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RNS Number : 6934S  Computacenter PLC  28 July 2025

Computacenter plc

Trading Update - 28 July 2025

Computacenter plc ("Computacenter" or the "Group"), a leading independent
technology and services provider, today provides a trading update for the half
year ended 30 June 2025 ("the half"), based on preliminary unaudited financial
information.

Trading update

For the half we delivered strong revenue growth largely driven by growth in
high-volume Technology Sourcing business, resulting in good growth in gross
profit. This reflected an excellent performance in North America and further
growth in the UK. However, we experienced softer trading in Germany and France
during the second quarter driven by temporary lower levels of public sector
activity following political changes, with the performance in France
significantly weaker than last year. During the half we also increased
investment in Group-wide initiatives as we continue to upgrade our systems. As
a result, we now expect H1 2025 adjusted(1) operating profit to be slightly
ahead of last year (H1 2024: £81.1m) including a c.£2m adverse currency
translation impact.

Following the completion of the share buyback programme in the second half of
2024, net interest income is expected to be over £6m lower than H1 2024,
whilst earnings per share is enhanced. We retain a strong balance sheet with
adjusted net funds of c.£278m at 30 June 2025.

Looking ahead, we are encouraged by our committed product order backlog at 30
June 2025 which remains healthy across all geographies meaning we are well
positioned for the second half. We have started July strongly with certain
large orders in North America and the UK which were expected to complete
during the first half, moving into Q3.

While the broader geopolitical and macro uncertainty is expected to persist,
we anticipate some recovery in public sector activity in Germany in the second
half while France is expected to remain challenging. Overall, we continue to
expect full year adjusted(1) operating profit in FY 2025 to be ahead of the
prior year including an adverse c.£4m currency translation impact with
adjusted(1) profit before tax expected to be at a similar level to the prior
year due to the anticipated reduction in net finance income following the
share buyback.

We will publish our half year results for the six months to 30 June 2025 on 9
September 2025.

Footnotes:

(1) Adjusted operating profit and adjusted profit before tax are stated before
exceptional and other adjusting items, including gains or losses on business
acquisitions and disposals and amortisation of acquired intangibles as
Management does not consider these items when reviewing the underlying
performance of the Segment or the Group as a whole.

Enquiries:

 Computacenter plc
 Mike Norris, CEO                      +44 (0) 1707 631 601
 Christian Cowley, Investor Relations  +44 (0) 1707 631 132

 Teneo
 James Macey White / Matt Low          +44 (0) 207 353 4200

About Computacenter:

Computacenter is a leading independent technology and services provider,
trusted by large corporate and public sector organisations. We are a
responsible business that believes in winning together for our people and our
planet. We help our customers to Source, Transform and Manage their technology
infrastructure to deliver digital transformation, enabling people and their
business. Computacenter is a public company quoted on the London FTSE 250
(CCC.L) and employs over 20,000 people worldwide.

More information can be found at www.computacenter.com

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intentions. These forward-looking statements include all matters that are not
historical facts. They appear in a number of places throughout this trading
update and include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Group's
intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, amongst other things,
results of operations, prospects, growth, strategies and expectations of its
respective businesses.

By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty
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forward-looking statements contained in this trading update. In addition, even
if the results of operations and the development of the markets and the
industry in which the Group operates either as set out in Computacenter plc's
2024 Annual Report and Accounts or generally are consistent with the
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factor section of the Computacenter plc 2024 Annual Report and Accounts, as
well as general economic and business conditions, industry trends,
competition, changes in regulation, currency fluctuations or advancements in
research and development.

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this trading update
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operations, results of operations and growth strategy.

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obligation to update the forward-looking statements to reflect actual results
or any change in events, conditions or assumptions or other factors save where
and to the extent otherwise required by applicable law or regulation.

 

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