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SkillSoft PLC (NASDAQ: SKIL) provides on-demand Internet-based training courses for professionals in business and information technology (IT). The company catalog includes more than 6,600 courses addressing such issues as project management, sales, business strategy, finance, regulatory compliance, operating systems, network technologies and Web design. SkillSoft also offers online coaching for more than 100 IT certification exams and provides access to some 19,000 engineering, IT, and business books online. Clients include IBM (NYSE: IBM), Merck (NYSE: MRK) and Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO).

The firm pleased investors last week, when it reported Q2 EPS of ten cents and revenues of $83.3 million. Analysts had been expecting seven cents and $82.4 million. Management also guided Q3 EPS to 9-10 cents (nine cent consensus), Q3 revenues to $84.0-$85.5 million ($84.83M consensus), FY09 EPS to 35-38 cents (34 cent consensus) and FY09 revenues to $335-$338 million ($336.43M consensus).

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