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Profile - United Business Media plc (NasdaqNM:UNEWY)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
July 30Price hit new 52-week low ($7.60)
Upcoming Events
Nov  5Dividend payment of $0.141
Location
245 Blackfriars Rd., Ludgate House
London SE1 9UY, UK
Phone: (071) 921-5000
Employees (last reported count): 13,459
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Printing & Publishing
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 14%
·Institutional: 0% (0% of float)
(15 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 172.0K shares (+35.55%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
United Business Media plc, formerly known as United News & Media plc, is a focused international media and information group with positions in both consumer and business-to-business markets. The Company operates in two distinct divisions: Business Services and Consumer Publishing, with key areas of activity in the United Kingdom, United States, continental Europe and Asia. On November 26, 1999, United announced its intention to merge with Carlton Communications plc. In conjunction with the merger announcement, United announced a divestment program to enable the group to concentrate on the New Media markets.
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Financial Summary
UNEWY is an international media group focused on high tech professional publishing, corporate news distribution, market research and New Media. For the fiscal year ended 12/31/00, revenues decreased 9% to L1.98 billion. Net income before U.S. GAAP totalled L1.83 billion vs. a loss of L105.4 million. Revenues reflect the sale of some company operations. Earnings benefitted from a L2.15 billion gain on the sale and closure of businesses.

Recent Earnings Announcement
For the 6 months ended 06/30/2001, revenues were 490,700; after tax earnings were -8,900. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of British Pounds.)

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Officers

Position
Ronald HampelChairman
Clive HollickCheif Exec. Officer
Nigel WilsonCFO, Director
Anne SiddellSec.
Andy CrowFin. Director
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:UNEWYAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 30-July-2001
$7.60 
Recent Price$7.90 
52-Week High
on 30-Jan-2001
$25.75 
Beta0.60 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)26.6K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)5,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-68.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-57.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$2.00B
Shares Outstanding253.5M
Float218.0M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book ValueN/A 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.06 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.06 
SalesN/A 
CashN/A 
Valuation Ratios
Price/BookN/A 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/SalesN/A 
Income Statements
SalesN/A 
EBITDAN/A 
IncomeN/A 
Profitability
Profit MarginN/A 
Operating MarginN/A 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on AssetsN/A 
Return on EquityN/A 
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/EquityN/A 
Total Cash (mrq)$895.4M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short155.0K
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
167.0K
Short Ratio5.17 
Daily Volume30.0K
ADR Information
Shares/ADR2
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001);   dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 1.45 Dollars/British Pounds

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