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WHS is involved in the retailing of general merchandise and stationery through chain stores in New Zealand and Australia. One of its well-known Australian acquisitions was the retail chain Clint's Crazy Bargains in 2000. WHS has 85 Warehouse stores and 43 Warehouse Stationary stores located throughout New Zealand.
Financial Summary
Year to Aug
NPAT Rep $M
NPAT1 Adj $M
EPS c
EPS chg %
PER x
PER rel All Ords x
PER rel Sector x
DPS c
Yield %
Franking %
ROE %
2004A
55.4
52.4
18.2
n/a
16.4
0.5
0.5
3.6
1.2
1
17.2
2005A
35.0
59.9
11.6
-36.2
25.6
1.0
0.8
3.6
1.2
0
20.4
2006A
23.7
82.0
7.9
-31.4
37.4
1.7
1.3
4.4
1.5
0
29.1
2007A
103.3
90.8
33.5
321.5
8.9
0.5
0.4
36.2
12.2
0
29.5
2008A
70.5
64.8
22.7
-32.1
13.1
0.7
0.6
4.3
1.4
0
21.8
2009A
60.8
73.1
19.7
-13.5
15.1
0.8
0.8
12.3
4.1
1
30.8
1NPAT is normalised by removing non-recurring items and goodwill. All the above statistics are derived from normalised earnings.
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The Age 13/03/2010 | THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has delayed releasing the findings of its probe into National Australia Bank's friendly $13.3 billion all-cash acquisition of AXA Asia Pacific until late next month as it seeks further information on the planned deal.
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