| 6 Months | 2005 | 2005 | 2005 | 2005 | 2005 | 2005 | 2005 | ||||||
| to end Jul | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | 6-Mths | ||||||
| PERFORMANCE REVIEW | |||||||||||||
| Net debt (cash surplus) as percentage of | |||||||||||||
| owners' equity | 329 | 316 | 546 | 544 | 519 | 487 | 487 | ||||||
| Current asset ratio (times) | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||||||
| Avg | |||||||||||||
| Accounts receivable (days annualized sales) | 48 | 40 | 36 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 40 | ||||||
| Inventory (days annualised sales) | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | ||||||
| Accounts payable (days annualized costs) | 33 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 22 | ||||||
| As % sales: | |||||||||||||
| -Materials/packaging & goods | 41.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 | ||||||
| -Direct labor | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.5 | ||||||
| -Gross margin | 41.4 | 41.6 | 41.7 | 40.1 | 40.3 | 40.5 | 40.9 | ||||||
| -Income from operations | 7.0 | 8.2 | 9.4 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 10.4 | 8.8 | ||||||
| -Net income before taxes | 4.1 | 5.2 | 13.5 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 5.6 | ||||||
| Average number of employees (headcount) | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||||||
| Annualized sales per employee ($000) | 88.0 | 91.0 | 94.1 | 83.3 | 86.0 | 88.7 | 88.5 | ||||||