March 6 (Reuters) - Year ended December 31, 2007
(in million HK$ unless stated)
Earnings per A Shr (H.K. dollars) 17.26 vs 14.74
Earnings per B Shr (H.K. dollars) 3.45 vs 2.95
Final Div A shr (H.K. dollars) 2.33 vs 2.20
Final Div B shr (H.K. dollars) 0.466 vs 0.44
Exceptional items n/a vs n/a
Net 26,260 vs 22,566
Underlying Net 10,283 vs 8,716
Turnover 21,553 vs 19,111
Company name Swire Pacific Ltd.
Books close May 5-8
Dividend payable June 3
NOTE - Swire Pacific (0019.HK) is a general trading house
with interests in aviation, property, shipping and offshore
services industries, trading and insurance.
Swire posted an 18 percent gain in underlying net profit --
which strips out accounting gains from the shifting valuations of
real estate in a portfolio -- of HK$10.283 billion for 2007,
lagging a consensus of HK$16.32 billion, according to analysts
polled by Reuters Estimates.
The calculation of earnings per 'A' share is based on the
weighted average of 920.76 million 'A' shares in issue during the
year vs 930.38 million shares in issue during the last year.
The calculation of earnings per 'B' shares is based on the
weighted average of 3,003.49 million 'B' shares in issue during
the two years.
Total dividend for A shares is HK$3.23 (including interim
dividend of HK$0.90) versus HK$2.83, and for B shares it's
HK$0.646 (including interim dividend of HK$0.18) vs HK$0.566.
(Reporting by Raymond Leung)
