cerillion plc shares rose monday after it said that it expects adjusted pretax profit for fiscal 2022 to significantly beat market expectations and for revenue to marginally exceed market views shares at 0723 gmt were up 1000 pence or 96 at 11400 pence the londonlisted software provider said for the year ended sept 30 it now expects to materially exceed the consensus market forecast for adjusted pretax profit of 101 million pounds 114 million the company didnt provide a figure for revenue expectation cerillion said it entered the second half of the year ended sept 30 with a strong backorder book and continued to perform well throughout the period including securing its largest contract to date in the fourth quarter it also said it benefited significantly from favorable foreign exchange rates and higher resource utilization as well as lower net finance costs and lower depreciation and amortization than expected the pipeline of new business opportunities from both existing and prospective new customers remains buoyant and the company is wellpositioned as it enters the new financial year cerillion said