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PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT OF AUDITED RESULTS
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT OF AUDITED RESULTS.
About this update from James Halstead Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 3275S James Halstead PLC 02 October 2017 \n\n \n \n \n \n2 October 2017\n \nJAMES HALSTEAD PLC\nPRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT OF AUDITED RESULTS\nFOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2017\n \"Record turnover and profits with, once again, record dividend\"\nKey Figures\n \n\n\n\n\n· \n\n\nRevenue at £240.8 million (2016: £226.1 million) - up 6.5%\n\n\n\n\n· \n\n\nProfit before tax £46.6 million (2016: £45.5 million) - up 2.5%\n\n\n\n\n· \n\n\nEarnings per 5p ordinary share of 17.6p (2016: 17.0p) - up 3.5%\n\n\n\n\n· \n\n\nFinal dividend per ordinary share proposed of 9.25p (2016: 8.5p) - up 8.8%\n\n\n\n\n· \n\n\nCash £52.5 million (2016: £44.1 million) - up 19.1%\n\n\n\n\n \n \nMr Mark Halstead, Chief Executive, commenting on the results, said:\n \n \"Despite the shadow of uncertainty that \"Brexit \"has cast and in a year of clearly tougher than normal trading conditions it's satisfying to report another year of record profits.\"\n \n\n\n\n\n \nEnquiries:\n \n\n\n\n\nJames Halstead:\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nMark Halstead, Chief Executive\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nGordon Oliver, Finance Director\n\n\nTelephone: 0161 767 2500\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nHudson Sandler:\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nNick Lyon \n\n\nTelephone: 020 7796 4133\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nPanmure Gordon (NOMAD & Joint Broker):\n\n\n...