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1998 1999 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Net assets employed (£m) 1 Pochin's PLC Chairman's Statement "... providing the client... with better value for money" Results and Dividend Group turnover has reduced from £56 million to £46 million, principally attributable to a reduction in contracting activ...
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with this demand. Contribution to group profits in the 3 months from acquisition was £0.3 million, in line with expectations. Operations The property development company has been very active during the year although there was no significant contribution from property disposals. We have acquired a further 150 acres of ...
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also evaluated the overall adequacy of the presentation of information in the financial statements. Opinion In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and the group at 31 May 1999 and of the profit of the group for the year then ended and have been properly...
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the company's compliance with those provisions of the Combined Code specified for our review by the Stock Exchange, and we report if it does not. We are not required to form an opinion on the effectiveness of the company's corporate governance procedures or its internal controls. We read the other information containe...
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Annual Report & Accounts 1999 COMPUTERS · NETWORKS · SOLUTIONS Vig en Contents Directors and Advisers Chairman's Statement Report of the Directors Corporate Governance Report to Shareholders on Directors' Remuneration Directors' Responsibilities for the Financial Statements Auditors' Report Consolidated Profit and ...
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. Ray BSc, ACA Registrars Lloyds TSB Registrars The Causeway Worthing West Sussex BN99 6DA Solicitors Herbert Smith Exchange House Primrose Street London EC2A 2HS Bankers Lloyds TSB Bank Plc St. George's House 6-8 Eastcheap London EC3M 1LL Stockbrokers HSBC James Capel Thames Exchange 10 Queen Street Place London E...
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Mr Samson was Group Managing Director of Yale and Valor plc between 1989 and 1991 and is a nonexecutive director of a number of companies including Amstrad plc. Mr. M.E. Beckett Mr. Beckett was a director of Consolidated Gold Fields plc between 1975 and 1986 and Managing Director between 1986 and 1989 until that compa...
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the eleven months trading to 30 June 1998. The Board of Directors has recommended paying a final dividend of 0.75p per ordinary share to be paid on 10 December 1999 to shareholders on the register on 8 October 1999, which together with the interim dividend of 0.5714p paid on 7 May 1999 and the special dividend of 18.5...
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directors to fix their remuneration. 6(a). To authorise the directors to allot shares. Special Resolutions 6(b). To disapply statutory pre-emption rights. 6(c). To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares. For Against Signature...................................................................................
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........ as my/our proxy to vote in my/our name(s) and on my/our behalf at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held at 11.00 a.m. on 7 December 1999 at the Viglen House, Alperton Lane, Alperton, Middlesex HA0 1DX and at any adjournment thereof. *(See note 2) Please indicate with an "X" in the appropriate sp...
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Group 4 Falck AS Annual Report 1998 THE FALCK GROUP Contents THE FALCK GROUP Five-year financial highlights and key ratios 5 Annual report 1998 6 Mission 12 Growth strategy and value generation 16 Falck in Denmark 21 Falck in Sweden 28 Falck in Norway 32 Falck in Finland 36 Falck in Germany 38 Fa...
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GROUP Companies and addresses of the Falck Group 75 ANNUAL REPORT 1998 3 THE FALCK GROUP DEFINITIONS OF RATIOS The ratios are calculated on the basis of the annual accounts and the accounting policies applied by the Falck Group. Deferred tax is not provided in the accounts, see accounting policies, and conseque...
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the number of shares at year end. Price/book value Market price per share at 31 December divided by book value per share at year-end. Earnings per share Profit on ordinary activities after taxation and minority interests divided by average number of shares. Cash earnings per share Self-financing from operations (profi...
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967 104 25 79 (27) 55 (6) 49 0 49 1,665 1,276 343 732 600 265 133 732 3,150 145 25 120 (1) 121 (27) 94 0 94 1,769 1,164 359 964 962 323 321 964 3,830 176 42 134 0 135 (22) 113 0 113 2,190 1,597 977 1,570 1,307 578 315 1,570 4,815 229 61 168 (29) 139 (17) 122 (8) 114 2,377 1,597 1,009 1,789 1,401 529 141 1,789 1998 ...
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ald Kortland Harald Kortland*, Rescue Officer Bent Flemming Petersen*, Fitter Palle Thirstrup*, Rescue Officer Bent Flemming Petersen Ebbe Vang*, Rescue Officer Palle Thirstrup Ebbe Vang *) Elected by the employees ANNUAL REPORT 1998 73 BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MANAGEMENT BOARD AND AUDITORS GROUP MANAGEMENT Lars N...
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Pedersen Svend Emil Nielsen Hugo Andersen Jens Erik Christensen John Christiansen Jens Kampmann Managing Director of Invest Miljø A/S and Miljøudvikling A/S and through these positions member of a large number of that group's Boards of Directors. In addition, member of the Board of Directors of: · Krüger A/S (Chairman...
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ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 1999 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR plc Contents Directors and Advisers Chairman's Statement Directors' Report Corporate Governance Board's Repor t of Remuneration Auditors' Report Consolidated Profit and Loss Account Balance Sheets Consolidated Cash Flow Statement Notes to the Accounts Fi ve - Ye a r R ...
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at (Football) Non-Executive Directors C. T. Sandy ATII C. M. Littner MBA S. Chisholm C o m p a n y S e c r e t a r y J. Ireland LLB Registered Office Bill Nicholson Way 748 High Road Tottenham London N17 0AP R e g i s t e r e d N u m b e r 1706358 Auditors Deloitte & Touche Chartered Accountants Hill House 1 Li...
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ENHAM HOTSPUR plc Chairman's Statement Results for the year ended 31st July 1999 Overview I am pleased to report an improvement in performance both on and off the field. The Club won its first major trophy for eight years qualifying for European competition in the process and putting us back on course towards our objec...
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, away matches screened on the Jumbotron attracted increased interest amongst our supporters. Television income in total was 40% up on last year. Most of this increase resulted from the BSkyB Premier League contract together with the coverage of the Cup runs, and our improved League position of eleventh compared to fou...
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Note that the depositing of Powers of Attorney with the Company's Registrars is not required if this has been previously registered with the Company. 4 Copies of the Directors' service contracts with the Company will be available for inspection pursuant to Section 318 of the Companies Act 1985 at the Registered Office...
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Annual General Meeting Explanatory notes 1 A member entitled to attend and vote at the above meeting may appoint one or more proxies of his/her choice to attend and, on a poll, to vote instead of him/her. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. 2 To have the right to attend and vote at the meeting (and also for t...
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VIBROPLANT ANNUAL REPORT 1999 CONTENTS Directors and Advisors 2 Financial Information 3 Chairman's Statement 4 Financial Review 6 Directors' Report 7 Remuneration Report 10 Statement of Directors' Responsibilities 12 Auditors' Report 12 Consolidated Profit and Loss Account 13 Consolidated Balance S...
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.I.I. Stuart J Doughty, B.Sc., F.I.C.E., C.Eng., F.I.H.T. Neil A Stothard, M.A., F.C.A. Central House, Beckwith Knowle, Otley Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 1UD Registered in England: No 481833 Telephone: 01423 533400 KPMG Audit Plc, 1 The Embankment, Neville Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 4DW Hammond Suddar...
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£3.3m 5.77p 4.05p £46.4m £17.7m 38.1% £13.7m £1.6m 1998 £49.3m £2.2m £1.5m 3.37p 4.05p £45.3m £16.9m 37.3% £14.0m £8.9m 3 CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT I am pleased to report continued recovery in the Group's performance this year. SUMMARY OF RESULTS Group profit before tax was £3.30m (1998: £2.19m; excluding exceptional ...
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business. Tool hire and rail represented 29% of group revenues in the year (1998: 23%). Capital expenditure of £15.9m plus a further £1.6m cost of acquisitions reflected our policy of strong but selective investment. This level of investment was made with a 1% increase in net gearing to 38%, underlining the strength o...
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000. provided further that the authority hereby granted shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting after the passing of this Resolution (or any adjournment thereof) save that the Directors shall be entitled to make at any time before the expiry of the power hereby conferred any offer or agreemen...
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Act 1985 "the Act") of the Company pursuant to the authority conferred by Resolution 5 above as if Section 89 of the Act did not apply to such allotment provided that this power shall be limited: (a) to the allotment of equity securities in connection with a rights issue, open offer or otherwise in favour of Ordinar...
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The 1999 Rapala Normark Group Annual Report. Rapala Normark Group­Introduction As a boy growing up in central Finland before World War II, Lauri Rapala fished to put food on the family table. He would row his wooden boat as much as 30 miles a day trolling for pike, perch and trout in the lakes near his home. To ...
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Lauri whittled, shaved and carved. After much trial and error his lure took shape. The lure was black on top, gold along its flanks and white on the bottom ­ just like the minnows in the local lakes. And, most important, it perfectly dupli- cated that struggling, slightly off-center, wounded wobble. Legend has it t...
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tank-test each lure to insure its action before it went out the door. This painstaking attention to the action of Rapala lures continues to this day. Every Rapala lure has the magical swimming action Lauri perfected more than 60 years ago. 2 It's the reason Rapala lures have caught more world record fish than any...
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in specific regions of the world with smart, innovative products designed precisely for their type of fishing. Like Rapala lures, Blue Fox lures have built a solid reputation for putting fish in the boat. The Rapala Normark Group acquired Storm lures in 1999, giving the Group a platform to introduce more lures and cap...
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: 353-91-593078 Normark Sport Ltd. Pottery Road Bovey-Tracey S. Devon ENGLAND TQ13 9DS Tel: 44-162-683-2889 Fax: 44-162-683-3294 Steen Yde Aps Fjordvej 21 8900 Randers DENMARK Tel: 45-864-30100 Fax: 45-864-37454 Rapala Japan kk Ltd. 1011 Sakusai-Cho, Kishiwada-Shi, Osaka, 596-0876 JAPAN Tel: 0724-30-5610 Fax: 0724-30-5...
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-711 Fax: 358-14-821-007 Normark Scandinavia AB Hamnplan 11 S-75319 Uppsala SWEDEN Tel: 46-18-14-20-10 Fax: 46-18-15-05-15 Normark Scandinavia AB Box 74 (Warehouse) S-782 22 Malung SWEDEN Tel: 46-280-12565 Fax: 46-280-71400 Normark Corporation 10395 Yellow Circle Drive Minnetonka, MN 55343, U.S.A. Tel: 1-612-933-7060 F...
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Associated British Foods plc Annual Report & Accounts 1999 Financial highlights Turnover £m Operating profit* £m Profit before tax* £m Earnings per share* p Dividends per share p Special dividend per share p *before exceptional items and amortisation of goodwill 1999 4,308 326 389 31.7 10.75 50.00 1998 4,202 316 4...
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000 people with sales of over £4.3 billion. ABF's core skills are in adding value to natural products through the large scale processing of food crops throughout the world and increasingly in the development of high technology food ingredients. 01 Annual Report and Accounts 1999 Chairman's statement Garry Weston Cha...
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appointed finance director in May 1999 and the following report is the first to be presented by the new management team. The past year has been one of zero or negative food price inflation in virtually all the markets in which the group operates, both in the UK and overseas. In such an environment it is a considerable...
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in the level of UK short-term interest rates from 7.5 per cent to 5 per cent and this, together with the return of £448 million in cash to shareholders in May 1999 by way of the special dividend, accounted for substantially all of the decline in investment income to £84 million in the current year. Group profit on ord...
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to existing shareholders strictly pro rata to their holdings and this cannot be done unless shareholders have first waived their pre-emption rights. Resolution number 10 asks shareholders to do this by allowing the directors to allot for cash (a) by way of a rights issue, open offer or similar issue (subject to certai...
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in general meeting. At the annual general meeting held in December 1998 shareholders gave the directors a general authority to allot shares up to a limit approximately equivalent to one third of the number of shares in issue. The authority is valid for the maximum period of five years as permitted by the Companies Act...
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Shareholder information CO NT ENTS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Annual General Meeting of Sampo Insurance Company Limited will be held at the Company's Ilead Office in Turku, at Puutarhakatu I, on Wednesday, April 16, J997 at 2 p.m. PAYMENT OF DIVIDEND The ~ampo Board of Directors h:l\ e proposed that a di\·idend of F...
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\1eeting accepts the Board's proposal on the di\·idend. The dividend is drawable as of April 18, 1997 against dividend coupon no. 9 at all offices of Merita Bank Ltd, Osuuspankki, Okopankki Oy and Postipankki in Pinland, and at all post olfi es. SAMPO GROUP ANNUAL REPORTS Sampo Insurance Company Limited publishes its A...
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wedish INTERIM REPORT 1997 During the 1ear 1997, ~ampo Insurance Company Limited \\ill publish an interim report for the reriodjanuary J to June 30, 1997. The repo1t wi ll be publ ished on August 2o, 1997 in Finnish, Swedish and Eng l i~h. Key information on the Sampo Non-Life Group Chief Executive OITic 'r's Review A...
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Management of the Samro,roup Jn\'estment Analyses Offices of the Sampo Group 2-3 i 1·1 !6 lH 20 22 23- 2'1 26 27 2&-'51 ')2 '52 53 ')..j 'j') 57 '5H 59 00--6 1 62--63 61-67 6H-69 70-71 72-75 76-77 7H 79 Pages J-S2 contain the final accounts presented in full thousand' of Finnish markb. The official final accounLs can...
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Turku Yliopistonkatu - lliimeenkatu HO ~A\11'0 A"'''ll :AI HII'OI!I 1<)<)6 Uusikaupunki Vaasa Valkeakoski Vammala Vantaa Tikkurila tyyrm~iki Yarkaus Yirrat Ylivieska Aht~iri Aiinekoski Service points - Ori1·esi - Yiitasaari SUBSIDIARIES AND OFFICES OUTSIDE FINLAND Subsidiaries ampo Industrial Insurance.V. Eero l lo...
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iki - Malmi - Mannerheimintie -'orn~iinen lluittinen IIY'inkiiii I Wmeenlinna lisalmi lkaalinen hnatra jc>ensuu jun·a jyl~hkyti J;1111S~i ):ir~enpii ~i Kajaani Kangasala Kankaanpii~i Kauhajoki Kemi Kemijiini Ke1~ll':l Keuruu Klaukkala Kokemiiki Kokkola Kotka KOUIOla Kuopio Kuus;tmo Lthti Laitila Lappeenranta Lapua Lie...
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Group Profile www.ferraris.co.uk Registered Office: Chatteris Engineering Works, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire PE16 6SA Group Office: 1400 Montagu Court, Kettering Parkway, Kettering, Northants, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1536 410022 Fax: +44 (0) 1536 417455 e-mail: ferraris-group@ferraris.co.uk Medical Products and Components Divi...
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. Precision Finishing and Grinding Precision grinding and finishing of turbine blades. Instruments Design, manufacture and distributors of pedestrian trend monitoring systems and specialist order processing systems for the retail and fast-food markets in the UK and Europe. Jena-Tec Jena, Germany Nottingham. Notts., UK...
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Year Summary 34 Notice of Meeting 35 Turnover (£m) Profit before Taxation (£m) Medical Products and Components Engineering and Instruments £24.1m £6.3m £1.87m £0.61m Engineering and Instruments Medical Products and Components Financial Calendar Results Full year results announced on 22nd November 1999. Repo...
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,652 Operating profit 2,613 2,458 Profit before taxation 2,478 2,106 Profit after taxation 2,134 1,626 Earnings per share 15.1p 13.1p Dividend per share 4.1p 3.6p Chairman's Statement I am pleased to announce on behalf of your Board of Directors that the financial year ended 31st August 1999 was a further p...
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in proportion (as nearly as may be) to their respective holdings of ordinary shares, subject only to exclusions or other arrangements which the directors may deem necessary or expedient to deal with fractional entitlements, legal or practical problems arising in any overseas territory or the requirements of any regula...
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To receive the accounts for the year ended 31st August 1999 together with the reports of the directors and auditors thereon. 2. To declare a final dividend of 2.5p per ordinary share payable on 20th January 2000 to shareholders on the register on 6th January 2000. 3. To re-elect K.M.Baker as a director upon his retire...
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PIC International Group PLC Annual report and accounts 1999 A BREED APART PIC International Group PLC Annual report and accounts 1999 MISSION To be the leading worldwide supplier of pig breeding stock and related products and services to all members of the pork value chain through innovation and outstanding genetic ...
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the end of the last financial year. The increasing demand for pig meat was well outstripped by the large year on year increases in pig production. This seriously impacted the results of the business as Phil David outlines in his Group Chief Executive's report. We have, however, made good progress in establishing and d...
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outstanding Dalgety restructuring issues and we are confident that they will be settled within the targets and provisions that were established a year ago. Significant progress has also been made to secure medium-term financing for the Group. We are confident of securing these committed facilities in the near future. ...
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to return to sustained levels of profitability. CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT PIC has enhanced its competitive position while withstanding record low pig prices in all its major markets. We have restructured the business and will continue to grow from our current base of seven times the size of our nearest competitor. Brian B...
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of equity securities in connection with a rights issue or a scrip dividend alternative 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 numbers of ordinary shares held by them...
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Annual General Meeting and 15 months from shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General the date hereof, and Meeting after the passing of this resolution save that the (4) the Company may before such expiry under (3) above Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement enter into a contrac...
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Financial Highlights Bett Brothers plc 1 Turnover by division £m 71.1 59.0 47.2 Profit by division before central costs £m 11.4 9.0 7.6 Shareholders' funds £m 39.0 33.2 30.3 97 98 99 Bett Homes Bett Inns 97 98 99 Bett Properties Turnover Profit before taxation Earnings per share Dividend Gearing Dividend cover...
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PRODUCED AN EXCELLENT SET OF FIGURES FOR THE YEAR. Iain Bett, CHAIRMAN Group turnover rose to £71m (1998 ­ £59m) resulting in profits before tax of £9.4m (£1998 ­ £5.4m) and earnings per share of 48.23p (1998 ­ 27.33p), increases of 72% and 76% respectively. Each division's operating profits increased. Housing grew ...
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of the South East market did not extend to our areas of activity in Scotland and the North West. Despite better consumer confidence our Inns business experienced a competitive but improving environment during our review period. Careful control of costs, increased promotions and optimising price and volume combination...
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A final dividend is proposed of 7.50p (1998 ­ 5.40p) making a total for the year of 10.50p (1998 ­ 7.45p) an increase of 41%. Shareholders will also note that the figure of assets per share of £2.55 is an increase of 16% on the year. Our investment in the future has also been maintained as we seek to build on our stre...
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of the presentation of information in the accounts. Opinion In our opinion the accounts give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company and of the Group at 31 August 1999 and of the Group's profit and cash flows for the year then ended and have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies A...
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of the Combined Code specified for our review by the Stock Exchange, and we report if it does not. We are not required to form an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's corporate governance procedures or its internal controls. We read the other information contained in the Annual Report, including the corporate...
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Contents Chairman's letter to shareholders............................... 2 Profile, Aim, Policy ............................... 3 Corporate Governance ............................... 4 The People ............................... 4 Quest Management nv ............................... 5 Key Facts .................
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..................... 8 Market overview Sector developments ............................... 8............................... 9 Portfolio .............................. 13 Holdings at June 30th 1999............................. 13 Investment performance.............................. 14 Portfolio composition: by s...
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.......... 15 by stock market................... 15 Company profiles Unquoted....................... 16 Venture capital funds............... 18 Quoted companies................ 19 Financial Data .............................. 24 Balance sheet .............................. 24 Statement of income.................
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... 25 Notes to the financial statements......................... 26 Valuation rules .............................. 27 Report of the Board .............................. 28 Report of the Independent Board Members....................... 30 Report of the Statutory Auditors.............................. 31 Glossar...
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(debt), or through the combination of the two. Venture capital investors require a very high rate of return and thus only invest in companies with good prospects for rapid growth. 34 KEY INFORMATION : Board of Directors : Jos B. Peeters, Chairman, Quest Management NV, Managing Director, represented by Mr Philip Fe...
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financial instruments, on condition that the underlying asset qualifies as qualifying holding. Qualifying holdings: according to the Privak-decree qualifying holdings are q qualifying financial instruments, issued by unquoted companies q qualifying financial instruments, issued by growth companies q shares or units, i...
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Contents Information for shareholders Sponda Plc....................................................................................... 2 Chief Executive's Review........................................................... 4 Real Estate Activities................................................................... 6 New ...
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at Kaivokatu 12 during the 1920s 1 Sponda Business mission Sponda is a real estate investment company focusing on high-quality business and office premises in Greater Helsinki. The company's high-standard business and office premises are mainly situated in prime commercial areas with strong revenues or earnings pot...
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its experience with shopping malls in leasing these centrally located properties. A sufficient critical mass is needed geographically in real estate investment in order to minimize the costs of the local organization. History Sponda was formed by the Bank of Finland in 1991 for the purpose of acquiring the equity por...
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sell industrial properties to Castrum Oyj. Key ratios, 31 December 1998 Shareholders' equity per share, FIM 33.52 Earnings per share, FIM 2.90 Return on equity, % 7.7 ...
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later than by 4 pm on 5 March 1999. Shareholders who are entered in the company's register of shareholders kept by the Finnish Central Securities Depository (FCSD) no later than on 4 March 1999 are entitled to attend the Annual General Meeting. Payment of dividend The Board of Directors will propose to the Annual Gene...
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el m2 0 0 Other m2 Year Total originally m2 constructed Economic occupancy rate 1998 % m2 % FIM 0 10 180 1890 0 4 240 1920 43 Addresses Sponda Plc P.O. BOX 22 00931 Helsinki Itäkatu 1 b, Third Floor Telephone (09) 680 581 Telefax (09) 6805 8222 Kauppakeskus Itäkeskus Oy P.O. BOX 22 00931 Helsinki Itäkatu 1 b...
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Annual Report and Accounts for the year to 31 August 1999 A new era for Allied Domecq Chairman's Statement 01 Chief Executive's Operating Review 02 Financial Review 06 Board of Directors 08 Statement of Directors' Responsibilities and Principal Board Committees 09 Auditor's Report 10 Accounting Policies...
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year of significant achievement for Allied Domecq. Through extensive restructuring we have returned some £2.7 billion of value to shareholders and have emerged as a tightly focused international brand-led business. The opportunities to improve the performance of the business are significant. We are committed to delive...
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can see clear scope to add value by further improving business performance and we are determined to do so. The year has seen the birth of a new Allied Domecq. The sale of the UK Retail business was finalised after the accounting year end and therefore these figures include UK Retail profits and assets. New Allied Dom...
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ip Bowman, as Tony Hales' successor, inherits a group which has built up some momentum and has many opportunities for development. Philip's skills and drive, strongly evident since he joined us at the end of 1998, have already had a considerable impact which augurs well for the new Allied Domecq. In the last three year...
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. Exceptional items Gains or costs that are disclosed separately because they arise outside the normal business activity. Foreign exchange on translation Gains and losses representing the difference between foreign currency profits converted to sterling at the current year's exchange rates compared with last year's rat...
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/unbranded spirit sold in bulk to other spirits producers. Capital expenditure (capex) Expenditure on tangible fixed assets such as property, plant and machinery. Constant exchange Profits or earnings where the prior year results of overseas operations are stated in sterling at the current year rate of foreign exchange...
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1999 Report and accounts The BOC Group plc is a public limited company listed on the London and New York Stock Exchanges and registered in England. This is the report and accounts for the year ended 30 September 1999. It complies with UK regulations and incorporates the annual report on form 20-F for the Securities a...
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the financial statements 108 Group undertakings Shareholder information 110 Dividends 110 Nature of trading market 111 Analysis of shareholdings 112 Taxation 113 Financial calendar 114 Key contacts information 115 Cross reference to form 20-F 116 Glossary of terms Cautionary statement The report and accounts include...
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certain forward-looking statements concerning the company's operation, economic performance and financial condition. Although the company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Accordi...
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2,000 1,000 97 98 99 1999: £362.8m 1998: £299.4m 1997: £445.2m £ million 500 400 300 200 100 97 98 99 1999: £505.4m 1998: £596.2m 1997: £675.8m £ million 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 97 98 99 Turnover fell by seven per cent compared with last year. Excluding the impact of the Ohmeda health care business which wa...
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113 16 Changes in securities and changes in 7 Taxation Shareholder information security for registered securities n/a ­ US holders 113 17 Financial statements 8 Selected financial data n/a Group five year record 10-11 18 Financial statements Finance and treasury review Responsibility of the directors 64 ­ E...
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Finance and treasury review ­ Contingencies ­ Legal proceedings Notes to the financial statements ­ Note 13 b) 47 47 100-101 12 Options to purchase securities from registrant or subsidiaries Report on remuneration ­ Long-term incentives ­ Directors' interests 56-57 61-63 4 Control of registrant ­ Executive officer...
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Report and Accounts 1999 contents 1 financial highlights 2 chairman's statement 4 chief executive's review 6 operating and financial review 25 five-year financial summary 26 board of directors and secretary 28 report of the directors 31 corporate governance 33 remuneration report 36 directors' interests in shares 37...
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balancing these responsibilities is the primary challenge. We believe that we can best respond to this challenge by remaining independent. financial highlights 1 The Group's profit before tax rose by 21% to a record level of £1,211 million. Earnings per share increased to 87.8p. Adjusted earnings per share, whic...
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ratio ­ tier 1 Risk asset ratio ­ total *including exceptional items 1999 £m 1,500 1,211 1,211 776 49.5% 51.9% 47% 32% 87.8p 87.8p 28.5p 3.1 88,852 2,852 1,350 8.1% 12.1% 1998 £m 1,217 1,007 1,001 637 52.0% 55.3% 41% 28% 73.4p 72.3p 24.6p 3.0 79,676 2,115 838 6.6% 11.2% 2 chairman's statement These are excellent r...
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5%. Our focus on providing highly competitive financial services products to our customers has resulted in consistent profits growth in increasingly competitive markets. Indeed, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group has made an enormous contribution to financial services in the UK. Financial performance Profit before tax ro...
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arte (age 47), is a director and general manager of Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A. He is also a director of several Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A. subsidiaries and a number of Spanish companies, as well as a director of Instituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino. Eileen Mackay CB (age 56), was formerly princi...
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ron, Inc., a trustee of The Brookings Institution, a member of the Federal Reserve Bank Advisory Council and a director of numerous community organisations in the USA. Norman McLuskie FCIBS (age 55), was appointed a director in June 1992 and is Deputy Chief Executive, UK Bank. He is chairman of RBS Advanta, RBS Cards ...
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Annual Report 1998 Contents Review by the managing director The Perlos Group Technical Plastics Connectors CEP Plastics Tools & Automation Perlos Ltd. Perlos (Texas), Inc. Board of Directors, Board of Management Organisation and Auditors The Board's Report Income statement Balance sheet Source and application of fund...
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before amortisation of goodwill was 22.1% (18.4%) of net sales. The reason behind this trend is that capacity was augmented in 1998, mainly by making investments in new efficiency-boosting production machinery, and the full utilisation of capacity set up a positive earnings trend. No major investments in the expansion...
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% per cent. The share of Perlos' total net sales accounted for by the electronics industry rose to 79.3% (71.3%). 1998 was a Janus year for deliveries to the pharmaceutical industry. In the first part of the year, growth was fairly slack, whereas deliveries began to pick up vigorously during the latter part of the year...
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was transferred under the Tools group, opening up better possibilities for taking care of joint client projects efficiently and improving the shared use of resources. Technical Plastics' unit in Nurmijärvi was also spun off to attend to its own customer group. In addition, R&D efforts were strengthened at the end of ...
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.O. Box 9 FIN-01901 Nurmijärvi Finland Tel. +358 9 250 071 Fax +358 9 2500 7232 Connectors Raivaajantie 1 P.O. Box 405 FIN-80101 Joensuu Finland Tel. +358 13 162 71 Fax +358 13 162 7300 CEP Plastics Kontiolahti Ensolantie 10 FIN-80710 Lehmo Finland Tel. +358 13 162 71 Fax +358 13 162 7400 CEP Plastics Nurmijärvi Mahla...
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s G r o u p A n n u a l R e p o r t 1 9 9 8 PERLOS OY Group Administration Mahlamäentie 2 P.O. Box 9 FIN-01901 Nurmijärvi Finland Tel. +358 9 250 071 Fax +358 9 2500 7208 Technical Plastics Joensuu Jukolankatu 22 P.O. Box 180 FIN-80101 Joensuu Finland Tel. +358 13 162 71 Fax +358 13 162 7200 Technical Plastics Joens...