SDL is Promoted to FTSE All-Share Index
SDL plc, a leader in the emerging market for global information management (GIM) solutions, announced today its promotion to the FTSE All-Share Index. Organizations in the All-Share Index benefit from increased trading volumes and inclusion in certain tracker funds, and with this promotion SDL anticipates increased press and analyst interest.
Maidenhead
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United Kingdom
19 December 2005
SDL plc, a leader in the emerging market for global information management (GIM) solutions, announced today its promotion to the FTSE All-Share Index. Organizations in the All-Share Index benefit from increased trading volumes and inclusion in certain tracker funds, and with this promotion SDL anticipates increased press and analyst interest
Commenting on the promotion, Mark Lancaster, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SDL, said today: “As well as marking another significant milestone for the company, SDL’s admission to the All-Share Index carries an important message about world business. Global organizations increasingly recognize that their continuing success demands that product, marketing and technical information are communicated in the native languages of their customers, and the promotion of the leading provider in this field to the All-Share Index is a signal of further maturation.”
Lancaster continued: “The increasingly widespread adoption of GIM solutions has contributed to over 500% revenue growth since SDL’s first Stock Exchange listing six years ago. Our strategy of investing in GIM technology and our creation of a global network of 50 offices in 30 countries has made us significantly more profitable than our competitors. I welcome the increased visibility amongst the investment community and look forward to increased trading volumes for SDL.”
About SDL
SDL is the leader in Global Information Management (GIM) solutions that empower organizations to accelerate the delivery of high-quality multilingual content to global markets. Its enterprise software and services integrate with existing business systems to manage the delivery of global information from authoring to publication and throughout the distributed translation supply chain.
Global industry leaders rely on SDL to provide enterprise software or hosted services for their GIM processes, including ABN-Amro, Best Western, Bosch, Canon, Chrysler, CNH, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Philips, SAP, Sony, Sun Microsystems and Virgin Atlantic.
SDL has implemented more than 500 enterprise GIM solutions, has deployed over 170,000 software licenses across the GIM ecosystem and provides access to on-demand translation portals for 10 million customers per month. Over 1,000 service professionals deliver consulting, implementation and language services through its global infrastructure of more than 50 offices in 32 countries. For more information, visit
www.sdl.com