SDL PLC Trading Update (1057Y)
January 21 2014 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 1057Y
SDL PLC
21 January 2014
SDL plc
Year end Trading Update
Maidenhead, U.K. - Tuesday 21 January 2014: SDL plc ("SDL" or
"the Company": LSE: SDL), a leader in Customer Experience
Management solutions, today announces expected revenues and profits
for the year ended 31 December 2013.
Revenue is expected to be in a range of GBP265.8m to GBP266.3m
(2012: GBP269.3m) compared with consensus expectations of
GBP262.1m. Profits before taxation and amortisation of intangible
assets, one-off costs relating to historic Trados litigation and
restructuring costs ("PBTA") for the period are expected to be in
the range of GBP8m to GBP8.3m (2012: GBP37m), compared with
consensus expectations of GBP7.3m. Net debt in the business at the
end of the period was GBP2m (2012: net cash of GBP6.3m). Operating
cash flow was very robust, however capital expenditure and tax and
dividend payments resulted in cash outflow for the year.
To enable SDL to deliver long term profitability and growth, the
Company has gone through significant re-structuring to provide
better customer, product and cost alignment. A number of key
executive hires have been made and a new sales and marketing
organisation has been created. This has resulted in both savings
gained from restructuring coupled with investments in R&D,
sales & marketing and infrastructure. Actions undertaken during
2013 to create SDL's aligned Customer Experience Management (CXM)
strategy and restructuring include:
-- Restructured from a divisional product focus to a single SDL
Customer Experience focus, reducing cost and improving
efficiency
-- Key senior appointments made to help execute SDL's CXM vision
-- Aligned sales structure to accelerate the sale of CXM solutions
-- Marketing investments to raise awareness of the SDL brand and enhance CXM sales
-- Significant continued investment in R&D to deliver fully integrated CXM product suite
-- A remodelled Operations, Finance and HR infrastructure to streamline processes
SDL's product portfolio and new operational structure
demonstrates its commitment to delivering better customer
experience across all devices, geographies, channels and
languages.
SDL expects to announce its preliminary results for the year
ended 31 December 2013 on 18 March 2014 when further details will
be provided.
Commenting on today's announcement, Mark Lancaster, Chief
Executive Officer, said:
"2013 was focused on re-building SDL to allow us to deliver our
CXM vision. We now have a high quality executive leadership team,
strengthened our go to market sales and marketing approach,
invested in systems and infrastructure to support our business
goals and aligned costs with revenue potential. The result is a new
infrastructure to accelerate delivery of our Customer Experience
Management vision. We are confident that, following a year of
significant change and investment, SDL is well positioned to drive
growth and shareholder value in 2014 and beyond."
For further information, please contact:
SDL plc Tel: 01628 410 127
Mark Lancaster, Chief Executive Officer
Dominic Lavelle, Chief Financial Officer
FTI Consulting Tel: 020 7831 3113
Edward Bridges/Jon Snowball/Emma Appleton
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