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Summa Linguae Reports Q4 2015 Results

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February 18, 2016

Summa Linguae Reports Q4 2015 Results

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by Marion Marking

On February 18, 2016

5 years ago
Financial Results ·

by Marion Marking

On February 18, 2016

Summa Linguae Reports Q4 2015 Results

On February 15, 2016, publicly-listed language service provider Summa Linguae released its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2015. The Krakow-based company grew Q4 revenues by 15% from the previous quarter to PLN 1.419m (USD 360,000).

Summa Linguae also reported that earnings were up 142% in Q4 compared to the previous quarter with adjusted EBITDA at PLN 292,700 (USD 74,108) compared to PLN 121,100 (USD 30,300).

Things are not all rosy, however. For the full-year 2015, the company posted a tentative adjusted EBITDA of PLN 491,800 (USD 124,517)―a 10.5% drop from last year’s EBITDA of PLN 543,700 (USD 137,841). Compared to the Q4 2014 revenues were down by roughly 5%. For the full year, revenues decreased from PLN 5,011,309 (USD 1.268m) in 2014 to PLN 4,835,945 (USD 1.223m) in 2015.

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We reached out to Summa Linguae CEO Krzysztof Zdanowski, who gave Slator an update on recent client wins and the company’s M&A and private-equity partnership plans.

Regarding new clients, Zdanowski mentioned three: Poland’s Ministry of Justice, a secondary contract with the European Parliament, and a “very big contract” with the Ministry of Development, which was “won in December 2015, signed in January 2016.”

Per the Summa Linguae investor relations page, the company concluded a fixed-term agreement with the State Treasury–the Ministry of Development. The maximum amount of the contract to provide “translation and additional services” to the Ministry is PLN 2.149m (USD 544,032).

In terms of acquisitions, the Polish LSP is progressing slower than it anticipated in late 2015, when CEO Zdanowski said he was targeting a total of four deals by year-end. In its Q4 2015 commentary, the company had reduced this to one acquisition, mentioning it was conducting due diligence on a translation agency, “which is our potential acquisition target.”

Asked for more details about the target agency, Zdanowski said it was “an LSP based in central Poland,” and that “the deal will be closed in March or April.”

According to CEO Zdanowski, “We are waiting for final due diligence reports and preparing for operational merger. Since this LSP has a number of franchise offices, it is an operational challenge.”

Asked for an update about the potential private-equity investment he mentioned in late 2015, Zdanowski said they are still in talks with some private equity funds. “It is taking us longer than anticipated,” he said, adding that they had expected to close a deal in December 2015 and are doing their best “to close the round as soon as possible.”

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