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Abbey Protection Six-month Pre-tax Profit Rises - Quick Facts

September 2, 2010, Thursday, 15:24 GMT | 10:24 EST | 19:54 IST | 22:24 SGT

(RTTNews) - Abbey Protection Plc. (ABB.L), in an interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2010, reported that Profit before tax rose to GBP 4.7 million, from GBP 4.3 million in the prior year period.

Profit after tax increased to GBP 3.4 million, from GBP 3.1 million last year. Earnings per share rose to 3.40 pence from 3.08 pence in the prior year.

Revenue rose to GBP 17.3 million, from GBP 16.4 million last year.

The company said that its board has approved an interim dividend of 1.7 pence per share, an increase of 0.1p over 2009, which will be payable on 7 October 2010 to all shareholders on the register at 10 September 2010.