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ownership in respect of shares or loans or securities convertible into shares or any other securities (or the equivalent) in any member of the Wider BSS Group or the Wider Travis Perkins Group or to exercise management control over any such member; (iv) otherwise materially adversely affect the
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TIDMTPK TIDMBTSM RNS Number : 7860O Travis Perkins PLC 05 July 2010 ? NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO THE SAME WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION 5 July 2010 PART I
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| | for each BSS | 232.91 pence in | | | | Share | cash | | +-----------+-------------------+-------------------+----------+ | | | and | | +-----------+-------------------+-------
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Perkins Shares on or before the Record Date, the BSS Shareholders will, to the extent they are taking New Travis Perkins Shares, receive an amount equal to the Interim Dividend they would have received had the Effective Date occurred and the New Travis Perkins Shares been issued on or before the Rec
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effects of government regulation on Travis Perkins' or BSS's business. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Many of these risks and uncertainties relate to factor
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Builders' merchant Travis Perkins, owner of Wickes, gave some much-needed cheer to the stock market on Friday when it said it had performed ahead of expectations in the first half, with like-for-like sales up 3.4pc. However, the Telegraph's Questor does have concerns about general trade demand for
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Leading shares went into a swoon in the final two hours of the trading session, taking their lead from the US which, after spending a while to analyse the non-farm payrolls data, moved lower. Despite coming off the top in late afternoon Footsie finished the day in positive territory, largely due t
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The release of US jobs data checked Footsie's rise, prompting a 25 point fall in a matter of minutes, but the blue-chip index has since resumed its cautious climb. US jobs data for June came in worse than expected overall, but it was a mixed message with the unemployment rate falling to a 12-month
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Footsie ended the morning on or around its high for the day but trading is quiet ahead of the release this afternoon of the US non-farm payrolls data. Resource stocks continue to lead the way while banks claw back some of their recent losses as fears over European banks' balance sheets recedes. Da
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Dana Petroleum rallied after it confirmed last night that it is in talks with a potential bidder, widely reported to be South Korean national oil company KNOC. The shares are up almost 20% today valuing Dana at about £1.3bn. The talk is of a bid being worth around £1.5bn though Dana said the discuss
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London has recouped some of yesterday's losses helped by the Korean interest in Dana Petroleum and an upbeat trading statement from Wickes owner Travis Perkins. Dana Petroleum last night confirmed the talks with a potential bidder, widely reported to be South Korean national oil company KNOC. The s
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0714 GMT [Dow Jones] Travis Perkins' (TPK.LN) trading update is positive, says Shore Capital, with the company indicating that following a slow start to the year it had seen a strong rebound in trading. Says group revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2010, were up by 4.7% with like-for-like sa
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Stocks on the rise in the UK today. Compiled by Dow Jones Newswires Markets Desk, [email protected] Contact us in London. +44-20-7842-9464 [email protected] 0714 GMT [Dow Jones] Travis Perkins' (TPK.LN) trading update is positive, says Shore Capital, with the company indicating
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(Adds detail.) By Lilly Vitorovich Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.K. building-materials retailer Travis Perkins PLC (TPK.LN) said Friday that its first-half results are ahead of management expectations, underpinned by the strong rebound in trading, and that it intends to
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0645 GMT [Dow Jones] Travis Perkins (TPK.LN) issues a positive trading update, says KBC Peel Hunt. Says merchanting or trade sales are up 5% like-for-like while retail sales are down 0.4% like-for-like. Says Travis is still "making hay" from the weakness of Wolseley (WOS.LN) and notes that there is
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