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Homestyle

August 2003

Investing in shares may lose you all or some of your money. Past performance is no indication of future performance. Some of the shares recommended here may be small company shares, which can be relatively illiquid and hard to trade and this makes such shares more risky than other investments.

Continuing difficulties in the Harveys furniture division showed through in Homestyle’s results for the 14 month period to 26 April, following the change in its year end from 28 February. A few days earlier, it had finally sold its old non core upholstery fabric distribution business, Rexmore, after a long wait (mostly to do with Stock Exchange red tape). Rexmore has been sold to its management for £7m to be received in stage payments, with a further £2m to come from unwinding working capital (debtors and creditors were not sold with the acquisition).  For the 14 month period, profit before tax and a non-cash write-down of £22.6m in respect of Rexmore, was £28m. This split £32.5m profit in the 12 months to 28 February ...

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