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, presented his strategic corporate concept. Furthermore, decisions were taken regarding the product strategy of all the product lines. In addition, the Supervisory Board accepted the report of the Board of Management on the status quo of the Company and determined the framework for the concept to be drawn up for rest...
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particular support to the Board of Management in the transition phase until the appointment of a new Chairman of the Board of Management. The Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Dr. Hans Friderichs, therefore participated in all meetings of the Board of Management during the second half-year, which were held as a gene...
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Macro 4 Annual report and financial statements 1999 Macro 4 Annual report and financial statements 1999 Contents Financial highlights 1 Chief executive officer's review 2 Macro 4 solutions 7 Operating and financial review 12 Directors and advisers 20 Report of the directors 22 Consolidated profit and loss account 26...
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various suppliers) in the case of open systems. All Macro 4 products are standardised, that is, not specific to an individual customer, and are marketed without customer-specific modifications. The company's products are marketed worldwide via a network of subsidiary companies, independent licensees and an extensive ne...
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33.7 Two Macro 4 Every Macro 4 solution is designed to be a business-enabler, helping customers make the most of their IT infrastructure in the quest for commercial advantage. customer focus Chief executive officer's review Just over twelve months ago the company set an objective of achieving profitable revenue g...
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£24.23 million), of which 79.4% (1998 77.1%) arose overseas. · Operating profit increased by £0.24 million to £9.67 million (1998 £9.43 million), after significant investment in new management, staff, internal systems and infrastructure. Non-recurring items totalled £0.78 million (1998 £0.26 million). · Other income, c...
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­­­­­­ day of ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­1999 Signed ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ If you do not indicate how you wish your proxy to vote, the proxy will vote, or abstain from voting, as he thinks fit. *Mr Piper, whose re-election as director is to be considered by ordinary res...
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for me/us and on my/our behalf at the Annual General Meeting of the company to be held on 5 October 1999 at City Cellars, The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London EC1Y 4SD at 12 noon, and at any adjournment thereof, on the resolutions set out in the Notice of annual general meeting. My/Our proxy is to vote as follows: PL...
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Haynes Publishing Group P.L.C. Annual Report & Accounts 1999 Haynes Publishing Group P.L.C. Annual Report & Accounts 1999 Contents Page 13 14 15 16 18 12 13 14 16 19 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 32 44 Inside back cover Corporate Statement Financial Highlights Five Year Financial Summary Chairman's Statement Chief Exe...
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the process of stripping and rebuilding is photographed and documented so that the instructions to the customer are based on experience as well as theory. In addition to Manuals, Haynes Publishing Group P.L.C. publishes various general transport and other DIY related titles. Corporate Headquarters Haynes Publishing Gr...
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6% (1998: 23.0 pence) Total dividend per share for the year of 11.8 pence (1998: 11.8 pence) Cash of £2.8 million, up 22% (1998: £2.3 million) £1.3 million expenditure on tangible fixed assets during the year 4 Five Year Financial Summary 27.5 27.4 24.5 28.7 28.7 6.1 5.2 5.5 5.6 5.2 95 96 97 98 99 31 May ...
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2.8 2.8 2.3 95 96 97 98 99 31 May Net asset value per share pence 5 95 96 97 98 99 31 May Net cash position £ million Chairman's Statement The US business continued to increase turnover and market share, despite increasingly competitive market conditions. However, the cost of acquiring new customers and preservin...
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days for the Group. Auditors The directors believe it is in the best interests of the Company for the services offered by the auditors to be competitively reviewed from time to time. As a result of the review conducted this year, the Board has decided that PricewaterhouseCoopers have made the best audit proposal and ...
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919). The total level of expenditure estimated to make the Group's critical business systems Year 2000 compliant is £216,000. Donations During the year donations to UK charitable organisations amounted to £10,823. There were no political donations in the year. Disabled Persons The Group encourages the employment of d...
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& Co Offsetdruck AG, Riederich Printed on 100% chlorine-free, bleached paper BERU worldwide Westmont, Illinois Novi, Michigan (USA) Guernavaca (Mexico) Tralee (Ireland) Ludwigsburg Muggendorf Viernheim Neuhaus-Sc (Germany) Wezembeek-Oppem (Belgium) Paris La Ferté Macé (France) Cassina Biassono (Italy) Referen...
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eting Interim report on the 1st half year 1999/2000 Report on the 3rd quarter 1999/2000 Preliminary report on the 1999/2000 financial year Balance sheet press conference on the 1999/2000 financial year DVFA analysts conference Report on the 1st quarter 2000/01 2000 Annual General Meeting Interim report on the 1st half ...
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COMPEL GROUP PLC ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 1999 Contents Chairman's Statement Financial Highlights Operating Review Financial Review The Board of Directors Report of the Directors Corporate Governance Remuneration Report Report of the Auditors Accounting Policies Consolidated Profit and Loss Account Consolidated Balan...
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the transaction. This acquisition has been earnings enhancing and has materially strengthened the Group. Our business is particularly reliant upon its staff. Once again, the employees of the Group have performed magnificently throughout the year and I would like to thank them for and congratulate them on their achiev...
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very effective management of our businesses. We are proud of what we have achieved. Our mission is unchanged; we aim to be the leading provider of quality IT services to major users. Our strategy to achieve this is to develop a group of customer focused businesses, providing a full range of comprehensive, flexible and...
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exploit these market trends. Our businesses are strong and the Board is positive about the prospects for the Group. Neville Davis Chairman 14 September 1999 2 Compel Report & Accounts 1999 Financial Highlights Five years 293,750 210,003 Current year 1999 £`000 1998 growth £`000 % Turnover 293,750 210,003 40 ...
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071 5,475 8,732 12,995 26,468 Earnings per share* 11.4p 13.1p 16.4p 21.8p 36.2p * Earnings per share have been adjusted in respect of the rights issue in 1997. 42 Compel Report & Accounts 1999 Company Information Directors Neville Davis Chairman and Chief Executive Ronald Clark** Deputy Chairman Andrew J Lee Fina...
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until its conclusion. 3. Biographical details of the directors are contained on pages 9 and 10 of the Annual Report and Accounts. 40 Compel Report & Accounts 1999 Financial Calendar Record Date 24 September 1999 Annual General Meeting 28 October 1999 Payment of Final Dividend 4 November 1999 Interim Result Accounc...
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Merivale Moore plc REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 1999 CONTENTS Highlights of 1999 1 Chairman's Statement 2 Pro-forma Statement of Net Assets 4 Five Year Financial Summary 5 Directors and Principal Advisors 6 Report of the Directors 7 Report of the Auditors 11 Consolidated Profit and Loss Account 13 Consolidate...
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excluding litigation damages awarded last year). Dividends per share up 30% to 3.25p. Merivale Moore now comprises gross assets of £52 million, pro-forma net assets of £24 million, gearing at 100% (1998: 80%) and a gross rent roll running at the rate of £3.9 million p.a. Grenville Dean, Chairman, attributed the good...
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13.6 million of property in London were made and Merivale Moore has an acquisition budget aggregating £15 million for the current year. On 26th August, 1999, as then announced, discussions were terminated about a possible takeover of Merivale Moore, no offer having been received. On that subject, the Chairman, Grenvil...
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ated £52 million and net assets attributable to shareholders reached £24 million. This is healthy, if not quite heady, fare and reflects a strong market in central London (where the Company's investments are now concentrated) and an assertive management which has transformed the Company these last three years. But will...
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the authority given by this Resolution shall unless revoked or renewed in accordance with Section 95(3) of the Companies Act 1985 expire on the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company (or any adjournment thereof) or, if later, 15 months after the date of this Meeting save that the Directors shall ...
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(within the meaning of such section) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £275,600 (representing one third of the issued share capital at 31st August, 1999) on such terms and conditions as the Directors may determine; and (ii) to make at any time before the expiry of the foregoing authorities any offer or agreement wh...
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Close Brothers Annual Report 1999 Close Brothers BRIEF PROFILE Close Brothers Group plc is an independent merchant banking group listed on the London Stock Exchange. Founded in the City of London 120 years ago, Close Brothers is now amongst the 200 largest companies by market capitalisation listed on the London Stock...
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Dividends per share up 11% to Total assets up 3% to £76.3m (£69.6m) 42.1p (38.2p) 16.0p net (14.4p) £1.70bn (£1.65bn) 1 Close Brothers DIRECTORS AND ADVISERS Directors of Close Brothers Group plc Executive Directors R.D. Kent, M.B.A., Managing Director, aged 52, joined Close Brothers in 1974 having originally...
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Trust and, before that, North West Securities. S.R. Hodges, Barrister, aged 45, joined Close Brothers in 1985 having previously been employed as a banker by Hambros. C.D. Keogh, M.B.A., Barrister, A.T.I.I., aged 46, joined Close Brothers in 1985 having previously been employed by Saudi International Bank and, before t...
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Dillon Read. Non-Executive Directors M.H.F. Morley, M.B.A., Chairman, aged 59, was previously the chief executive of Portals and a managing director of Charterhouse Group. He was a partner in the management buy-out of Close Brothers in 1979. He is a non-executive director of Foreign & Colonial PEP Investment Trust PL...
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£m Profit before tax £m Profit attributable to shareholders £m Earnings per share p Dividends per share p Total assets £m Average number of employees 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 74.5 102.6 133.7 166.3 185.6 34.0 45.1 55.4 69.6 76.3 21.1 28.7 36.1 46.2 50.9 22.2 25.2 30.1 38.2 42.1 8.7 10.0 ...
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Group Limited Armed Services Finance Limited Financial Services for the Armed Forces Weald House 88 Main Road, Sundridge Sevenoaks Kent TN14 6ER Telephone: 01959 568800 Fax: 01959 568811 Executive Directors: M.J. Barley -- Chief Executive D. Austin -- Managing R. Hall I.S. Griffin Market-Making Winterflood Securities ...
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TRACE COMPUTERS PLC REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 1999 Contents Trace Computers plc Page Directors and Advisers 1 Chairman's Statement 2-3 Group Five Year Summary 4 Review of Operations 5-6 Directors' Report 7-10 Corporate Governance 11-12 Auditors' Report 13 Consolidated Profit and Loss Account 14 Balance Sh...
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place. They also specialise in property management and accounting systems for all types of business. Now incorporating the major projects division, Trace Solutions can offer bespoke design, development, support and consultancy services as well as full project management facilities. Trace Financial provides intelligent...
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gham (non-executive) Peter Stolerman (Finance Director) Richard Wolfe Clive Ingham was appointed a director of Trace on 16th September 1997. In 1998 he was appointed managing director of Colorgraphic Leicester Limited. From 1996, Clive was president of Moore Europe, a $400million turnover company specialising in comput...
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New Street, London, EC4A 3TR. Beachcroft Wansboroughs 100 Fetter Lane, London, EC4A lBN. National Westminster Bank PLC 1 Princes Street, London, EC2R 8PB. IRG plc Balfour House, 390-398 High Road, Ilford, Essex, IG1 1OQ. 1 Chairman's Statement Trace Computers plc "... a substantial increase in services revenues.....
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shares of 5p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary shares") subject to the following restrictions and provisions:- (i) the maximum number of Ordinary shares hereby authorised to be purchased is 1,104,000 being approximately 71/2% of the issued equity capital of the Company; (ii) the minimum price which may be ...
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and this power shall expire on the date of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2000 save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of s...
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2 CONTENTS Chairman and Chief Executive's Statement 03 Operating and Financial Review 05 Corporate Governance 12 Directors' Biographies 14 Directors' Report for the year ended 30 June 1999 16 Statement of the Directors' Responsibilities in respect of the Accounts 22 Auditors' Report to the Shareholders o...
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UTIVE'S STATEMENT Canary Wharf achieved three important milestones this year. In April, the company completed the initial public offering of its shares on the London Stock Exchange and we are extremely pleased to be reporting to you for the first time as a public company. The second milestone is the commencement of con...
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centrepiece to Canary Wharf and is an important step in development terms. These commitments underscore two clear trends in the London market. First, the need for large space users to consolidate from multiple locations to improve business efficiencies and reduce overall occupancy costs. Second, the continuing consoli...
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seven years, and in our judgement we are on track to achieve that goal. We currently have seven buildings totalling 3.6 million square feet in the course of construction, of which 2.8 million square feet have been committed. All of the projects are on or ahead of schedule and are on or below budget. Two buildings tota...
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companies Pension funds Investment trusts Individuals Other institutions Size of Shareholding 1 - 1,000 1,001 - 5,000 5,001 - 10,000 10,001 - 50,000 50,001 - 100,000 100,001 - 500,000 500,001 - 1,000,000 100,001 - 5,000,000 5,000,001 - 10,000,000 10,000,001 - 50,000,000 50,000,001 - 100,000,000 Number of holdings 1 4...
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Solicitors Clifford Chance 200 Aldersgate Street London EC1A 4JJ Stockbrokers Cazenove & Co 12 Tokenhouse Yard London EC2R 7AN Credit Suisse First Boston One Cabot Square Canary Wharf London E14 4QJ Valuers FPDSavills Commercial Limited 20 Grosvenor Hill Berkeley Square London W1X OHQ CB Hillier Parker Limited 77 Gros...
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Benchmark Group PLC Annual Report and Accounts 30 June 1999 Contents 1 Financial Highlights 3 Chairman's Statement 7 Review of Operations 15 Directors 16 Directors' Report 18 Directors' Report on Corporate Governance 20 Board Report on Remuneration 24 Directors' Responsibilities in respect of the Accounts 25 Report o...
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profits (£ million) Post-tax profits (£ million) Earnings per share excluding net profits on disposal of trading and investment properties (pence) Basic earnings per share including net profits on disposal of trading and investment properties (pence) Dividends per share (net) (pence) 175.9 165.8 326.1 293.4 270.5 2...
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with office rentals for modern space again showing good growth particularly in the West End. Residential property prices showed healthy increases, retail rents remained resilient and investment demand for commercial property remained strong. We have concentrated during the year on completing the construction of our de...
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as a complementary serviced offices company to improve our overall attraction to a wider base of tenants. This will also provide greater flexibility to our existing tenant base as we believe that it is now even more important to work closely with our tenants, as business partners, and seek to provide the full range of...
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page 23. As at 30 June 1999 the Company was owed £87,000 (1998 - £67,000) by Agnew's Property Investments Limited, an associated undertaking of the Group. This principally related to preliminary expenditure in connection with the proposed refurbishment of 40/43 Old Bond Street and 3/4 Albemarle Street, W1 detailed in ...
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. Details of their remuneration are set out in the Board Report on Remuneration on page 23. Subject to shareholder approval at the Annual General Meeting, the Board on 9 July 1999 approved the sale of a one bedroom flat at The Panoramic to Mr N J Kempner for £260,000 which represents a discount of 10% to the then askin...
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Report & Accounts 1999 FUTURE anticipating the 1 H a y s p l c HAYS PROVIDES BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS SERVICES ACROSS EUROPE 24 hours a day to industrial, commercial and professional customers under the three core activities ­ Distribution, Commercial and Personnel. Contents 2 Financial highlights 4 Chairman's statem...
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LLOWING CHARACTERISTICS: Leading position in growth markets Provision of essential and added value services Repeat business Long-standing customer relationships High quality customers Significant barriers to entry Advantages of scale Strong cash flow High return on capital Substantial organic growth has bee...
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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 * BEFORE GOODWILL AMORTISATION AND EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS 110.3 132.0 155.3 201.2 235.9 EARNINGS PER ORDINARY SHARE* (Pence) 1995 9.35 1996 11.15 1997 13.15 1998 1999 16.95 19.84 NET DIVIDEND PER ORDINARY SHARE (Pence) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 3.50 4.05 4.65 5.35 6.15 £220 MILLIO...
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Dividends On 28 May 1999 an interim dividend of 2.0p per share was paid. A final dividend of 4.15p per share is proposed for the year to 30 June 1999 for payment on 29 November 1999 to shareholders on the register at 29 October 1999. The total dividend for the year amounts to 6.15p per share, a rise of 15%. This increa...
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pioneering recruitment solutions for its blue chip customer base. HAYS RICHARD OWEN Hays Richard Owen provides flexible recruitment services to the legal profession, with expertise in private practice and in-house recruitment of partners, newly admitted solicitors, in-house counsel, company secretaries and legal execu...
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accountancy, banking, office support, construction and IT staff. HAYS BANKING PERSONNEL Hays Banking Personnel is the City's leading specialist recruiter for financial institutions, supplying permanent and temporary operations and support staff. Further strengthening its reputation is Hays Investment Personnel, dedica...
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Inter Link Foods PLC Annual Report & Financial Statements 1999 Contents Financial Highlights 1 Chairman's Statement 2 Directors and Advisers 5 Directors' Report 6 Report of the Remuneration Committee 10 Auditors' Report 12 Consolidated Profit and Loss Account 13 Balance Sheets 14 Consolidated Cash Fl...
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and interest cover before the exceptional gain is 6.8 times 1 Chairman's Statement £630,000, gearing was 32.4% and interest was covered 6.8 times (1998: 4.6 times). The exceptional gain of £240,000 relates to part of the deferred consideration on the purchase of assets of Crossfield Foods Limited from Yorkshire Foo...
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the reduction in earnings per share is due to the fall in interest rates and the lead times on our capital expenditure programme. The benefits of this programme will flow through to earnings per share in the current year. At 30 April 1999, the group had cash balances of In the light of the excellent performance, the ...
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were completed before the end of the financial year under review and will enhance gross margins. In the current year we will be spending £470,000 on additional plant and equipment and on extending the factory at Oldham including new warehousing, distribution areas and improving staff facilities. We are currently ass...
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his discretion. 2 A member may appoint a proxy or proxies other than the chairman of the meeting by striking out the words "the Chairman of the Meeting or" and inserting the name and address of such proxy (who need not be a member) in the space provided above. If you do not enter the name of your choice in the space p...
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To re-elect Mr J.J. Hamer who retires in accordance with the company's articles of association. Resolution 4 To re-elect Mr A.C. Thompson who retires in accordance with the company's articles of association. Resolution 5 To re-elect Mr C. Neilson who retires in accordance with the company's articles of association. ...
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Manganese Bronze Holdings PLC 1999 Annual Report for the year ended 31 July 1999 2 Chairman s Statement 2 Group Financial Highlights 4 Chief Executive s Review - Vehicles 10 Chief Executive s Review - Components 14 Financial Review 15 Financial Calendar 16 Directors and Advisers 17 Accounts 46 Five Year Statistics K...
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£40.87m 214p 1998 Turnover £000 79,456 - 79,456 35,513 - 35,513 114,969 1998 Profit before tax £000 5,527 (2,505) 3,022 2,899 - 2,899 5,921 (887) 5,034 38,533 1998 19.32p 10.50p 185.0p - 507.5p 17,852,652 £63.2m 212p MANGANESE BRONZE HOLDINGS PLC Manganese Bronze Holdings PLC is an independent UK based engineerin...
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specialise in producing complex high-duty parts with minimum machining and we operate in accordance with the most exacting requirements for qual- 2 CHAIRMAN S STAT E M E N T Turnover £ m 99 98 97 96 95 Earnings per Share pence 99 13.3 98 19.3 97 96 95 15.5 118.2 115.0 101.7 97.3 86.3 36.4 26.8 Pre ...
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down the country it is now well-established as the market's favourite taxi. Our Components businesses had mixed fortunes, with a considerable loss in our sintering business at Ipswich, where turnover was far below our expectations of a year ago. On the other hand Deans Powered Doors again did very well. Summary of Res...
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7 10 MBC Precision Castings and MBC Lightalloys Lost Wax Stainless Steel and Aluminium Castings Contact: Ian Taylor Shawbank Road Lakeside, Redditch W orcestershire B98 8YN Telephone (01527) 527501 Fax (01527) 502533 11 Deans Powered Doors Manufacture of Bus Door Systems Contact: Derrick Skidmore PO Box 8, Grovehil...
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&7 16-20 Fishponds Road Bristol BS5 6SB Telephone 0117-952 7777 Fax 0117-952 7778 Raynes Way, Cheetham Manchester M8 8NN Telephone 0161-831 3434 Fax 0161-831 3435 Group Head Office Mike Durham Andy Male 7 Quayside Lodge W illiam Morris Way London SW6 2UZ Telephone 020-7371 9299 Fax 020-7371 9481 Ian Pickering - Ch...
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Amstrad plc Annual Report & Accounts 1998/99 Contents Directors and Advisers......................................................................................... 1 Chairman's Statement........................................................................................... 2 Corporate Governance...................
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. Mountford MA Non-Executive Director *Chairman of Remuneration and Audit Committees Non-Executive Directors Mr. J. E. Samson, aged 71, has many years' experience working with Plessey Company plc, Standard Telephones and Cables plc (where he was a main board director) and General Electric Company plc where he was Ma...
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Limited, The Registry, Royal Mint Court, London EC3N 4EY Registered Auditors Deloitte & Touche, Chartered Accountants, Hill House, 1 Little New Street, London EC4A 3TR Solicitors Travers Smith Braithwaite, 10 Snow Hill, London EC1A 2AL Bankers Lloyds TSB Plc, St. Georges House, 6/8 Eastcheap, London EC3M 1LL Re...
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) compared with a loss before tax of £1.1m last year. Earnings per share of 7.5p compares with a loss per share of 1.3p last year. The Board of Directors recommend an increased final dividend of 0.7p (1998 0.3p) per ordinary share to be paid on 3 December 1999 to shareholders on the register on 8 October 1999 which tog...
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...................................................................................................... as my /our proxy to vote for me/us and on my/our behalf at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on Wednesday 24 November 1999 and at any adjournment thereof. This proxy is to be used as follows (see n...
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vote at the Meeting in respect of the number of shares registered in their name at the time. Changes to entries on the relevant register of securities after 11.00 a.m. on 22 November 1999 will be disregarded in determining the rights of any person to attend or vote at the Meeting. 6. A statement of the share transact...
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Rage Software plc Annual Report and Accounts 1999 In 1992, Rage Software held three core values as essential for its development ­ originality, creativity and technical excellence. Today they are just as vital... <contents> 1 Year highlights 2 Chairman's statement 4 Operating review 6 Financial review 10 Strength ...
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are pleased to be able to report a year in which the company has begun to realise its potential with profits at the operating level increasing from £336,000 to £3,121,000. At the interim stage we reported an operating profit of £624,000 against a loss of £812,000 for the first six months of the previous year. In the s...
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. The combined need for sophisticated technology and an average of 24 months to produce a game puts a heavy strain on working capital. In the case of Rage we have special competitive advantages. We have a great depth of technical expertise; we have developed and own a number of software "engines" which allow us to crea...
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in being able to anticipate further growth. We will continue to recruit some of the best talent in the industry and actively explore the opening of offices in new locations. We foresee that the acquisition of development teams, in a controlled manner, will contribute to the company's growth in profitability. Our posit...
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ins Building Water Street Liverpool L2 3SP Notes: 1 A member entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting may appoint one or more proxies to attend and (on a poll) vote instead of him. A proxy need not be a member of the company. 2 A form of proxy is provided. Proxies must be received at the office of the company's Regi...
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to fractional entitlements or any legal or practical problems under the laws of any territory, or the requirements of any body or stock exchange or as regards shares held by an approved depository or in issue in an uncertified form; and Annual Report and Accounts 1999 45 <notice of agm> continued (b) otherwise th...
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1998 annual report Inditex Group 1998 annual report 1. Chairman's statement 5 2. international presence 9 3. financial highlights 13 4. general information 21 Inditex Group Zara Pull & Bear Massimo Dutti Bershka 1. Chairman's statement 1998 annual report 3 It gives me great pleasure to present the Annua...
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faithful to the commitment to effort and improvement which inspires our company. More than 12.000 people from many different countries currently make up our Group. This diversity is synonymous with open-mindedness and flexibility, and pushes us to continue evolving, with enthusiasm and perseverance, towards new projec...
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. international presence 1998 annual report 5 Inditex Group A whole world to dress USA Zara 7 Mexico Zara 18 MD 7 Venezuela Zara 1 Norway MD 1 U.K. Zara 1 Sweden MD 6 Spain Zara 203 P&B 143 MD 110 BSK 32 Belgium Zara 12 P&B 1 MD 4 Portugal Zara 29 P&B 27 MD 25 BSK 6 France Zara 55 Argentina Zara 4 Greece Z...
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ITS & CASH-FLOW FINANCIAL STRUCTURE OTHER INFORMATION MANAGEMENT RATIOS FINANCIAL RATIOS Monetary Amounts in Million Pesetas (ESP) GR 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1998/1997 CAGR 1998 -1994 Net revenues 268,665 202,565 167,795 143,617 125,815 33% 21% Net sales in owned stores and franchises (VAT excl.) 253,818 1...
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275 1,642 1998 annual report 84 1999 MANAGEMENT REPORT As required by Articles 171 and 202 of Law 19/1989, the Board of Directors of Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A., with its registered office at Polígono Industrial de Sabón, Parcela 79, Arteixo (La Coruña) and employer identification number A - 15075062, submits t...
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0 Computer hardware 1 1 0 0 0 Computer hardware 1 1 0 0 0 Computer hardware 1 1 0 0 0 Computer hardware 1 1 0 1 0 Commercial premises 583 201 73 450 0 Commercial premises 256 464 43 10 57 Commercial premises 465 605 65 95 0 Commercial premises 77 149 19 0 0 Commercial premise...
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Annual Report & Accounts 99 Pochin's PLC Contents Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 May 1999 Five year highlights 1 Chairman's statement 2 Financial review 4 Operational review 6 Directors and advisors 11 Corporate governance 12 Report of the remuneration committee 13 Directors' report 14 Co...
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36,723 2,101 1,352 8.1p 1.6p 21,572 1996 £'000 47,701 3,584 2,614 15.1p 2.5p 20,455 1997 £'000 47,946 2,708 1,418 9.3p 2.5p 22,568 1998 £'000 56,617 3,626 1,548 10.9p 3.5p 26,927 1999 £'000 46,511 3,887 1,888 12.9p 3.85p 31,050 y Earnings per share and dividend per share have been calculated on the basis of 20,80...