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Charter

January 2009

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Charter, the provider of welding products and air and gas handling equipment, has confirmed that it will achieve underlying earnings for 2008 in line with previous expectations. Its preliminary results will be announced on 27 February, while the company will also update investors in January on the actions it is taking to deal with the harsher economic outlook. The latest eps forecasts (put out by three brokers after Charter's IMS in November) range from 87.4p to 93p for this year, while for next year the range is 65.5p to 71.6p.Helped by director buying on 24 November at 250p, the shares have rallied slightly but remain very cheap. Keep holding. ...

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Powerleague - Directors buy on eight occasions

James Fisher - IMS in line with expectations

Charter - Net cash of Â£52m (April 2009)

Charter - Cost cuts to save Â£30m (March 2009)

Charter - Engineer with powerful tail winds driving growth (October 2008)

Charter - Next yearâ€™s eps upgraded to 91p (November 2007)

Charter - Benefiting from favourable market conditions (August 2007)

Charter - Steal consumption keeps driving growth (May 2007)

Charter - Engineering firm a major beneficiary of steel boom (November 2006)

Charter - Beneficiary of Chinese infrastructure growth (May 2006)

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