Equity
During the reporting period no shares were issued.
The total number of Common Shares per March 31, 2012 is 93,295,421 (Sept. 30, 2011: 93,295,421).
The movement of Equity is summarized under the Interim Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity.

11 Personnel
The total number of FTE of the Company by department, by country and by segment are: TIE_KINETIX_FIRST_HALF_YEAR_2013

12 Pending Litigations
Since December 2007 the company has been involved in discussions and subsequently in legal proceedings with Samar. All claims in the summary proceedings were instantly dismissed at the court hearing of February 15, 2008. On July 7, 2010, the court of Haarlem unexpectedly granted all claims by Samar.  In Q4_2010, TIE paid damages to Samar. This amount may be adjusted upwards or downwards in the procedure regarding the assessment of the damages. TIE has filed an appeal and a hearing took place in April 2012. Both parties currently await the outcome of the appeal.

13 Related Parties
During the reporting period from October 1, 2011 – March 31, 2012 the following related party transactions occurred: On December 23, 2011, E.R. Honée, member of the Supervisory Board of TIE bought € 60k shares. He currently has an interest in TIE amounting to 2,160,000 shares. Also, on December 23, 2011 P.P. van Schaick, member of the Supervisory Board of TIE bought € 250k shares through Alto Imaging Group N.V.. His interest (through Alto Imaging Group N.V.) in the company currently amounts to 21,336,177 shares, which is 22,87% of the total outstanding shares.

14 Changes in Accounting Policies and Disclosures
The following standards and/or interpretations became effective during the reporting period but did not affect the Company’s results:

IFRS 7: Financial Instruments: Disclosures for financial years beginning on or after July, 1, 2011. The amendment does not have a material impact to the group’s financial statements.
IAS 24R: Related party disclosures amendment effective as of January 1, 2011, with earlier adoption permitted. Clarifies the definition of a related party and provided a partial exemption from the disclosure requirements for government-related entities.
The revised standard also clarifies that disclosure is required of any commitments of a related party to do something if a particular event occurs or does not occur in the future. The amendment does not have a material impact to the group’s financial statements.
IFRIC 14 Prepayments of a Minimum Funding Requirement, effective for financial years beginning on or after January 1, 2011. The interpretation does not apply to TIE and therefore has no impact on the financial position or performance of TIE.
 

The following standards and/or interpretations became effective after commencing the reporting period and did not affect the Company’s results:

IFRS 9: Will become effective as from January 1, 2015 (delayed from January 1, 2013), with earlier adoption permitted. IFRS 9 introduced new requirements for classifying and measuring financial assets. This standard encompasses an overall change of accounting principles in that standard and will eventually replace IAS 39 – the current standard on financial instruments. As its scope will be expanded until its effective date, the Company will review the effects of a comprehensive standard on financial instruments and consider adoption when appropriate.
IFRS 10: Will become effective per January 1, 2013, with earlier adoption permitted; New standards about control and consolidated financial statements. As its scope will be expanded until its effective date, the Company will review the effects of a comprehensive standard on financial instruments and consider adoption when appropriate.
IFRS 11: Will become effective per January 1, 2013; New standard about joint arrangements. As its scope will be expanded until its effective date, the Company will review the effects of a comprehensive standard on joint arrangements and consider adoption when appropriate.
IFRS 12: Will become effective per January 1, 2013, with earlier adoption permitted; Disclosure of Interest in other entities. As its scope will be expanded until its effective date, the Company will review the effects of a comprehensive standard on the disclosure of interest in other entities and consider adoption when appropriate.
IFRS 13: Will become effective per January 1, 2013, with earlier adoption permitted; Fair Value measurement. As its scope will be expanded until its effective date, the Company will review the effects of a comprehensive standard on fair value measurement and consider adoption when appropriate.
IAS 1: Will become effective per July 1, 2012; Presentation of Items of Other Comprehensive Income. As its scope will be expanded until its effective date, the Company will review the effects of a comprehensive standard on the presentation of items of other comprehensive income and consider adoption when appropriate.
IAS 12: Will become effective per January 1, 2012; Income Taxes – Deferred Taxes: Recovery of Underlying Assets. As its scope will be expanded until its effective date, the Company will review the effects of a comprehensive standard on deferred taxes and consider adoption when appropriate. 
IAS 19: Will become effective per January 1, 2013, with earlier adoption permitted. Employee Benefits, presentation of movements in pensions. As its scope will be expanded until its effective date, the Company will review the effects of a comprehensive standard on employee benefits and consider adoption when appropriate.
Amendments resulting from Improvements (issued May 2011 and onwards) to IFRSs to the following standards have not been adopted; The Company is assessing the impact thereof and will adopt the improvements upon the effective date:
IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures.
IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements.
15 Risk Management
In the Annual Report 2011 (pages 65-67) we have outlined the strategic, operational and financial risks we face; the risk management and control mechanisms we have in place; and the risk analysis and assessments we conduct regularly. We believe that the nature and potential impact of these risks have not materially changed in the first half of 2012. We will continue to monitor the key risks closely and manage our internal control systems as new risks may emerge and current risks may change in the second half of 2012.

16 Subsequent Events
There are no subsequent events to report.

17 Auditor’s Involvement
The interim financial report has not been audited by our external auditors.

18 Statement of the Management
The Management Board has considered and approved the interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the period October 1, 2011 – March 31, 2012.

The interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 “Interim Financial Reporting” as adopted by the EU.

We consider the accounting policies applied to the effect that the interim condensed consolidated financial statements give a true and fair view of the Group’s assets, liabilities and financial position as at March 31, 2012 and of the results of the Group’s operations and cash flow in the period October 1, 2011 – March 31, 2012. 

Profile TIE
TIE (NYSE Euronext: TIE Holding) transforms the digital supply chain by providing Total Integrated E-commerce solutions. These integrated E-commerce solutions maximize revenue opportunities by minimizing the energy needed to market, sell and deliver online. Customers and partners utilizing TIE Kinetix consistently benefit from innovative, field tested technology and are able to remain focused on their core business. TIE Kinetix develops cloud and license based solutions which are backed with over 25 years of proven technology and awards.

TIE Holding (hereafter also referred to as TIE or The Company) is a listed company on the NYSE Euronext in Amsterdam, and has offices in the United States, the Netherlands, France and Australia. For more information visit:www.tieholding.com.

TIE provides Total Integrated E-commerce solutions through its TIE Kinetix Content Syndication Platform, TIE Kinetix E-commerce Platform and TIE Kinetix Business Integration Platform. All solutions and professional services are designed to enhance the value of the relationship with and between all customers, partners, resellers and additional stakeholders. The solutions are offered in a license model or a Software as a Service model (SaaS/In the cloud).

Today, TIE remains a key contributor to the development and implementation of global E‑commerce standards. It continues to pursue partnerships with industry leaders for global success. Furthermore, TIE focuses on expanding its market share in vertical markets including: IT, Consumer Electronics, Telecommunications, Office Supplies, Home Improvement, Food Retail, Fashion, Financial Services and Automotive.

TIE is a public company with offices in the United States, the Netherlands, France and Australia.

 

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