P218 CEEFAX 218 Tue 20 Feb 19:26/17 / ££££££ £ ££££ £££££ £ ££ ££ ££ ££ Natio l stminst ans (Clearing bank, etc) tjr!tUnV!imco[j5 on j@XW 9kmZR Bad debt proves onsz £639m (£616m) R Tin Ram @ s m b an$ doubtful d btu in the second ha f pHoRiCioC nd Ro r i i s Market f#recast Aroun$ £1.75bn s 2 Cipy ti^s cpptiing Giles CityHeadsP218 CEJFAX 218 Tue 20 Feb 1:=2+/21 5W , \ $ SRLTS (+-Z) TUE ^T @ Pre-tax profit: £7:W0m (£64.2m Tzrnovjz:Q£257o3m U£29=W?m) 4 * TTe0companz ; X |tn7 u4 to ! rigXts t# Pe sluT-dose ry powder tnn1tns ;1q\ T 2 fMcu4 hn 4w3 - o Lhj dine 38 f a butamoe a 45c mjthasonjn) Market forecast £7/m-£79m Sh1ri pzjqir;s 2, Hradjivry 01 !it| oiwu Reporting (O8ti0ns Cid]hep$;P218 CEEFAX 218 Tue 20 Feb 19:11/21 RESULTS (K-S TUE (Foods; det rgents; tc) F l: 3 . 1 m ating ofi br akdown North America : £5,928m (£6,11:m) Africa/Mid-East: £1,955m (£1,987m) Asia/Pacific : £4,320m (£4,414m) tin ic Thar price 227 H adlinjs 201 Ci y N ws R porting Options CityHeadsP218 CJEFAX 218 Tue 20 Feb 1=:18/54 4|l4> | 1 REST TS ( - TUE / Adv rising, etc Final 0.86 p, making 1.31p 1.135 Pr tax profit £113.7m (£8 .3m* Tu no : £ 553.1m (£6,013. * The group says it will increasingly focus on impro ng its comp titi j Pacific, Latin America, Africa, and ro rev j] g inst jn 9 Ma kit f recast Loss of £ 09m- 11 5mP218 CJJFAX 218 Tue 20 Feb 1::13/28 l4|l4| / n / ] Thorn EMI (TV rentals; music; etc) u no : £3 8 .8 £3, 5 5 d m t i s ntals us ( e 203). It@sbys music division sales rose by 25% and profits bz 227%. Thorn Group Dillons book chains, njoyed a 56% rise in sales and a 49% increase in profits. Cit News Rj o ting Opti n Cit HeadsP218 CJEFAX 218 Tue 20 Feb 1::15/ 7 @ RITZ OPT(OMS CLOSE Se$g@ic" Group @ @ j @ r ci okj g l 3 x ro0 £ .1 (£ 2mQ Rjvjnre £88 m (£88 7 0 S arboro gh ck n44 *gUn upks r 0 @9 s ult0 3 ic d 21 2 Ca h 1 n ECH Cur22 ME iey 2 Cidy ews Rjpo ting Optio CityHeadsP218 CEEFAX 218 Tue 20 Feb 1y:25/24 |l4| 4| | @7O 1 ( U TU T rr @M 8 l 0 As etas : . 8 * The chairman says that, wi him the t nsf ra l kan , n i group' policy of geographical f t Mar jt forecast £23m ,,are price 2 7 ^^P218 CEEFAX 218 Tue 20 Feb 19:1:/11 ULT (K )C U Yorkshir Chemicals Final: 5.85p, mQking W6p (same) Exceptional item: £1.6m Q ir s t a year the group has taken action to stren then mark ting in Latin Am rica and Eastern Europe^ These are areas of p es nc has pr v ously been minimal. A representative office has al o b in Market forecast ££1p.7m City Ntw Reporting Optinn Cit=HradsP218 CEEFAX 218 Tue 20 Feb 19:17/88 (] 9/1 O Throgmort#n 1000 Smaller Co ac o 4 (Computer software for mainframes, etc) Interim: 9.3p (8.6p movjm nus between now an th year ind. Share pricn 227 Headlines c01P218 CJEFAX 218 Tue 20 Feb 1::12/41 @ 10/21 RESULTS (K-Z)CTOE Final: n l (0.5p T rnovj : £6 44m (£5.00m) Q * h chief x cute j says the group t o t develop the computer bu jnjssjs 0 T mple Bar Investment T u t (Invj tmjnt rust) Fi al 65p, mag ng 14 55p PS: 1 1 p 14. 4 AV: 3 .63p (336 26 * Thar p ic 27 H ad i u 201 City News RjportUng xptions CitzHeadP218 CEJFAX 218 Tue 20 Feb 19:18/37 l4|, n |/ /. /, /, £ £ £ £ £ £ S th li j B ech m al d v j sha : 1 . Final div per equity unit: 28.1192c EPS pet@equity unit: 36.1p p xceptio al c t: £ 12m il) o p a t pl it share structure on 15 April bz replace^g its existing dubl share set-up with a sjngli class of ordinary