P125 CEEFAX 125 Sat 16 Apr 17:26/19 1/9 COMPANY RESULTS Swig Save Discount Interim: 2.3p (2p) Pre-tax profit: £12.33m (£10.68m) Sales: £267.94m (£235.21m) * During the first half, the group opened 20 stores and closed one and the Board anticipates that bz the end of the financial year it will be operating in about 345 stores. Arrow Chemical Holdings (Chemicals) Final: 1p (-) Pre-tax profit: £360,000 (£146,000) Turnover: £6.36m (£5.64m) SHARE PRICES 132 P125 CEEFAX 125 Sat 16 Apr 17:22/53 2/9 COMPANY RESULTS Jerome (S) & Sons (Cloth, spinning, security systems* Final: 1.995p mug 2.689p (same) Pre-tax profit: £22,000 (£520,000) Turnover: £12.63m (£12.61m) Dewhurst Dent (Leathjt clothing, textiles) No interim dividend (nil) Trading profit: £103,387 (£49,708) Turnover: £6.64m (£6.67m) Hunting Petroleum Services Final: 5.75p (5.25p) making 8p (7.5p) Pre-tax profit: £7.14m (£7.49m) Turnover: £201.16m (£161.9m) SHARE PRICES 132 P125 CEEFAX 125 Sat 16 Apr 17:12/14 3/9 COMPANY RESULTS Automotive Products (Motor components etc) Final: nil (2p) making 0.5p (3p) Pre-tax loss: £14.11m (£2.21m) Turnover: £203.29m (£201.93m) Interest charge: £8.46m (£7.02m) * The Board says there are "hesitant signs" of increasing demand both in the USA and in Europe, but adds that, after the disappointments of the last three years, the company must treat thjsj signs with the utmost caution. Market forecast Loss of around £5m SHARE PRICE 132 P125 CEEFAX 125 Sat 16 Apr 17:27/01 4/9 COMPANY RESULTS Millet (F) (Textiles) (Marks & Spencer clothing suppliers) Final: 1.6p (1.44p) mug 2.7p (2.44p) Pre-tax profit: £2.44m (£2.39m) Turnover: £9.03m (£8.58m) * One-for-one scrip issue proposed. Adwest Group (Manufacturing engineers* Interim: 2.1p (same) Pre-tax profit: £2.40m (£2.26m) Raglan Property Trust (Property; ferry opjtation) No interim Pre-tax profit: £108,000 (£122,000) SHARE PRICES 132 P125 CEEFAX 125 Sat 16 Apr 17:20/25 5/9 COMPANY RESULTS Nestle SA (Foods) Final: SwFr 96 (SwFr 85) Grp net profit: SwFr 1.10bn (SwFr 964m) Grp sales: SwFr 27.66bn (SwFr 27.73bn) Jjrsjy Electricity Co Final: 11%, making 15% (14%) Pre-tax revenue: £2.50m (£2.33m) Linread (Industrial fasteners) No interim (same) Pre-tax loss: £0.36m (profit £0.15m) Turnovjt: £7.78m (£8.15m) * The Board says second-half results should not be so severely depressed. SHARE PRICES 132 P125 CEEFAX 125 Sat 16 Apr 17:23/42 6/9 COMPANY RESULTS Ljyland Paint & Wallpaper (Paints, wallcoverings etc) No final, making nil (1.5p) Pre-tax loss: £2.99m (profit £0.42m) Turnover: £39.48m (£39.61m) * The Board reports improved gross margins in the second half and says the trend is continuing. It expects to make substantial progress to a return to profitability by the half-year. North Sea Assets (Investment company) Interim results: Pte-tax income: £277,000 (£310,000) SHAKE PRICES 132 P125 CEEFAX 125 Sat 16 Apr 17:28/24 7/9 COMPANY RESULTS British Rayophanj (Cellulose film etc) No final, making nil Pre-tax loss: £1.35m (profit £0.78m) Sales: £61.11m (£58.70m) British Sidac (British Rayophane sub) No final, making nil Pre-tax loss: £1.70m (loss £1.36m) Sales: £44.76m (£43.10m) Midland Industries (Engineering, iron founding) Final: 1.5p, making 2.6p (same) Pre-tax profit: £551,000 (£768,000) Turnovjt: £24.75m (£21.95m) SHARE PRICES 132 P125 CEEFAX 125 Sat 16 Apr 17:21/41 8/9 COMPANY RESULTS Scottish Television (ITV contractor etc) Final: 5.25p, making 7.35p (7p) Pre-tax profit: £1.89m (£2.34m) Turnover: £39.95m (£33.00m) Ulster Television (ITV contractor) Interim: 3.7p (3.3p) Profit: £266,000 (£190,000) Dixor-Strand (Toilet preparations) No final, making nil Pre-tax profit: £99,000 (loss £92,000) Turnover: £1.24m (£0.55m) SHARE PRICES 132 P125 CJEFAX 125 Sat 16 Apr 17:21/22 9/9 COMPANY RESULTS Berry Trust (Investment trust) Interim results: Pre-tax profit: £116,000 (£153,000) Lowland Investment Company (Investment trust) Interim: 2.1p (1.9p) Earnings: £210,000 (£197,000) Gross income: £328,000 (£340,000) SHARE PRICES 132