Sage financial targets achieved with momentum for sustainable growth

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Sage International Headlines

Business review

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Further progress with global products

Earnings improved

Ivan Epstein, President, Sage International said: ‘We are pleased to have met the Group financial targets set three years ago and to be showing strong momentum with our global transformation programme. In the International region, we’ve seen solid organic revenue growth and we’re particularly pleased to see Sage One launched and gaining traction in Australia. There has also beenrobust performance into Africa withdouble-digit organic growth.We look forward to sustained progress across the region in FY16.’

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1Unless otherwise stated, all financial measures for both current and prior year have been stated after the revenue reporting changes described on page 3 and growth rates in the Chief Executive Officer’s review and Chief Financial Officer’s review are stated on an organic basis. For information on the definition of revenue categories, Non-GAAP measures and changes during the year, please see page 3 and Appendix II on page 17.

2Statutory operating profit includes a £62m impairment charge relating to goodwill on acquired operations in Brazil.

Rounding

As a result of rounding throughout this document, it is possible that tables may not cast and change percentages may not calculate precisely.

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