2014-10-23 07:00:00 CEST

2014-10-23 07:00:05 CEST


REGULATED INFORMATION

Tieto Oyj - Interim report (Q1 and Q3)

TIETO's Interim Report 3/2014 – Strong underlying operating profit and IT services order intake


Tieto Corporation    INTERIM REPORT   23 October 2014, 8.00 am EET


  -- Underlying operating margin close to 12% mainly due to continued efficiency
     improvement
  -- Strong order intake driven by the manufacturing and retail industries as
     well as continued strong performance in Managed Services
  -- In Product Development Services, capacity adjustments initiated due to the
     insourcing decision taken by one key customer - one-off goodwill impairment
     charges impacting operating profit

The full interim report with tables is available at the end of this release

Key figures

  -- Net sales in local currencies were organically down by 2.6%   
  -- In IT services, organic growth in local currencies was 1.0%
  -- Order intake (Total Contract Value) amounted to EUR 395 (299) million and
     order backlog was EUR 1 558 (1 421) million
  -- Third-quarter operating profit excl. one-off items rose to EUR 41.3 (37.5)
     million, margin increased to 11.9% (10.4)
  -- Operating profit includes goodwill impairment charges of EUR 40 million



                                            7-9/201  7-9/2013  1-9/201  1-9/2013
                                                  4        2)        4        2)
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Net sales, EUR million                        346.2     361.1  1 119.6   1 201.7
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Change, %                                      -4.1       n/a     -6.8       n/a
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Organic change in local currencies, %          -2.6       n/a     -1.7       n/a
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Operating profit (EBITA), EUR million          -3.7      25.2     52.4      71.2
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Operating margin (EBITA), %                    -1.1       7.0      4.7       5.9
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Operating profit (EBIT), EUR million           -3.9      24.3     51.6      68.4
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Operating margin (EBIT), %                     -1.1       6.7      4.6       5.7
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Operating profit (EBIT) excl. one-off          41.3      37.5    105.8      99.1
 items1), EUR million                                                           
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Operating margin (EBIT) excl. one-off          11.9      10.4      9.5       8.2
 items1), %                                                                     
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Profit after taxes, EUR million               -12.8      18.4     28.3      47.2
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EPS, EUR                                      -0.17      0.25     0.39      0.65
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Net cash flow from operations, EUR million     11.1      40.8     77.7     101.5
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Return on equity, 12-month rolling, %           8.7       5.4      8.7       5.4
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Return on capital employed, 12-month           10.4       9.0     10.4       9.0
 rolling, % 3)                                                                  
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Investments, EUR million                       10.1      15.5     30.6      48.1
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Interest-bearing net debt, EUR million         25.7      52.6     25.7      52.6
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Net debt/EBITDA                                 0.2       0.2      0.2       0.2
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Book-to-bill                                    1.1       0.8      1.1       1.0
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Order backlog                                 1 558     1 421    1 558     1 421
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Personnel on 30  Sep                         13 878    14 778   13 878    14 778
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1) Excl. capital gains, goodwill impairment charges and restructuring costs
2) Figures restated according to IFRS 11 ‘Joint arrangements'
3) The figure for 2013 has been restated.


Full-year outlook for 2014 unchanged
Tieto expects its full-year operating profit (EBIT) excluding one-off items to
increase from the previous year's level (EUR 141.2 million in 2013). 

CEO's comment
Comment regarding the interim report by Kimmo Alkio, President and CEO:

“We are pleased to see the continued performance improvement in both our core
IT services business and the underlying profitability of the Group. I'm also
satisfied with the healthy order intake in many of our businesses, especially
in the manufacturing and retail industries as well as the Managed Services
business as a whole. 

The market environment for our Product Development Services business remains
challenging due to the recent insourcing decision made by one of our large
customers. Consequently, we have initiated actions to reduce the cost base and
to improve our performance in this area within our existing customer base.
Additionally, we continue to seek growth for Product Development Services
through new customers globally. 

At Tieto, we continue to invest in several business areas that are expected to
drive future growth of the company. Cloud services have been successful for our
customers and have delivered over 100% cloud services growth for Tieto during
the last nine months. Momentum remains high in our start-up operations for both
Industrial Internet and Customer Experience Management. I remain optimistic
that our investments will continue to deliver double-digit growth in the chosen
areas.” 


Financial performance by service line


EUR million                        Custome  Custome  Change,  Operatin  Operatin
                                         r        r        %         g         g
                                     sales    sales             profit    profit
                                   7-9/201  7-9/201           7-9/2014  7-9/2013
                                         4        3                             
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Managed Services                       121      117        3      11.0       3.7
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Consulting and System Integration       84       92       -9       7.2       4.0
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Industry Products                       91       91        0      20.3      19.9
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Product Development Services            51       60      -15     -37.4       3.0
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Support Functions and Global                                      -5.0      -6.3
 Management                                                                     
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Total                                  346      361       -4      -3.9      24.3
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Operating margin by service line

%                              Operatin  Operatin      Operating       Operating
                                      g         g   margin excl.    margin excl.
                                 margin    margin        one-off         one-off
                               7-9/2014  7-9/2013        items1)         items1)
                                                        7-9/2014        7-9/2013
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Managed Services                    9.0       3.2            9.1             5.1
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Consulting and System               8.6       4.3           11.6            10.4
 Integration                                                                    
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Industry Products                  22.4      21.9           22.3            22.1
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Product Development Services      -73.0       5.0            8.9             7.9
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Total                              -1.1       6.7           11.9            10.4
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1) Excl. capital gains, impairments and                                         
 restructuring costs                                                            


Organic change in local currency by service line

EUR million                             Customer              Customer   Change,
                                  sales adj. for        sales adj. for         %
                                acquisitions and           divestments          
                                        currency              7-9/2013          
                                        7-9/2014                                
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Managed Services                             125                   117         7
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Consulting and System                         85                    91        -7
 Integration                                                                    
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Industry Products                             94                    91         4
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IT services                                  303                   300         1
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Product Development                           48                    60       -21
 Services                                                                       
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Total                                        351                   360        -3
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Third-quarter sales were affected by the divestment of the security solutions
business in Denmark. Additionally, the acquisitions of Canvisa Consulting and
part of Siemens Convergence Creators' business are eliminated. 


Customer sales by industry group


EUR million                          Customer sales  Customer sales  Change, %
                                           7-9/2014        7-9/2013           
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Financial Services                               77              77          0
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Manufacturing, Retail and Logistics              73              70          5
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Public, Healthcare and Welfare                   91              90          1
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Telecom, Media and Energy                        54              63        -14
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IT services                                     295             300         -2
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Product Development Services                     51              60        -15
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Total                                           346             361         -4
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Organic change in local currency by industry group

EUR million                                Customer            Customer  Change,
                                     sales adj. for      sales adj. for        %
                          acquisitions and currency         divestments         
                                           7-9/2014            7-9/2013         
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Financial Services                               79                  77        3
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Manufacturing, Retail                            74                  69        7
 and Logistics                                                                  
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Public, Healthcare and                           94                  90        4
 Welfare                                                                        
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Telecom, Media and                               56                  63      -11
 Energy                                                                         
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IT services                                     303                 300        1
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Product Development                              48                  60      -21
 Services                                                                       
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Total                                           351                 360       -3
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Third-quarter sales were affected by the divestment of the security solutions
business in Denmark. Additionally, the acquisitions of Canvisa Consulting and
part of Siemens Convergence Creators' business are eliminated. 



For further information, please contact:
Lasse Heinonen, CFO, tel. +358 2072 66329, +358 50 393 4950, lasse.heinonen
(at) tieto.com 
Tanja Lounevirta, Head of Investor Relations, tel +358 2072 71725, +358 50 321
7510, tanja.lounevirta (at) tieto.com 



Press conference for analysts and media will be held at Tieto's premises in
Stockholm, address: Fjärde Bassängvägen 15, on Thursday 23 October at 11.00 am
EET (10.00 am CET, 9.00 am UK time). The results will be presented in English
by Kimmo Alkio, President and CEO, and Lasse Heinonen, CFO. 

The conference will be webcasted and can be viewed live on Tieto's website.
Tieto currently provides only Adobe Flash -based webcast and to join the
conference, attendees need Adobe Flash plugin version 10.1.0 or newer. In order
to ensure access, attendees are requested to test compatibility beforehand. In
case problems exist, please contact tieto@reloadmedia.fi. 

The meeting participants can also join a telephone conference that will be held
at the same time. The telephone conference details can be found below. 

Telephone conference numbers:
Finland: +358 (0)9 6937 9590
Sweden: +46 (0)8 5065 3937
UK: +44 (0)20 3427 1909
US: +1212 444 0896
Conference code: 8765732

To ensure that you are connected to the conference call, please dial in a few
minutes before the start of the press and analyst conference. An on-demand
video will be available after the conference. 

Tieto publishes financial information in English, Finnish and Swedish. The full
interim report with tables is available only in English and Finnish. 


TIETO CORPORATION

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Tieto is the largest Nordic IT services company providing full life-cycle
services for both the private and public sectors and product development
services in the field of communications and embedded technologies. The company
has global presence through its product development business and global
delivery centres. Tieto is committed to developing enterprises and society
through IT by realizing new opportunities in customers' business
transformation. At Tieto, we believe in professional development and results. 

Founded 1968, headquartered in Helsinki, Finland and with approximately 14 000
experts, the company operates in over 20 countries with net sales of
approximately EUR 1.6 billion. Tieto's shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX in
Helsinki and Stockholm. Please visit www.tieto.com for more information.