Corporate Profile for National Power Plc, dated July 7, 1995.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and information services See Information Systems. . These include Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance News/Retrieval, Bloomberg Financial Markets, Reuter Company Newsyear, Reuter Business Briefing, DataTimes, Nexis, Dialog, NewsNet, America OnLine See AOL. , CompuServe, Delphi, Individual's HeadsUp and First!, Desktop Data's NewsEdge, UMI UMI University Microfilms International UMI United States Minor Outlying Islands (ISO Country code) UMI University of Miami UMI Universal Management Infrastructure (IBM) Data Courier, NewsBank, Information Access Company and many others. -0- Published date: July 7, 1995 Company name: National Power Plc
Address: Windmill Hill Business Park
Whitehill Way
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN5 6PB
Telephone No.: Chief Executive Officer: Keith Henry Chief Financial Officer: Brian Birkenhead Investor Relations Contact: Lynda Jenkins Business number: 44 171-615 3912 Home number: Public Relations Contact: Andy Roe Business number: 44 171-615 3070 Home number:
Trading symbol: Fully Paid - NP
Partly Paid - NPpp
Industry: Electricity Generation Company description: National Power is the leading electricity company in the UK having over 20,000 MW capacity, 1,800 of which is gas-fired and the remaining mainly coal-fired. Total sales output for the year was 92 terawatt hours. It produces and sells electricity through the wholesale market, the pool, principally to regional electricity companies and also to large industrial/commercial customers. It achieved profits before tax and the exceptional item of 735m pounds ($1173m) on revenues of 3953m pounds ($6307m) in the fiscal year ended March 1995. Before the exceptional item of (30)m pounds ($(48)m), profits before tax were up 16 percent EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format. were up 17 percent and dividends for the year of 15.45p were up 24 percent. The US GAAP GAAP See: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAAP See generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). adjusted figures show profits before the exceptional item of US$884. The final dividend of 44.4p will be payable to ADR ADR - Astra Digital Radio Holders on Aug. 7, 1995. This figure will be translated into US Dollars at the exchange rate applicable on July 27. Since privatisation the company has been restructured to meet the new challenges of increasing competition, changing technologies and environmental pressures and expanded into international markets. With a stock market value of 5.1bn pounds ($8.1bn) National Power ranks as one of the major companies in the UK in terms of market value and profits and is one of the largest publicly quoted electricity companies in the world. ADR Ratio ADR ratio The number of foreign shares represented by one American Depositary Receipt. 4:1 Stock Exchange Listing: London, NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange Shares Outstanding: 1182m Ticker: Fully Paid - NP Partly Paid - NPpp Exchange Rate: 1 pound = US$1.5955 Share Price (London): Fully Paid - 428p ($6.83) Partly Paid - 164p ($2.62) ADR Price: Fully Paid - $28 Partly Paid - $10.75 Date: March 27, 1995 CONTACT: National Power Plc |
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