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Laird is a global electronics, security systems and distribution company with operations in North America, Europe and Asia. The group supplies its products and services to businesses within the IT, telecommunications, defence, automotive and residential building and home improvement markets.

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Laird Fundamentals

Year Ending	Revenue (£m)	Pre-tax (£m)	EPS	P/E	PEG	EPS Grth.	Div	Yield
31-Dec-05	490.30	34.30	11.82p	29.8	n/a	-30%	4.15p	1.2%
31-Dec-06	370.60	39.60	8.97p	41.0	n/a	-24%	4.46p	1.2%
31-Dec-07	564.30	51.50	28.71p	17.5	0.1	+220%	9.98p	2.0%
31-Dec-08	635.30	26.50	23.77p	5.1	n/a	-17%	10.31p	8.5%
31-Dec-09	528.80	4.60	9.60p	13.1	n/a	-60%	6.53p	5.2%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Laird Forecasts

Year Ending	Revenue (£m)	Pre-tax (£m)	EPS	P/E	PEG	EPS Grth.	Div	Yield
31-Dec-10	574.48	39.35	11.63p	11.8	0.6	+21%	6.23p	4.6%
31-Dec-11	614.74	53.35	16.34p	8.4	0.2	+40%	6.93p	5.1%

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Laird Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company	09-Sep-2010	16:59	RNS
Holding(s) in Company	09-Aug-2010	17:03	RNS
Holding(s) in Company	05-Aug-2010	11:49	RNS

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Laird ShareCast News

London close: US gloom offsets company cheer	29-Jul-2010	ShareCast
London afternoon: Footsie off the top	29-Jul-2010	ShareCast
FTSE 250 movers: Gambling stocks in demand	29-Jul-2010	ShareCast

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Laird Top Newspaper Links

Laird cuts 5,000 jobs as falling demand hits hard	17-Dec-2008	The Independent
Electronics parts firm cuts jobs and switches to...	17-Dec-2008	The Scotsman
Tech woe hits 5,000	17-Dec-2008	Sun

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Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 3: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 4: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 5: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

Price Data

Currency	UK Pounds
Share Price	137.50p
Change Today	+2.50p
% Change	+1.85%
Volume	262,008
10-Sep-10 Close	137.50p
Shares Issued	266.30m
Market Cap	£366.17m
Year End	31-Dec-09

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy	5
Buy	1
Neutral	1
Sell	0
Strong Sell	0
Total	7

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Laird Dividends

	Latest	Previous
	Interim	Final
Ex-Div	03-Nov-10	05-May-10
Paid	03-Dec-10	04-Jun-10
Amount	2.10p	2.53p

Trades for 10-Sep-2010

Time	Volume / Share Price
16:35	21,498 @ 137.50p
16:28	182 @ 137.80p
16:16	1,782 @ 138.40p
15:58	567 @ 138.10p
15:58	1,682 @ 137.90p

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Laird Key Personnel

Chair	Nigel J Keen
Finance Director	Jonathan C Silver

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