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­ a wide range of innovative electrical wiring solutions using pioneering Cage Clamp spring pressure terminal technology, which provides an alternative to conventional wire securing techniques Process control ­ award-winning system of fieldbus-independent electronic modules and interface units for the distributed cont...
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% 1998: 35.1% Network Systems covers figures for both Interconnection and Systems Turnover: £269.3m 1998: £256.5m Change: 5% Operating Profit before goodwill amortisation: £28.7m 1998: £38.1m Change: (25%) Return on sales: 10.7% 1998: 14.9% All figures are for continuing businesses only. Cable Management Sens...
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44 (0)20 7951 2000 Registrar Lloyds TSB Registrars The Causeway Worthing West Sussex BN99 6DA Tel: +44 (0)1903 502541 American Depositary Receipts Citicorp Shareholder Services PO Box 2505 Jersey City New Jersey 07303-2502, USA Tel: +1-877-CITI-ADR (248-4237) Bowthorpe plc Report and Accounts 1999 89 Glossary Asymme...
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Annual General Meeting Final dividend 1999 Preliminary announcement of results for half year to 30 June 2000 Interim dividend 2000 Financial year end ex-dividend record *DRIP mandate Ordinary shares payment ** ADR payment 11 May 2 May 8 May 12 May 2 June 9 June ex-dividend record *DRIP mandate Ordinary shares payme...
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Pittards plc Annual Report & Accounts 1999 Cover image: Pittards Soccer Lite leather is a strong lightweight leather developed exclusively for Puma. It is incorporated in the Respira ­ a new style soccer shoe launched by Puma in September, 1999. Contents 2 Chairman's statement 7 Operational and financial review 16 ...
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Operating profit Interest ­ net Profit before taxation Net bank borrowings Shareholders' funds Per ordinary share: Earnings Dividends Net assets 1999) £'m) 62.1) 2.2) (0.4) 1.8) 5.0) 24.4) 1998) £'m) 74.3) 1.0) (0.9) 0.1) 5.0) 23.7) Pence per share 6.8) (0.5) 3.6) 3.5) 98.3) 95.2) 2 Pittards plc Annual Rep...
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world demand for leather in the sport and leisure sectors had been depressed. Since then, although conditions generally have changed little, and despite the persistent strength of sterling, demand for our products has increased in many of the sectors we serve. Group turnover in the second half was 6% higher than in th...
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1998 ­ credit of £0.10m) and preference dividends, earnings per share were 6.8p (1998 ­ loss 0.5p). The board is recommending a final dividend of 2.6p, (1998 ­ 2.5p), making a total for the year of 3.6p (1998 ­ 3.5p) ­ an increase of 2.9%. The proposed dividend is covered 1.9 times by earnings. If approved at the Annua...
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Payment of final dividend for 1999 to shareholders registered on 14 April 2000 (ex dividend date 10 April 2000) Announcement of half year results for 2000 Payment of interim dividend for 2000 to shareholders registered on 6 October 2000 (ex dividend date 2 October 2000) Announcement of 2000 results 2 May 2000 12 May ...
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67%) 65%) 61%) 61%) 51%) 2,232) ­) 1,016) ­) 3,768) ­) 4,687) ­) 3,185) (2,281) 2,232) 1,016) 3,768) 4,687) 904) 1,759) 1,758) 85) 2,631) 3,633) 184) 2,331) 3,159) (522) (592) 285) 785) 24,427) 6.8p) 3.6p) 285) 763) 23,741) (0.5p) 3.5p) 285) 763) 24,602) 9.4p) 3.5p) 285) 707) 23,305) 13.3p 3.25p) 28...
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Financial Objects plc Annual Report 1999 Financial Objects plc The Group is focused on providing software and services to international banks and financial services organisations, and has over 100 clients worldwide. The Group's founding conviction was that application software would in the future be built of Internet...
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part of the financial statements) 42 Record since incorporation 43 Notice of AGM 44 Directors, officers and advisers IBC Group offices Financial highlights Profit before tax and amortisation of goodwill £000 99 5,227 98 3,438 97 2,015 Revenue £000 99 98 97 22,301 21,662 15,937 Adjusted earnings per share p...
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now successfully behind us, a healthy sales pipeline and many of our new technology products available for volume roll-out, the Group anticipates a sustained period of organic growth. Roger Foster Chairman 14 March 2000 2 Financial Objects plc Annual Report 1999 Results Revenues for the year to 31 December 1999 gr...
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ortisation of goodwill, grew 4.3 per cent to 11.03p per share (1998: 10.57p per share). The average number of shares in issue increased from 24.3 million to 36.4 million as a result of the December 1998 IPO. The directors are recommending a final dividend of 1.5p per share, bringing the total dividend for the year to 2...
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Other UK offices Head Office 45 Monmouth Street Covent Garden London WC2H 9DG Tel: +44 (0)20 7836 3010 Fax: +44 (0)20 7240 5790 City Office Cannongate House 64 Cannon Street London EC4N 6AE Tel: +44 (0)20 7653 3700 Fax: +44 (0)20 7653 3702 39-41 Queen Anne Street London W1M 0JA Tel: +44 (0)20 7486 4422 Fax: +44 (0)20 ...
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Walsh Technical Director D Carruthers Managing Director ­ Advanced Systems Division (ASD) Non-executive directors J Standen, ACIB RH Thompson Executive directors M Carroll Advanced Systems Division ­ Retail M Finlay Application Architect ­ Component Applications S Mitchell UK and Europe Sales K Peermohamed Internation...
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Prudential plc Annual Report 1999 · New business achieved profits up 46 per cent at £603 million · Record in-flow of new funds of over £18 billion · Underlying operating profit before amortisation of goodwill up 6 per cent to £996 million · Total dividend up 9.5 per cent to 23 pence per share · Plans for an initi...
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16 Prudential Group Pensions 18 Prudential M&G Asset Management 18 Prudential Portfolio Managers 20 M&G 22 Prudential Europe 24 US Operations 26 Prudential Corporation Asia 28 Group Financial Review 32 Corporate Social Responsibility 34 Board of Directors 36 Corporate Governance 39 Remuneration Report 45 Directors' R...
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operating profit (based on longer-term investment returns) before amortisation of goodwill Retail Insurance Operations Group Pensions Prudential M&G Asset Management egg:| and Prudential Banking UK operations US operations Asia Europe Other income and expenditure Re-engineering costs Total Discontinued operations Oper...
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Achieved profits basis shareholders' funds £8.3bn £7.5bn Insurance and investment funds under management £170bn £128bn Banking funds under management £8.1bn £2.2bn Profit before tax includes actual investment returns. The company believes that operating profit, which is based on longer-term investment returns,...
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: 020 7334 6334 www.pru.co.uk John Elbourne ­ Chief Executive Prudential Annuities Abbey Gardens 55 Kings Road Reading RG1 3AH Tel: 01189 391101 Fax: 01189 493863 Kim Lerche-Thomsen ­ Managing Director Prudential Group Pensions Laurence Pountney Hill London EC4R 0HH Tel: 020 7220 7588 Rodney Baker-Bates ­ Managing Dire...
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competitive commission rates. For details telephone 020 7588 2828 or write to 12 Tokenhouse Yard London EC2R 7AN. 84 Prudential plc Annual Report 1999 How to Contact Us Prudential plc Laurence Pountney Hill London EC4R 0HH Tel: 020 7220 7588 www.prudential.co.uk Sir Martin Jacomb ­ Chairman Jonathan Bloomer ­ Group...
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Annual Report 1999 CONTENTS Financial highlights 1 Report of the Managing Director 2 Group review 5 Fashion and qualit y at the best price 15 Our employees 16 Our social responsibilities 19 Caring for our customers 22 The environment 24 Administration report 26 Group income statement 27 Group bala...
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, three months 13 April 2000 i n t e r i m r e p o r t, six months 20 June 2000 i n t e r i m r e p o r t, nine months 19 September 2000 p r e s s r e l e a s e, twelve months January 2001 annual report March 2001 This information will also be available at www.hm.com THE YEAR IN REVIEW A total of 75 new stores were o...
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18, % Debt/equity ratio, Note 18, % Share of risk-bearing capital, Note 18, % Solidity, Note 18, % Number of stores in Sweden Number of stores outside Sweden Total number of stores Average number of employees 1999 32,976.5 + 24 27,667.4 84 16.4 4,758.6 3,705.4 3.72 + 37 32.9 50.3 1.3 76.4 72.5 124 489 613 17,652 199...
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market shares in every country of operation. Sales outside Sweden accounted for 84 per cent of Group turnover. Germany remained our largest market, generating 32 per cent of the Group's total turnover, followed by Sweden, Austria and Norway. REPORT OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR There are several reasons why we performed ...
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Established: Turnover (SEK M): Number of stores: Number of locations: Number of employees: 1989 2,215 54 32 1,525 1992 1,444 33 21 693 1994 2,977 33 10 1,343 1996 137 4 1 54 1997 848 12 7 410 1998 829 11 3 560 4 4 h&m a n n ua l r e p o r t 1999 1999 h&m a n n ua l r e p o r t 4 5 4 6 h&m a n n ua l r e p o r t ...
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locations: Number of employees: Switzerland Established: Turnover (SEK M): Number of stores: Number of locations: Number of employees: Germany Established: Turnover (SEK M): Number of stores: Number of locations: Number of employees: 1947 5,309 124 50 3,388 1964 2,789 55 25 1,231 1967 1,852 45 28 866 1976 1,443 34 19...
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technology for people who care Annual Report 1999 Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Instrumentarium is one of the world's leading medical technology companies operating in the segments of Anesthesia and Critical Care and Medical Equipment and Supplies. The company is also involved in Optical Retail in Finland and n...
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. For printed information, please contact: Instrumentarium Corporation P.O.Box 100, FIN-00031 Instrumentarium Telephone international + 358 10 394 3401 Fax international + 358 9 146 4172 E-mail hannele.sosimaki@instrumentarium.fi U.S. Depositary Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York P.O.Box 842006 Boston, MA 02284-...
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............................................................................. 33 Parent Company statements of income.................................................................... 50 Parent Company balance sheet................................................................................ 51 Parent Company state...
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Others Optical Retail Medical Equipment and Supplies Anesthesia and Critical Care Operating profit* by business segment, FIM million 350 300 250 Total** 200 150 Optical Retail 100 50 0 95 96 97 98 99 Medical Equipment and Supplies Anesthesia and Critical Care * Before non-recurring items and amortization of g...
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372 6 285 031 Tiit Maasik imedical@online.ee SIA Instrumentarium Medical Elizabetes Str. 9, Office 5 LV-1010 RIGA Latvia Tel. +371 7 323 059, 321 304 Fax +371 7 323 070 v Janis Liepins jliepins@instrumed.lv OPTICAL RETAIL OPTICAL RETAIL DIVISION Instrumentarium Corp. Vitikka 1 F, Espoo P.O.Box 500 FIN-00031 INSTRUMENT...
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11 Fax +358 10 394 6279 Ilkka Laipio ilkka.laipio@instrumentarium.fi Merivaara AB Gårdsfogdevägen 2 - 4 S-168 66 BROMMA P.O.Box 20126 S-161 02 BROMMA Sweden Tel. +46 8 627 2950 Fax +46 8 627 2955 Thomas Swärdh thomas.swardh@merivaara.se Merivaara Norge AS Østensjøveien 18 P.O.Box 6022 Etterstad N-0601 OSLO Norway Tel....
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Lorien plc Report & Accounts 1999 www.lorien.co.uk 2 Group at a glance 3 Financial highlights 4 Chairman's statement 6 Financial review 8 Review of operations Resourcing 12 Review of operations Specialist Services 14 Review of operations Consulting 16 Board of directors 17 Directors' report 20 R...
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46 Notice of annual general meeting 48 Lorien offices 48 Corporate directory Lorien plc Lorien plc Resourcing Specialist Services Consulting We provide IT resourcing and consulting services to organisations to help them improve their performance. Our main activity is the provision of IT contract and permanen...
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time, at the right price. Our goal is to be the agency of choice ­ for clients and prospective clients, IT professionals and IT recruitment practitioners alike. Specialist Services This Division comprises four autonomous businesses which operate in the fields of: Training, Professional Development, Market Research an...
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138.8 138.4 116.9 45.7 29.1 Operating (loss)/profit (£million) (0.5) 3.8 1.7 1.9 1.3 (Loss)/profit before tax (£million) (1.6) 2.5 1.6 1.5 1.0 Dividend (pence) - 7.5 7.5 7.5 3.8 (Loss)/earnings per share (pence) (9.2) 8.0 4.5 11.8 12.1 Turnover (£million) 99 98 97 96 95 Operating profit (£...
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8RZ Fax: 01543 444234 Leeds Oak House, Park Lane Leeds LS3 1EL Fax: 0113 200 2271 London 80 Petty France, Victoria London SW1H 9EX Fax: 0171 654 1066 Chertsey Rutherwyk House 57 Guildford Street, Chertsey Surrey KT16 9AY Fax: 01932 577877 Corporate directory Heathrow Unit 17, Poyle 14 Newlands Drive, Colnbrook Surr...
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adjourned meeting. Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude shareholders from attending the Annual General Meeting and voting in person if they wish to do so. 2. The register of Directors' share interests, copies of all Directors' service contracts where the unexpired portion of the term exceeds tw...
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1 9 9 9 G R A F T O N G R O U P P L C A N N U A L R E P O R T Contents Group Profile................................................................................................................................2 Financial Highlights.....................................................................................
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Accounting Policies......................................................................................................................33 Notes to the Financial Statements...................................................................................................35 Financial Review..............................
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locations in the London, Glasgow, Manchester and Cardiff areas. In Northern Ireland, Macnaughton Blair is one of the leading builders merchants trading from 4 locations. Since becoming an independent Public Company in 1987, Grafton has increased its earnings per share at an average annual rate of 29%. Grafton Group pl...
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0c 4.3 6.8 194c 849c 42% 7,116 75 45,342 20,621 CHANGE +45% +46% +35% +34% +38% +37% +42% +24% - 3 - Annual Report 1999 * Based on profit after tax plus depreciation and goodwill amortisation. TURNOVER million PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION million 38.2 620.2 28.2 427.6 EPS BEFORE GOODWILL AMORTISATION cents 206.9 1...
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etermined on the basis of the equivalent information published by the relevant authority in relation to dealings on the Irish Stock Exchange or its equivalent. The authority hereby conferred shall expire at the close of business on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or the date 18 months after ...
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the day on which the treasury share is re-issued, as determined from information published in the Irish Stock Exchange Daily Official List reporting the business done on each of these 10 business days:- Annual Report 1999 (i) if there shall be more than one dealing reported for the day, the average of the prices at ...
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LONDON TOWN plc ADVISORS TO PROPERTY FUNDS Report & Accounts 1999 1 Corporate Statement 1 Five Year Record 2 Chairman's Statement 4 Chief Executive's Review 6 Board of Directors and Advisers 7 Directors' Report 10 Report of the Auditors 11 Consolidated Profit and Loss Account 12 Consolidated Statement of Total Recogn...
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December 1998 £'000 12 months ended 31 December 1997 £'000 15 months ended 31 December 1996 £'000 12 months ended 30 September 1995 £'000 Group turnover 4,586 Profit/(loss) before taxation 1,091 Earnings/(loss) per ordinary share ­ as restated 14.10p Diluted earnings/(loss) per ordinary share ­ as restated 1...
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17 184 6.29p 6.29p 2.00p 5,000 41 55.35p 13.75% 7 (11) (0.79)p (0.79)p -- -- -- 70.19p -- For 1998 opening shareholders' funds have been weighted to allow for the issue of new shares during the year. Earnings/(loss) per share in prior years have all been adjusted to reflect the bonus element of the open offer. The re...
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placing and open offer. The value of projects under management increased 167% to £120m. +150% Profits before Tax DIVIDEND The directors recommend a final dividend of 3.0p net per ordinary share, making a total of 4.21p for the year, an increase of 82% over 1998. Dividend cover remains at a little over 3 times post-t...
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the directors to fix their remuneration. Resolution 5 To authorise the allotment of relevant securities. Resolution 6 To empower the allotment of equity securities without pre-emption rights applying. Resolution 7 To amend the Articles of Association. Resolution 8 To empower the purchase of shares. Against S...
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A form of proxy is on page 31. On behalf of the board JOHN DODWELL Director 27 March 2000 30 LONDON TOWN plc Form of Proxy I _________________________________________ of __________________________________________ being a member of London Town plc hereby appoint the Chairman of the meeting or ____________________...
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P r o g r e s s C o n t i n u e d HAMMERSON A N N UA L R E P O RT & AC C O U N T S 1 9 9 9 Portfolio Summary and Financial Highlights 2 Hammerson in 1999 4 Chairman's Statement 6 Chief Executive's Review 8 Operating and Financial Review 13 Board of Directors 28 Corporate Governance 31 Directors' Respons...
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75 LONDON PARIS BERLIN E U R O P E A N Hammerson is a leading REAL ESTATE COMPANY OBJECTIVE Hammerson's objective is to maximise returns to shareholders by investing in, managing and developing high quality shopping centres and office properties in the United Kingdom and other European countries. PORTFOLIO The g...
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20.7 7.9 Vacancy rate by floor area % 3.8 3.7 2.4 6.5 Property assets £m 2,657 1,946 560 151 Underlying valuation changes % 9.1 9.2 11.1 2.4 ------------------------------------------ Portfolio share % 100 73 21 6 Portfolio Summary by Sector Group Retail Offices --------------------------...
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Reversionary/ unexpired (over-rented) lease term Portfolio Analysis (%) (years) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UK Retail 14 14 UK Offices ...
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Germany Tel (30) 20 24 70 00 Fax (30) 20 24 72 00 WEBSITE The 1999 Annual Report and Accounts, 1999 Interim Report and other information are available on the Company's website, http://www.hammerson.co.uk REGISTERED OFFICE 100 Park Lane, London W1Y 4AR Registered in England No. 360632 This document was produced from wo...
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Executive J A Bywater Executive Director P W B Cole Executive Director G Devaux Executive Director S R Melliss Group Finance Director J D Aitchison Group Tax Manager D R Beardsley Group Treasurer N A S Hardie Group Financial Controller S J Haydon Company Secretary E A Houlihan Director, Human Resources C D M Smith Dir...
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Rathbone Brothers Plc 1 Rathbones has £5 billion of private client funds under discretionary investment management. The Ordinary Shares in the Company have been quoted on the London Exchange since 1984. Rathbones encompasses the investment management businesses of Rathbone Investment Management and Rathbone Neilson C...
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It is a great pleasure to report another successful year for 1999. Pre-tax profits have risen by 29% to £23.2m and earnings per share by 20% to 47.3p both figures before amortisation of goodwill. The final dividend is increased to 14p, making a total of 22p for the year, an increase of 16%. No significant acquisitions...
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in technology and other related stocks accompanied by a severe mark down of old economy stocks. Whilst this has been an extremely exciting market in which to participate, it has at the same time presented significant difficulties in the management of portfolios requiring even a modest level of yield. These fast changi...
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this division have more than doubled, much assisted by the Rathbone Technology Fund launched in May 1999, which has had a spectacular performance in a very favourable market. Trust 1999 marked the first full year that Rathbone Jersey Limited (formerly Curzon Secretaries & Trustees Limited) has been included in the Rat...
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09 8900 Facsimile (0041) 22 909 8939 PO Box 986, The Geneva Place, 333 Waterfront Drive, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands Telephone (00128449) 4 6544 Facsimile (00128449) 4 6532 17 Seaton Place, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands Telephone (01534) 721 565 Facsimile (01534) 721 987 Barclays Bank Chambers, Quee...
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the terms of all contracts of service of more than one year's duration between Directors and the Company (or any of its subsidiaries) is available for inspection at the Registered Office during business hours on any weekday (public holidays excluded) until the date of the Annual General Meeting. The Memorandum will al...
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ANNUAL REPORT 1999 ANNUAL REPORT 1999 www.londonforfaiting.com CONTENTS Background to our Business 3 Directors 4 Report of the Chairman and the Chief Executive 5 Offices and Management 8 Report of the Directors 13 Corporate Governance 18 Report of the Board to the Shareholders on Directors' Remuneration 21 Statemen...
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deferred payment letter of credit opened by a bank. The notes or bills are usually guaranteed by a bank in the importer's country and, subject to the quality of the guarantor, become marketable amongst international banks and other financial institutions. The financing of international trade by the discounting of bill...
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exporters or from their banks subject, of course, to satisfactory assessment of the sovereign and guarantor risks. The exporters are not only British. Our offices overseas are in regular contact with local exporters and banks, and we also receive enquiries from companies and banks in other countries where we have no d...
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of the Nomination Committee * Member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee D.P.H. Burgess is Chairman of the Audit Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee COMPANY SECRETARY Martin T.D. Palmer REGISTERED OFFICE London Forfaiting Company PLC International House 1 St. Katharine'...
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Share premium account Other reserves Profit and loss account Equity shareholders' funds 43,612 2,559 ­­­­­­­­ 133,077 ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ 40,717 30,173 25,000 37,187 ­­­­­­­­ 133,077 ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ 130,023 2,576 ­­­­­­­­ 150,770 ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ 41,221 31,217 25,000 53,332 ­­­­­­­­ 150,770 ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ 123,973 6...
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651) ­­­­­­­­­­ (73,287) 753 ­­­­­­­­­­ (72,534) ­ ­­­­­­­­­­ (72,534) 14,200 ­­­­­­­­­­ (58,334) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ (69.22)p ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ 1,608 ­­­­­­­­­­ 152,115 28,401 30,728 ­­­­­­­­­­ 211,244 ­­­­­­­­­­ 156,199 14,740 ­ ­­­­­­­­­­ 170,939 ­­­­­­­­­­ 40,305 ­­­­­­­­­­ 41,913 Creditors: amounts falling du...
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Report and Accounts 1999 Adding value through Process technology CONTENTS 2 Financial highlights A solid platform for growth 4 Board and management A skilled management team 6 Chairman's statement Delivering a good performance in difficult conditions 9 Chief Executive's review Maintaining our strategic focus on speci...
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£275.3m £35.3m 22.9p 11.0p 1998 £261.6m £34.2m 21.7p 10.5p s Unchanged year on year underlying sales conceal second half order recovery s Resurgence in semiconductor and optical fibre markets s Continued strong cash generation s Product gross margins maintained s Acquisition of Servomex Sales (£m) 320.7 246.6 261...
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in the group. £'000 100 80 60 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Added value per employee Stringent cost control and increased outsourcing have resulted in a progressive improvement in added value per employee. £'000 50 40 30 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Operating cash flow Operating cash flow as a percentage of prof...
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the Independent Television Commission and Electrium Ltd and a non-executive director of British Energy plc and BAE Systems. Sir Robin Biggam Chairman Chairman John Poulter, aged 57 and a natural sciences graduate, joined Fairey as Group Managing Director in 1988 and was appointed Chief Executive at the beginning of 1...
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in 1999 (1998: Nil). 34 Analysis of net debt At 1.1.99 £'000 Cash flow movement £'000 Other non-cash £'000 Exchange £'000 At 31.12.99 £'000 Cash at bank Short term loans Long and medium term loans 14,992 (87) (74,497) 17,179 ­ (17,846) ­ 288 32,459 (6) (3) (96) (31) (2,174) (94,548) Own net debt EBT...
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(3,157) (110) 17,548 2,330 74 (276) (159) 1,969 1998 £'000 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 909 909 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ FAIREY GROUP PLC 1999 64 Notes to the accounts 33 Proceeds from sale of subsidiary undertakings 1999 £'000 1998 £'000 Net tangible assets disposed: Tangible fixed assets Stocks Debtors Creditors and provisions ...
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Focused on Convenience Retailing ALLDAYS plc ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 1999 A re-structured and simplified business focused on delivering our mission:- "To be the customer's first choice for convenience and top-up shopping within each store's trading area." CONTENTS 2 Chairman's Statement 6 Operational Report 10 F...
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the actions taken since I took up the role and outline the further changes we shall be implementing to secure the necessary improvements in the performance of the Group. At the heart of these initiatives is the strategy of buying-in the Regional Development Company (RDC) owned stores which will fundamentally alter the...
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7.9% higher than the previous year. This increase put pressure on operating standards and controls which, together with lower one-off buying income from suppliers, adverse changes in sales mix, and higher operating costs resulted in a fall in store operating profits from £9.3m to £6.0m. Management are now focused on t...
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have a sound trading base from which to focus on improving the performance of its assets. Early in the year, the Group suffered from distribution problems, which resulted in excess warehouse and transport operating costs, and the central distribution function reported a loss of £1.4m compared with a surplus of £2.5m i...
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a discontinued operation in the current year accounts and the known costs of sale, committed as at 31 October 1999, are provided in these accounts. It is anticipated that no profit or loss will be made in the accounts for the year ending 31 October 2000 on the disposal of Trademarket Limited. As reported in note 20, ...
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175 39,108 11,934 771,455 Executive scheme 15/06/90 24/06/92 01/07/93 12/01/94 02/08/94 31/01/95 04/07/95 15/06/1993 and 15/06/2000 24/06/1995 and 24/06/2002 01/07/1996 and 01/07/2003 12/01/1997 and 12/01/2004 02/08/1997 and 02/08/2004 31/01/1998 and 13/01/2005 04/07/1998 and 04/07/2005 202p 295p 308p 343p 364p 369...
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Contents 2 Financial highlights 6 Chairman's statement 8 Chief Executive's report 12 Review of operations 40 Board of Directors 42 People and the environment 43 Financial review 48 Financial statements 78 Auditors' report 79 Directors' report 82 Corporate governance 85 Report on Directors' remuneration 92 Shareholder...
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across all of its businesses and its goal is to lead and excel in every market it serves. 2 GKN Report and Accounts 1999 Financial Highlights Financial achievements Sales Profit before tax, goodwill amortisation and exceptional items Earnings per share before goodwill amortisation and exceptional items Dividend per...
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df Challenge and Reward Successful year ­ record results. Sales increase by 25%. Earnings per share* by 14% Industrial Services grows strongly ­ represents 26% of operating profit Strategic initiatives and successes in Automotive Helicopters meet challenging production targets 23% of Group operating profit now derives ...
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for 1999. sales increase by 25%. earnings per share* increase by 14%. * before goodwill amortisation and exceptional items 6 GKN Report and Accounts 1999 Chairman's Statement results For the sixth consecutive year I am able to report record profits and if there is an air of repetition about this part of my statement...
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the environment 42 Powder metallurgy 8-10, 17-19, 94-95 Profit and loss account 48 Provisions for liabilities and charges 53, 69 Recognised gains and losses 50 Remuneration report 85-91 Reserves 70-71 Restatement of prior year 50, 53, 70 Return of capital 3, 6, 45, 79, 93 Safety 42 Sales 3, 13, 21, ...
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- calendar 93 - derivatives/instruments 45-47, 54, 65-68 - five year record 3, 77 - highlights 2 - review 43-47 Foreign currencies Going concern 44, 47, 53-54, 67 47 Goodwill 54, 60 Helicopters 10, 32-35 Industrial Services 8, 9, 10, 20-29 Interest payable/receivable 44, 57 Interlake Material Handli...
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1999 THISTLE HOTELS PLC ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT Thistle operates 58 hotels throughout Britain and also owns more hotels in London than any other company. 31.77 36.70 41.72 45.11 49.81 48.35 55.02 60.82 65.57 66.86 65.7 66.7 68.6 68.8 74.5 Total Group occupancy (%) 95 96 97 98 99 Total Group...
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November 1999 and the Board is now recommending a final dividend of 3.2 pence per share. If approved, this would result in total dividends for 1999 of 4.8 pence per share, excluding the special dividend paid in April, representing a 6.7% increase over 1998. FINANCE As reported previously, a total of £185 million was r...
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not have the potential for upgrading to four star. These disposals, together with the sale of the majority of our non-hotel assets, have generated total proceeds of over £108 million. As a result of these sales, turnover and profit in 1999 were lower than in 1998 but the quality of our hotel portfolio is now much high...
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programme to upgrade all of our hotels. In 1999 £56 million was spent on upgrading hotels and £9 million was spent on a long overdue upgrading of our information technology systems. The Chief Executive's Review contains a more detailed report on operations. DIRECTORS Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan and Rupert Morley were appoi...
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HORSEGUARDS 19 CANNIZARO HOUSE, A THISTLE COUNTRY HOUSE HOTEL 20 BARBICAN 21 HEATHROW PARK 22 BLOOMSBURY PARK 23 LONDON RYAN From city centres to country houses,Thistle hotels are strategically placed in prime locations the length and breadth of Britain. Each offers something special for the business or leisure trav...
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Post Office Tower 4 8 23 22 St. Paul's 2 Cathedral 20 Tower of London 13 Trafalgar Square 15 14 Hyde Park 18 76 17 V&A Museum Westminster Battersea Power Station 16 3 Tower Bridge River Thames Battersea Park 19 1 THISTLE KENSINGTON GARDENS 2 THISTLE BLOOMSBURY 3 THISTLE TOWER 4 THISTLE EUSTON 5 HE...
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Annual report 1999 We have a well located portfolio of hotels in three major European markets ­ UK, Germany and The Netherlands. The economic background for each of these markets is positive. With our emphasis on service and product quality geared to meeting customer needs, we aim to generate higher profits and asset...
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34 Notes to the accounts 37 Notice of annual general meeting 58 Shareholder information 60 Five year record 1995 £m 1996 £m 1997 £m 1998 £m 1999 £m 49.1 (0.8) 80.4 33.5 891.6 (1,015.9) (228.9) 59.4 6.6 86.8 29.2 853.6 (933.1) (173.3) 61.8 22.3 83.0 40.4 789.1 (810.6) (94.0) 71.8 36.1 95.1 49.4 843.4 (...
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/(liabilities)(3) (1)Before exceptional items. (2)Operating profit before depreciation and exceptional items. (3)1998 and prior years have been restated for FRS 12. Financial highlights 109.6 103.7 116.3 103.8 113.6 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Trading profit (£m) 71.8 70.3 59.4 61.8 49.1 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Op...
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a positive trading background. During 1999, we progressed towards a core portfolio of well located three and four star hotels. Four hotels were sold in the UK for a total consideration of £17.7 million. In November 1999, we announced that we had exchanged contracts on the sale of eight German hotels for a total of DM ...
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the shareholder privilege card is available to existing members who were either registered as members on 31 March 1995 or, thereafter, as current holders of 1,000 or more consolidated ordinary shares in the company. Cards will normally be issued approximately eight weeks after the relevant shares have been registered....
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, Worthing, West Sussex BN99 6DA. Queens Moat Houses plc Annual Report 1999 59 Shareholder information Shareholder privilege cards Qualifying shareholders are entitled to a shareholder privilege card with which they can obtain certain discounts at Queens Moat Houses hotels both in the UK and Continental Europe. Cur...