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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 21, 1997
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i2 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
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Delaware 0-28030 75-2294945
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
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909 E. Las Colinas Blvd., 16th Floor, Irving, Texas 75039
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Company's telephone number, including area code: (214) 860-6000
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
Filed as an exhibit hereto is the registrant's press release, dated
November 21, 1997, announcing the execution of a Development and Distribution
Agreement between the registrant and Oracle Corporation.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.
(c) Exhibits.
99.1 Press release dated November 21, 1997.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
i2 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Dated: November 24, 1997 By: /s/ DAVID F. CARY,
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David F. Cary,
Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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99.1 Press release dated November 21, 1997.
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i2 TECHNOLOGIES [LOGO]
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PRESS RELEASE
i2 TECHNOLOGIES AND ORACLE CORP. TEAM TO DELIVER ADVANCED
ENTERPRISE SUPPLY AND DEMAND PLANNING SOLUTIONS
i2 to Launch Oracle Business Unit to Support Development and
Distribution Agreement
IRVING, TX
November 21, 1997
i2 Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ITWO) today announced an
agreement that allows Oracle Corp. to distribute advanced
supply and demand planning solutions based on i2's market
leading RHYTHM(R) family of products. Under the agreement,
i2's suite of products will be offered as a part of Oracle's
Architected-Best-in-Class Concept-to-Care(TM) solution for
the Industrial sector. The agreement enables Oracle to
license i2's suite of products to end users as standard Oracle
Applications. Furthermore, the companies announced seamless
integration between i2's advanced planning and scheduling
products, and Oracle's enterprise resource planning
solutions.
The agreement between i2 and Oracle expands the existing
partnership between the two companies. Under the new
agreement, Oracle will have additional distribution rights to
i2's full suite of supply chain planning solutions, including
RHYTHM Factory Planner(TM), RHYTHM Supply Chain Planner(TM),
RHYTHM Sequencer(TM) and RHYTHM Demand Planner(TM).
"We recognize the need to offer our customers advanced
planning and decision support tools tailored to the specific
needs of their industry, and tightly integrated with Oracle's
Enterprise applications systems. As a market leading provider
of advanced planning and supply chain solutions, i2 is a
logical partner to deliver this functionality to our
industrial customers," said Don Klaiss, Vice President of
Manufacturing and Distribution Products at Oracle Corporation.
In addition to providing joint application solutions, the two
companies will also offer integrated sales and implementation
methodologies. "i2 has been an innovator in developing and
executing a powerful value based sales and implementation
model. We anticipate tremendous synergy from combining this
approach with our own methodologies. Our joint customers will
benefit from a combined sales and implementation approach that
focuses on the benefits and anticipated value that
implementing our joint solutions will provide," said George
Kadifa, Group VP of Industrial Sector at Oracle.
In support of this partnership, i2 will be launching the
Oracle Business Unit within i2. This dedicated unit will
provide sales, pre-sales consulting, implementation
consulting, support and development resources to the
initiative. "By dedicating an entire business unit to this
alliance, we will be able to capitalize on the business
opportunity through focus and responsibility. Lead by a member
of i2's senior management dedicated to the Oracle Business
Unit, the team will have full responsibility for the success
of this partnership worldwide," said i2 Technologies Chairman
and CEO Sanjiv Sidhu.
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The agreement between i2 and Oracle recognizes the needs of
the growing constituency of joint i2/Oracle customers. World
leading manufacturers are already benefiting from close
integration between Oracle and i2 solutions. In addition, the
entire suite of integrated products will be fully supported by
Oracle's consulting and technical support divisions.
A key factor in the continuing success of the integration is
the strength of i2's RHYTHM Global Decision Support
Architecture(TM) (GDSA) and Oracle's Network Computing
Architecture. Recently unveiled at the Company's annual user
conference, i2's RHYTHM GDSA is expected to enable customers
to implement comprehensive planning and decision support
solutions that exchange information across multiple
environments, regardless of data structures and computing
platforms.
Oracle's Network Computing Architecture is a unifying, open,
standards-based software platform for developing and deploying
network-centric applications. Network Computing Architecture
allows companies to protect their computing investments by
allowing applications on mainframes, client/server/ Internet
and intranets and distributed object software to work
together.
The Company noted that the above forward-looking statements
are subject to change based upon various important factors
such as competition, market demand and technological change.
For a discussion of these and other factors which could impact
the Company's financial results, please see the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed in October 1997, as
amended.
ABOUT i2 TECHNOLOGIES
Founded in 1988, i2 Technologies is the leading provider of
client/server-based decision support software products for
supply chain management and related applications for a variety
of industries, including consumer packaged goods, automotive,
metals, high tech and electronics. i2 Technologies' RHYTHM
family of solutions provides complete supply chain management
from sourcing and manufacturing to distribution, logistics and
transportation planning. i2 is headquartered in Irving, TX,
has approximately 1,000 employees and maintains offices
worldwide. The Company was ranked number eight on Business
Week's 1997 list of 100 "Hot Growth Companies."
http://www.i2.com
CONTACT:
Angela Schwecke Joan Geoghegan
i2 Technologies, Inc. Geoghegan Associates, PR
214-860-6000 781-863-9933
[email protected] [email protected]
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