Years ending						05-06	05-06	05-06	05-06	06-07	06-07	06-07	06-07	07-08	07-08	07-08	07-08	04-05	05-06	06-07	07-08	08-09	09-10
Jan						1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	4 Qtr	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	4 Qtr	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	4 Qtr	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year
PERFORMANCE REVIEW						(Annualized where appropriate)
As % total sales:
-Gross margin						41.7	42.5	41.3	40.8	42.4	42.5	42.5	42.6	42.8	43.1	43.2	43.5	28.9	41.5	42.5	43.2	43.0	45.0
-Income from operations						(18.2)	(8.4)	(2.5)	0.8	2.2	(2.8)	(1.2)	2.2	2.9	2.4	4.3	4.6	(28.4)	(5.9)	0.2	3.6	5.1	7.3
-Net income before taxes						(17.5)	(11.1)	(4.4)	2.7	1.9	2.2	(1.2)	6.9	3.1	2.6	9.4	4.6	(30.3)	(6.3)	2.5	5.0	7.5	9.0
-Research & development						7.6	6.3	5.4	4.8	4.5	5.0	4.7	4.2	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	10.5	5.8	4.6	4.6	na	na
-Selling/freight expenses						10.8	9.5	8.5	7.7	7.5	8.5	8.2	7.7	7.5	7.6	7.3	7.2	10.5	8.9	8.0	7.4	na	na
Projected sales as % breakeven						70	84	94	102	106	94	97	105	107	106	111	112	50	88	101	109	113	120
Headcount						83	96	103	111	118	105	110	118	122	121	127	128	-	111	118	128	132	133
Changes over previous year (%):
-Sales						-	-	-	-	60	21	10	8	13	25	26	18	-	127	21	20	15	10
-Net income before taxes						-	-	-	-	na	na	na	172	86	49	na	(23)	-	na	na	135	74	31
-Transfers to reserves						-	-	-	-	na	na	na	147	86	na	na	na	-	na	na	32	115	47
-Owner's equity						-	-	-	-	46	170	48	54	55	13	33	18	-	10	54	18	32	36
-Dividends per share						-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	na	na	na	20	(7)
-Earnings per share						-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	na	na	124	74	31
Net income before taxes/total assets (% pa)						(42.0)	(27.8)	(10.6)	7.1	4.7	4.4	(2.7)	16.1	7.5	5.5	22.2	9.9	(43.1)	(13.4)	5.5	10.2	15.1	16.8
Return on owners' equity (% pa)						(136.3)	(141.2)	(37.2)	24.1	15.9	12.2	(7.6)	38.6	19.0	16.2	55.0	18.8	(105.5)	(45.5)	13.4	26.6	34.9	33.6
Annual sales/total assets (times)						2.4	2.5	2.4	2.6	2.5	2.0	2.2	2.3	2.4	2.1	2.4	2.2	1.4	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	1.9
Annual sales/net fixed assets (times)						5.3	5.3	4.6	5.1	5.3	4.8	4.2	4.8	5.2	4.6	5.0	4.3	2.9	4.2	4.5	4.1	4.1	4.2
Net debt as percentage of
owners' equity						135	243	105	150	139	63	98	81	73	73	73	67	66	150	81	67	46	18
Interest cover (times)						na	na	na	2.7	2.1	2.3	na	6.6	3.8	3.1	8.0	4.8	na	na	2.6	5.1	7.8	11.1
Current asset ratio (times)						1.0	0.9	1.1	1.3	1.1	1.5	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.2	1.4	1.1	0.9	1.3	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.5
Accounts receivable (days sales)						38	40	40	38	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	55	47	46	45	45	45
Inventory (days sales)						31	29	27	25	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	47	31	30	30	30	30
Accounts payable (days costs & expenses)						24	25	25	24	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	33	28	30	29	32	32
Cumulative issued shares (000s)						515	515	615	615	615	665	665	665	665	665	665	665	500	615	665	665	665	665
Net assets per share ($)						0.83	0.61	0.91	0.97	1.01	1.28	1.25	1.39	1.46	1.44	1.67	1.63	1.09	0.97	1.39	1.63	2.16	2.94
Earnings per share ($)						-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	(1.15)	(0.49)	0.19	0.43	0.75	0.99
Dividend per share ($)						-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-				0.19	0.23	0.21
Dividend cover (times)						-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	na	na	na	2.3	3.3	4.7