PARIS--(Marketwire - Feb 14, 2013) -
Annual Results for the year 2012
February 15, 2013 - SYSTRAN, the leading provider of language translation
technologies, today announced its consolidated financial results for the
year
ended December 31, 2012.
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Consolidated and Audited Accounts (*) | 2012 | 2011 | Annual Change
(in KEUR) | (IFRS) | (IFRS) | 2012 / 2011
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Sales | 10,180 | 10,587 | - 3.8 %
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Current Operating Income (Loss) | 82 | 1,069 | NA
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% | 0,8 % | 10.1 % |
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Net Income (Loss) - Group's Share | 745 | 698 | + 6.7 %
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% | 7.3 % | 6.6 % |
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(*) On February 12, 2013 the Board of Directors approved the
Financial Statements for the year 2012.
SYSTRAN's consolidated sales amounted to 10.18 million Euros in 2012, a
decrease
of 3.8% as compared with 2011. This decrease is for the most part due to
the
slowdown of the activity of SYSTRAN Software Inc., which is partially
offset by
the favorable impact of the Euro-US Dollar foreign exchange rate.
In 2012, salaries and wages increased by 3.3% mainly due to the expansion
of the
sales team in France. Consolidated other expenses increased by 6.7% and can
be
attributed to our US subsidiary and the negative impact of Euro-US Dollar
foreign exchange rate. During this period a tax credit for research
activities
accounted for 774 thousand Euros versus 1,011 thousand Euros in 2012.
Considering the above, current operating profit amounted to 82 thousand
Euros as
compared with 1,069 thousand Euros in 2011.
The operating income amounted to 14 thousand Euros as compared with 841
thousand
Euros in 2011. The Company recorded positive financial income from gains
and
interest earned on investments totaling 567 thousand Euros. Consolidated
net
income amounted to 745 thousand Euros versus 698 thousand Euros in 2011.
Total shareholders' equity amounted to 14.8 million Euros as compared with
15.2
million Euros as of December 31, 2011. The Company has no significant debts
and
the Company's net cash position amounted to 22.9 million Euros at December
31, 2012, as compared with 22.3 million Euros on December 31, 2011. Group
debt
amounts to 0.4 million Euros as compared with 0.2 million Euros as of
December
31, 2011.
Year 2012 Activities
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In % In % Annual Change
Consolidated Accounts 2012 of total 2011 of total 2012/2011
(in KEUR)
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Software Publishing 5,051 49.6% 6,138 58.0% -17.7%
Professional Services 5,129 50.4% 4,449 42.0% +15.3%
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Consolidated Sales 10,180 100.0% 10,587 100.0% -3.8%
SYSTRAN's consolidated sales amounted to 10.2 million Euros in 2012, a
decrease
of 3.8% as compared with 2011, divided between 5.1 million Euros for
Software
Publishing and 5.1 million Euros for Professional Services.
During the year, license sales totaled 5.1 million Euros and represent
50% of
total sales. This is a decrease of 18% as compared with 2011,
attributable to
the decline in sales of Desktop and Server Products to corporate
customers and
the US Government.
Professional Services sales totaled 5.1 million Euros and represent 50% of
total
sales. This is an increase of 15.3% as compared with 2011, largely due
to the
increase of the co-funded research and development activity in
France.
Professional Services sales to corporate customers and the US
Government are
increasing despite the slowdown in the US.
More than half of all sales are generated in North America.
Sales are
distributed as follows:
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By geographical area of asset location | Year 2012 | Year 2011
(in thousands of Euros) | |
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Europe | 4,474 | 4,103
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North America | 5,706 | 6,484
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Total Sales | 10,180 | 10,587
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Outlook
In 2013 SYSTRAN plans to expand the sales team to develop revenue
in all
business segments. SYSTRAN will also launch new cloud services to
complement its
line of products and services for corporate customers.
As of December 31, 2012 unearned revenue from license sales amounted to
1.5
million Euros as compared with 0.9 million Euros at December 31, 2011.
As of December 31, 2012 total work orders for Professional Services
amounted to
1.8 million Euros as compared with 2.0 million Euros at December 31,
2011.
SYSTRAN also expects a decrease of Professional Services from the US
Government
and co-funded projects in France.
Dispute with the European Commission
On March 4, 2011, the European Commission brought an appeal before the
Court of
Justice against the judgment of the General Court which was
delivered on
December 16, 2010 (case T-19/07). On November 8, 2011, the Court
informed the
parties that the written procedure was closed and a hearing took place on
April
19, 2012.
On November 15, 2012, the Advocate General proposed that the Court of
Justice
should set aside the judgment of the General Court by which that court
ordered
the Commission to pay SYSTRAN a lump-sum amount of 12 million
Euros as
compensation for the material damage sustained by it. The Advocate
General
proposes that the Court of Justice should, primarily, set aside the
judgment of
the General Court and itself give judgment in the case, declaring
that the
action based on non-contractual liability brought by SYSTRAN and its
subsidiary
is inadmissible. In the alternative, he proposes that the Court of
Justice
should set aside the judgment of the General Court and refer the case
back to
it. As of today, the Court has not provided any further information
on the
judgment date.
About SYSTRAN
SYSTRAN is the market leading provider of language translation software
products
and solutions for the desktop, enterprise and Internet.
Use of SYSTRAN products and solutions enhance multilingual
communication and
increase user productivity. SYSTRAN delivers real-time language
solutions for
search, content management, online customer support, intra or
intercompany
collaboration, and eCommerce.
With the ability to facilitate communication in 52+ language combinations
and in
20 vertical domains, SYSTRAN's software is the choice of leading
global
corporations, portals and public agencies.
SYSTRAN has been pioneering advances in machine translation for over
four
decades. Its latest achievement, SYSTRAN Hybrid MT, combines the
predictability
and language consistency of rule-based machine translation with the
fluency of
statistical MT.
SYSTRAN is headquartered in Paris, France with a North American office
located
in San Diego, California, USA.
SYSTRAN (Code ISIN FR0004109197, Bloomberg: SYST NM, Reuters: SYTN.LN) is
listed
on EuroNext Paris, Compartiment C.
For more information, visit www.systransoft.com
Revenue for the first quarter 2013 ending on March 31, 2013 will be
announced on
May 3, 2013.
This Press Release is available for download at:
http://www.systransoft.com/systran/investors/press-releases
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(In KEUR) Year 2012 Year 2011 Year 2010 Year 2010
(12 months) (12 months) (12 months) (12 months)
Restated ((1)) Published
( )
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Net sales 10 180 10 587 8 934 8 934
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Cost of sales and other (3 272) (2 874) (3 189) (3 189)
external expenses
Wages and salaries (7 089) (6 860) (5 521) (5 521)
Taxes and duties (235) (224) (207) (207)
Depreciation and (342) (346) (311) (311)
amortization (net)
Other income / (expenses) 840 886 768 (102)
((2))
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Current operating income 82 1 069 474 (396)
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Other operating income 26 0 12 332 12 332
Other operating expenses (94) (228) (12 563) (12 563)
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Operating income 14 841 243 (627)
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Net cost of debt 528 346 130 130
Other financial income 55 7 86 86
Other financial expenses (16) (46) (76) (76)
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Net financial income 567 308 140 140
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Profit before tax 581 1 148 383 (487)
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Income tax expenses ((1)) 164 (450) (301) 569
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Profit from operations 745 698 82 82
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Minority interest 0 0 0 0
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Net income / (loss) - 745 698 82 82
Group's share
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Earning / (loss) per share
On the basis of the average Year 2012 Year 2011 Year 2010 Year 2010
number of shares in
circulation:
- Number of common shares 7,663,145 7,845,088 8,054,870 8,054,870
- Euros per share 0.10 0.09 0.01 0.01
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(1) Restated presentation of the tax credit for research activities
(from «income tax expenses» to « other income »).
(2) A tax credit for research activities in the amount of 1,011
thousand Euros was accounted for at December 31, 2011 in other current
revenues, whereas the tax credit for research was accounted for in
corporate taxes in the previous financial consolidated statements.
SYSTRAN - Annual results for the year 2012:
http://hugin.info/141962/R/1678331/547730.pdf
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