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Location

1 Grosvenor Place
London SW1X 7JH, UK

Phone: (732) 919-2310
Fax: (732) 919-1149
Email: carolann.walsh@hansonplc.com

Employees (last reported count): 27,000

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Ownership

·	Insider and 5%+ Owners: 25%
·	Institutional: 11% (15% of float) (77 institutions)
·	Net Inst. Selling: 669.0K shares (+4.26%) (prior quarter to latest quarter)

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Business Summary

Hanson PLC is a building materials company with operations in 20 countries in the United Kingdom, continental Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and Australia. The Company's principal businesses are aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, concrete products and bricks. Hanson focuses exclusively on heavy building materials. It aims to lead on margins and efficiency and to establish strong local market positions through a combination of bolt-on acquisitions and capital investment. Hanson will diversify internationally into certain markets that have good long-term prospects.

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Financial Summary

Hanson PLC is an international building materials company operating in 20 countries. HAN's principal businesses are aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, concrete products and bricks. For the fiscal year ended 12/00, revenues rose 63% to L3.14 billion. Earnings before U.S. GAAP adjustment and from continuing operations fell 24% to L254.6 million. Results reflect higher revenues from Trading Operations and the Pioneer acquisition, offset by higher operation and interest expenses.

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Officers

	Position
Christopher Collins, 61	Chairman
Andrew Dougal, 49	CEO
Jonathan Nicholls, 43	Fin. Director
Alan Murray, 47	CEO, Hanson Building Materials America
Simon Vivian, 43	CEO, Hanson Quarry Products Europe

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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:HAN

As of 31-Aug-2001

Price and Volume
52-Week Low on 26-Oct-2000	$`22.313`
Recent Price	$`38.81`
52-Week High on 28-Aug-2001	$`40.00`
Beta	`0.68`
Daily Volume (3-month avg)	`23.0K`
Daily Volume (10-day avg)	`19.0K`
Stock Performance
big chart [1d \| 5d \| 3m \| 6m \| 1y \| 2y \| 5y \| max]
52-Week Change	`+32.4%`
52-Week Change relative to S&P500	`+77.6%`
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization	$`5.71B`
Shares Outstanding	`147.1M`
Float	`110.3M`
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend	none
Last Split: 17 for 55 on 24-Feb-1997

Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)	$`23.91`
Earnings (ttm)	$`2.60`
Earnings (mrq)	$`1.34`
Sales (ttm)	$`32.08`
Cash (mrq*)	$`13.14`
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)	`1.62`
Price/Earnings (ttm)	`14.91`
Price/Sales (ttm)	`1.21`
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)	$`4.56B`
EBITDA (ttm*)	$`884.5M`
Income available to common (ttm)	$`370.2M`
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)	`8.1%`
Operating Margin (ttm)	`12.8%`
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends	Dec 31
Most recent quarter (fully updated)	31-Dec-2000
Most recent quarter (flash earnings)	31-Mar-2001

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)	`4.02%`
Return on Equity (ttm)	`11.50%`
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)	`1.12`
Debt/Equity (mrq*)	`1.30`
Total Cash (mrq)	$`1.93B`
Short Interest As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short	`47.0K`
Percent of Float	`0.0%`
Shares Short (Prior Month)	`53.0K`
Short Ratio	`2.24`
Daily Volume	`21.0K`
ADR Information
Shares/ADR	5

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