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Rok - Useful 33% gain in 3 months

November 2006

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Hats off to Rok’s chief executive, Garvis Snook, whose latest acquisition of Scottish-based building services firm Tulloch sent the shares to a new high of 730p. Tulloch, which cost £31.3m, also provides construction, maintenance, plumbing, heating and mechanical & electrical engineering and offers an excellent springboard into an area where Rok has previously not been well represented. In the year ended 31 December 2005, Tulloch made an underlying operating profit of just over £4m on turnover of £107m, so assuming a full tax charge, the exit PE is just 10, clearly earnings enhancing even before expected synergy benefits. The shares have quickly gained 33% since our main recommendation in August but lo ...

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