 |
Sales
£188.7 million
(2002: £194.5 million) |
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|
Operating profit
£7.3 million
(2002:
£8.0 million) |
Operating profit
(before goodwill amortisation and exceptionals)
£14.5
million
(2002: 14.5 million) |
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|
Profit before tax
£5.0
million
(2002: £4.6 million) |
Profit before tax, goodwill amortisation
and exceptionals
£11.4 million
(2002: £13.3 million) |
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|
Earnings per share
1.0
pence
(2002: 1.0 pence) |
Earnings per share
(before goodwill amortisation and exceptionals)
2.0
pence
(2002: 2.4 pence) |
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|
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Sales
by division**
1 Specialties & Pigments 57%
2 Chromium 32%
3 Specialty Rubber 11%
** after elimination of inter-group sales |
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|
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Sales
by area of operation**
1 North America 48%
2 Europe 34%
3 Rest of the World 18%
** after elimination of inter-group sales |
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Group
operating profit by division *
| |
£million
|
|
|
| |
2002 |
|
2003 |
|
|
| 1 Specialties & Pigments |
18.7 |
|
9.7 |
|
|
| 2 Chromium |
3.7 |
|
4.8 |
|
|
| 3 Specialty Rubber |
(2.0 |
) |
nil |
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|
* before goodwill amortisation and exceptionals |
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