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| Announcement
of trading results The trading results for the Group for the first half of 1999 will be announced on 6 September 1999. The trading results for the full year ending 31 December 1999 will be announced in March 2000. |
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payments on unsecured loan stock Interest on the 5.5 per cent unsecured loan stock is payable on 30 June and 31 December. |
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| Share
prices and capital gains tax The closing price of the Company’s ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange on 31 December 1998 was 237.5p per share compared with 405.5p per share on 31 December 1997. |
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| The
market value of the Company’s ordinary shares on 31 March 1982, as
calculated for capital gains tax purposes, was 53.5p per share. The Company’s SEAQ number is 51443. |
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| Enquiries
about shareholdings For enquiries concerning shareholders’ personal holdings please contact the Company’s registrar; Lloyds TSB Registrars, 54 Pershore Road South, Birmingham B22 1AD (Telephone: 0121 433 8000) |
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| IMI
Personal Equity Plans (PEPs) and Corporate Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) Following the Government’s announcement to replace PEPs with ISAs from 6 April 1999, the IMI PEP will no longer be available. The Company is currently considering the introduction of a corporate sponsored ISA. |
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| Share
Dealing Service Managed by Cazenove & Co, the Company’s stockbrokers, the IMI plc Share Dealing Service provides shareholders with a simple, low cost way of buying and selling IMI ordinary shares. Full written details can be obtained from Secretary’s Department, IMI plc, PO Box 216, Witton, Birmingham, B6 7BA. (Telephone: 0121 356 4848). |
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