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Glisten - Moves squarely into organic food

April 2006

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Glisten (GLI; 328.5p) which focuses on the confectionery and snack food market, has benefited from a potent mix of organic growth and acquisitions and has already seen earnings rise by a compound rate of 33% between 2002 and 2005. The group has made a number of acquisitions since ‘02 so investors cannot complain that management are dragging their feet. Even if the group makes no acquisitions this year, earnings are expected to grow by 20% to 24.3p for the current year to 30 June and again to 29.1p next year. Under chief executive Paul Simmonds, previously chief executive of Hibernia Foods, when the group listed on AIM, its main focus was on the high volume but niche areas of the coated confectionery market making specialist ...

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