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Babcock International

March 2010

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Babcock announced that trading remains in line with expectations, with its long-term framework agreements ensuring the order book remains a very solid Â£6bn. The largest division, Marine, continues to perform well, while margin performance is excellent. The latest framework with the MOD should be signed before the financial year-end, while the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier is making good progress with the bow section of the first vessel expected to arrive at Rosyth by the end of March. Elsewhere, a bit of a mixed bag. The Defence and Networks divisions are performing well but Engineering & Plant and Nuclear remain subdued, the latter reflecting continued Government dithering over civil decommissioning, although the a ...

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Babcock International

March 2010

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