| Business Summary | | American
Banknote
Corporation
(ABN)
is
a
global
full-service
provider
of
secure
transaction
solutions
in
carefully
selected
markets
along
three
major
product
groups:
Transaction
Cards
&
Systems,
Printing
Services
and
Document
Management,
and
Security
Printing
Solutions.
ABN
supplies
transaction
cards
and
products
and
systems
in
Brazil,
Australia,
New
Zealand
and
the
United
States.
Products
and
services
include
stored-value
cards,
transaction
cards
and
personalization
services,
holograms
and
equipment
sales
and
services.
The
Company
is
a
full-service
provider
of
electronic
printing
applications
to
a
number
of
corporate
and
government
customers.
ABN
prints
counterfeit-resistant
documents
of
value,
including
checks,
money
orders,
passports,
foreign
currency,
stock
and
bond
certificates
and
other
commercial
documents
of
value
such
as
gift
certificates. | More
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Business Description |
| Financial Summary | | ABNK
is
a
holding
Co.
which
through
its
subsidiaries
operates
in
a
single
industry
with
three
principal
product
lines:
Transaction
Cards
and
Systems;
Printing
Services
and
Document
Management;
and
Security
printing
Solutions.
For
the
nine
months
ended
9/98,
revenues
fell
3%
to
$239.8
million.
Net
income
before
accounting
change
rose
31%
to
$6.1
million.
Revenues
reflect
unfavorable
foreign
exchange
rates.
Earnings
benefitted
from
a
$79.5
million
gain
on
the
sale
of
a
subsidiary. | More
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Developments |
| Officers | | | FY1997 Pay | |
| C. Goldsmith, 69 Chairman | -- | Francis Lavelle, 48 Managing
Director of Sati | -- | Sidney Levy, 41 Managing
Director of ABNB | -- | John Gorman, 53 Exec.
VP and CFO | -- | Harvey Kesner, 40 Exec.
VP, Gen. Counsel and Sec. | $210K | Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1997 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.. |
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