2nd Dec 2005 07:00
SDL PLC02 December 2005 SDL plc Trading Statement Year end profits expected to be significantly ahead of market expectations Maidenhead, U.K. - 2nd December 2005 SDL plc, a leader in the emerging market for global information management (GIM)solutions, today announced that profits for the year ended 31 December 2005 areexpected to be significantly ahead of market expectations. The company is expecting to be able to report profits before taxation andamortisation of intangible assets of not less than £7 million (2004: £5.2million as restated under IFRS), compared to a consensus market expectation of£5.6 million. Revenues are also expected to exceed consensus expectations of£76.7 million. Commenting on the factors that are driving this outperfomance, Mark Lancaster,Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SDL said today: "We are seeing a very positive take-up of our GIM solutions that optimize themanagement of companies' global information. The integration of TRADOS, Inc. isproceeding ahead of schedule following the completion of the $60m acquisition inJuly. We are winning new business because we are able to rapidly deployinnovative GIM solutions for our customers, whether they are looking for managedservices, business process automation or business process outsourcing. Recentsuccesses include outstanding results for the SDL KbT SystemTM at The ChryslerGroup and a number of new enterprise solution wins in new sector verticals." SDL expects to announce full year results for 2005 on 22nd February 2006. Contacts: SDL plc Tel: 01628 410 127Mark Lancaster, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Financial Dynamics Tel: 020 7831 3113Juliet Clarke/Edward Bridges This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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