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Article: NET PROFIT RISES 2.6PCT FOR GLOVES, CONDOM MAKER ANSELL.(Financial report)
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- August 18, 2008
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MELBOURNE, Aug 18 Asia Pulse - Gloves and condoms maker Ansell Ltd (ASX:ANN) expects earnings per share for the 2008/09 financial year to be in the range of 70 US cents to 74 US cents.
Ansell today reported an annual net profit for 2007/08 of .6 million ($US88.7 million), up 2.6 per cent on the prior year.
In US dollars, which is Ansell's operating currency, annual net profit was $US91.7 million, a 15.9 per cent increase on the previous year's $US79.1 million.
Reported earnings per share was 66.1 US cents, up 23.8 per cent on the prior year's 53.4 US cents, and above the forecast range of 60 to 64 US cents.
The company declared a final ...