[LPNT] QoQ Quarter Result on 31-Mar-2004 [#Q1]

Announcement Date
30-Mar-2004
Financial Year
2004
Quarter
31-Mar-2004 [#Q1]
Profit Trend
QoQ- 23.83%
YoY- 35.03%
Quarter Report
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Quarter Result
31/12/04 30/09/04 30/06/04 31/03/04 31/12/03 30/09/03 30/06/03 CAGR
Revenue 257,500 253,700 246,400 256,600 237,300 227,300 221,600 10.47%
PBT 37,900 33,300 31,600 39,300 31,600 27,100 25,700 29.40%
Tax 13,900 13,200 12,900 15,400 11,600 10,900 10,400 21.22%
NP 23,400 19,700 18,700 23,900 19,300 16,200 15,300 32.57%
Tax Rate -36.68% -39.64% -40.82% -39.19% -36.71% -40.22% -40.47% -
Total Cost 234,100 234,000 227,700 232,700 218,000 211,100 206,300 8.75%
Ratio Analysis
31/12/04 30/09/04 30/06/04 31/03/04 31/12/03 30/09/03 30/06/03 CAGR
NP Margin 9.09 7.77 7.59 9.31 8.13 7.13 6.90 20.07%
Per Share
31/12/04 30/09/04 30/06/04 31/03/04 31/12/03 30/09/03 30/06/03 CAGR
EPS 0.62 0.53 0.51 0.65 0.53 0.43 0.41 31.58%
EPS Diluted 0.54 0.46 0.43 0.56 0.45 0.37 0.35 33.34%

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.