TIE Kinetix and SPS Commerce reach agreement on SPS’ acquisition of all TIE Kinetix business and operations

TIE Kinetix N.V. (“TIE Kinetix”), a leader in 100% supply chain digitalization, today announces that it has reached agreement to sell all of its business and operations to SPS Commerce, Inc. (“SPS”) for a total purchase price of € 68,35 million, subject to shareholder approval.

The transaction is structured as a sale and transfer by TIE Kinetix of all issued and outstanding shares in TIE Kinetix Holding B.V., being the group company directly and indirectly owning of all subsidiaries and operations of the TIE Kinetix group. The transaction is subject to approval of the shareholders of TIE Kinetix.

Strategic considerations
The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of TIE Kinetix (“Boards”) have duly considered the transaction, the interests of TIE Kinetix’ stakeholders and other facts and circumstances they have deemed relevant, and unanimously resolved to support the transaction. 

The Boards are of the opinion that the proceeds of the transaction provide the shareholders with a significant premium on the latest stock price that will allow shareholders to capitalize the financial upside of the potential of the business of TIE Kinetix.

TIE Kinetix has the majority of its business and operations in continental Europe (Netherlands, Germany and France) whereas SPS’ business is concentrated in the Americas and Asia. Consequently, the Boards believe that the combination of the respective businesses will allow for continued development and growth of the business of TIE Kinetix.

TIE Kinetix has made significant investments in e-invoicing and has a pole position in the European e-invoicing market. This market is expected to grow strongly with the mandatory application of e-invoicing in the BTG and BTB markets in Europe over the next 2-4 years. The Boards believe that TIE Kinetix’ offering will complement SPS’ next generation EDI offering.

Jan Sundelin, CEO of TIE Kinetix, said “I am very happy with the opportunity for TIE Kinetix to become part of a market leader like SPS. It provides an excellent basis for continued growth of our next generation EDI and invoicing solutions and allows us to capitalize on the investments made with FLOW.”

Purchase Price
The purchase price under the Share Purchase Agreement is € 68,35 million. Of that amount, € 3 million will be held in escrow for a period of twelve months following completion, to secure the obligations of TIE Kinetix as seller as agreed in the Share Purchase Agreement with SPS. In the event of a claim by SPS against the escrow, the amount of the claim will be kept in escrow until final resolution of the claim. The amount that is undisputed after lapse of the twelve months period, will be released to TIE Kinetix.