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Assets (Note 18) 69 Interest in associated undertakings (Note 15) 65 Interest payable (Note3) 54 Internal controls 35 Internet address 111 L Leasing and hire purchase (Note 12 (d)) 60 Life assurance 13 Life assurance business (Note20) 69 Liquidity risk 23 Loans and advances to banks (Note 11) 58 ...
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21) Deposit Interest Retention Tax Derivatives and other Financial Instruments (Note 32) Derivatives Directors' interests Directors' pension entitlements Directors' profiles Directors' remuneration Dirt Enquiry Dividend Withholding Tax ("DWT") Dividends 62 72 72 71 93 79 19 31, 39 38 3 37 6 110 24, 30, 57 E Earnings...
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Bulgin PLC Annual Report 2000 Contents Page Year in Brief 1 Financial Highlights 1 Chairman's Statement 2 Chief Executive's Review 4 Financial Review 6 Directors and Professional Advisers 7 Remuneration Report 8 Report of the Directors 9 Statement of Directors' Responsibilities 14 Report of the Au...
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ronic components. Year in Brief As at 31 January 1999 " The Group has returned to profitability, debt has been significantly reduced, the strength of sterling has been accommodated, shareholders have supported the Board on the enfranchisement issue, we have strong new products and the management has " been strengthen...
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Statement As at 31 January 1999 Bulgin PLC Bulgin PLC is a group of specialist and commodity businesses which address markets for electrical and electronic products and services. The year under review has been an important one in the Group's development. Following disposal of the business and assets of Cirkit Distri...
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. Enfranchisement On 16 March 2000 our shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of the Board's proposals for enfranchisement of the "A" Non-Voting Ordinary shares. All shareholders now have voting rights and the new single class of Ordinary share started trading on 7 April 2000. The Company's improved shareholder co...
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relevant securities up to a specified aggregate nominal amount. SPECIAL RESOLUTION: 6. To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of £112,975 for cash without offering the shares first to existing shareholders. FOR AGAINST If no indication is given your proxy will be dee...
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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 at the offices of Teather & Greenwood Limited, Beaufort House, 15 St Botolph Street, London EC3A 7QR on Wednesday, 12 July 2000 at 3 p.m. and at any adjournment thereof. * If any other proxy is preferred plea...
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Biocompatibles International plc Annual report for the year ended 31 December 1999 1999 Biocompatibles International plc Annual report for the year ended 31 December 1999 Improving quality of life Contents 2 About Biocompatibles 26 Directors' report 4 Chairman's statement 28 Report of the Board on remuneration ...
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Acquisition of Hydron puts Biocompatibles in the top two UK contact lens suppliers. Cardiovascular page 14 During 1999 Biocompatibles signed agreements with Abbott Laboratories & Japan Lifeline to successfully complete a global distribution system for our cardiovascular products. Research & Development page 18 Bi...
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.4 15 14.6 10 9.5 5 6.1 0 97 98 99 Non-PC PC Cash outflow* £m Pre-tax loss £m 50 44.6 40 38.9 33.6 30 32.6 28.7 20 21.9 10 0 97 98 99 Acquisitions Operations * Before management of liquid resources and financing. Biocompatibles International plc Annual report for the year ended 31 December 1999 5...
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different problem. Phosphorylcholine (PC) technology dampens down the body's immune response, enhancing the clinical efficacy of the medical device and thereby improving the patient's quality of life. PC is a chemical copy of part of the outer layer of a natural cell membrane. PC is a synthetic polymer that can be coa...
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Study Of PHosphorylcholine On Stents, outside the United States Stent A small metal scaffold which is placed in a blood vessel usually following angioplasty to keep the vessel open Sub-acute thrombosis Clot forming within the region of the stent within the first 30 days of the procedure Target Vessel Failure A clinica...
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patients with astigmatism have an uneven cornea which refracts light unequally DISTINCT trial DISTINCT (BioDIvYsio STent IN Controlled Trial) was a randomised US clinical trial of the BiodivYsio stent for United States market approval DNA Synthesis Inhibitor A compound which inhibits the production of deoxyribonucleic...
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Scapa Group plc is a global supplier of technical tapes... Welcome to our Annual Report & Accounts 2000 We operate from 21 locations in 13 countries throughout Europe, North America and Asia. We design and manufacture a wide variety of standard and custom-engineered adhesive films, tapes and compounds which are used ...
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films used in the assembly, protection and sound attenuation of automobiles and other transportation vehicles. Industrial Assembly Specialist tapes and adhesive films for the permanent or temporary assembly and fabrication of products and components in industrial, electrical and electronic applications. Sports & Ent...
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Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 22 Statement of Accounting Policies 23 Notes on the Accounts 24 Statement of Directors' Responsibilities 30 Auditors' Report 31 Corporate Governance 38 Report of the Board on Directors' Remuneration 42 Report of the Directors 45 Shareholder Information 48 Principal ...
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Results for 1999/2000 The results for 1999/2000 reinforce the merits of the strategy adopted. Notwithstanding the adverse effect of the strength of sterling, the results from the continuing tapes businesses were excellent. Sales and operating profits were ahead of the previous year, and there was an improvement in the ...
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17.3 1 1 11111 1 1 999...000ppp 171.20p 131 322..14 79.6 1 1 121 1 1 85020...740 1996 353 25£.m8 11 84.8 62.3 ­ 1 11 1 62.3­ 11 1492..67 0.5 11 15.9 1 1 11111 1 1 777...777ppp 161.68p 131 521..11 100.5 1 1 1121 1 1 04137...283 Five Year Statistical Review 3 Percent3 age gro3 wth 3 33 2000 33 1999 Earnings per shar...
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46)) 1(1 3371..60) ­ 111 31.5 1 1 11((1 1 1 122.113..p11))pp 1571.64p 11 92.2­ (26.3) 1 1 11(1 1 1 12624...503) 1999 353 12£.m7 11 61.9 50.1 ­ 1 11 1 50.1­ 11 1345..92 0.2 11 18.4 1 1 11111 1 1 444...555ppp 171.64p 131 612..20 125.5 1 1 1121 1 1 33200...746 1998 353 33£.m7 11 69.8 60.8 (27.8) 1 11 1 33.0­ 11 1220..37...
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MATALAN PLC Annual Report and Financial Statements 2000 Outstanding value for money from the UK's fastest growing retailer Financial Highlights for 60 weeks (1998: 53 weeks) Turnover up 56% to £433.8m (1998: £278.2m) Profit before tax up 138% to £54.1m (1998: £22.7m) Earnings per share up 151% to 9.8p (1998: 3.9p) Ov...
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pre-exceptional) Profit before tax Dividends Net funds Key ratios Operating margin (pre-exceptional) Earnings per share Dividend per share Net assets per share Net funds as % of shareholders' funds 2000 £m 60 433.8 53.2 54.1 13.7 44.6 1998 £m 53 278.2 25.1 22.7 4.5 16.3 12.3% 9.8p 3.4p 19.9p 55.3% 9.0% 3.9p* 1.1p* ...
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Directors' Report 9 Board Report on Directors' Remuneration 11 Corporate Governance 14 Statement of Directors' Responsibilities 16 Auditors' Report 17 Consolidated Profit and Loss Account 18 Consolidated Balance Sheet 19 Company Balance Sheet 20 Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 21 Notes to the Financia...
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that, through the consistent application options. The QUEST was established and funded to coincide of our strategy and delivery of outstanding value for money, with the Bonus issue. we have produced record results. The attached financial statements are for the 60 week period ended 26th February 2000 (referred to a...
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each resolution how you wish your proxy to vote by inserting an `X' in the appropriate column. Unless otherwise instructed, or upon any matter properly put before the meeting but not referred to above, the proxy will vote or abstain from voting as he thinks fit. Notes: 1. A person entitled to attend and vote is entitl...
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Chairman of the meeting or (see note 3 below) as my/our proxy by vote and act for me/us on my/our behalf at such Annual General Meeting and at any adjournment thereof in connection with the following resolutions of which notice has been given. No. 1. 2. Ordinary Business To receive and approve the financial stateme...
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Contents BOOK.p65 1 1 Page Directors and advisers 2 Chairman's statement 3 Chief Executive's review 5 Directors' report 7 Corporate Governance 12 Report of the Board to Shareholders on Directors' Remuneration 15 Statement of Directors' responsibilities 16 Report of the auditors on the financial stat...
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A A Ugarov Executive Director J G West, FCA Non-Executive Director J P A Wolff, Non-Executive Director I P Spratling, OBE Non-Executive Director Lord Chandos, Non-Executive Director Secretary and registered office J P Gorman, FCA Fifth Floor 100 Avenue Road London NW3 3HF Auditors Deloitte & Touche 2 Chartered Ac...
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interests in steel, direct reduced iron and financial services, and its tinplate trading and value adding business, has resulted in an improved financial performance in 1999. I am pleased to report that, as anticipated, we have returned to profitability with a pre-tax profit of £3.3 million. No dividend is proposed fo...
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it had formed a new venture with Lebedinsky GOK ("Lebedinsky") to market and sell Lebedinsky's iron ore products and other supplies to the global market and to purchase raw materials and inputs for Lebedinsky and other iron ore mining 3 companies in the CIS. The Directors regard this as a significant development f...
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of any such contract; and this authority shall only be capable of variation, revocation or renewal by the Company in General Meeting by Ordinary Resolution. 9. That: the sum standing to the credit of the share premium account of the Company be reduced by £5,740,709. By order of the Board. J P Gorman, FCA Company S...
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and in such manner as the Board of Directors of the Company may from time to time determine; provided that the general authority conferred by this Resolution shall: (i) unless previously revoked, varied or renewed, expire fifteen months after the date of passing of this Resolution, or at the conclusion of the Annual ...
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De La Rue Annual Report 2000 CASH SYSTEMS · CURRENCY · SECURITY PRODUCTS · GLOBAL SERVICES Solutions for a world on the move De La Rue operates in areas where our brand values of security, integrity and trust can be leveraged to the benefit of our customers and where we have, or are able to develop, leading position...
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's banks, retailers and transport and leisure companies enabling them to reduce the cost of handling cash and ensuring its secure availability when and where people need it. 03 Security Paper & Print (Security Products) From passports to travellers cheques, driving licences to stamps, as the world's largest s...
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before tax and exceptional items Headline earnings per share* Dividend per share Net funds/(debt) 2000 £518.9m £98.2m £617.1m £55.2m £5.1m £60.3m £75.0m 26.5p 12.0p £2.1m 1999 £526.2m £211.7m £737.9m £37.3m (£0.9m) £36.4m £57.1m 18.8p 12.0p (£126.3m) · Operating profits* from continuing operations up £17.9m at £55....
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into net cash of £2.1m · Benefits of the business reorganisation coming through as planned *(before reorganisation and arbitration costs) This is De La Rue Solutions for a world on the move. The powerful impulses of economic change and the new global economy are refashioning our industries and the way we live our l...
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,000 200,001 and above Shareholders Number % Shares Number 8,173 2,019 1,060 755 348 123 12,478 66 3,487,088 16 2,891,559 8 2,930,697 6 5,743,991 3 24,299,581 1 152,453,545 100 191,806,461 % 1.82 1.51 1.53 2.99 12.67 79.48 100 Share dealing facility The Company's Stockbroker, Cazenove & Co, provides a...
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iries Enquiries regarding shareholdings or dividends should, in the first instance, be addressed to Computershare Services PLC. Internet Visit our home page at www.delarue.com Consolidation of share certificates If your total registered ordinary shareholding is represented by several individual share certificates, yo...
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Storehouse plc Annual report and accounts 2000 1 Financial summary 2 Chairman's statement 6 Mothercare: profile 7 Mothercare: business review 16 Finance director's review 19 Board of directors 20 Directors' report 24 Remuneration committee report 28 Directors' responsibilities for the accounts 29 Auditors' report 30 ...
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m) 2000 1999 13.1 86.4 0.4 17.9 13.5 104.3 7.0 1.6p 30.8% 98.6 16.8p 14.8% Storehouse plc | 2 chairman's statement The performances of both Bhs and Mothercare in the financial year 1999/2000 continued to be affected by the adverse factors which have been characteristic of the clothing and general retail me...
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to operate in the future as separate, independent companies, at which time Storehouse would be dissolved. The strategies set out for each of the businesses recognised the requirement for a significant turnaround in Bhs and a recovery programme for Mothercare. However, as the year progressed, the performance of Bhs con...
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recovery programme. On 16 May 2000, Storehouse shareholders approved the sale of the Bhs business to Measuremarket Ltd, a company wholly owned by Philip Green and his family. Following completion of the transaction on 22 May 2000, an initial cash consideration of £224.3 million has been received, including £24 million...
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4 0.6 21 2,633 426 44,172 459 424.1 47,711 As can be seen from the above analysis, many shares are registered in the name of a nominee company as the legal owner. The underlying holder of shares through a nominee account is the beneficial owner of these shares, being entitled to the capital value and the income ari...
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Number of stores 427 494 485 Net selling space (000s sq ft) 6,423 6,774 6,520 Average number of employees 20,130 20,686 20,994 Average number of full-time equivalents 10,620 10,747 10,795 The results for 1996 to 1998 have been restated in accordance with FRS 14 Earnings per Share. 236.5 (7.0) 94.1 45.3...
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Express Dairies plc Annual Report 2000 Contents 1 1999/2000 highlights 2 Chairman's statement 4 Chief Executive's review 9 Financial review 12 Principal operations 13 People, the community and environment 16 Directors and Secretary 17 Corporate governance 19 Remuneration report 24 Directors' report 27 Report of the...
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, discontinued activities and adjusted for minority interest. 1999/2000 highlights 1 From top - Our foodservice business provides an efficient service to leading hotels, restaurants and caterers. - Packaging innovations include the new easy to pour cream container developed for Sainsbury's. - Our nationwide network o...
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A number of factors impacted on our profit performance, the largest being a £6.6 million increase in pension costs following receipt of the first actuarial valuation of the Express Pension Scheme since demerger in 1998. The persistent strength of sterling meant that raw milk prices were out of balance with returns fro...
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the register at 28 July 2000. Together with the interim dividend of 3.38 pence per share paid in February, this makes a total dividend for the year of 8.48 pence (1999: 8.40 pence), an increase of 1%. Below - Shakey Jake, now available nationwide, rolls off the production line at Frome. Express Dairies plc Chairman...
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Using the BACS system, shareholders may choose to have dividends paid electronically into their bank or building society account. This process ensures that the amount of the dividend is passed directly into their account, as cleared funds, on the date the payment is due. Confirmation of these details will be contained...
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,796 % 10.09 85.88 0.04 0.50 2.46 0.02 1.01 100.00 3. Shareholders' services and helpline Shareholders who change address, want to have their dividends paid direct into their bank account, have a query on their shares, or otherwise require information about their holding should contact the Customer Information Unit a...
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AQUARIUS GROUP plc ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2000 CONTENTS 01 CORPORATE STATEMENT 02 CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT 06 CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S OPERATIONAL REVIEW 12 FINANCIAL REVIEW 14 DIRECTORS 15 DIRECTORS' REPORT 20 AUDITORS' REPORT 21 CONSOLIDATED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT 22 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET 23 COMPANY BALANCE SHEET 24 C...
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Payable Interim Results Announcement Interim Dividend Payable 23 June 2000 24 July 2000 September 2000 November 2000 CORPORATE STATEMENT The Aquarius Group is involved in the manufacture and supply of household products, principally for the home improvement market. The Group's products, which are sold nation-wide t...
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has been difficult to take full advantage from our manufacturing businesses. As a result, we were not able to achieve the uplift that we anticipated during the second half and full year results reflect this. Nonetheless, operating margins of 12.4% and operating cash flow generated of £6.1m (in line with operating prof...
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pence before goodwill amortisation (1999: 23.49 pence). Net debt (excluding asset-based financing) at January 2000 amounted to £14.224m, an increase of £7.106m over the year. This movement is attributable to the 3 acquisitions that we made during the year - AEC (May 1999), Brampton Housewares (September 1999) and Airb...
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COLLINS & HAYES LIMITED Ponswood, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 1XF. Tel: 01424 720027. Fax: 01424 720270 Executive Directors: P N Hayes (Managing), N D Hayes (Sales), D T Backler (Finance), A R Pledge (Design), J N Sheppard (Production) AQUARIUS PRODUCT DESIGN LIMITED Raleigh Hall, Eccleshall, Stafford ST21 6JL. Tel: 0...
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of the Meeting. 4. A copy of this Notice is being sent to the holder of the warrants to subscribe for ordinary shares in the capital of the Company pursuant to a warrant instrument created by the Company and dated 11 December 1996. 49 AQUARIUS GROUP plc ADDRESSES & EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AIRBATH INTERNATIONAL (UK) LTD...
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UNDERWRITING PLC ANNUAL REPORT 1999 CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT 4 OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW 8 SYNDICATE PARTICIPATIONS 14 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 16 COMMITTEES AND ADVISERS 17 DIRECTORS' REPORT 18 STATEMENT OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 21 REPORT ON DIRECTORS' REMUNERATION 24 STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES 26 REPORT OF ...
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for 2000 account and stop-loss bought to protect 1998 account Valuable contribution from investments Group well positioned for the hardening market Total basic dividend of 5p per share, plus 3p per share "special" dividend, totalling 8p per share for the year Profit on ordinary activities before tax (£'000) Profit on...
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ENCY: SUMMARY FINANCIALS MANAGED CAPACITY FEES, PROFIT COMMISSIONS AND OTHER INCOME PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION NET ASSETS 1999 £'000s 116,243 3,179 2,439 605 1998 £'000s 116,243 4,090 3,443 787 AN ESTABLISHED BUSINESS. Established in 1987, Atrium Underwriters Limited (the wholly owned managing agency subsidiary of Atriu...
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sound management. Its team is young, highly motivated and focused on the fundamentals. Atrium outsources its accounting and investment management functions. AN ESTABLISHED AND PROFITABLE BUSINESS A LLOYD'S MANAGING AGENT. As a Lloyd's managing agent, Atrium employs the syndicates' underwriters and staff, sets underwr...
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the meeting. A member entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint a proxy or proxies to attend and on a poll to vote instead of him/her. A proxy need not be a member. Appointment of a proxy need not preclude a member from attending and voting at the meeting should he/she subsequently decide to do so. A reply-pa...
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hereby approved and the directors be and are hereby authorised to do all such acts and things as may be necessary or desirable to carry the same into effect. b) the directors of the company be and are hereby authorised to vote and be counted in the quorum on any matter connected with the scheme, notwithstanding that t...
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STOCKBOURNE plc Annual Report 2000 STOCKBOURNE plc Contents Directors and Advisers Chairman's Statement Report of the Directors Report of the Auditors Consolidated Profit and Loss Account Consolidated Balance Sheet Balance Sheet Consolidated Cash Flow Statement Notes Forming Part of the Financial Statements Notice of...
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Financial advisers Investec Henderson Crosthwaite Corporate Finance 2 Gresham Street London EC2V 7QP Solicitors Bankers Registrars Addleshaw Booth & Co Ashurst Morris Crisp Nabarro Nathanson Titmuss Sainer Dechert Barclays Bank PLC 32 Clarendon Road Watford Herts WD1 1LD Harford Registrars Harford House 101/103 Grea...
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for the Group, although not as productive as the effort would have justified. The excellent first half year pre-tax profit of £636,000 included a performance related bonus of £685,000 following the completion of the sale of a property owned by a client. After purchasing the Yorkshire Building Society residential portf...
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highest profit earned by the Group since 1988. The Directors recommend payment of a dividend for the second successive year, equal to the ordinary dividend of 0.05p per share in 1999, but not the special dividend of 0.08p paid last year. Profits will remain volatile due to the nature of our fee income, which is vulner...
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next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution 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 such offer or agreements ...
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interests of all ordinary shareholders are proportionate (as nearly as may be) to the respective number of ordinary shares held by them and for the purpose of this resolution "rights issue" means an offer of equity securities open for acceptance for a period fixed by the Directors to: (a) holders on the register on a ...
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Peacocks ThePeacockGroupplc AnnualReportandAccounts 2000 THE STORE WITH REAL FAMILY VALUES Family fashion, home comforts What's in store? The right time, the right place Let's work together www.peacockgroup.com Contents 2 Peacocks at a glance 3 Chairman's letter 4 Chief Executive's review of operations 4 Family fashi...
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eware. We aim to provide our customers with a product offer and a shopping environment fully comparable with mainstream multiple retailers while matching or beating discount retailers on price. The key to our success has been, and continues to be: q the strength of our own brands q our outstanding value q the quality o...
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.1 pence on a pro forma basis). q Dividend 2.3 pence per share. q 38 new stores opened (230,000 sq ft), increasing total selling space by 21%. q "Big W" trading relationship with Woolworths extended for at least three years: four stores opened so far. 197 155 123 93 97 98 99 00 Total sales £ million (from continu...
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Chairman's letter Peacocks has made a strong start to its life as a public company, comfortably beating the forecasts made in the prospectus. Our successful flotation has contributed to growing public awareness of our business, and of the value retailing sector as a whole. It has also strengthened our ability to recr...
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in the Company's financial statements. 30 Related party transactions Transactions with the directors of the Group are disclosed in note 9. The Peacock Group plc 43 Historical summary Results Continuing operations: Turnover Operating profit before exceptional items Total operations: Profit on ordinary activities b...
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The net surplus on the pension schemes acquired by The Peacock Group plc during the year ended 31 March 1998 was capitalised within the consolidated results of the Group and the resultant asset is being amortised over the expected remaining service lives of employees, in line with actuarial advice. The total pension co...
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GREAT PORTLAND ESTATES P.L.C. Annual Report & Accounts 2000 1 Corporate Statement 2 Statement by the Chairman 6 Operating Review 1 8 Portfolio Statistics 2 0 Financial Review 2 8 Major properties owned by the Group 30 Directors 32 Corporate Governance 34 Report of the Directors 39 Statement of Directors' Responsibili...
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, now has a portfolio of properties valued at over £1.8 billion. Our aim is to maintain a Central London and a Shopping Centre portfolio with opportunities for capital and income enhancement by using our management and development skills. RESULTS IN BRIEF (Year ended 31st March) Rent receivable Profit before taxation ...
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capitalise on opportunities in the property and equity markets, and maximise value for shareholders. The majority of these disposal proceeds are to be used to finance a return of capital of 80p per share, and detailed proposals were sent out on 18th April; approval was granted at an Extraordinary General Meeting held ...
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maximising our interest by securing extra value for our buildings owned on the Pollen Estate. For the third successive year, the occupancy level of the portfolio stood at 99%, a continuing tribute to efficient management, and, as a consequence of our determination to keep expenses to a minimum, once again administrati...
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Street, Edinburgh EH2 3JH. Tel: 0131 243 8053. CAPITAL GAINS TAX The market value of the Company's shares (as adjusted for subsequent scrip and rights issues on the basis that the rights were taken up) was 140.25p at 31st March 1982 for the purposes of UK capital gains tax. WEBSITE The Company has a corporate website,...
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Bourne House, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU. Tel: 020 8639 2000. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS If you would like your dividends/ interest paid directly into your bank or building society account you should write to IRG plc including details of your nominated account. Although this will enable your dividend/interes...
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ANNUAL REPORT 2000 Contents Financial Summary 1 Accounting Policies 22 Chairman's Statement 2 Group Profit and Loss Account 24 Chief Executive's Review 4 Balance Sheets 25 Financial Review 9 Group Cash Flow Statement 26 Directors and Officers 11 Other Group Statements 27 Report of the Directors 13 No...
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174·2 171·6 11·0 14·0 10·2 9·6 9·4p 8·6p 9·25p 10·3 36·2 56% 14·2 12·4 13·5p 11·1p 9·25p 11·3 5·7 (13)% Renold plc is an international engineering group, producing a wide range of precision engineering products, and owning manufacturing and merchanting operations in seventeen countries. The principal activities...
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. Profit before tax (and before redundancy costs and goodwill amortisation) was £10·2 million (1998/9 ­ £14·2 million) on a turnover of £174·2 million (1998/9 ­ £171·6 million). Adjusted earnings per share were 9·4 pence (1998/9 ­ 13·5 pence).The Board is recommending the payment of an unchanged final dividend of 6·15 ...
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turnround to a small profit in the second half on the back of a higher order intake, although the Jones & Shipman businesses continued to be affected by the weakness of the international machine tool industry. Overall, as the year progressed, the gathering pace of economic recovery in the Far East benefited a number of...
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purpose of determining the entitlement of members to attend and vote (and for the purpose of determining the number of votes they may cast) at the adjourned meeting. If however the meeting is adjourned for a longer period then, to be so entitled, members must be entered on the Company's register of members at the time...
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,398 (being equal to approximately 5% of the aggregate nominal amount of the Company's ordinary share capital currently in issue at the date of passing this resolution) and shall expire on 19 October 2001 or, if earlier, on the date of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution ...
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Blacks Leisure Group plc Annual Report & Financial Statements 2000 Windows of opportunity Blacks Leisure Group plc Annual Report & Financial Statements 2000 Financial Highlights Turnover Profit before tax and goodwill amortisation Earnings per share Final dividend Total dividend 2000 £207.8m £16.1m 32.39p 4.25p 6.5...
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24 Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 25 Notes to the Financial Statements 41 Five Year Record 42 Notice of Annual General Meeting 45 Retail Websites 01 The Year's Highlights The enlarged group now has strong positions in two growing retail markets Second half growth in retail businesses ­ total like-for-like...
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& Financial Statements 2000 02 Chairman's Statement I have much pleasure in reporting record results for the Group for the year ended 29 February 2000. The Group has performed well in a difficult trading environment and these results are a tribute to the excellent team of people working throughout our business. Re...
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ence (1999: 6.00 pence) an increase of 8.3%. The dividend will be paid on 2 October 2000 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 4 September 2000. Net debt at the year end amounted to £46.2m (1999: £6.6m) resulting in a balance sheet gearing ratio of 42.3% (1999: 16.2%) with Group interest pre assoc...
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asing to participate or to be able to participate in the AESOP Plan. (i) Admission to listing and terms of issue Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange at the appropriate time for admission to the Official List of any new shares issued under the AESOP Plan. Any shares allotted will rank equally with all ...
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during which Dividend Shares must generally remain in the AESOP Plan is three years. (g) Share acquisitions The Trustees may either subscribe for or purchase Company shares for the purpose of the AESOP Plan. In any ten-year period not more than 10 per cent of the Company's issued ordinary share capital from time to ti...
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2000 annual report Digital Document Solutions for the Next Century Danka Business Segments DANKA INTERNATIONAL Danka International, which represented 34% of the Company's total revenue in fiscal 2000, provides office imaging solutions and related services and supplies on a direct basis to retail customers throughou...
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wide range of document management solutions primarily to universities and Fortune 1000 companies, including the management of central reprographics departments, the placement and maintenance of convenience copiers, print-on-demand operations, document archiving and retrieval services, and document management consultin...
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2 EBITDA = Earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. 3 Reflects the investment of $218 million by The Cypress Group LLC and The Prudential Assurance Company Limited for 218,000 new 6.50% senior convertible participating shares of Danka Business Systems PLC in fiscal 2000. Danka Bu...
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we joined Danka in 1998, we had a formidable task ahead of us. Since then, we have taken the necessary steps to position Danka for the digital future. The steps we have taken include an operational restructuring, the divestiture of non-core businesses, and the strengthening of our worldwide vendor alliances. These act...
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obtained by visiting our World Wide Web site at: http://www.danka.com. Market Prices of ADSs and Ordinary Shares The following table sets forth the high and low sale price per American Depositary Share ("ADS") as reported by the Nasdaq National Market and the high and low middle market quotations (which represent an...
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Danka Business Systems PLC Masters House 107 Hammersmith Road London W14 0QH 020-7603-1515 North American Headquarters Danka Business Systems PLC 11201 Danka Circle North St. Petersburg, FL 33716 (727) 576-6003 Company Secretary Paul G. Dumond Company Registered Number 1101386 Auditors KPMG Audit Plc 8 Salisbury Squa...
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Energis plc Annual Report 1999/2000 Helping our customers to serve their customers Group highlights Turnover EBITDA EBIT UK highlights Turnover EBITDA EBIT £494.0m £92.3m £(7.1)m up 73% up 86% halved £444.7m £98.8m £9.1m up 56% up 99% positive first time Introduction Contents 02 Chairman's statement 04 Chief Ex...
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with a focus on data and internet. In the UK we have an advanced national network and are investing in further extending our reach ­ taking us closer to our customers. We have a leading business internet service provider offering a wide range of internet related solutions for the business community. We are now rapidly...