|
|
Note |
2000 |
1999 |
|
|
Rs.000s |
|
|
|
|
Sales |
25 |
4,516,744 |
4,362,814 |
Cost of sales |
26 |
3,383,219 |
3,719,909 |
|
|
|
|
G ross Profit |
|
1,133,525 |
642,905 |
|
|
|
|
Administrative expenses |
27 |
146,046 |
124,179 |
Selling expenses |
28 |
128,024 |
88,131 |
|
|
274,070 |
212,310 |
|
|
|
|
O perating Profit |
|
859,455 |
430,595 |
Other income |
29 |
4,942 |
4,939 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
864,397 |
435,534 |
Financial charges |
30 |
202,560 |
243,158 |
Workers' profit participation fund |
|
33,092 |
9,619 |
Workers' welfare fund |
|
2,944 |
991 |
|
|
238,596 |
253,768 |
|
|
|
|
Profit for the year before taxation |
|
625,801 |
181,766 |
Provision for taxation |
31 |
67,650 |
27,000 |
|
|
|
|
Profit for the year after taxation |
|
558,151 |
154,766 |
Unappropriated profit brought forward |
32 |
89,657 |
2,119 |
|
|
|
|
Profit available for appropriation |
|
647,808 |
156,885 |
|
|
|
|
A ppropriations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proposed dividend @ Rs. 7/- (1999: Rs.2.50) per share |
|
238,513 |
71,565 |
General reserve |
|
400,000 |
80,000 |
|
|
638,513 |
151,565 |
|
|
|
|
Unappropriated profit carried forward |
|
9,295 |
5,320 |
|
|
|
|
Earnings per share (Rs.) |
33 |
16.38 |
5.41 |
|
