SDL plc Trading Statement

Trading Update

Maidenhead , United Kingdom
18 January 2010

SDL plc, the leading provider of Global Information Management solutions, today announced that revenues and profits for the year ended 31 December 2009 are expected to be ahead of analyst expectations.

Revenue is expected to be in the range of £171m to £172m (2008: £158.8m) compared with analyst consensus expectations of £167.1m. Profits before taxation and amortisation of intangible assets ("PBTA") for the period are expected to be in the range of £29m to £30m (2008: £25.6m), compared with analyst consensus expectations of £28.0m. Net cash in the business at the end of the period was in excess of £45m (2008: £31.2m) after acquisitions.

Mark Lancaster, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SDL commented:

"These are a strong set of results delivered against difficult global economic conditions. Whilst the macro economic conditions continue to carry uncertainty, these results, combined with increasing evidence of cross leveraging of SDL’s technology and services, provide a sound platform for future growth.”

SDL expects to announce preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2009 on 1 March 2010 when further details will be given.

Contacts:

SDL plc Tel:
Mark Lancaster, Chief Executive
John Hunter, Chief Financial Officer

Financial Dynamics Tel: 020 7831 3113
Edward Bridges/Juliet Clarke/Haya Herbert-Burns

About SDL

SDL is the leader in Global Information Management solutions, which provide increased business agility to enterprises by accelerating the delivery of high-quality multilingual content to global markets. The company’s integrated Web Content Management, eCommerce, Structured Content and Language Technologies, combined with its Language Services drive down the cost of content creation, management, translation and publishing. SDL solutions increase conversion ratios and customer satisfaction through targeted information that reaches multiple audiences around the world through different channels.

Global industry leaders who rely on SDL include ABN-Amro, Bosch, Canon, CNH, FICO, Hewlett-Packard, KLM, Microsoft, NetApp, Philips, SAP, Sony and Virgin Atlantic. SDL has over 1000 enterprise customers, has deployed over 170,000 software licenses and provides access to on-demand portals for 10 million customers per month. It has a global infrastructure of more than 50 offices in 32 countries. For more information, visit www.sdl.com.