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SoftwareOne posts slight loss in 2024, to close Crayon deal in June
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on February 19, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 26, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on February 19, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 26, 2026
SoftwareOne reports a 2024 loss due to restructuring costs and plans to finalize the Crayon acquisition by June, ahead of schedule.
(Reuters) - Swiss technology firm SoftwareOne said on Wednesday it had slipped to a net loss in 2024 of 1.6 million Swiss francs due to extraordinary expenses arising from restructuring efforts and cost-saving measures.
SoftwareOne, which posted a 21.4 million franc profit in 2023, logged full-year revenue of 1.015 billion Swiss francs ($1.12 billion), marginally up from 2023 figure.
The software and cloud solutions company said it expects to close its acquisition of Crayon Group in June, earlier than its previous guidance for the third quarter.
In December, SoftwareOne agreed to buy its Norwegian competitor in a stock and cash deal worth $1.4 billion.
SoftwareOne said it had achieved annualised cost savings of 58 million francs by the end of 2024, exceeding the 50 million franc target by the second quarter of 2025. As a result, the program's target was raised to 70 million francs.
SoftwareOne CEO Raphael Erb said the company would be focusing chiefly on the integration of Crayon in 2025 and did not have any other major acquisitions planned.
There might though, he said, be room for some small bolt-ons under consideration.
Erb said he did not anticipate headwinds from any potential tariffs imposed by the new U.S. Trump administration, noting that the company had a presence in over 60 countries.
"We can bill in local currencies, we can bill locally," Erb said. "We're operating in an environment where the cloud and the hyperscalers are continuing to grow fast. And I think that's something we can benefit from."
($1 = 0.9036 Swiss francs)
(Reporting by Dave Graham and Paolo Laudani; Editing by Ludwig Burger)
SoftwareOne reported a net loss of 1.6 million Swiss francs in 2024 due to extraordinary expenses from restructuring efforts.
SoftwareOne expects to finalize its acquisition of Crayon Group in June, ahead of its previous guidance for the third quarter.
SoftwareOne logged full-year revenue of 1.015 billion Swiss francs, which is a slight increase from the 2023 figure.
By the end of 2024, SoftwareOne achieved annualized cost savings of 58 million francs, surpassing its target of 50 million francs.
CEO Raphael Erb indicated that he does not anticipate headwinds from potential tariffs imposed by the new U.S. administration, as the company operates in over 60 countries.
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