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Profile - Groupe AB (NYSE:ABG)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 31Price hit new 52-week low ($14.40)
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Location
132 avenue du President Wilson
93210 La Plaine
Saint Denis, France
Phone: (212) 371-5999
Employees (last reported count): 354
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Broadcasting & Cable TV
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 26%
·Institutional: 4% (6% of float)
(11 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 499.0K shares (+19.15%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Groupe AB is a supplier of thematic channels to the digital pay-television market in France. The Company's activities are organized into three business segments: thematic channels, television programming and merchandising. The Company operates a total of 18 channels, including RTL9, a cable and satellite channel in France, ABI (fiction and series), AB Moteurs (motorized vehicles), Escates (travel), RFM-TV (popular music) and XXL (adult). The Company's portfolio of channels also includes Onyx Television (Onyx), a music channel that is distributed via cable in Germany. The Company is also an independent distributor and producer of television programming with an extensive library of television programming rights. The Company's merchandising activities include the sale of videocassette recordings, the publication of magazines and the sale of merchandising licenses.
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Financial Summary
Groupe AB primarily produces and distributes TV programming and related merchandise to France and other countries, and operates the AB Sat pay TV service. For the six months ended 6/30/00, revenues rose 6% to FF414.9 million. Net income rose 69% to FF43.8 million. Revenues reflect increased revenues from Thematic channels due to continued growth of the subscriber base. Earnings also reflect higher operating margins.
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Officers

Position
Claude BerdaChairman and CEO
Jean-Francois KleinCFO and VP
Denis BortotCOO, Exec. VP - Production
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:ABGAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 31-Aug-2001
$14.40 
Recent Price$14.40 
52-Week High
on 14-June-2001
$19.89 
Beta0.85 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)3,864 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)2,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-1.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+32.7%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$729.4M
Shares Outstanding50.7M
Float37.4M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book ValueN/A 
Earnings (ttm)$0.15 
EarningsN/A 
SalesN/A 
CashN/A 
Valuation Ratios
Price/BookN/A 
Price/Earnings (ttm)93.51 
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 quarter31-Mar-2000
Management Effectiveness
Return on AssetsN/A 
Return on EquityN/A 
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/EquityN/A 
Total CashN/A 
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short82.0K
Percent of Float0.2%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
81.0K
Short Ratio82.00 
Daily Volume1,000 
ADR Information
Shares/ADR0.5
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-Mar-2000);   dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 7.21 French Francs/Dollar

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