Serko Updates Market Guidance on Signing Flight Centre LOI
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Market Release
31 July 2018
Serko Updates Market Guidance After Signing
Letter of Intent with Flight Centre Travel Group
Serko Limited (NZSX:SKO, ASX:SKO, ‘Serko’), a leader in online travel booking and expense
management for business, today announced it has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Flight
Centre Travel Group (FCTG) and raised its FY19 guidance range for revenue growth to
20% - 30% above FY18 (from 15% -30% previously).
The LOI commits the parties to endeavour to negotiate a contract variation incorporating
the agreed principles set out in the LOI, intended to be effective 1 September 2018, which
would extend the existing partnership with FCTG’s corporate brands across Australia, New
Zealand and Asia through to April 2022 at a minimum, and also includes an expansion in
territory across North America to include USA, Canada and Mexico.
Under the LOI, Serko is immediately entitled to receive an ongoing development
contribution from FCTG through to April 2019, at a minimum. This will enable FCTG to
launch a unique product based on Serko’s latest online travel management technology.
This commitment, along with other Travel Management Company (TMC) agreements
previously signed by Serko and announced to the market, is expected to result in an uplift in
revenue in the second half of FY19. As a result, Serko raises its FY19 guidance range for
revenue growth to 20% - 30% above FY18 (up from previous guidance of 15% – 30%).
In the event that a binding contract variation is agreed based on the principles set out in the
LOI, we expect that the FCTG relationship will deliver further revenue growth in FY20 year as
we recognise the full trading benefit of the geographic expansion and implementation of the
new technology.
Serko will provide a further update on performance and progress for the FY19 year at the
Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held on 22 August 2018.
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For Investor Relations queries please contact:
Susan Putt
Chief Financial Officer, Serko
+64 9 309 4754
investor.relations@serko.com
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