Maintel Holdings PLC Trading Update (9610H)
21 November 2018 - 6:00PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 9610H
Maintel Holdings PLC
21 November 2018
Maintel Holdings PLC
Trading update
Maintel Holdings Plc (the "Group" or "Maintel") today issues the
following trading update for the year ending 31 December 2018.
Maintel's transformation into a cloud and managed services
provider has continued in the second half. This month alone the
Group has seen two large wins on its hosted Unified Communications
(UC) platform adding a total of 9,000 contracted seats, together
with attached data services. This will increase the number of seats
on its ICON platform to approximately 59,000, representing growth
of over 40% versus the prior year. In addition, Maintel is on track
to grow its managed services base year on year by around 10%.
Whilst the Group's business transformation has been encouraging,
it now anticipates a lower level of revenue and EBITDA in the
second half than previously expected, for two main reasons:
-- Whilst new sales in H2 have been relatively strong, there has
been a significant shift in mix away from short term projects where
revenue and EBITDA can be quickly recognised, to longer term
recurring revenue, particularly hosted UC and WAN products. This
trend is forecast to continue over the remainder of the current
financial year and into 2019.
-- As previously reported, the Group entered H2 with a healthy
backlog of project work which was expected to generate revenue in
H2 2018 and into 2019. Some of the projects planned to complete in
H2 have been delayed, which will adversely affect revenue and
EBITDA for the remainder of the year.
As a result, the Board now expects Adjusted* EBITDA for the year
ended 31 December 2018 to be in the range of GBP12m to GBP12.5m
(2017 GBP10.9m).
It is the Board's intention for the full year 2018 dividend to
again grow year on year, in line with existing guidance. In
addition, it is expected that net debt will end the year at a lower
level than the close of the prior financial year.
More detail on the outlook for 2019 will be provided at the time
of the preliminary announcement of results in March, however the
Board remains confident in delivering growth in both revenue and
EBITDA for the full year to 31 December 2019.
This growth will be driven by the positive impact of the Unify
customer base acquired on 29 June 2018 that is expected to generate
healthy project work in 2019, the continued growth in the ICON
cloud business and a number of margin enhancement initiatives
across the Group.
*Adjusted EBITDA is earnings before interest, tax, depreciation
and amortisation, adjusted for share based payments and exceptional
costs.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014
For further information, please contact:
Eddie Buxton, Chief Executive 020 7401 4601
Mark Townsend, Chief Financial Officer 020 7401 4663
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Jonny Franklin-Adams / Emily Watts (Corporate Finance) 020 7220 0500
Richard Chambers (Corporate Broking)
Oakley Advisory (Financial Advisor)
Christian Maher / Victoria Boxall 020 7766 6900
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