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24 July 2002

 

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DAEJAN HOLDINGS PLC

PRELIMINARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT for the year ended 31 March 2002

 

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The Chairman, Mr B S E Freshwater today announced Preliminary Results for the year to 31 March 2002.

 

·                    ·                    Investment Property holdings £534 million (2001 - £465 million)

 

·                    ·                    Properties held for trading valued at £232 million

 

·                    ·                    Profit before tax £30.1 million (2001 - £29.8 million)

 

·                    ·                    Proposed Final Dividend 30p per share giving a total for the year of 52p (2001 - 49p)

 

·                    ·                    Earnings Per Share 127.4p (2001 restated 128.3p)

 

The Group’s investment portfolio was professionally valued as at 31 March 2002 and the resultant increase has been incorporated into the accounts of that date.  The Net Asset Value per Share attributable to equity shareholders based on the Balance Sheet figures including trading stock at the lower of cost and net realisable value at that date is £27.17 (2001 restated £23.49).

 

Net Asset Value per share – equity, with the trading stock included at a professional valuation as at 31 March 2002, but after full allowance is made for tax (at applicable UK and US rates) on realisation on investment and trading properties and for the deduction of the Fair Value Adjustment as calculated under FRS 13, is £31.93.

 

 

 

DAEJAN HOLDINGS PLC

 

 

Earnings per share is calculated by reference to profit on ordinary activities after taxation and minority interests, of £20,766,000 (2001 restated £20,900,000 and to the 16,295,357 (2000 – 16,295,357) Ordinary Shares in issue throughout the year.

 

Following adoption of FRS19 – Deferred Tax, the Group has restated the previous year’s results. The effect of adopting this standard was a decrease in opening reserves of £6,275,000 and an increase in the tax charge of £644,000 for the prior year. The increase in the current year’s tax charge in respect of FRS19 is £726,000.

 

The financial information set out above does not constitute the Company’s statutory accounts for the years ended 31 March 2002 or 2001.  The financial information for 2001 is derived from the statutory accounts for 2001 which have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.  The Auditors have reported on the 2001 accounts; their report was unqualified and did not contain a statement under Section 237 (2) or (3) of the Companies Act 1985.  The statutory accounts for 2002 will be finalised on the basis of the financial information presented by the Directors in this preliminary announcement and of policies consistent in all material respects with the policies applied in the Company’s statutory accounts for 2001, with the exception of the implementation during the year ended 31 March 2002 of Financial Reporting Standards 17 Retirement Benefits, 18 Accounting Policies, 19 Deferred Tax and Urgent Issues Task Force Abstract 28 Operating Lease Incentives.  The statutory accounts for 2002 will be delivered to the Registrar of Companies following the Company’s next Annual General Meeting.

 

The Annual General Meeting with be held at 12.00 noon on Friday 4 October 2002 in The Methven Room, CBI, Centre Point, New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1DU.

 

If approved, the final dividend will be paid on 1 November 2002 to Shareholders registered at the close of business on 4 October 2002.

 

For further information call:

 

Mark Jenner

Company Secretary

Daejan Holdings PLC

020 7836 1555

 

Ben Padovan

Weber Shandwick Square Mile

020 7950 2800

 

 

CONSOLIDATED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT for the year ended 31 March 2002

 

 

UNAUDITED

 

 

 

2002

 

2001

 

 

 

Restated

 

 

£000

 

£000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Turnover  -

Rents and Service Charges Receivable

79,157

 

75,009

 

Sale of trading properties

 

6,666

 

5,057

 

 

 

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85,823

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80,066

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Net Rental Income

 

40,972

 

38,006

Surplus on sale of Trading Properties

 

5,591

 

4,622

Other Income

 

143

 

1,679

 

 

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Gross Profit

 

46,706

 

44,307

 

 

 

 

 

Administrative and Other Expenses

 

(7,063)

 

(5,642)

 

 

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Operating Profit from Continuing Operations

 

39,643

 

38,665

 

 

 

 

 

Surplus on Sale of Investment Properties

 

307

 

691

Net Interest Payable and Other Similar Items

 

(9,869)

 

(9,591)

 

 

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Profit on Ordinary Activities before Taxation

 

30,081

 

29,765

 

 

 

 

 

Tax on Profit of Ordinary Activities

 

(9,262)

 

(8,436)

 

 

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Profits on Ordinary Activities after Taxation

 

20,819

 

21,329

Minority Interests – Equity

 

(53)

 

(429)

 

 

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Profit Attributable to Equity Shareholders

 

20,766

 

20,900

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends: Interim

 

(3,585)

 

(3,096)

                    Final (proposed)

 

(4,889)

 

(4,889)

 

 

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(8,474)

 

(7,985)

 

 

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Retained Profit for the Year

 

£12,292

 

£12,915

 

 

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Earnings per Share

 

127.4p

 

128.3p

 

 

 

 

 

Interim Dividend already paid per