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Cosalt - Now a presence in top 5 European ports

August 2007

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A bit of a topsy turvy month for the shares. Initially, the interimresults (the seasonally weaker half) were seen by investors to beuninspiring but then eyes turned to the future and the fact that marinesafety, Cosalt's key business going forward, is trading ahead ofbudget. In many ways Cosalt's historical numbers are of little consequenceas the group is likely to change its shape dramatically over the nexttwo or three years. As chief executive Per Jonsson says, havingpreviously been at GE, the world's biggest conglomerate, he is now atwhat must be one of the smallest. His remit is that with furtheracquisitions he will enlarge Cosalt's marine safety side, in partfacilitated by disposals of non-core businesses when sales arepossibl ...

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