Cookson Group plc http://www.alacrastore.com/company-snapshot/Cookson_Group_plc-1004263 Friday, October 10, 2008 5:49:03 PM 1004263 Cookson Group plc en AlacraStore RSS Builder 1.0 30 http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/hmsc/201-xlshmsc/201-xlsnorm201Cookson Group PLCCookson Group PLC9/17/2008 7:13:00 PMCKSN10539.00Cookson Group PLC: Company Insight Reportinsight201-xlsCompany Profiles & FinancialsHemscott Company Reportshttp://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/hmsc/201-pdfhmsc/201-pdfnormHemscott Company Fact Sheets provide business details, share data, valuation metrics, key statistics and dates, progress reports, major shareholders, directors, regulatory news, as well as five-year price charts, trading records and forecasts. 201Cookson Group PLCCookson Group PLC9/17/2008 7:13:00 PM201-pdfCKSN10624.00Cookson Group PLC: Company Facts Reportfacts201-pdfCompany Profiles & FinancialsHemscott Company Reportshttp://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/ccbn/T1899723ccbn/T1899723norm... - Cookson Group - Group CEO Good morning. Welcome to this presentation of Cookson's interim results for the six month period ended the ##th of June, ####. Mike Butterworth and I will be making the presentation, and our Chairman, Bob Beeston, is with us here in the audience. The disclaimer, leave it out. These are some of the highlights from this morning's press release. Trading profit of GBP### million was up ##% on a constant currency basis, and not ##% as reported. This was driven by continued organic growth and margin improvement in our ceramics division, augmented for the second quarter by a very strong contribution from the acquired Foseco business. Ceramics now represents over ##% of Group trading profit, and the Foseco integration is proceeding well. Electronics is maintaining its performance at #### levels in slightly softer end markets, and the precious metals divisions is remaining profitable, despite difficult retail jewelry markets. Headline profit before tax was up ##%,... 8/5/2008 4:05:05 PMCookson Group Plc106.0000FinalInterim 2008 Cookson Group Plc Earnings Conference Call TranscriptCKSN.L10:30am UKTTranscriptT1899723Credit & Investment ResearchThomson StreetEventshttp://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/ccbn/T1778050ccbn/T1778050norm... - Cookson Group Plc - Group CEO Well good morning everybody. Welcome to this presentation of our results for the financial year ended December ##, ####. It's a busy morning for reporting and we know a number of people may still be at the [Weir's] meeting and charging in late. Just before I go any further the usual cautionary note, please turn off your mobile phones. Mike Butterworth and I will be making the presentation this morning and our Chairman Bob Beeston is also with us here in the audience. First the disclaimer which I'm sure you've all read. Right these are some of the highlights from today's press release. Trading profit for continuing operations at constant currency was up ##% driven by a very strong performance in the ceramics division where profits were up ##%. Headline profit before tax up ##%, earnings per share ##%. Strong profit growth in lower tax jurisdictions has resulted in a much lower tax charge. We're recommending a final dividend of #.##p and hence the total... 3/11/2008 1:05:00 PMCookson Group Plc54.0000FinalPreliminary 2007 Cookson Group Plc Earnings Conference Call TranscriptCKSN.L11:15am UKTTranscriptT1778050Credit & Investment ResearchThomson StreetEvents