[LPNT] QoQ Quarter Result on 31-Dec-2003 [#Q4]

Announcement Date
30-Dec-2003
Financial Year
2003
Quarter
31-Dec-2003 [#Q4]
Profit Trend
QoQ- 19.14%
YoY- 9.66%
Quarter Report
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Quarter Result
30/09/04 30/06/04 31/03/04 31/12/03 30/09/03 30/06/03 31/03/03 CAGR
Revenue 253,700 246,400 256,600 237,300 227,300 221,600 220,900 9.64%
PBT 33,300 31,600 39,300 31,600 27,100 25,700 29,900 7.42%
Tax 13,200 12,900 15,400 11,600 10,900 10,400 12,200 5.37%
NP 19,700 18,700 23,900 19,300 16,200 15,300 17,700 7.37%
Tax Rate -39.64% -40.82% -39.19% -36.71% -40.22% -40.47% -40.80% -
Total Cost 234,000 227,700 232,700 218,000 211,100 206,300 203,200 9.83%
Ratio Analysis
30/09/04 30/06/04 31/03/04 31/12/03 30/09/03 30/06/03 31/03/03 CAGR
NP Margin 7.77 7.59 9.31 8.13 7.13 6.90 8.01 -2.00%
Per Share
30/09/04 30/06/04 31/03/04 31/12/03 30/09/03 30/06/03 31/03/03 CAGR
EPS 0.53 0.51 0.65 0.53 0.43 0.41 0.47 8.31%
EPS Diluted 0.46 0.43 0.56 0.45 0.37 0.35 0.40 9.73%

PBT = Profit before Tax, NP = Net Profit, NP Margin = Net Profit Margin, EPS = Earning Per Share, EPS Diluted = Earning Per Share Diluted.

NP Margin, QoQ & YoY figures in Percentage; EPS & EPS Diluted figures in Cent.

All figures in '000 unless specified.