Annual Report & Accounts for the Year Ended 31 December 2004

SDL Maidenhead , United Kingdom
07 April 2005

 SDL plc (“the Company”), the world’s leading provider of translation services and technology solutions, announced today that its Annual Report & Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2004 has been posted to shareholders. In addition to the audited accounts, it includes unaudited presentations under International Financial Reporting Standards of the Company's consolidated profit and loss account and balance sheet for the year ended 31 December 2004 and the Company's consolidated balance sheet as at 31 December 2003.

The SDL plc Annual Report & Accounts 2004 is available through the financial section of the Company's website: www.sdl.com/company/company-financial-overview.htm.

About SDL

SDL is the leader in Global Information Management (GIM) solutions that empower organizations to accelerate the delivery of high-quality multilingual content to global markets. Its enterprise software and services integrate with existing business systems to manage the delivery of global information from authoring to publication and throughout the distributed translation supply chain.

Global industry leaders rely on SDL to provide enterprise software or hosted services for their GIM processes, including ABN-Amro, Best Western, Bosch, Canon, Chrysler, CNH, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Philips, SAP, Sony, SUN Microsystems and Virgin Atlantic.

SDL has implemented more than 480 enterprise GIM solutions, has deployed over 150,000 software licenses across the GIM ecosystem and provides access to on-demand translation portals for 10 million customers per month. Over 1,000 service professionals deliver consulting, implementation and language services through its global infrastructure of more than 50 offices in 30 countries. For more information, visit www.sdl.com

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Nicola Bogle (SDL)
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nbogle@sdl.com