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BlueStar SecuTech (BSST:AIM) – Finals PTP: Rmb 53.5m (Rmb 45m) Divi: n/a (n/a) Even though the Chinese authorities delayed full conversion of last June’s £11.1 million flotation proceeds into local currency, the digital video surveillance expert still delivered rapid earnings growth... READ MORE >>

Alliance & Leicester (AL.) – Finals PTP: £399.2m (£568.9m) Divi: 55.3p (52.3p) The share price had been propped up in recent months by rumours of a bid from Santander, but the Spanish bank has since distanced itself from any deal and this set of results raises some serious... READ MORE >>

Cadbury Schweppes (CBRY) – Finals PTP: £915m (£931m) Divi: 15.5p... READ MORE >>

Croda International (CRDA) – Finals PTP: £60.9m (£17.2m) Divi: 10.8p (9.7p) High raw material and energy costs and challenging trading conditions did little to faze the chemicals group, which posted record sales and profits for the year ending 31 December... READ MORE >>

Rexam (REX) – Finals PTP: £245m (£264m) Divi: 20p (19p) The shares of the world’s biggest beverage can maker jumped 5% on these results. Though profits were down, this had been flagged in the December trading update. The good news is Rexam expects profits to progress this year... READ MORE >>

Terrace Hill (THG:AIM) – Finals PTP: £18.1m (£25.8m) Divi: 1.3p (1.1p) Chief executive Philip Leech says major highlights of the year included a 13.8% rise in triple net asset value (TNAV) to 83.7p per share and a 16.7% hike in the group’s total dividend at 2.1p per share – in line ... READ MORE >>

Alphameric (ALM) – Finals PTP: -£4.16m (£1.62m) Divi: n/a (1.0p) A pair of profit warnings and a failed bid approach meant 2007 was a challenging year for the leisure software specialist. But November’s £11.1 million capital raising steadied the ship and the firm can now build on... READ MORE >>

Lloyds TSB (LLOY) – Finals PTP: £4,000m (£4,248m) Divi: 35.9p (34.2p) Lloyds appears to have come through the sub-prime crisis more or less unscathed. Write downs of £280 million, while slightly higher than the guidance figure of £201 million offered in December, pale into... READ MORE >>

Morgan Sindall (MGNS) – Finals PTP: £57.6m (£47.6m) Divi: 28p (20p) Full year figures from Morgan Sindall, Shares’ ‘hot stock for 2008’ (19 December 2007) suggest mixed-model contractors could withstand credit crunch-related hiccups in the industry. Investors should be reassured... READ MORE >>

ARC International (ARK) – Finals PTP: -£3.89m (-£2.72m) Divi: n/a (n/a) A fourth acquisition in twelve months means chief executive Carl Schlachte continues to build for the future and analyst forecasts suggest the chip design expert could make its first annual profit since 2000’s... READ MORE >>

Barclays (BARC) – Finals PTP: £7,076m (£7,136m) Divi: 32p (27.9p) Despite a 1% decline in profits this set of results was a source of reassurance across the sector. The numbers were broadly in line with expectations, there was a further boost in the form of a 10% hike in the... READ MORE >>

Pendragon (PDG) – Finals PTP: £34.8m (£69.4m) Divi: 4p (3.45p) 2007 is a year Pendragon shareholders will want to forget. Three profit warnings and a fall of 73% in the share price underlines the group’s fundamental problems. Although new car registrations rose by 2.5% last year,... READ MORE >>

Dicom (DCM) – Interims PTP: £6.09m (£6.02m) Divi: 0.82p (0.71p) A planned change in name from Dicom to Kofax (KFX) is the latest step in new chief executive officer Reynolds Carl Bish’s attempts to reinvigorate the information capture expert’s growth profile after last year’s... READ MORE >>