SDL Sdl Plc

RNS Number:6565X
SDL PLC
23 January 2001


ACQUISITION 

SDL plc ("SDL International" or "the Company"), a leading provider of
globalization solutions, today announces that it has concluded negotiations
and agreed with Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated ("Sykes") (Nasdaq: SYKE), a
global leader in providing outsourced customer management solutions and
services, to acquire the assets of its localization business for a
consideration of #556,000, payable in cash. The assets being acquired include
the intellectual property rights for Sykes' multilingual content management
system and localization business that provides testing facilities, web
translation, engineering and project management to a broad range of clients. 

Strategy for Acquisition

The market for globalization infrastructure solutions combining both software
technology solutions and service solutions is consolidating rapidly. In order
for SDL International to continue to be the leading player in this market, the
Directors believe it is a combination of new technology and service offerings
are of crucial importance, and SDL International intends to continue to be at
the forefront of this consolidation. The technologies acquired will improve
existing product solutions, such as SDLWebFlow, and the services element will
allow SDL International to continue to deliver the additional services that
corporate companies require when developing their global web strategies.

The increased infrastructure and technology will enable SDL International to
continue to lead the market offering a wider range of globalization solutions
to its customers. 

Commenting on the acquisition, Mark Lancaster, Chief Executive of SDL
International, said:

"We believe that the additional technologies and infrastructure being acquired
will allow SDL International to widen the gap between us and our competitors
in offering greater product, service capabilities. We are increasingly seeing
the larger corporations increase their investment in e-business solutions, and
require a complete solution of both technology and services. SDL is ideally
positioned in this fast growing market."

About SDL International:
SDL International (http://www.sdlintl.com) is a leading provider of
globalization solutions comprising products such as SDLWebFlow and SDLX
combined with localization, engineering and project management services.  SDL
has offices throughout USA, Asia and Europe, providing B2B global solutions
with state-of-the-art technology and a full-range of in-house translation
services.  Clients include multinational companies such as Adobe, Lucent,
eBay, Oracle, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Sony, Sun Microsystems and 3Com. 


For further information please contact:



Mark Lancaster                            Tel: 01628 410127
Chairman & Chief Executive

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