2014-07-18 07:00:00 CEST

2014-07-18 07:00:04 CEST


REGULATED INFORMATION

Tieto Oyj - Interim report (Q1 and Q3)

Interim Report 2/2014 – Positive development in IT services continues


Tieto Corporation            INTERIM REPORT   18 July 2014, 8.00 am EET


  -- IT services organic growth in local currencies close to 3%
  -- Profitability continued to improve despite costs related to exceptional
     project termination
  -- Customer insourcing results in lower volumes in Product Development
     Services

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 1.3%   
  -- In IT services, organic growth in local currencies was 2.6%
  -- Second-quarter operating profit excl. one-off items amounted to EUR 30.0
     (30.6) million, margin increased to 7.8% (7.3)
                                                    4-6/    4-6/    1-6/    1-6/
                                                    2014  20132)    2014  20132)
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Net sales, EUR million                             386.4   416.7   773.4   840.6
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Change, %                                           -7.3     n/a    -8.0     n/a
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Organic change in local currencies, %               -1.3     n/a    -1.3     n/a
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Operating profit (EBITA), EUR million               21.7    15.6    56.1    45.9
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Operating margin (EBITA), %                          5.6     3.7     7.3     5.5
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Operating profit (EBIT), EUR million                21.5    14.8    55.5    44.1
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Operating margin (EBIT), %                           5.6     3.5     7.2     5.2
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Operating profit (EBIT) excl. one-off items1),      30.0    30.6    64.5    61.7
 EUR million                                                                    
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Operating margin (EBIT) excl. one-off items1), %     7.8     7.3     8.3     7.3
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Profit after taxes, EUR million                     16.5     7.4    41.1    28.8
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EPS, EUR                                            0.23    0.10    0.56    0.40
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Net cash flow from operations, EUR million          16.6    10.7    66.6    60.7
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Return on equity, 12-month rolling, %               15.3     6.6    15.3     6.6
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Return on capital employed, 12-month rolling, %     14.8    10.3    14.8    10.3
 3)                                                                             
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Investments, EUR million                             7.1    15.3    20.5    32.6
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Interest-bearing net debt, EUR million              30.3    81.1    30.3    81.1
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Net debt/EBITDA                                      0.2     0.4     0.2     0.4
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Book-to-bill                                         1.0     1.4     1.1     1.1
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Order backlog                                      1 550   1 469   1 550   1 469
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Personnel on 30 June                              14 126  14 933  14 126  14 933
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1) Excl. capital gains, impairments 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:

“Our second quarter demonstrated continued good performance in our IT services
business as a result of longer-term improvement in businesses across the
company. The market remains attractive, providing a combination of
opportunities for new growth investments and for modernization of old IT
systems. Our position as the leader in Nordic Enterprise Cloud services has
further strengthened in the second quarter, as proven by our accelerated growth
in this business. I'm also glad to see continued improvement in customer
confidence towards Tieto - demonstrated by multiple wins for new contracts
across the financial services, public and manufacturing sectors. 

We continue to take actions in our Product Development Services business where
volumes are negatively impacted by customer insourcing and the market
environment is changing. We will drive renewal of competencies and swiftly
manage capacity to improve the business' competitiveness and profitability. 

Tieto has experienced an extended period of strategy and culture renewal and I
want to express my gratitude to our employees for achieving the improved level
of competitiveness and performance. I expect the speed of change in the market
to remain high and continue to provide attractive new opportunities for Tieto.” 


Financial performance by service line

EUR million                        Custome  Custome  Change,  Operatin  Operatin
                                         r        r        %         g         g
                                     sales    sales             profit    profit
                                   4-6/201  4-6/201           4-6/2014  4-6/2013
                                         4        3                             
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Managed Services                       132      125        5       7.6       5.4
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Consulting and System Integration       97      108      -10       6.1       2.8
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Industry Products                       97      105       -7      15.0      15.4
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Product Development Services            60       79      -24      -2.3      -2.6
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Support Functions and Global                                      -4.8      -6.1
 Management                                                                     
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Total                                  386      417       -7      21.5      14.8
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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
                               4-6/2014  4-6/2013        items1)         items1)
                                                        4-6/2014        4-6/2013
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Managed Services                    5.8       4.3            5.8             4.6
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Consulting and System               6.3       2.6            7.4             8.9
 Integration                                                                    
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Industry Products                  15.3      14.7           15.6            15.8
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Product Development Services       -3.8      -3.4            6.1             2.6
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Total                               5.6       3.5            7.8             7.3
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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              4-6/2013   
                                        4-6/2014                                
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Managed Services                             136                   125         9
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Consulting and System                         97                   101        -4
 Integration                                                                    
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Industry Products                            102                   100         2
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IT services                                  335                   327         3
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Product Development                           57                    71       -19
 Services                                                                       
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Total                                        393                   398        -1
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The following divestments affected second-quarter sales: local businesses in
Germany and the Netherlands and 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, %
                                           4-6/2014        4-6/2013           
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Financial Services                               84              84          0
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Manufacturing, Retail and Logistics              78              78          0
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Public, Healthcare and Welfare                  104             102          3
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Telecom, Media and Energy                        60              74        -19
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Product Development Services                     60              79        -24
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Total                                           386             417         -7
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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         
                                           4-6/2014            4-6/2013         
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Financial Services                               86                  83        3
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Manufacturing, Retail                            79                  76        3
 and Logistics                                                                  
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Public, Healthcare and                          108                  97       11
 Welfare                                                                        
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Telecom, Media and                               63                  70      -10
 Energy                                                                         
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IT services                                     335                 327        3
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Product Development                              57                  71      -19
 Services                                                                       
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Total                                           393                 398       -1
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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
Helsinki, address: Aku Korhosen tie 2-6, on 18 July 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. As
from the second-quarter conference, Tieto provides only Adobe Flash -based
webcast. 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 9543
Sweden: +46 (0)8 5033 6539
UK: +44 (0)20 3427 0503
US: +1212 444 0895
Conference code: 7353033

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.