Laird still primed for growth
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WINDOW locks and computer 保護物,者s 製造者 Laird Group 低迷d to a £60m first-half loss and halved the 暫定的な (株主への)配当 today, but the company it was 井戸/弁護士席 placed to 偉業/利用する any market 上昇傾向.
New broom Peter Hill, who arrived from Invensys last November, said he was happy with the three-pr onged 形態/調整 of the 商売/仕事 going 今後 in the wake of Thursday's £30m sale of its computer 議会 offshoot Fullarton. Laird had made good 進歩 on rationalising its 商売/仕事s, he said, 追加するing: 'But the 貿易(する)ing 環境 continues to be challenging and is likely to remain so for the 残り/休憩(する) of this year.'
利益(をあげる)s from continuing 操作/手術s before exceptionals, 好意/親善 amortisation and 処分 losses grew from £14.1m to £15.6m. Operating 業績/成果 was better than in the previous six months, the company said. However, a string of 令状-offs and 再編成 costs led to a loss at the pre-税金 level of £60m, compared with a £6.1m 利益(をあげる) last time.
Laird 科学(工学)技術s, which makes 保護物,者s to 保護する computer 器具/備品 from electromagnetic waves, 地位,任命するd a 5% 改良 in orders, though actual sales were 負かす/撃墜する. The 見通し here was uncertain.
The locks 分割, Laird 安全 Systems, '成し遂げるd 堅固に' with operating 利益(をあげる)s before exceptionals up 9% to £11.1m. Laird Plastics, a US 配当 商売/仕事, 上げるd operating 利益(をあげる)s almost fourfold to £1.5m.The 暫定的な (株主への)配当 was 削除するd from 5.7p to 2.9p - as signalled in March. The 株 slipped 5p to 136p. 逮捕する borrowings 増加するd from £67m to £81m by the end of June but the 利益/興味 法案 was covered 6.2 times before exceptionals.
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