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Ultra Electronics -Shares above Â£15 for first time

April 2010

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Shares in Ultra quickly soared over 150p to a new high of 1524p after the defence electronics firm unveiled strong results. For the year to 31 December, revenues rose 26% to Â£651m, while pretax profit increased 24% to Â£89.5m. Eps rose 20% to 96.4p, while net debt fell sharply from Â£64m to Â£29m, leaving Â£129m un-utilised borrowing facilities. All divisions performed well. Aircraft & Vehicle Systems saw 6% growth in operating profit to Â£20.9m and future growth is expected to come from kitting out the new Boeing 787, Airbus 400M and Gulfstream G650 aircraft production programmes. Elsewhere, Information & Power Systems increased operating profit 14% to Â£25.3m, helped by first-time contributions from three acquisi ...

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