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THE BODY SHOP 1999 ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS VIEW FROM THE SHOP FLOOR 1999 ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS `I want to work for a company that contributes to and is part of the community. I want something not just to invest in. I want something to believe in.' ANITA RODDICK ANITA RODDICK WITH ALANIS MORISSETTE, PARIS, DE...
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37 AUDITORS' REPORT 39 CONSOLIDATED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT 40 BALANCE SHEETS 41 CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT 42 STATEMENT OF TOTAL RECOGNISED GAINS AND LOSSES 43 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS 44 GROUP FIVE YEAR SUMMARY 61 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 62 SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION 63 WORLDWIDE SHOP LI...
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courageously ensure that our business is ecologically sustainable: meeting the needs of the present without compromising the future. · To meaningfully contribute to local, national and international communities in which we trade, by adopting a code of conduct which ensures care, honesty, fairness and respect. · To pas...
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O U R C O R E VA L U E S WE AIM TO ENSURE that human and civil rights, as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, are respected throughout our business activities. We will establish a framework based on this declaration to include criteria for workers' rights embracing a safe, healthy working environment...
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16 Taiwan 50 34 Thailand 16 12 011%!!!110 )!!!%)))) 036191%!!!110 330 )!!!%)))) 011%!!!110 )!!!%)))) GRAND TOTAL 0 1,66131%!!!110 1,594 )!!!%)))) 1983 1993 1984 1990 1990 1997 1993 1984 1989 1996 1983 1988 1993 * Our company shops are located as follows: USA 228, UK 81, Germany 20, Singapore 17, France ...
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Norway 27 24 Oman 4 4 Portugal 14 12 Qatar 1 1 Saudi Arabia 35 33 Spain 70 65 Sweden 57 48 Switzerland 33 28 UAE 6 5 011%!!!110 )!!!%)))) 061141%!!!110 581 )!!!%)))) 1979 1985 1978 1983 1981 1981 1981 1982 1983 1988 1979 1982 1980 1984 1986 1991 1987 1985 1986 1986 1987 1987 1986 1979 1983 ...
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MAELOR PLC REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 1999 Contents Maelor plc Company Information Chairman's Statement Managing Director's Review Directors' Report Corporate Governance Statement of directors' responsibilities Report of the auditors to the members of Maelor plc Consolidated profit and loss account Consolidated balance sh...
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January 1999) FL Partington (Non-executive) DPL Williams "Riversdale" Cae Gwilym Road Newbridge Wrexham LL14 3JG Solicitors Mace & Jones Drury House 19 Water Street Liverpool L2 ORP Principal Bankers National Westminster Bank Plc 33 Lord Street Wrexham LL11 1LP Registrars IRG plc Balfour House 390/398 High Road, Ilfor...
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The forthcoming OptiFlo launch is important to Maelor for two reasons. First, it demonstrates that the Group is able to develop a product to its final approved state, ready for the marketplace. Secondly, the income from product sales will mean that shortly we will have a recurring income stream for the Group which wil...
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, continue to have the benefit of his technical expertise through the consultancy arrangement he now has with the Company and I would like to pay tribute to the substantial contribution he has made to our product development programme over the past seven years. The Future The next twelve months will be a challenging pe...
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to authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration FOR AGAINST s s s s s s s s SPECIAL BUSINESS Resolution No 5 To authorise the Directors to allot shares Resolution No 6 To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights s s s s Please indicate with an X in the spaces above how you wish your v...
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time will be disregarded in determining the rights of any person to attend or vote at the meeting. page 30 Printed by Elements UK Limited A Division of Unidigital 2154 Form of Proxy Maelor plc MAELOR PLC FORM OF PROXY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING I/We the undersigned being (an) ordinary shareholder(s) of Maelor plc, h...
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HELICAL BAR PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY REPORT & ACCOUNTS 1999 Contents Corporate Statement 1 Chairman's Statement 2 Review of Operations 4 Financial Review 11 Officers and Advisors 12 Directors' Report 13 Auditors' Report 19 Consolidated Profit and Loss Account 20 Balance Sheets 21 Statement of Total R...
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1996 5.1 1995 11.3 Ordinary dividend per share Pence 1999 10.0 1998 9.0 1997 8.0 1996 7.3 Net asset value per share Pence 1999 1998 1997 372 1996 330 1995 6.5 1995 326 Note: Special dividends of 100.0p and 2.0p were declared in respect of the periods ended 31st March 1999 and 31st March 1997 resp...
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to 31 March 1999 were £20.0m, an increase of 8% over the previous year.They included net rental income of £18.5m (1998 £18.6m) and profits from development of £21.6m (1998 £16.7m). Net interest payable was £12.5m (1998 £14.2m) after capitalising interest of £2.1m (1998 £1.8m). After a 19% tax charge (1998 21%) profits...
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473p.This compares with a net asset value per share on a diluted basis of 382p in 1998 after adjusting for the 100p special dividend.This figure takes no credit for any surplus of value in trading and development stock. Over the fifteen years to 31 March 1999 Helical has been one of only two property stocks to outper...
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may make a contract to purchase the ordinary shares under the authority hereby conferred prior to the expiry of such authority which will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of such authority and may make a purchase of ordinary shares in pursuance of any such contract. By order of the Board T J Murphy...
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conferred hereby had not expired. 9. That the Company is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised to make market purchases (within the meaning of Section 163 of the Companies Act 1985) of ordinary shares of 5p each in the capital of the Company ('ordinary shares') provided that: a) the maximum number of ordinar...
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Financial Highlights 1999 £'000 1998 £'000 Turnover Operating profit Profit on ordinary activities before taxation Profit on ordinary activities after taxation and minority interest Earnings per ordinary share ­ Headline* ­ Basic Dividends per ordinary share Capital expenditure Gearing ­ net debt to equity *before g...
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98 99 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 VOLEX GROUP p.l.c. 1 Chairman's Statement for the year ended 31 March 1999 The year to 31 March 1999 was another year of progress with the Group reporting its seventh successive year of record profits. Further advancement was made towards the...
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Earnings per share increased by 6.9% to 43.2p compared with 40.4p last year. Excluding goodwill amortisation, headline earnings per share at 43.6p would have shown an increase of 7.9%. The Group has utilised additional borrowings during the year to fund further expansion and net borrowings increased from £5.6M to £16.4...
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in the USA and Mexico.This is a strategic move to strengthen the worldwide presence in power cords, moving the Company into the premier position in this product area. 4 VOLEX GROUP p.l.c. STRATEGY Group strategy is to concentrate on our core competency of cable assembly manufacturing while expanding operations in ...
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12,060 11,973 ­ 11,973 7,857 42,329 38,679 (27,971) (44) 52,993 34,474 34,851 (20,713) (946) 47,666 31,543 36,123 (22,841) (1,060) 43,765 31,888 33,008 (19,768) (1,001) 44,127 33,389 28,743 (21,209) (945) 39,978 52,352 641 52,993 47,666 ­ 47,666 43,729 36 43,765 44,127 ­ 44,127 39,978 ­ 39,978 43.6p 40.4p ...
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: Shareholders' funds Minority interests Total capital employed Key statistics Earnings per share ­ headline Earnings per share ­ basic Average number of ordinary shares Dividend per share Dividend cover Dividend cover ­ normalised* Gearing (net cash) Return on average shareholders' funds** Return on average net assets...
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Annual report and accounts 1999 Location of Workspace estates Contents 1 About Workspace 2 Workspace: the year at a glance 4 Chairman's statement 6 Operating review 22 Management and employees 24 Financial review 26 Report on Directors' remuneration 29 Report of the Directors 33 Corporate governance 34 Directors' re...
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London, the South East and the Midlands, valued at £187m. Workspace views its tenants as valued customers who have chosen to rent from the Group because of the quality of service it provides. In-house efficient management and marketing of its estates enables Workspace to provide superior service, to create high levels...
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£21.8m. Financial performance Annual turnover £m Profit before tax £m Earnings per share pence Dividend per share pence 20 60 10 24 20 16 8 45 16 12 6 30 12 8 4 8 15 4 2 4 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 0...
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150 12 400 9 100 300 75 6 200 50 3 100 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 0 0 0 0 2 ·Net asset value per share up 31% to £6.83. ·Investment in property acquisitions and improvements £13.5m; proceeds of sales £12.3m ­ ...
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,177 1,412 1,421 1,312 1,316 2,311 2,272 2,111 1,757 385 348 403 420 £17,361,828 £16,917,861 £14,757,424 £12,596,457 £5.20 £5.18 £5.23 £5.28 87.31% 87.71% 85.52% 83.85% 54 2,030,101 1,740 1,167 1,333 407 £9,366,710 £5.75 80.25% 1999 £000 18,207 4,534 22,741 6,964 1,352 8,316 6,536 41.2 19.0 185,9...
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BS99 7NH Tel: 0117 930 654 59 Five-year review Key property statistics Number of estates Lettable floorspace (sq ft) Number of lettable units (units) Average unit size (sq ft) Number of units occupied (units) Number of units vacant (units) Rent roll of occupied units Average rent per sq ft* Overall occupancy* *The...
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Expro International Group PLC Annual Report and Accounts 1999 Corporate Synopsis The Expro Group provides a closely related range of specialised services and products to companies engaged in oil and gas exploration and production. These services and products are fundamental to the safe, efficient and economic exploi...
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of Accounting Policies 31 Notes to the Accounts 46 Annual General Meeting 48 Five Year Summary IBC Worldwide Locations 1 Business Summary The Expro Group continues its record of delivering superior relative performance within the oil services industry in difficult times as well as good. Expro is well positioned to...
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1 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Operating profit £'M 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Dividends £'M 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2 Chairman's and Chief Executive's Statement Alan Binder, Chairman (left) and John Dawson Introduction Triggered by events in Asia and falling growth in the world e...
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therefore, a significant achievement that we are able to report that turnover increased 23% to £153m (1998 - £125m). Operating profits are ahead 10% at £23.9m (1998 - £21.7m), before the exceptional reorganisation provision (£1m) and goodwill amortisation (£0.5m). On the same basis, pre-tax profits of £21.6m (1998 - £...
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7,912 21.2p ­­­­­­­­­ 8,925 24.0p ­­­­­­­­­ 7,728 22.0p ­­­­­­­­­ Basic earnings per share before goodwill amortisation and exceptional charge ­ ­­­­­­­­­ ­ ­­­­­­­­­ ­ ­­­­­­­­­ ­ ­­­­­­­­­ 24.0p ­­­­­­­­­ Basic earnings per ordinary share are based on the group's profit on ordinary activities after taxation...
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Profit on ordinary activities after taxation Minority interests 5,973 ­ ­­­­­­­­­ 10,471 (44) ­­­­­­­­­ 12,831 (101) ­­­­­­­­­ 14,479 (9) ­­­­­­­­­ 13,977 11 ­­­­­­­­­ Profit for the financial year Dividends 5,973 (393) ­­­­­­­­­ 10,427 (4,170) ­­­­­­­­­ 12,730 (4,818) ­­­­­­­­­ 14,470 (5,545) ­­­­­­­­­ 13,...
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FKI plc Annual report and financial statements 1999 FKI PLC IS A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING GROUP QUOTED ON THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. IT COMMANDS WORLD LEADING POSITIONS IN ITS SPECIALISED BUSINESS AREAS OF MATERIAL HANDLING, HARDWARE AND ENGINEERING. IT EMPLOYS OVER 15,000 PEOPLE, OPERATES PRINCIPALLY FROM EU...
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TH IN SHAREHOLDER VALUE. 2 Financial highlights 4 Chairman's statement 6 Group at a glance 8 Chief Executive's review 10 Operating review Material Handling 16 Operating review Hardware 22 Operating review Engineering 28 Finance Director's review 32 Board of Directors 34 Corporate governance 35 Directors' report 37 Rem...
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7 21.8 16.5 24.9 % % Operating margin of continuing operations (before exceptional items and goodwill amortisation) 15.1 13.2 Gearing 38.8 46.4 Earnings per share (FRS 3) Adjusted earnings per share Dividends per share pence 19.0 19.8 8.5 2 FKI plc pence 13.2 17.1 7.5 Increase % 44.2 15.6 13.3 Profit befo...
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Financial results The Board is pleased to report another year of significant growth. Turnover from continuing operations increased by 6.7% to £1,187.0 million (1998: £1,112.1 million). Operating profit of continuing operations before exceptional items and goodwill amortisation increased by 21.8% to £179.2 million (1998...
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1.5 470,348,559 100.0 570,055,847 0.07 1.17 1.50 1.40 1.44 1.08 0.82 0.93 3.91 5.17 82.51 100.0 Holders Individuals 8,465 75.9 26,907,095 4.7 Nominees* 2,045 18.3 242,742,297 42.6 Trust or pension funds 409 3.7 236,973,673 41.6 Insurance companies 43 0.4 59,217,665 10.4 Others 187 1.7 4,215,117 ...
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71 FKI plc SHAREHOLDERS' INFORMATION Analysis of shareholdings at 31 March 1999 Size of holding Ordinary shareholdings 1-500 501-2,500 2,501-5,000 5,001-10,000 10,001-25,000 25,001-50,000 50,001-75,000 75,001-100,000 100,001-250,000 250,001-500,000 500,001 or more Number of shareholders % of total Number of shar...
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Christopher Newton Cardiovascular Patient Sheffield, UK, age 53 Profession: Dental Technician Christopher had a history of angina. An angiogram(X-ray) in 1998 showed a severe proximal LAD stenosis (blockage at the entrance to one of the main arteries of the heart). Angioplasty was performed and a BiodivYsio 15mm stent ...
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lenses longer and with greater comfort than ever before. Allison works as a Pharmacist and now recommends Proclear Compatibles to her patients. Biocompatibles and Eye Care Find out more on on Page 10 Biocompatibles International plc 1 Chairman's Statement q Technology endorsed by market penetration in Eye Care an...
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Austria and Denmark, these being the territories in which currently we have the strongest distribution. This demonstrates that where we have a strong distributor, the BiodivYsio stent is able to quickly secure a place in the market. Our core PC technology has unique properties which deliver proven, quantified benefits...
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are pursuing the possibility of raising debt finance, with this and the targets we have set for profitability, we aim to minimise the demand for additional investment from our shareholders. In April 1999, shareholders and warrantholders approved the extension of the warrant exercise period from April to December 1999....
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commitments At 31 December 1998, the Group had contracted but not provided for £38,000 (1997: £457,000) of capital expenditure. The Company has no capital commitments (1997: £nil). Biocompatibles International plc 49 Five Year Review Consolidated profit and loss account Turnover Operating loss (before exceptional ...
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Group entered into no additional finance lease agreements in respect of fixed assets. Those carried forward from 1997 had a total capital value at inception of the leases of £126,000. 27 Financial commitments and contingent liabilities At 31 December 1998 the Group was committed to make the following payments during ...
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1999 Annual Report & Accounts The Jarvis brand portfolio Contents 2 Advisers 3 1999 Financial highlights 4 Chairman's statement 6 Developing the strategy - The Jarvis business strategy 8 Exceeding expectations - The Jarvis investment strategy 10 Maintaining competitive advantage - The Jarvis brand stra...
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, London WC2N 6NN Principal bankers National Westminster Bank Plc 135 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3UR The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland 38 Threadneedle Street, London EC2P 2EH Registrars Lloyds TSB Registrars The Causeway, Worthing, West Sussex BN99 6DA Solicitors Clifford Chance 200 Aldersgate Street, Lond...
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(1998: £47.60) Note 1 Pre-tax profit is calculated on profit before exceptional items. Note 2 In this Report and accounts the following definitions apply: - Group: Jarvis Hotels plc and its wholly owned subsidiaries - Jarvis or the Company: Jarvis Hotels plc. 3 Chairman's statement I am pleased to report to you the ...
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break businesses. This growth combined with tight operational controls has increased operating margins before depreciation at the hotel trading level to 37.7% from the previous year's 36.4%. Operating profit for the year to 27 March 1999 increased to £38.8m, up by 6.3% on last year's £36.5m. Profit before tax and exce...
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LTG Technologies PLC Annual Report 1998 LTG Technologies PLC CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT Introduction On behalf of the board of LTG Technologies PLC it is my pleasure to present the Company's ®rst report and accounts. 1998 was a very busy time for the Company and I believe that a brief review of the year's major events will...
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London Stock Exchange. On 16 December 1998 the Company acquired Crabtree Group PLC for £10.1 million. The acquisition of Crabtree Group PLC was ®nanced by the issue of 19.3 million ordinary shares of the Company and £7.5 million in borrowings including the re®nancing of debt of £7.1 million. Crabtree Group PLC had two...
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I, is based in Milwaukee. The acquisition of IHEI was ®nanced by bank borrowings. Audited Results for 1998 Given the events of 1998 the accounting has been quite complex. Although LTG MailaÈnder was merged with LTG Technologies PLC on 29 September 1998, LTG MailaÈnder and its subsidiaries were under common management a...
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on the following basis: . the Company and LTG MailaÈnder and its subsidiaries, LTG Metal Decorating Inc. and TAMAIR, from 1 January 1998 to 31 December 1998 . Crabtree Group PLC and its subsidiaries from 18 December 1998 to 31 December 1998. 2 LTG Technologies PLC CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT The audited results for 1998 s...
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within the meaning of section 163 of the Act) of any of its ordinary shares of 5p each (the ``ordinary shares'') provided that: (a) the maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares hereby authorised to be purchased is 12,058,209, representing approximately 15 per cent. of the issued ordinary share capital at 29 June 199...
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ient to deal with fractional 46 LTG Technologies PLC NOTICE OF MEETING entitlements or legal or practical problems arising in, or pursuant to, the laws of any territory or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange in any territory, and (b) otherwise than pursuant to 9(a) above, of equity securities ha...
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Yorkshire Water plc 2 The Embankment, Sovereign Street, Leeds LS1 4BG Yorkshire Water plc Annual Report and Accounts 1999 Changing, growing, building value. Contents Operating and financial review 1 Directors' report 7 Corporate governance 9 Remuneration report 11 Directors' responsibilities 15 Auditors' report 15...
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results for the year. The adoption of FRS10 (Goodwill and Intangible Assets) has resulted in goodwill arising on the group's acquisitions during the year being shown on the face of the balance sheet. A new group accounting policy normally requires goodwill to be written off over a maximum of twenty years. In 1998/99, ...
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the previous provision for infrastructure renewals. The disclosure requirements of FRS13 (Derivatives and other Financial Instruments) have been incorporated into this OFR and the notes to the financial statements. Earnings per share and diluted earnings per share have been stated in accordance with FRS14 (Earnings pe...
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/97 97/98* 98/99 *Below industry average Response to written complaints: % answered within 10 days 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98* 98/99 *Above industry average % 87.9 89.2 90.0 93.2 99.0 % 98.9 97.2 96.3 99.2 99.3 The reduction in underlying regulated YWS operating costs was more than 3% in real Bills for metered customer...
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should complete a mandate form obtainable from the Registrars. Tax vouchers are sent to the shareholder's registered address under this arrangement unless requested otherwise. Secretary & Registered Office S J Webb 2 The Embankment Sovereign Street Leeds LS1 4BG Telephone: 0113 234 3234 Registrars Northern Registrars...
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responsibility is to report to you our opinion as to whether the statement is consistent with the directors' report and accounts. Basis of opinion We conducted our examination in accordance with Auditing Guideline `The auditors' statement on the summary financial statement' adopted by the Auditing Practices Board. Opi...
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contents financial highlights v v v v 1 financial highlights 2 chairman's statement 4 chief executive's review 7 directors and advisers 8 directors' report 11 remuneration committee report 11 directors' responsibilities 12 corporate governance 13 five year record 14 consolidated profit and loss account 14 statement...
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STRATEGIC ACQUISITIONS ARE AMONG THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PERIOD. ON SALES UP BY 34.7% TO £60.1 MILLION, OPERATING PROFITS BEFORE AMORTISATION OF GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLES UP BY 38.9% TO £10.8 MILLION, THE GROUP HAS ACHIEVED AN INCREASE IN EARNINGS PER SHARE* OF 28.6% TO 52.2P. 2 Kewill Systems plc annual report & account...
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ERP at 21.4% and Design (Germany) at 3.8%. The UK growth in the Electronic Commerce division, where a substantial proportion of the income is recurring, is derived largely from the linking of large numbers of suppliers to their major trading partners in the food, home-shopping, stores and public sector markets. Electr...
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over the next few years. The team from Tracer, now trading as Kewill Electronic Commerce, is working closely with its UK counterpart to jointly develop releases of Internet based products in the year ahead. ||| In February 1999 the group announced the acquisition for approximately £9.9 million of JobBOSS Software, Inc...
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equity securities in connection with an offer by way of rights in favour of ordinary shareholders where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of all ordinary shareholders are proportionate (as nearly as may be) to the respective number of ordinary shares held by them but subject to such excl...
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of the middle market quotations for a Share (as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List) for the five dealing days immediately preceding the day on which the Share is purchased, exclusive of expenses; (iii) the minimum price which may be paid for a Share is its nominal value, exclusive of expenses; ...
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Severn Trent Plc 2297 Coventry Road Birmingham B26 3PU United Kingdom Telephone +44 121 722 4000 www.severn-trent.com Severn Trent Plc Annual report and accounts 1999 Annual report and accounts 1999 Contents 1 Financial highlights 2 Chairman's statement 4 Group Chief Executive's review 7 Environmental leadership 12 ...
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can all work to improve the environment. But a company the size of Severn Trent can really make an impact. Severn Trent at a glance Water Waste Severn Trent Water is the group's regulated water business providing high quality water and sewerage services to over three million households, businesses and other estab...
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performance from the UK collection division and Biffa Belgium. · Established on the Isle of Wight the UK's first completely integrated domestic waste collection, recycling and disposal scheme. Environmental Leadership, supported by a commitment to quality and service, is the value that increasingly binds together Sev...
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related services to municipalities and other customers. · In the USA, the company is the fourth largest private operator of municipal and industrial water and waste water systems. 1999 highlights · Turnover of £60.5 million (£24.8 million). · Profit before interest and tax of £6.3 million (£0.8 million). · Good perfor...
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is Great Britain unless otherwise stated. All subsidiary undertakings are wholly owned unless otherwise indicated and all shareholdings are in Ordinary Shares. All subsidiary undertakings have been included in the consolidation. 68 Severn Trent Plc Shareholder information Analysis of shareholdings at 31 March 1999 ...
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D R Gutteridge C J G Jones D J Keeling C M Nunn P T Simpson M R Wilson Derwent Insurance Limited Directors Dixcart House G M de Cruz Sir William Place J E Langlois St Peter Port J Mann Guernsey M R Miles Telephone 01481 710555 P Tandon (Insurance company ­ incorporated and operational in Guernsey) Severn...
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Annual Report 31 March 1999 Carclo Engineering Group PLC Contents 1 Highlights 2 Chairman's statement 4 Chief executive's review 6 Carclo Technical Plastics 8 Carclo Technical Plastics acquisitions 10 Specialist Wire 12 Precision Engineering 14 Finance director's review 16 Directors and advisers 17 Directors' report...
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1999 1998 177.6 9.6 5.4 6.9p 11.0p 1.0 120p 67.3 31.7 47% 116.5p 65 181.2 18.7 17.5 20.7p 11.0p 1.8 122p 75.8 16.3 21% 175p 108 · Good progress in repositioning the group towards higher growth and more dynamic industries. · The group incurred an exceptional charge of £4 million largely related to writing down assets...
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2 96 11.6 95 9.6 Return on shareholders' funds - % 99 6.1 98 13.7 16.9 97 13.7 96 15.6 95 15.1 Total turnover - £million 99 178 98 146 181 97 146 96 157 95 174 Value added per employee - £000 99 23 98 2728 97 27 96 29 95 26 Carclo Engineering Group PLC 1 Chairman's statement Div...
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18.8 Overview Good progress in repositioning the group has been made despite the difficult economic circumstances which have affected these results. In the improving trading environment that is emerging we will see significant benefits from this transformation. Results At the time of the interim results, it was antici...
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B)(v) and substituting the following: "(v) any proposal relating to an arrangement for the benefit of employees of the company or any of its subsidiary undertakings which does not award him any privilege or benefit not generally awarded to the employees to whom such arrangement relates"; g) in article 92 (B)(vi), by de...
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or on 1 December 2000, whichever is the earlier, and for such specified period the specified number of ordinary shares shall be 5,676,697. (C) THAT the articles of association of the company be amended as follows: a) in article 43(A)(ii), by deleting the words: "leading London daily" and substituting the word "Nationa...
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VIDEOLOGIC GROUP PLC ANNUAL REPORT 1999 Contents 2 Chairman's Statement 4 Strategy and Vision 6 Market Trends 8 PowerVR Technology 11 VideoLogic Systems 13 Directors and Advisers 14 Directors' Report 17 Corporate Governance 19 Remuneration Report 21 Statement of Auditors' Responsibilities 21 Statement of D...
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VideoLogic has had its first profitable year since flotation. Our business model has started to show benefits as licensing revenues, joint development funding and royalties from our multi-platform technology licensing business continue to grow. In the second half of this year we have started to receive royalties from ...
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cast chip production combined with additional cost optimisation of the PC version were the prime reasons for this delay. However, it cannot be over-emphasized how important it was to concentrate on getting a game console design win and shipping products with a multi-year product life. It is felt that this was strategic...
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with STMicroelectronics. This is a vital element in broadening the channels to market for our technology. STMicroelectronics has extensive success in the PC graphics market, having already shipped over 5 million PC 3D graphics chips. It is also the world's leading supplier of MPEG digital video chips for set-top boxes...
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. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. The lodging of a proxy will not prevent a member from attending the meeting and voting in person should he decide to do so. 2. Forms of proxy should be completed in accordance with the notes on the enclosed form and should be lodged with the Company's registrars, IRG plc (...
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exceeding in aggregate £792,955. (2) this power shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution (or, if earlier, the date fifteen months after the date of passing of this resolution); and (3) the Company may, before this power expires, make an offer...
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Feedback plc Annual Report and Accounts 1999 Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 1999 Contents Company Information Financial Summary Chairman's Statement Notice of Annual General Meeting Directors Turnover and Profits Record Report of the Directors Consolidated Profit and Loss Account Page 1 2 3 ...
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Road, Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6 2QR Registered Number 598696 Auditors BDO Stoy Hayward Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors Northside House, 69 Tweedy Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3WA Solicitors Cripps Harries Hall Windsor House, 6-10 Mount Ephraim Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 2UP Bankers Barclays Bank PL...
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Instruments Feedback Data Feedback Incorporated Feedback plc Total ( 620.1 ) 700.1 57.7 ( 38.6 ) 99.1 ( 625.7 ) 706.5 58.2 ( 39.0 ) 100.0 Profit before tax Total Earnings per share Basic (pence) Diluted (pence) 182.4 0.8 ) 0.8 ) Dividends Equity shares - Total per share (pence) Preference shares - Total ­ ­ 152....
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4 ( 15.5 ) 603.6 56.4 28.9 17.3 ( 2.6 ) 100.0 557.4 3.6 ) 2.8 ) ­ ­ 148.8 296.6 22.0 20.1 152 2 Chairman's Statement Whilst the result for the year is below original expectations, I am pleased to report that the pre tax profit of £182,400 for the year shows an improvement of over half a million pounds when compa...
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Exchange, and by our profession's ethical guidance. We report to you our opinion as to whether the financial statements give a true and fair view and are properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act. We also report to you if, in our opinion, the directors' report is not consistent with the financial statemen...
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1995 came into force on 6 April 1997 and the Scheme is fully compliant with the Act. The Scheme is administered by a Board of six trustees. Three are employer nominated, two member nominated, together with an independent professional trustee. The American subsidiary operates a defined contribution scheme. 25. Treasur...
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Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 march 1999 Contents Court of Directors 2 Governor's Statement 4 Group Policy Committee 6 Group Chief Executive's Operating and Financial Review 10 Five Year Summary 31 Report of Directors 36 Corporate Governance Statement 39 Remuneration Report 42 Statement ...
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Appointed to the Court in 1993. Appointed Deputy Governor in October 1997. Former Chief Executive of CRH plc. Chairman of CRH plc, a Director of Greencore Group plc, DCC plc and Ivernia West plc. (Age 64) Niall W A FitzGerald v Appointed to the Court in 1990. Executive Chairman of Unilever plc, Vice Chairman of Unilev...
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Joined the Bank in 1958. Appointed an Assistant General Manager in 1973 and General Manager Financial Control in 1978. Appointed to the Court as a Managing Director in 1983. Appointed Deputy Group Chief Executive in March 1991 and Group Chief Executive in February 1998. Director of Bristol & West plc. (Age 58) Lord Ar...
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1978, Deputy Chief Executive Retail Division in 1988 and its Chief Executive in 1991. Appointed to the Court in 1994. Appointed Deputy Group Chief Executive in February 1998. (Age 59) Margaret Downes x Appointed to the Court in 1986 and Deputy Governor from 1993 to 1995. A past president of the Institute of Chartered ...