CORRECTION: Sword Group: New large contract signed between Sword Belgium & the European Commission: €40 Million

This is a correction of the announcement from 07:51 04.09.2017 CEST. Reason for the correction:

Sword Technologies S.A. as a consortium partner of Intrasoft International S.A. and Unisys Belgium S.A., emphasises its leading role as a Taxation and Customs expert company with a new win of an 8-year contract in DG Taxation and Customs Union

Windhof, 4th September 2017 - Sword Technologies S.A. today announced that it has won a contract with an estimated value of 40 million EUR at the European Commission's DG Taxation and Customs Union.

Continuing the 4-year successful service delivery of the ITSM2 Lot 2 contract, the consortium of Sword Technologies SA and Intrasoft International SA has joined forces with Unisys Belgium and has once more won the trust of DG Taxation and Customs Union to carry out all the critical IT services for the management and coordination of the Trans-European systems in the new ITSM3 TES 8-year contract.

ITSM3 TES is a demanding Framework Contract with complex support services and challenging tasks on a daily basis for any IT team, in order to be able to cover all the critical service management needs for the co-ordination of implementation of Trans-European systems in the European Union and its Member States.

Sword Technologies S.A. a long-standing trusted partner of DG Taxation and Customs Union for more than 15 years, is a proven Customs and Taxation IT services leader in the European Commission and European Market, which further boosts its credibility and strategic focus on successfully delivering challenging contracts by supporting the Member States and the Commission to the new era of Customs and Taxation in Europe.

"ITSM has always been a beacon of success for our company," commented Mr. Dieter Rogiers, Managing Director of Sword Technologies S.A. "and as such, we are committed to continue supporting the European Commission and the EU Member States in the implementation of all Trans-European systems and facilitate the European Commission to achieve its strategic goals, general objectives and the implementation of the EU Customs policy."

About Sword Technologies SA

Sword Technologies SA, a 100% owned subsidiary of Sword Group SE, is responsible for all activities in Belgium and Luxembourg with a near-shore delivery centre in Athens, Greece.

About Sword Group SE

SWORD has 1,700+ IT/Digital & Software specialists present over five continents to accompany you in the growth of your organisation in the digital age.

As a leader in technological and digital transformation, SWORD has since 2000 acquired a solid reputation in software publishing and in complex IT & business project management.

With SWORD you have the guarantee of strong close and qualified local commitment, the aim of which is to optimise your processes and data.

Above all, our ambition is to build sustainably and foster the loyalty of our staff, our clients and our partners by building on our values and our enthusiasm to accompany you throughout your projects.

The Group's performance enables us to invest in the R&D projects that contribute to our positioning and our differenciation on niche markets.

Thanks to its recognised competences in over 20 countries, Sword benefits from the trust of prestigious references such as: Admiral, Barclays Bank, BMW, the European Union, the National Patent and Trademark Offices, Lombard, Orange, the United Nations Organisation, etc.

Consulting and IT Services: SWORD commits for the most part to fixed-price contracts and operates with a network of competence centres (business units) in different specialised fields: Geographic Information Systems, ECM/EDM, corporate search engines, digital marketing, CRM, portals and corporate social networks, Data and Business Intelligence, Web and Mobile development, infrastructure and cloud, cyber security, performance and applications optimisation, desktop publishing and intellectual property.

Software: SWORD develops on demand product lines in the Risk and Compliance sectors (SWORD Active Risk and SWORD Achiever), Intellectual Property (SWORD Intellect), Health (SWORD Orizon), Desktop Publishing (SWORD Kami), Predictive Analysis (SWORD Insight) and Asset Finance (SWORD Apak).

To find more about on our expertise, join us on www.sword-group.com

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