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Profile - CanWest Global Communic. (NYSE:CWG)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
201 Portage Avenue, Manitoba, R3B 3L7
Winnipeg, Canada
Phone: (204) 956-2025
Fax: (204) 947-9841
Email: jmaguire@canwest.com
Employees (last reported count): 2,555
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 ·Industry: Broadcasting & Cable TV
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 55%
·Institutional: 0% (1% of float)
(15 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 34.0K shares (+5.40%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
CanWest Global Communications Corp. (CanWest) is Canada's leading international, diversified media company. CanWest's strength as a content provider has been built through its coast-to-coast Canadian broadcasting network Global Television, which reaches over 94% of English-speaking Canada; its leading film and TV production and distribution operation, CanWest Entertainment; a growing new media business, CanWest Interactive; and the Company's significant international broadcasting presence in New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland. Most recently, CanWest was transformed into Canada's largest daily newspaper publisher with the acquisition from Hollinger, Inc. of 14 major metropolitan newspapers, 126 community newspapers and a 50% interest in the National Post.
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Financial Summary
CWG operates four TV broadcasting companies: CanWest Television Inc. and Global Communications Ltd. in Canada, The TEN Group Ltd. in Australia and Global Television NZ Ltd. in New Zealand and one radio broadcasting, Global Radio NZ Ltd. For the nine months ended 5/31/01, revenues totaled C$1.44 billion, up from C$544.3 million. Net income according to U.S.GAAP fell 90% to C$23.6 million. Revenues reflect acquisitions. Net income was offset by higher amortization expenses.
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Officers

Position
I. Asper, Ph.D.Exec. Chairman
Leonard AsperPres, CEO, Director
Peter VinerVice Chairman
John MaguireCFO and VP, Fin.
Thomas StrikeCOO
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:CWGAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 12-Apr-2001
$6.75 
Recent Price$8.32 
52-Week High
on 15-Sep-2000
$14.563
Beta0.70 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)3,273 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)1,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-33.8%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-11.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.25B
Shares Outstanding150.0M
Float67.1M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.19 
Dividend Yield2.32%
Last Split: 3 for 1 on 23-July-1996
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$5.72 
Earnings (ttm)$0.39 
Earnings (mrq)$0.07 
Sales (ttm)$6.58 
Cash (mrq)$0.47 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.46 
Price/Earnings (ttm)21.22 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.26 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.05B
EBITDA (ttm)$262.9M
Income available to common (ttm)$52.9M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)3.5%
Operating Margin (ttm)0.2%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsAug 31
Most recent quarter31-May-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.19%
Return on Equity (ttm)7.28%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.36 
Debt/Equity (mrq)2.98 
Total Cash (mrq)$71.3M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1,000 
Percent of Float0.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
0 
Short Ratio0.33 
Daily Volume3,000 
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 31-May-2001);   dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 1.55 Canadian Dollars/US Dollar

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