Pre-Close
Trading Update
Ahead of entering its close period, Computacenter plc, the European IT infrastructure services provider, is today briefing analysts on trading for the year ended 31 December 2004.
Group profit before tax for 2004 is anticipated to be in line with market expectations with cash generation ahead of forecast.
In the UK, trading in the second half was much as expected. Managed Services revenues continued to grow well, although product margins remained under pressure from continuing product price decline.
As anticipated, the performance of the German operations improved in the second half of 2004, with profits for the full year expected to be similar to 2003. Our French business traded poorly throughout 2004 and was subject to some extensive re-engineering, particularly in the second half.
Computacenter plc will announce its preliminary results for the year ending 31 December 2004, on Tuesday, 15 March 2005.
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