- Transaction Expected to Close in April 2022
Skillsoft Corp., a global leader in corporate digital learning, commenced a $160 million senior secured incremental term loan B facility syndication. This facility will be used to finance a portion of the cash consideration of Skillsoft’s pending acquisition of Codecademy, a leading online learning platform for technical skills.
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Codecademy’s innovative and popular learning platform has provided high-demand technical skills to approximately 40 million registered learners in nearly every country worldwide. The platform offers interactive, self-paced courses and hands-on learning in 14 programming languages across multiple domains such as application development, data science, cloud and cybersecurity. The combination of Codecademy with Skillsoft’s existing technical skills offering is expected to create a leader in the high-demand, high-growth Technology & Developer digital learning segment.
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As previously announced, the acquisition is expected to be significantly accretive to Skillsoft’s bookings and revenue growth, and accretive to gross margin upon closing. Skillsoft expects revenue synergies primarily from cross-selling Codecademy’s products to Skillsoft’s large enterprise customer base, and that the acquisition will be accretive to Skillsoft’s EBITDA over the long term.
Updated Full Year Fiscal 2022 Outlook (fiscal year ended January 31, 2022)
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Previous Outlook |
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Updated Outlook |
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Bookings |
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$700 million to $720 million |
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$716 million to $721 million |
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Adjusted Revenue |
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$685 million to $700 million |
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$693 million to $698 million |
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Adjusted EBITDA |
Approximately $165 million |
Approximately $167 million |
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The Company will provide its fiscal year 2023 outlook when it reports its fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2022 results on April 6, 2022.
The transaction is subject to approval by Skillsoft shareholders and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Additional information is available in a Definitive Proxy Statement filed with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2022.
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