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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 |
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| PERFORMANCE REVIEW |
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(Annualized where appropriate) |
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| As % total sales: |
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| -Gross margin |
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41.9 |
43.9 |
42.6 |
42.0 |
42.3 |
42.5 |
42.6 |
42.8 |
43.1 |
43.4 |
43.6 |
43.9 |
41.6 |
42.6 |
42.6 |
43.5 |
43.0
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45.0
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| -Income from operations |
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(18.9) |
(8.7) |
(3.3) |
(0.3) |
10.6 |
6.3 |
9.0 |
11.6 |
12.1 |
11.0 |
13.1 |
13.0 |
(5.5) |
(6.7) |
9.5 |
12.3 |
13.2 |
15.4 |
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| -Net income before taxes |
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(16.0) |
(11.3) |
(5.2) |
1.3 |
10.2 |
10.1 |
9.1 |
15.4 |
12.5 |
11.4 |
17.6 |
13.5 |
(7.0) |
(6.8) |
11.3 |
13.8 |
15.7 |
17.5 |
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| -Research & development |
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6.8 |
5.8 |
5.0 |
4.5 |
3.6 |
3.9 |
3.6 |
3.2 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
8.6 |
5.4 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
na |
na |
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| -Selling/freight expenses |
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15.2 |
13.3 |
11.9 |
10.8 |
5.9 |
6.8 |
6.3 |
5.9 |
5.8 |
6.0 |
5.7 |
5.7 |
8.6 |
12.6 |
6.2 |
5.8 |
na |
na |
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| Projected sales as % breakeven |
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69
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84
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93
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99
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133
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118
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127
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137
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139
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134
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143
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142
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88
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86
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129
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140
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144
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152
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| Headcount |
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87 |
100 |
107 |
115 |
150 |
132 |
143 |
154 |
158 |
152 |
163 |
163 |
- |
115 |
154 |
163 |
168 |
170 |
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| Changes over previous year
(%): |
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| -Sales |
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- |
- |
- |
- |
84
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40
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33
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31
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15
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25
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23
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14
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- |
102
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44
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19
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15
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10
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| -Net income before taxes |
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- |
- |
- |
- |
na |
na |
na |
1,421
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41
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41
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138
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0
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- |
na |
na |
46
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31
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23
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| -Transfers to reserves |
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- |
- |
- |
- |
na |
na |
na |
1,135
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41
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9
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138
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(47) |
- |
na |
na |
26
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32
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27
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| -Owner's equity |
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- |
- |
- |
- |
61
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210
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116
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146
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124
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69
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77
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59
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- |
1
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146
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59
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49
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42
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| -Dividends per share |
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- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
na |
na |
na |
20
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(7) |
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| -Earnings per share |
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- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
na |
na |
39
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31
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23
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| Net
income before taxes/total assets (% pa) |
(39.9) |
(28.1) |
(12.4) |
3.4 |
27.9 |
22.0 |
20.8 |
35.1 |
28.2 |
22.1 |
35.8 |
24.7 |
(11.5) |
(14.3) |
23.6 |
24.0 |
24.8 |
23.7 |
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| Return
on owners' equity (% pa) |
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(119.2) |
(132.9) |
(43.8) |
12.0 |
86.6 |
53.6 |
47.2 |
60.3 |
54.8 |
44.8 |
63.4 |
32.3 |
(26.3) |
(51.0) |
46.3 |
42.1 |
36.9 |
32.1 |
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| Annual sales/total assets
(times) |
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2.5
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2.5
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2.4
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2.5
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2.7
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2.2
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2.3
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2.3
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2.3
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1.9
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2.0
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1.8
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1.6
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2.1
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2.1
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1.7
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1.6
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1.4
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| Annual sales/net fixed assets
(times) |
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5.7
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5.3
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4.6
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4.9
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6.1
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5.5
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5.1
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5.8
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6.3
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5.4
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6.1
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5.2
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3.4
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4.1
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5.3
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5.0
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5.1
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5.2
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| Net debt as percentage of |
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| owners' equity |
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110
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201
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96
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152
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118
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39
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46
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24
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8
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na |
na |
na |
59
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152
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24
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na |
na |
na |
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| Interest cover (times) |
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na |
na |
na |
1.8
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7.9
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7.8
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9.7
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20.3
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21.3
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19.6
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31.2
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30.1
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na |
na |
10.6
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25.4
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64.2
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na |
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| Current asset ratio (times) |
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1.1 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
1.7 |
1.6 |
1.8 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
2.3 |
1.9 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
2.5 |
3.3 |
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| Accounts receivable (days
sales) |
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39 |
40 |
40 |
39 |
42 |
42 |
42 |
42 |
42 |
42 |
42 |
42 |
45 |
47 |
46 |
44 |
45
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45
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| Inventory (days sales) |
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31 |
29 |
27 |
26 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
46 |
31 |
31 |
29 |
30
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30
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| Accounts
payable (days costs & expenses) |
25 |
26 |
26 |
26 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
33
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29
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30
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29
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32
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32
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| Cumulative
issued shares (000s) |
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515
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515
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615
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615
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615
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665
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665
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665
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665
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665
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665
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665
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500
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615 |
665 |
665 |
665
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665
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| Net
assets per share ($) |
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0.96
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0.72
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0.98
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1.01
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1.29
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1.73
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1.96
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2.31
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2.67
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2.92
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3.47
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3.66
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1.23
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1.01
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2.31
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3.66
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5.44
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7.70
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| Earnings
per share ($) |
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- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(0.32) |
(0.57) |
1.11
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1.54
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2.01
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2.47
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| Dividend
per share ($) |
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- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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0.19
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0.23
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0.21
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| Dividend
cover (times) |
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- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
na |
na |
na |
8.2
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8.9
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11.7
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