14th Jan 2008 07:00
SDL PLC14 January 2008 SDL plc Trading Update Maidenhead, U.K. - Monday 14 January 2008 - SDL plc, the leading provider ofGlobal Information Management (GIM) solutions, today announced that revenues andprofits for the year ended 31 December 2007 are expected to be ahead of analystexpectations. Revenue will be in the range of £116m to £117m (2006: £94.7m)compared with analyst consensus expectations of £114.7m. Profits beforetaxation and amortisation of intangible assets ("PBTA") for the period areexpected to be in the range of £16.5m to £17.0m (2006: £12.2m), compared withanalyst consensus expectations of £16.1m. Mark Lancaster, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SDL commented: "The strong performance in the year was achieved as a result of the companymaking excellent progress across both the technology and services business unitsin the SDL Group, supported by the continuing demand for our Global InformationManagement solutions. We are particularly encouraged by the strong contributionfrom the SDL Tridion business unit, acquired in May 2007, which providestechnology for managing global web content. These solid results, achieveddespite a dollar that has weakened by more than 9% on average for the yearcompared to 2006, were particularly pleasing and a credit to the staff in theSDL Group." SDL expects to announce preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2007on 26th February 2008, when further details will be given. -ends- Contacts: SDL plc Tel: 01628 410 127Mark Lancaster, Chief ExecutiveAlastair Gordon, Chief Financial Officer Financial Dynamics Tel: 020 7831 3113Edward Bridges/Juliet Clarke/Haya Chelhot This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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