BOC Group plc
BOC: H1 2006 results
BOC Group, a supplier of industrial gases reported a 38% decrease in group operating profits for the half year to March 2006 following the disposal of the company’s majority holding in Afrox Hospitals.
BOC was obliged to divest 80% of its holding in Afrox (which supplies medical gases) under a black empowerment scheme in March 2005. […]
BOC Group : Q1 results
BOC Group, a supplier of industrial gases reported a 1% decline in group turnover and a 5% decline in group operating profits for the first quarter to December 2005.
The Chief Executive of the company, Tony Isaacs claimed that “the Group has performed strongly with record first quarter earnings”. The company has been recovering from a […]
BOC Group: 3Q Results
BOC Group, a supplier oxygen, nitrogen and other industrial gases reported a 7.2% decline operating profits for the quarter to June 2005. Operating profits for Q3 were £124.3m compared to £134m for the same period last year. Operating profits for the nine months to June 2005 were £415.4m, slightly ahead of the £407.8m reported last […]
BOC Q2 results
BOC’s second quarter turnover in sterling was up 2.4% and operating profit (pre-exceptional) was up 5.7%. At CER turnover and operating profits were up 1% and 4% respectively; these results indicates an overall improvement in margins, both at CER and sterling continuing the strong performance. Operating profit margin improvement in the second quarter […]
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BOC’s first quarter of 2005 continued the previous year’s growth with turnover up 8% and operating profit (pre exceptional) up 10% at constant exchange rates (CER). In sterling terms, first quarter turnover was up 5% to £1.2bn, operating profit was up 7% to £137m.
Turnover was up double digits at CER across all BOC’s businesses, […]
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