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DIPPED PRODUCTS PLC / ANNUAL REPORT 2008—2009

Annual Report- 2008/2009 - Colombo Stock Exchange

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Glossary<br />

Accounting policies<br />

Specific principles, bases, conventions, rules and practices<br />

adopted by an enterprise in preparing and<br />

presenting Financial Statements.<br />

Borrowings<br />

Bank loans, overdrafts and finance lease obligations.<br />

Capital employed<br />

Total assets less interest free liabilities.<br />

Capital reserves<br />

Reserves identified for specific purposes and considered not<br />

available for distribution.<br />

Cash equivalents<br />

Liquid investments with original maturities of three months<br />

or less.<br />

Contingent liabilities<br />

Conditions or situations at the Balance Sheet date, the<br />

financial effect of which are to be determined by future events<br />

which may or may not occur.<br />

Current ratio<br />

Current assets divided by current liabilities.<br />

Dividend cover<br />

Post-tax profit divided by gross dividend. Measures the<br />

number of times dividend is covered by distributable profit.<br />

Dividend yield<br />

Gross dividend per share as a percentage of the market<br />

price.<br />

Earnings per share<br />

Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders divided by a<br />

weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue and<br />

ranking for dividend.<br />

Gross dividend<br />

Portion of profits inclusive of tax withheld distributed to<br />

shareholders.<br />

Net assets per share<br />

Shareholders’ funds divided by the number of ordinary shares<br />

issued.<br />

Operating profit margin<br />

Operating profit divided by Group turnover.<br />

Price earnings ratio<br />

Market price of a share divided by earnings per share.<br />

Related parties<br />

Parties who could control or significantly influence the<br />

financial and operating policies of the business.<br />

Return on equity<br />

Attributable profits divided by average shareholders’ funds.<br />

Revenue reserves<br />

Reserves considered as being available for distributions and<br />

investments.<br />

Segment<br />

Constituent business units grouped in terms of nature and<br />

similarity of operations.<br />

Total equity<br />

Share capital, reserves and minority interest.<br />

Value addition<br />

The quantum of wealth generated by the activities of the<br />

Group and its distribution.<br />

Working capital<br />

Capital required to finance the day-to-day operations (current<br />

assets minus current liabilities).<br />

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