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Friday 02 December 2016 8:52 amBerkeley Grouprsquo shares leap after announcing in-line performance and solid cash foundationsBy: Oliver GillShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on Goog <a href=https://www.polenefr.fr>polene</a> leShares in property firm Berkeley Group jumped over four per cent in trading this morning after revealing an outstanding balance sheet.The figuresHalf year revenue to the end of October leaptfrom pound;1.1bn to pound;1.4bn, with gross profit jumping from pound;391m to pound;504m.Profit before tax was pound;393m, up frompound;293m last year.The coffers at Berkeley are brimming with cash. Its net reserves stood at pound;208m, up from pound;107m in April ndash; and this was after it had shelled out pound <a href=https://www.brumates.us>brumate era</a> ;157m payments to shareholders in the form of dividends and share buybacks. Basic earnings per share soared by 35 per cent to 225.7p anddividends per share jumped by 11 per cent to 100p <a href=https://www.stanley-canada.ca>stanley ca</a> .Read more: Berkeley Group s home reservations hit by stamp duty and the Brexit voteWhy it s interestingThe Cobham-based group has previously promised to return bundles of cash to shareholders ndash; perhaps replicating the generosity offellow Cobham-based Chelsea footballers donationsto charity over Christmas.Berkeley had previously planned to pay a further pound;10 per share to investors between now and 2021 in the form of dividends.However, the company said: The current heightened macro uncer Sklk Infrastructure plan met with cautious support
Thursday 14 May 2009 8:00 pm|Updated:Friday 31 May 2019 3:22 pmAmec boardrsquo pay too muchBy: admindrupalShareFacebookSha <a href=https://www.polenes.ca>polene canada</a> re on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleTHE furore over City pay hit another company last night, as over half of investors at engineering group Amec refused to back the companyrsquo remuneration report.Around 40 per cent of itsshareholders opposed the report on directors salaries and bonus plans, while 13 per cent abstained.Amec wanted to give its chief executive Samir Brikho a further 14 per cent pay rise, after a 41 per cent pay increase to pound;675,000 last year.Hersquo set to receive pound;750,000 this year.Before the shareholder meeting, The Association of British Insurers ABI had issued an amber top alert on Amec, and said that Brikhorsquo raise could be cause for concern. The ABI does not tell shareh <a href=https://www.stanleyquencher.uk>stanley cup uk</a> olders which way to cast their vote.The shareholder rejection is the latest in a series of assaults on companies who seek to reward their executives with potentially excessive bonuses, not reflective of company performance.Sub-prime lender Pro <a href=https://www.stanley-cups.pl>stanley butelka</a> vident Financialrsquo remuneration report was rejected by over halfof investors earlier this month.Meanwhile, around a third of mining group Xstratarsquo shareholders rejected the companies pay report.Share this articleFacebookXLinkedInWhatsAppEmailSimilarly tagged content: SectionsNewsC