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Profile - Premier Farnell PLC (NYSE:PFP)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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July 26Price hit new 52-week low ($6.65)
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Location
150 Armley Road, Leeds LS12 2QQ
West Yorkshire, UK
Phone: (216) 361-4375
Fax: (216) 361-7454
Email: information@premierfarnell.com
Employees (last reported count): 5,693
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 ·Sector: Technology
 ·Industry: Electronic Instruments & Controls
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 45%
·Institutional: 1% (1% of float)
(16 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 132.0K shares (+13.13%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Premier Farnell PLC is a distributor of electronic, electrical, electromechanical and industrial components in the United Kingdom, mainland Europe and the United States. The Company has operations in 22 countries, principally in the territories described above, but also in Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil. It offers a broad range of products, including semiconductors, connectors, electromechanical products and passive components, as well as other products used in the electronics industry, such as consumable spares, soldering equipment and supplies, hand tools and test equipment. The Company also distributes (and in some cases manufactures) a wide range of industrial products used to repair and maintain equipment, machinery, vehicles and buildings and produces high-performance fire-fighting components for the original equipment and replacement markets.
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Financial Summary
PFP is a distributor of electronic, electrical, electromechanical and industrial components in the U.K., Europe and the U.S., offering semiconductors, connectors, electromechanical products, passive components and related items. For the 13 weeks ended 4/30/01, revenues increased 2% to L214.7 million. Net loss applicable to Common totaled L2.9 million vs. an income of L11.1 million. Results reflect increased sales, offset by higher costs and the loss on sale of business.
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Officers

Position
Malcolm BatesChairman
John HirstCEO, Director
Michael RuprichCEO, Newark Electronics
Brian LewisGroup Director of HUman Resources
Michael BellGroup Director, Information Technology
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:PFPAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 26-July-2001
$6.65 
Recent Price$7.80 
52-Week High
on 6-Sep-2000
$15.25 
Beta0.78 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)1,773 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)2,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-48.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-31.4%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.06B
Shares Outstanding136.1M
Float74.8M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$1.29 
Earnings (ttm)$0.34 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.03 
Sales (ttm)$9.43 
Cash (mrq)$0.73 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)6.04 
Price/Earnings (ttm)22.94 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.83 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.28B
EBITDA (ttm)$156.3M
Income available to common (ttm)$46.5M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)6.6%
Operating Margin (ttm)9.9%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJan 28
Most recent quarter30-Apr-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)11.00%
Return on Equity (ttm)34.84%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.41 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.82 
Total Cash (mrq)$99.2M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short0 
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
0 
Daily Volume2,000 
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-Apr-2001);   dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 1.45 Dollars/British Pounds

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