Interim results for the six months ended 31 May 2007
St. Modwen Properties PLC, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, announces record interim results.
Highlights
* Profit before tax increased by 48% to £65.1m (2006: £43.9m)
* Earnings per share up 60% to 42.8p (2006: 26.8p)
* Net assets per share increased by 12% to 361p since 30th November 2006 (323p)
* Interim Dividend increased by 15% to 3.9p per share (2006: 3.4p)
* Strong progress in marshalling projects for future delivery
* Planning consent obtained for 4,000 homes, 1.5 million sq ft employment space at Llanwern, near Newport
Anthony Glossop, Chairman, comments:
“An outstanding effort throughout our various teams achieved significant success in bringing forward into the period a number of developments which had been scheduled for the second half.
We remain on course to grow in line with our long-term financial objective of doubling the net asset value per share of the company every five years and we look forward with confidence to a successful outcome for the year as a whole.”
09 July 2007
Enquiries:
St. Modwen Properties PLC
Anthony Glossop, Chairman
Bill Oliver, Chief Executive
Tim Haywood, Finance Director
College Hill www.collegehill.com
Gareth David/Matthew Gregorowski 020 7457 2020
A presentation for analysts will be held at 11.00am today at College Hill, 78 Cannon Street, London EC4