Final Results
Leeds Group PLC
18 December 2003
Issued on behalf of Leeds Group plc
Date: Thursday, 18 December 2003
Embargoed: 10.00am
Leeds Group plc
Preliminary Results for the year ended 30 September 2003
Group profit before tax and exceptional items for continuing
businesses increased to £1.1m (2002: £0.5m).
Exceptional items of £13.5m lead to Group pre-tax loss of
£12.1m (2002: loss £6.6m).
Disappointing result for Leeds Leasing - profit before tax
and exceptional items of £0.6m (2002: £1.0m).
Successful integration of Hemmers-Itex, which contributed
£0.6m to pre-tax profits.
Planned sale of Nemesis successfully completed.
Special capital payment of 13p per share paid to
shareholders on 8 August 2003 following High Court approval for capital
reconstruction.
'The profit before tax and exceptional items from the Group's continuing
businesses amounted to £1.1m, just over double the level of the previous year.'
'Several strides forward were made during the year to implement the strategies
described in previous reports.'
Bill Cran, Chairman
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Leeds Group plc
Preliminary Results
STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN, BILL CRAN
The profit before tax and exceptional items from the Group's continuing
businesses amounted to £1,088,000, just over double the level of the previous
year. Discontinued businesses added £314,000 to this figure (2002: loss
£852,000) to give total profit before tax and exceptional items of £1,402,000
(2002: loss £313,000).
After exceptional costs of £13,509,000, of which £12,832,000 comprises the loss
on disposal of the Italian subsidiary Nemesis, the Group's loss before tax was
£12,107,000 (2002: £6,613,000).
Several strides forward were made during the year to implement the strategies
described in previous reports. In March 2003 we finally ended our association
with textile manufacturing with the sale of Nemesis, following which the Group's
shares were reclassified on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). In August
2003 we obtained the consent of the High Court to our capital reconstruction,
and made a special capital payment of 13p per share to all shareholders. During
the year, the closure of Itex in Holland was completed, with the business being
successfully transferred to our Hemmers subsidiary in Germany. This business
rationalisation has lifted pre-tax profits from our textile import and
distribution division to £608,000 (2002: £186,000). Central costs have been
significantly reduced.
Having achieved success in the areas described above, it is disappointing to
record that Leeds Leasing, which we now see as our principal business, did not
have a good year. Volumes and yields were below expectation, which was the major
cause of the decline in profit before tax and exceptional items to £555,000
(2002: £1,019,000). An even greater disappointment was the need to make an
exceptional provision of £600,000 as a consequence of the inability of a
long-standing supplier to honour recourse commitments it had made. We have taken
steps to mitigate this loss, and are hopeful that the final cost may be less
than we have provided for.
In view of this setback, it is appropriate now to examine our Leasing business
closely, seeking confirmation that we are operating in areas with the most
advantageous mix of risk and reward, and identifying potential growth areas. I
am delighted that Carol Roberts has agreed to work with us on this project for
several months. Carol has held senior positions in GE Capital, and will be
helping us to identify the business sectors that offer us the best opportunities
for profitable growth and to ensure that our back office processes are improved.
The first two months of the current year have seen satisfactory levels of new
business in Leeds Leasing, and sales by Hemmers-Itex are in line with last
year's level. Our staff in the UK and in Germany worked hard in a testing year
of change in 2003, although much hard work remains to be done to complete the
turn-round in the fortunes of the Group. Nevertheless we are cautiously
optimistic that profitability in the current year will permit a resumption of
dividend payments.
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Leeds Group plc
Preliminary Results
OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW
Group results
Group sales amounted to £25,097,000 (2002: £33,473,000). This reduction reflects
our exit from UK Dyeing, which was divested in January 2002, and the inclusion
of only six months' sales from the Italian subsidiary Nemesis, which was sold in
March 2003. Sales from the continuing businesses were £16,903,000 (2002:
£16,368,000).
Group profit before tax and exceptional items amounted to £1,402,000, which
comprised £1,088,000 attributable to the continuing businesses (2002: £539,000)
and £314,000 attributable to Nemesis in the six months prior to its disposal
(six months to March 2002: £145,000 loss). Performance is analysed by sector in
the following table:
Profit before tax and
exceptional items
2003 2002
£000 £000
Leeds Leasing 555 1,019
Hemmers-Itex 608 186
Head Office costs (75) (666)
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Continuing businesses 1,088 539
Nemesis 314 (1,017)
UK Dyeing - 165
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Group total 1,402 (313)
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Exceptional costs of £13,509,000 arose in the year comprising:
£000
Loss on sale of Nemesis 12,832
Exceptional default provision - Leeds Leasing 600
Costs relating to the special capital payment 77
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13,509
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The loss on disposal of Nemesis included acquisition goodwill of £7,875,000
previously written off to reserves, so the impact of the disposal on
shareholders' funds was limited to £4,957,000. As a consequence of this
divestment, and after taking account of transaction costs, Group debt was
reduced by £4,908,000. The exceptional provision in Leeds Leasing is dealt with
later in this report.
The tax charge in the year of £81,000 represents the net of current tax payable
in Germany and a UK deferred tax credit. Leeds Leasing has deferred claims for
capital allowances for each of the last three years. These capital allowances
and the ability to group relieve the continuing Head Office costs means that
Leeds Leasing is unlikely to be faced with a current tax charge for a
considerable period.
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Leeds Group plc
Preliminary Results
Earnings per share, before exceptional items, were 3.1 pence (2002: loss 0.7
pence) representing the highest level achieved since 2000, at which time we had
not commenced the withdrawal from textile manufacture. After exceptional costs,
the loss per share was 33.3 pence (2002: 16.2 pence). The capital restructure
approved by the High Court during the year that made possible the special
capital payment to shareholders also had the effect of creating distributable
reserves that at 30 September amounted to £2,747,000. No dividend is proposed in
respect of the year ended 30 September 2003, although the Directors plan to
resume dividend payments in respect of the current year providing the Group
generates the earnings required to provide dividend cover in the region of 2.5
times.
The Board believes strongly that the strategy to sell or close all textile
manufacturing operations has been in the best interests of shareholders. The
exceptional loss on Nemesis, the last manufacturing business to be sold, has led
to a pre-tax loss for the year of £12,107,000 (2002: £6,613,000) but has made it
possible to return capital to shareholders and to focus on business
opportunities fundamentally more attractive than textile manufacture in Europe
has become. Following the sale of Nemesis, the Group's shares are now listed on
AIM and classified under 'Speciality and Other Finance'.
Divisional performance
Leeds Leasing
This division recorded a profit before tax and exceptional items of £555,000
(2002: £1,019,000). We had anticipated the 2003 profit falling a little short of
last year's level since the leasing division now shares elements of cost
previously borne exclusively by the Head Office, but after several years of
steadily growing profits, it must be said that the results for the year
represent a disappointing setback. As we indicated in the interim report, the
levels of new business written did indeed increase in the second half, but not
by enough to match our internal targets for the year, resulting in a full year
total that was 5% down on last year. In particular, it has been difficult to
identify sufficient volumes of business of acceptable quality in the core area
of our business where yields are higher. We have compensated for this by
increasing volumes in newer business areas, most notably in the franchised food
sector, albeit at lower yields.
Leeds Leasing also experienced an increased default charge in the year that
amounted to 3.6% of the closing book (2002: 3.2%). In addition, an exceptional
provision of £600,000 was charged in September as it became clear that a
supplier from which the Company acquires assets to lease was unable to honour
recourse commitments it had previously given. This provision resulted in a
pre-tax loss for the year of £45,000 and relates to recourse claims already made
and to arrears cases where a recourse claim appears probable, together with an
allowance against performing leases. The assets in question require a degree of
maintenance and service by the supplier, and customer default levels were
attributable in part to shortcomings in this area.
Ironically, Leeds Leasing had decided early in the year that as a matter of
principle business would no longer be written where there was a need to rely on
recourse agreements from suppliers. Since making the provision, we have had some
success in achieving recoveries from the supplier involved and from defaulting
lessees. We have made arrangements for the reliable maintenance of equipment
still in the field under performing leases, and have recovered equipment that we
shall be able to sell or rent in the future. We remain hopeful that the final
cost of this default will be less than we have provided, but the long period
outstanding on many of the leases involved means that the final cost will not be
known with certainty by the end of this financial year.
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Leeds Group plc
Preliminary Results
During the year, considerable effort was spent by many of our staff in
specifying and testing the new computer systems that were implemented in October
2003 and, following a 'bedding in' period, the system now provides us with the
opportunity to achieve greater operational efficiencies, particularly in a more
automated approach to the management of arrears cases.
Leeds Leasing is now a major funder into several specialist sectors, and we are
actively researching other business areas where we can successfully compete to
achieve our growth plans. We are pleased that Carol Roberts has agreed to help
us in this business review during the first few months of 2004. Carol has held
senior positions with S. G. Warburg and was Managing Director of Pallas
Industrial Finance Limited when it was acquired in 1995 by GE Capital EF Ltd,
for whom she worked until 2000. We expect that her experience and knowledge will
be of great value not just in relation to identifying new business
opportunities, but also in strengthening our operational controls and processes.
The new financial year has begun quite satisfactorily in terms of new business.
However, the mix of business, as last year, includes a high proportion of lower
yield leases in our newer business sectors while overheads this year will
increase with higher depreciation costs associated with the new computer systems
and a higher recharge for the contribution of Head Office to the management of
the leasing business. These factors will tend to restrict profit.
Hemmers-Itex
The year 2003 was a most eventful one for Hemmers-Itex, which is the Group's
sole remaining textile business, selling throughout Europe fabric mainly
imported from the Far East. In 2002 the division operated as two businesses, but
the Dutch based Itex was closed in November 2002, since when we have supplied
all the division's customers from the Hemmers facility located at Nordhorn,
Germany.
We had anticipated that closing the Dutch operation would lead to some loss of
sales, particularly where the Itex customers were small and local. In the event,
we were very pleased that sales in Euro terms declined by less than 5%. Pre-tax
profit increased most encouragingly to £608,000 (2002: £186,000) as a
consequence of the much reduced cost base associated with operations now run
from one location.
Synergistic cost savings from rationalising business operations can be easy to
plan for, but are often much harder to realise. The metres of fabric sold from
the German facility increased by 62% in the year, while overhead growth was 31%.
Divisional stock levels have been reduced by 24%, and the average debtor
collection period has been reduced by more than 10 days. Overall, the working
capital of the division was reduced by €1.9m (18%) during the year. None of
these significant business improvements could have been achieved without the
commitment and sheer hard work of our German colleagues, who deserve enormous
credit for their success.
Demand for fabric has held up quite well in the European markets we service, and
there are some indications of recovery in the German economy, which is our
largest single target market. In this new financial year, October and November
sales levels have been satisfactory, but fabric wholesaling is a mature business
activity and organic growth opportunities are strictly limited. In such a
market, it would not be realistic to suppose that further significant increases
in profits are likely in the current year.
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Leeds Group plc
Preliminary Results
Discontinued business - Nemesis
Sales volumes to the date of disposal in March 2003 were 10% higher than the
poor levels of the previous year and this, together with modest overhead
savings, led to a pre-tax profit of £314,000 that compared with a pre-tax loss
of £145,000 in the first half of 2002. However, pre-tax losses in Nemesis
exceeded £900,000 in the second half of each of the previous two years, and the
prospects for both Nemesis and the Group have been improved by its sale to a
company controlled by the Italian management team.
Head Office Costs
Unallocated central costs amounted to £444,000 (2002: £925,000), with the
reduction attributable to a number of factors. Staff numbers have been reduced
to a minimum, and a greater proportion of the costs of the offices shared with
Leeds Leasing are now borne by that subsidiary. Currency gains of £112,000 arose
as the realisation of the net assets of Itex allowed the Dutch subsidiary to
repay loans to Head Office. Exceptional costs of £77,000 arose in connection
with the special capital payment of £4,758,000 to shareholders made in August
2003, chiefly in connection with obtaining the necessary consent of the High
Court.
Head Office costs were mitigated by interest income, which, including interest
paid by subsidiaries, amounted to £369,000 (2002: £259,000), although the
special capital payment to shareholders has reduced interest earning capacity
for the current year.
Textile manufacturing
Following the various transactions by which we withdrew from textile
manufacturing there remains a number of outstanding matters with potential
significance for future results. Deferred consideration of £1,550,000 remains
outstanding in connection with the sale of the UK Dyeing Division, payable in
eight quarterly sums from February 2005 once senior bank debt has been repaid in
full. Although trading conditions in the yarn dyeing business have remained
tough, to date all repayments of senior bank debt have been made when due.
The agreement relating to the sale of the Strines business in June 2001 provided
for further consideration to become payable subject to certain future
performance criteria which, in the event, have not been met. Finally, the
agreement covering the sale in June 2002 of the Strines site provides for
overage payments to a maximum of £1,450,000 depending on the extent to which the
purchaser achieves planning consents in the fifteen years following completion.
An initial planning application has been unsuccessful, but an appeal is to be
heard at a public enquiry due to take place in February 2004.
Fixed assets
Capital additions in the year amounted to £443,000 of which £110,000 related to
additions at Nemesis prior to disposal and £200,000 to the new computer systems
installed at Leeds Leasing. Tangible fixed assets in the balance sheet amount to
£582,000, and although there will be a need to replace some commercial vehicles
in Germany, no material capital expenditure projects are contemplated for the
current year.
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Leeds Group plc
Preliminary Results
Working capital
The working capital of Leeds Leasing consists predominantly of the lease book,
which, at the year-end, stood at £18,014,000. It is our aim to increase the book
during the course of the current year, although such growth will only be
permitted if new business matches our underwriting criteria. As noted above,
working capital in Hemmers-Itex fell by 18% in Euro terms, and working capital
turnover improved from 2.0 to 2.25 times. The year 2003 was the second
successive year in which significant working capital reductions were achieved
and although we remain committed to further efficiencies where they can be made
without adversely impacting customer service levels, future improvement will of
necessity be slower.
Debt Profile
The borrowings policy of the Group continues to be to match its funding
requirement in a cost effective fashion with an appropriate combination of short
and medium term debt. The Group's net debt at 30 September 2003 may be analysed
as follows:
Head Leeds Hemmers- Total
Office Leasing Itex Group
£000 £000 £000 £000
Cash (265) - (264) (529)
Overdrafts - 630 222 852
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Total on demand (265) 630 (42) 323
Fixed rate loans due:
within one year - 6,794 1,331 8,125
after more than one year - 5,613 - 5,613
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Net external debt (265) 13,037 1,289 14,061
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Bank debt in the subsidiaries is without recourse to the parent company, and in
the case of Hemmers-Itex is unsecured. At 30 September 2003, agreed bank
facilities available to Hemmers-Itex amounted to £3,500,000, against which are
marked both balance sheet debt and letters of credit accepted in respect of
imports of fabric.
Leeds Leasing's loans consist of block discounting lines under which fixed
interest debt is raised with an amortising profile matching that of the block of
lease agreements on which the debt is secured. This debt structure provides an
effective hedge against interest rate risk. At 30 September 2003 agreed bank
facilities available to Leeds Leasing were in excess of £20,000,000.
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Leeds Group plc
Preliminary Results
Capital gearing
The Group's capital gearing may be presented as follows:
Total Leeds Group
Group Leasing Excl Leasing
£000 £000 £000
Net assets 13,403 4,881 8,522
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Net external debt 14,061 13,037 1,024
Net internal debt - 850 (850)
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Total debt 14,061 13,887 174
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Capital gearing
Net external debt : net assets 105% 267% 12%
Total debt : Net assets 105% 285% 2%
The Board considers the gearing in Leeds Leasing to be modest in comparison with
the norm in the sector, and is comfortably within the limits imposed by banking
covenants.
Exchange exposure
It is the Group's policy not to hedge the translation of profits or losses of
its German subsidiary, nor to hedge its balance sheet except to the extent it is
possible to match net assets with debt denominated in Euros. Transactional
exposures arise in Hemmers-Itex where printed cloth purchased mainly in US
Dollars is subsequently sold at prices denominated in Euros. The impact of
exchange rate changes is minimised by the Group's policy that requires forward
exchange contracts to be used where a product is purchased in a currency other
than in Euros.
Malcolm Wilson Dawn Bowler
Managing Director Finance Director
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Leeds Group plc
Preliminary Results
Consolidated Profit And Loss Account
for the year ended 30 September 2003
2003 2002
Continuing Discontinued Continuing Discontinued
operations operations Total operations operations Total
£000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000
Turnover 16,903 8,194 25,097 16,368 17,105 33,473
Cost of (10,422) (6,697) (17,119) (10,204) (14,734) (24,938)
sales -------- --------- ------- -------- --------- -------
Gross profit 6,481 1,497 7,978 6,164 2,371 8,535
Distribution
costs (670) (309) (979) (597) (561) (1,158)
Administrative
expenses (4,693) (744) (5,437) (5,154) (2,538) (7,692)
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Operating
profit/(loss)
before 1,795 444 2,239 1,536 (531) 1,005
exceptional
items
Exceptional
items (note 2) (677) - (677) (1,123) (197) (1,320)
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Operating
profit/(loss) 1,118 444 1,562 413 (728) (315)
Profit on sale
of land and
buildings - - - - 295 295
Loss on sale
or termination
of a business
operation - (12,832) (12,832) - (5,275) (5,275)
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Profit/(loss)
before
interest 1,118 (12,388) (11,270) 413 (5,708) (5,295)
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Interest
receivable and
similar income 281 198
Interest
payable and
similar
charges (1,118) (1,516)
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Net interest
payable (837) (1,318)
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Loss on
ordinary
activities
before
taxation (12,107) (6,613)
Tax
(charge)/credit on loss on
ordinary
activities (81) 710
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Unrecovered
loss for the
financial year (12,188) (5,903)
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Earnings/(loss) per share
before
exceptional
items 3.1 p (0.7)p
exceptional
items (36.4)p (15.5)p
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after
exceptional
items (33.3)p (16.2)p
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Consolidated Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses
2003 2002
£000 £000
Loss for the financial year (12,188) (5,903)
Foreign currency translation differences 536 91
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Total recognised losses relating to the
financial year (11,652) (5,812)
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Leeds Group plc
Preliminary Results
Balance Sheets
at 30 September 2003
Group Company
2003 2002 2003 2002
£000 £000 £000 £000
Fixed assets
Intangible assets 1,067 1,053 - -
Tangible assets 582 5,894 42 42
Investments - - 3,731 4,342
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1,649 6,947 3,773 4,384
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Current assets
Stocks 3,820 7,235 - -
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Debtors 6,350 11,169 4,368 14,694
Deferred taxation 1,245 1,050 75 75
Finance lease debtors 18,014 18,335 - -
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Total debtors 25,609 30,554 4,443 14,769
Cash at bank and in hand 529 8,535 159 1
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29,958 46,324 4,602 14,770
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Creditors: amounts falling due (12,591) (24,844) (1,236) (641)
within one year
-------- -------- -------- --------
Net current assets 17,367 21,480 3,366 14,129
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Of which:
due within one year 4,691 8,820 3,291 14,054
due after more than one year 12,676 12,660 75 75
-------- -------- -------- --------
Total assets less current liabilities 19,016 28,427 7,139 18,513
-------- -------- -------- --------
Creditors: amounts falling due (5,613) (6,489) - -
after more than one year
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Net assets 13,403 21,938 7,139 18,513
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Capital and reserves
Called up equity share capital 4,392 9,150 4,392 9,150
Share premium account - 15,832 - 15,832
Profit and loss account 9,011 (3,044) 2,747 (6,469)
-------- -------- -------- --------
Equity shareholders' funds 13,403 21,938 7,139 18,513
-------- -------- -------- --------
Reconciliation of movements in shareholders' funds
Unrecovered loss for the financial
year (12,188) (5,903) (6,127) (4,560)
Special capital payment (4,758) - (4,758) -
Goodwill written back 7,875 3,888 - -
Foreign currency translation
differences 536 91 (489) -
-------- -------- -------- --------
Net transfer from shareholders' funds (8,535) (1,924) (11,374) (4,560)
Opening shareholders' funds 21,938 23,862 18,513 23,073
-------- -------- -------- --------
Closing shareholders' funds 13,403 21,938 7,139 18,513
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Leeds Group plc
Preliminary Results
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement
for the year ended 30 September 2003
2003 2002
£000 £000
Cash inflow from operating activities 1,505 3,148
Return on investments and servicing of finance (837) (1,318)
Taxation 708 (385)
Capital expenditure and financial investment 293 4,604
Acquisitions and disposals (500) 4,625
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Cash inflow before financing 1,169 10,674
Special capital payment (4,758) -
Financing (1,643) (2,635)
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(Decrease)/increase in cash in the year (5,232) 8,039
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Reconciliation of Net Cash Flow to Movement in Net Debt
2003 2002
£000 £000
(Decrease)/increase in cash in the year (5,232) 8,039
Net cash inflow from debt and lease financing 1,643 2,635
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Change in net debt resulting from cash flows (3,589) 10,674
Net debt disposed of with subsidiary 5,408 -
Translation difference (685) (173)
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Movement in net debt 1,134 10,501
Net debt at beginning of the year (15,195) (25,696)
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Net debt at end of the year (14,061) (15,195)
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Reconciliation of operating profit to operating cash flows
2003 2002
£000 £000
Operating profit/(loss) 1,562 (315)
Depreciation and amortisation of fixed assets 312 856
Impairment of tangible fixed assets - 294
Amortisation of goodwill 106 86
Loss on sale of tangible fixed assets 4 86
Decrease in stocks 1,427 1,822
(Increase)/decrease in debtors (1,315) 3,062
(Decrease) in creditors (912) (1,110)
Decrease/(increase) in finance lease debtors 321 (1,633)
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Net cash inflow from operating activities 1,505 3,148
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Leeds Group plc
Preliminary Results
Notes
1. The Directors do not recommend the payment of a dividend.
2. Exceptional items of £13,509,000 are as follows:
£000
Loss on sale of Nemesis 12,832
Exceptional default provision - Leeds Leasing 600
Costs relating to the special capital payment 77
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13,509
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Nemesis SpA was sold to a company controlled by its management on 12 March 2003.
The loss on disposal included acquisition goodwill of £7,875,000 previously
written off to reserves.
The exceptional default provision has been made against a long-standing supplier
from which Leeds Leasing has acquired assets to rent. Leeds Leasing has recourse
arrangements with the supplier in the event of default by lessees, and provision
against the lease debts has been made as the present financial position of the
supplier makes it unlikely that recourse debts, either current or future, will
be collectible.
3. The financial information set out on pages 9 to 11 does not constitute the
Company's statutory accounts for the year ended 30 September 2003 or the year
ended 30 September 2002 but is derived from those accounts.
4. Statutory accounts for the year ended 30 September 2002 have been delivered
to the Registrar of Companies, and those for the year ended 30 September 2003
will be delivered following the Company's Annual General Meeting. The auditors
have reported on those accounts: their reports were unqualified and did not
contain statements under section 237(2) or (3) of the Companies Act 1985.
5. Full accounts will be sent to shareholders in January 2004. Further copies
will then be available from the Company's Registered Office, Schofield House,
Gateway Drive, Yeadon, Leeds, LS19 7XY, or from the Group's website,
www.leedsgroup.plc.uk.
6. The Annual General Meeting will be held at the offices of KPMG Audit Plc, 1
The Embankment, Neville Street, Leeds, LS1 4DW on 25 February 2004 at 9.30am.
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