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PGI Pgi Grp

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Final Results

30/04/2007 7:41pm

UK Regulatory


RNS Number:8254V
PGI Group PLC
30 April 2007



PGI Group Plc

30 April 2007


Preliminary Statement of the Group's Results for the year ended 31 December 2006


Chairman's statement


The Group made good progress in 2006 and finished the year with a profit before
tax from continuing operations of #1,723,000. This compares with a loss of
#550,000 in 2005. Before going any further, I need to explain what these results
refer to.


Both these figures are stated before (a) adjustments to the values of biological
assets and (b) the incorporation of hyperinflation accounting for the results of
our Zimbabwe operations. The profit before tax after taking account of these
adjustments amounts to #3,199,000 (2005: #1,880,000).


The main reason for (a) the value adjustments for biological assets is the
accounting treatment under IAS 41. This stipulates that the values have to be
assessed in the functional currencies of the subsidiaries that own the assets.
Since the values of these assets remain relatively stable in hard currency
terms, the effect is to record a "profit" each time the local currencies
devalue.


The other adjustments for (b) hyperinflation, are made under IAS 29 and reflect
the wide divergence in the rate of inflation in Zimbabwe compared with movements
in its exchange rate. These adjustments therefore produce results and values for
assets not recorded at fair value, which bear no relationship to the original
stable currency amounts in which the transactions originally occurred.


To comply with accounting standards, this report has to combine both these
adjustments into the "Total" column in the Income Statement. However, we have
inserted for the benefit of the shareholders, a column before these adjustments
in order for the shareholders to understand the group's financial performance
better.


A detailed review of the Group's operations and trading performance is in the
Review of Activities, so I will merely highlight some of the significant changes
during the year.


The Food group performed well, with operating profits up by 75%. The tea estates
were again the Group's most profitable operations. Average tea prices were 22%
higher than in 2005, and the volume of tea production rose by 23%.


In addition to tea, the Malawi estates have slowly been developing 700 hectares
of macadamia trees. During 2006 a cracking factory was built, to process the
increasing volumes of nuts from now on.

With hyperinflation in Zimbabwe, Eastern Highlands' profits depend to a large
extent on the relationship between market exchange rates and local inflation.
Last year the combination turned favourable, so the company produced reasonable
profits.


Khal Amazi, the Group's Zambian rose grower, increased production to 104 million
stems last year, as it continued to improve and integrate the greenhouses bought
in 2005. It also acquired a neighbouring estate, Sunrose Ltd, bringing the total
area of greenhouses to 50 hectares.


Turning to our Property business, in July 2006 Jensen Group announced it had
raised US$101 million for a new fund to invest in and around Saint Petersburg,
Russia. The Fund, called Jensen Group I Limited Partnership, will be managed by
Jensen Group. In 2006 the Fund made two investments. The first was Sestra River
Developments on a 13.9 hectare site in Sestroretsk, a suburb of Saint
Petersburg. This property includes the historic part of a factory founded by
Peter the Great in 1721; the Fund will turn it into a mixed use development. The
Fund later acquired a 54 hectare plot along the City's new ring road, which is
planned for completion in 2008.


Jensen's previous Funds have continued to perform well, as the Saint Petersburg
property market has been buoyant. The latest valuation of one of Jensen Group's
original funds, established in 1994 (which the Group consolidates because it has
a 50% interest), is included in the results for the year.


During the year we concluded our programme of divesting non-core businesses with
the sale of Chillington Manufacturing, the Group's wheelbarrow manufacturer. It
was sold in July 2006 for just under #1 million. About a third of the total
consideration is deferred and will be paid at the end of 2007 and 2008.


Group borrowings were much reduced when all of the #7.5m of loan stock was
converted into ordinary shares in October 2006. By the year-end the Group's net
debt was just under #1 million.


The Court scheme for the reduction of the Company's share premium account was
approved in December. Following this, a dividend of 0.25p (2005: 0.25p) per
ordinary share was declared, and paid in January 2007.


The outlook for 2007 is encouraging. Tea prices so far have been above their
five year average, and production is similar to what was achieved in the first
few months of 2006. Jensen's results will benefit from a full year of having the
new fund, and there will be a large saving on interest costs following the
conversion of the loan stock.


We all know that the Group's performance depends heavily on the skills and hard
work of our employees. I would like to thank them for their efforts throughout
the year.


Rupert Pennant-Rea

Chairman

30 April 2007





Review of activities

PGI Food Group


This division operates the food and flower business units in Malawi, Zambia and
Zimbabwe,.


Financial Results

The division increased operating profits before biological assets and
hyperinflation adjustments by 74% to #3,774,000 on a turnover up 24% to
#16,661,000. Profits were driven by higher agricultural productivity and a good
tea price.


The turnover is split between:


Tea 53%

Cut flowers 31%

Vegetables 12%

Macadamia nuts 4%


We invested #1,567,000 in two new projects: i) the acquisition of Sunrose Ltd, a
rose farm in Zambia and ii) the building of a macadamia nut cracking plant in
Malawi.


Tea

Our tea is grown in Malawi and Zimbabwe. The total tea crop increased by 23% to
16,274 tonnes. This boost was a result of the recovery from the severe drought
we experienced in 2005 and field productivity has returned to pre-drought
levels. In Zimbabwe our investment in tea plucking machines over the last few
years has proved invaluable to countering the rapidly declining availability of
agricultural labour.


The international tea price rose strongly and our realised tea price increased
by 22%. This hike, caused by drought induced crop failure in Kenya permitted our
teas to capture new markets in Europe.


We have continued our development programme of the replanting of old tea with
new higher yielding varieties. This programme, started in 2001 in Malawi is
delivering excellent results and we are now achieving yields on these new
plantings that are threefold the regional average.


Cut flowers

Production increased by 49% on our Zambian production unit to 104 million stems.
The redevelopment of the near derelict greenhouses we acquired from the
Agriflora receiver has proceeded well and this has been the main driver for the
volume growth. During the year we acquired a neighbouring working rose farm,
Sunrose. This has increased the production area by 14%, and will deliver a
useful contribution in 2007.


Extensive work has gone into developing the European market for sweetheart roses
and we have made good progress broadening our customer base amongst the European
retailers. Our commitment to high standards, all of which are independently
audited, has greatly assisted this process.


Vegetables

We completed the first full year of trading and increased shipping volumes by
130%. The main products are peas and beans, all packaged in Zambia and delivered
to UK supermarkets.

Competition to supply the retailers is intense and we continue to refine the
business model to ensure that we only grow and ship vegetables in season which
is when we can guarantee quality.

Currently all the vegetables are air freighted into Europe at a significant
cost, and we have started trials to see whether we can seafreight our product
range successfully.


Macadamia nuts

The macadamia crop, all grown in Malawi was 12% lower than the previous year, a
direct result of the 2005 drought. Fortunately no long term damage has been done
and the young trees are on track to continue annual volume increases as they
reach maturity over the next 10 years.. During the year we built a cracking
factory in Malawi which will process the 2007 crop which is harvested in the
first quarter. This facility will allow us to develop markets with European
wholesalers and retailers.


Jensen Group

Jensen Group raised $100,835,000 of equity into the newly formed Cayman
Islands-based Jensen Group I Limited Partnership (the "Fund"). To date, the Fund
has invested in three projects. Two completed transactions include Sestra River
Developments, a 13.9 hectare mixed use project, as well as a deal to acquire 54
hectares of land along Saint Petersburg's ring road development project in a
town called Lomonosov. The Fund has entered into sales-purchase agreements for a
third investment, the Plemennoi Zavod Sosnovskoe which should be fully completed
and registered in the Fund's name during the first half of 2007.


Sestra River Developments is a property spun out of Sestroretsk Instrument
Works, founded by Peter the Great in 1721. On the 13.9 hectare site, the Fund
will build approximately 135,000 square metres of mixed-use space. The property
sits in the town of Sestroretsk, inside the Saint Petersburg administrative
region and among the most prestigious suburbs in the area. Sestroretsk is
currently the home of the Governor of Saint Petersburg, Valentina Matvienko.


For management of the Fund, Jensen Group receives a management fee on committed
capital of 2% and will receive a 20% carried interest on all distributions made
after the investors receive their investment capital back plus an 8% preferred
return.


Jensen also manages Sestroretsk Instrument Works, a 13.1 hectare territory with
three principal businesses: a real estate business, a heating plant, and a
machine tool works factory. Jensen is currently in the process of expanding and
renovating the primarily industrial and warehouse real estate while it
rationalizes the other two operational businesses.


Since 1994, Jensen has invested eight smaller funds which it continues to manage
and from which it receives management fees and carried interest as compensation.
These funds comprise residential, commercial and retail properties in the heart
of Saint Petersburg along the City's main thoroughfares and canals.

Consolidated income statement for the year ended 31 December 2006


------------------------              ------------------                           -----------------
                                             2006                                       2005
                                                                                     (Restated)
------------------------              ------------------                           -----------------
                               Result before                            Result before      
                                  Biological     Biological               Biological      Biological
                                  Assets and     Assets and               Assets and      Assets and
                              Hyperinflation Hyperinflation           Hyperinflation  Hyperinflation
                                 Adjustments    Adjustments   Total      Adjustments     Adjustments   Total           

---------------------   -----       --------        -------  ------          -------        -------   ------
Continuing
operations              Notes         #000           #000      #000           #000            #000      #000

Revenue                             17,430           (438)   16,992         13,724            (738)   12,986
Cost of sales                       (7,897)           171    (7,726)        (6,629)            650    (5,979)
Gross profit                         9,533           (267)    9,266          7,095             (88)    7,007
---------------------   -----       --------        -------  ------         -------         -------    ------
Distribution
costs                               (2,417)             6    (2,411)        (2,054)              5    (2,049)
Administrative
expenses                            (5,349)            (2)   (5,351)        (4,577)            147    (4,430)
Other
operating
income                                 636             (8)      628            449             (52)      397
---------------------   -----       --------        -------    ------        -------         -------    ------
                                    (7,130)            (4)   (7,134)        (6,182)            100    (6,082)
---------------------   -----       --------        -------    ------        -------         -------    ------
Profit from
operations                           2,403           (271)    2,132            913              12       925

Share of
associate's
results                                113             -       113              -              -          -

Fair value
adjustment
to: - investment
properties                             497             -       497             -              -           -

- biological
assets                                 -            1,537     1,537            -              2,262     2,262
---------------------   -----       --------        -------    ------        -------         -------    ------
                                     3,013          1,266     4,279            913            2,274     3,187
---------------------   -----       --------        -------    ------        -------         -------    ------
Finance revenue                        156            -         156            191             -         191
Finance costs                       (1,446)           38      (1,408)        (1,654)            6      (1,648)
---------------------   -----       --------        -------    ------        -------         -------    ------
Net finance
costs                               (1,290)           38      (1,252)        (1,463)            6      (1,457)
---------------------   -----       --------        -------    ------        -------         -------    ------
Profit/(loss)
after net
finance costs                        1,723          1,304      3,027          (550)           2,280     1,730
---------------------   -----       --------        -------    ------        -------         -------    ------
Monetary
working
capital
hyperinflation
adjustments                           -              172        172             -              150       150
---------------------   -----       --------        -------    ------        -------         -------    ------
Profit/(loss)
before
taxation                  3          1,723          1,476     3,199           (550)          2,430     1,880
Taxation                  4           (667)          (326)     (993)          (367)           (421)     (788)
---------------------   -----       --------        -------    ------        -------           -------    ------
Profit/(loss)
for period
from
continuing
operations                           1,056          1,150     2,206           (917)          2,009     1,092
---------------------   -----       --------        -------    ------        -------           -------    ------
Discontinued
operations
Loss after
taxation from
discontinued
operations                            (126)          -        (126)          (710)          1,141       431
Net
(loss)/profit
on disposal of
operations                             (88)          -        (88)           1,283           -         1,283
---------------------   -----       --------      -------    ------          -------         -------    ------
Total
(loss)/profit
for period
from
discontinued
operations                            (214)         -         (214)            573          1,141      1,714
---------------------   -----       --------      -------    ------          -------       -------    ------
Profit/(loss)
for the period                         842          1,150     1,992           (344)          3,150     2,806
---------------------   -----       --------      -------    ------          -------       -------    ------

Attributable to:
Equity holders
of the parent                          261          1,167     1,428           (632)          2,814     2,182
Minority
interests                              581            (17)      564            288             336       624
---------------------   -----       --------        -------   ------         -------         -------    ------
                                       842          1,150     1,992           (344)          3,150     2,806
---------------------   -----       --------        -------   ------         -------         -------    ------

                                     Pence                    Pence           Pence                     Pence
---------------------   -----       --------        -------   ------         -------         -------    ------
Earnings/(loss) 
per ordinary
share                     5
Basic                                 0.25                     1.38          (0.76)                     2.61
---------------------   -----       --------        -------    ------        -------         -------    ------
Dividend per
ordinary share            6                                     -                                       0.25
---------------------   -----       --------        -------    ------        -------         -------    ------





Consolidated balance sheet at 31 December 2006

                                          2006                               2005
                                                                          (Restated)
                                Excluding      Including           Excluding      Including
                           Hyperinflation Hyperinflation      Hyperinflation Hyperinflation
                              Adjustments   Adjustments*         Adjustments   Adjustments*
ASSETS                               #000           #000                #000           #000
--------------------   -----      -------        -------  ---        -------        -------
Non-current assets
Goodwill                            1,901          1,901               2,102          2,102
Biological
assets                             12,665         12,665              13,678         13,678
                                  -------        -------             -------        -------
Property,
plant and
equipment                           9,372          9,372               9,375          9,375
Hyperinflation
adjustment                           -              642                  -            1,001
                                  -------        -------             -------         -------
                                    9,372         10,014               9,375         10,376
Investment
properties                          1,313          1,313                 931            931
Investments -
associate                             200            200                 113            113
          - other                      43             43                  47             47
--------------------  -----       -------        -------  ---        -------         -------
                                   25,494         26,136              26,246         27,247
--------------------  -----       -------        -------  ---        -------         -------
Current assets
                                  -------        -------             -------        -------
Inventories                         2,061          2,061               2,247          2,247
Hyperinflation
adjustment                            -             42                   -              46
                                  -------        -------             -------        -------
                                    2,061          2,103               2,247          2,293
Trade and
other
receivables                         1,759          1,759               1,902          1,902
Cash and cash
equivalents                         2,840          2,840               4,373          4,373
--------------------   -----      -------        -------  ---        -------        -------
                                    6,660          6,702               8,522          8,568
--------------------   -----      -------        -------  ---        -------        -------
Total assets                       32,154         32,838              34,768         35,815
--------------------   -----      -------        -------  ---        -------        -------
EQUITY AND
LIABILITIES

Share capital                      32,326         32,326              24,429         24,429
Share premium
account                               420            420              10,705         10,705
Capital
redemption
reserve                               250            250                 250            250
Revaluation
reserve                               700            700                 639            639
Retained
earnings                          (17,041)       (16,528)            (24,590)       (23,787)
--------------------   -----      -------        -------  ---        -------        -------
                                   16,655         17,168              11,433         12,236
Minority
interests                           2,690          2,690               2,497          2,497
--------------------   -----      -------        -------  ---        -------        -------
Total equity                       19,345         19,858              13,930         14,733
--------------------   -----      -------        -------  ---        -------        -------
Non-current
liabilities
Interest
bearing loans
and borrowings                      1,383          1,383               1,574          1,574
Other payables                        275            275                  81             81
                                  -------        -------             -------        -------
Provision for
deferred tax
liabilities                         2,016          2,016               1,900          1,900
Hyperinflation
adjustment                            -             171                  -             244
                                  -------        -------             -------        -------
                                    2,016          2,187               1,900          2,144
Defined
pension plan
deficit                             3,764          3,764               4,317          4,317
--------------------   -----      -------        -------  ---        -------        -------
                                    7,438          7,609               7,872          8,116
--------------------   -----      -------        -------  ---        -------        -------
Current liabilities
Interest
bearing loans
and borrowings                      2,755          2,755               9,808          9,808
Trade and
other payables                      2,102          2,102               2,964          2,964
Current tax
liabilities                           514            514                 194            194
--------------------   -----      -------        -------  ---        -------        -------
                                    5,371          5,371              12,966         12,966
--------------------   -----      -------        -------  ---        -------        -------
Total
liabilities                        12,809         12,980              20,838         21,082
--------------------   -----      -------        -------  ---        -------        -------
Total equity
and
liabilities                        32,154         32,838              34,768         35,815
--------------------   -----      -------        -------  ---        -------        -------


* These are the Group's Balance Sheets for the years ended 31 December 2006 and
2005.

Consolidated cash flow statement for the year ended 31 December 2006

                                                        2006             2005
                                                                      (Restated)
-----------------------------                         --------           -------
                                                   Including         Including
                                              Hyperinflation    Hyperinflation   
                                                 adjustments       adjustments     
                                                        #000              #000
-----------------------------                         --------           -------
Cash flow from operating activities
Profit/(loss)
from
operations -
Continuing
operations                                             2,132               925
- Discontinued
operations                                               (82)              280
-----------------------------                         --------           -------
                                                       2,050             1,205
Adjustment for:
Depreciation
of tangible
assets                                                   952             1,052
Disposal of
tangible
assets                                                   (38)              (48)
Additional
retirement
benefit costs                                           (179)             (195)
Share options                                             -                36
Oversea tax
paid                                                    (135)             (654)
Hyperinflation
indexation
adjustment                                               113              (114)
-----------------------------                         --------           -------
Operating
profit/(loss)
before changes
in working
capital                                                2,763             1,282
Increase in
inventories                                                3              (176)
(Increase)/dec
rease in trade
and other
receivables                                             (329)             (113)

(Decrease)/increase 
in trade
and other
payables                                                (277)             (475)

Exchange
difference on
working
capital                                               (1,397)             (374)
-----------------------------                         --------           -------
Cash generated
from
operations                                               763               144
-----------------------------                         --------           -------
Cash flows from investing activities
Capital
expenditure                                           (2,146)           (4,531)
Disposal of
tangible
assets                                                    58               833
Acquisition of
subsidiaries                                            (521)           (2,440)
Disposal of
subsidiaries                                             528             3,741
Additions to
investments
(net)                                                     16                -
-----------------------------                         --------          -------
Net cash from
investing
activities                                            (2,065)           (2,397)
-----------------------------                         --------           -------
Cash flows from financing activities
Issue of
shares (net of
expenses)                                                 88            10,863
Payment of
loans and
finance lease
liabilities                                             (259)           (3,038)
Finance costs,
net of bank
interest
received                                              (1,129)           (1,356)
Dividend paid                                            -               (244)
Dividends and
other payments
to minority
interests
(net)                                                    (18)              -
Distribution
from property
fund (net)                                                (4)              -
-----------------------------                         --------           -------
Net cash from
financing
activities                                            (1,322)            6,225
-----------------------------                         --------           -------
Net
(decrease)/increase 
in cash
and cash
equivalents                                           (2,624)            3,972
Cash and cash
equivalents at
beginning of
period                                                 3,328              (622)
Effects of
exchange rate
changes on
cash and cash
equivalents                                              255               (22)
-----------------------------                         --------           -------
Cash and cash
equivalents at
end of period                                            959             3,328
-----------------------------                         --------           -------
Analysis of net debt
Cash                                                   2,840             4,373
Overdrafts                                            (1,881)           (1,045)
-----------------------------                         --------           -------
Cash and cash
equivalents                                              959             3,328
-----------------------------                         --------           -------
Interest
bearing loans
and borrowings
due within one
year                                                  (2,755)           (9,808)
Less: short
term
loans/debt                                               874             8,763
-----------------------------                         --------           -------
Overdrafts                                            (1,881)           (1,045)
-----------------------------                         --------           -------





Consolidated statement of changes in equity


                             Attributable to equity holders of the Company

                                    Share  
                                Premium &      
                                  Capital
                        Share  Redemption  Revaluation  Retained             Minority   Total
                      Capital    Reserves      Reserve  Earnings     Total  Interests  Equity
                         #000        #000         #000      #000      #000       #000    #000
---------------------  ------    --------     -------   -------   -------   -------   -------

Balance at 1
January 2006           24,429   10,955      639          (23,787)  12,236   2,497      14,733
---------------------  ------   --------     -------    -------   -------   -------   -------

Changes in equity for
2006
Hyperinflation
indexation
movement               -        -           -            650       650      -          650
Exchange differences
on translation
of net oversea assets:
- before
hyperinflation
indexation             -        -           (39)         (4,731)   (4,770)  (377)      (5,147)
-
hyperinflation
indexation
movement               -        -           -            (901)     (901)    -          (901)
Revaluation of
property               -        -           143          -         143      36         179
Actuarial gain
(net) of
defined
benefits
pension plan           -        -           -            541       541      -          541
Deferred tax on
property revaluations
and fair value
adjustment:
- before
hyperinflation
indexation             -        -           (43)         (45)      (88)     -          (88)
-
hyperinflation
indexation
movement               -        -           -            22        22       -          22
Transfer               -        (49)        -            49        -        -          -
---------------------  ------   --------    -------      -------   -------  -------    -------
Net
(expense)/income 
recognised
directly in
equity                 -        (49)        61           (4,415)   (4,403)  (341)      (4,744)
Profit for the
year                   -        -           -            1,428     1,428    564        1,992
---------------------  ------   --------    -------      -------   -------  -------    -------
Total
recognised
income and
(expense)              -        (49)        61           (2,987)   (2,975)  223        (2,752)
---------------------  ------   --------    -------      -------   -------  -------    -------

Share premium
account
cancellation           -        (10,250)    -            10,250    -        -          -
Issue of new ordinary
shares (net of
expenses):
Conversion of
loan stock             7,823    (4)         -            -         7,819    -          7,819
Exercise of
share options          74       18          -            -         92       -          92
Dividend paid
to minority
interests              -        -           -            -         -        (7)        (7)
Distribution
from property
fund (net)             -        -           -            (4)       (4)      (17)       (21)
Repayment of
advances from
non-equity
minority
interests
(net)                  -        -           -            -         -        (6)        (6)
---------------------  ------   --------    -------      -------   -------  -------    -------
Balance at 31
December 2006          32,326   670         700          (16,528)  17,168   2,690      19,858
---------------------  ------   --------    -------      -------   -------  -------    -------




Notes to the Preliminary Statement


1.       Basis of preparation

The financial statements, from which the information in this preliminary
statement has been derived, have been prepared in accordance with International
Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") adopted by the European Union and they
therefore comply with Article 4 of the EU IAS Regulation. They have been
prepared on the historical cost basis, except for biological assets, freehold
land and buildings and investment properties which have been measured at fair
value.


The consolidated financial statements are presented in sterling and all values
are rounded to the nearest thousand (#000) except where otherwise indicated.

During 2006 the Group restated and changed its accounting policy within the
financial statements for the following:
Restatements

* To value agricultural produce after harvest at the lower of cost or
net realisable value, previously fair value less estimated point-of-sale costs.

* To record on the income statement a fair value adjustment to
biological assets, previously shown as an exchange difference movement in
retained earnings.

Change in accounting policy

* To incorporate the effects of the impact of hyperinflation on the
Group's subsidiaries based in Zimbabwe, previously partially accounted for by
recording the monetary working capital hyperinflation adjustment.


These restatements and change in accounting policy have been accounted for
retrospectively and recognised in the Consolidated statement of changes in
equity at 1 January 2005. The comparative statements for 2005 have been restated
to reflect these changes and the effect of the above changes on the previously
reported loss after taxation for the year ended 31 December 2005 is as follows:




                                                                        Effect on
                                                                        basic and
                                                                          diluted
                                                                         earnings
                             Continuing Discontinued       Effect on    per share
                             operations   operations            2005         2005
                                  #'000        #'000           #'000        pence
(Loss)/ profit after
taxation:
As previously
reported                         (2,028)       1,669            (359)
Transfer
between
continuing/discontinued
operations                        1,163       (1,163)              -
Restatements
--------------
Change to
inventories
due to revised
valuation                            38           24              62          0.1
Biological
assets fair
value
adjustment                        1,901        1,184           3,085          3.3
Change in accounting policy
-----------------------------
Hyperinflation
adjustment                           18           -               18            -
                              ---------     --------         -------
As restated                       1,092        1,714           2,806
                              ---------     --------         -------






2. Status of financial information


The financial information contained in this preliminary announcement does not
constitute the company's consolidated statutory financial statements for the
years ended 31 December 2006 or 2005, but is derived from those financial
statements.


The comparative figures for the year ended 31 December 2005 are an extract from
the full accounts for that year which have been filed with the Registrar of
Companies and on which the auditors have made a report under Section 235 of the
Companies Act 1985. The audit report was qualified on a technical issue because
the company adopted a method of accounting for the results of its operations in
Zimbabwe, which was not fully in accordance with the provisions of IAS 29
"Financial Reporting in Hyperinflationary Economies", and did not contain a
statement under Section 237(2) or (3) of the Companies Act.


Notes to the Preliminary Statement


Continued


2. Segmental analysis - Profit before taxation

The Group's primary reporting segments are the following business sectors:

Food Group - Tea, roses, macadamia nuts and vegetables.
Investment property management - Properties in St. Petersburg, Russia.

The manufacturing segment has been classified as a discontinued operation for
the year ended 31 December 2006 and the comparative period.




                                        2006                     2005 (Restated)
                             -----------------                 ------------------

By activity     Result before     Biological   Total   Result before        Biological   Total
                   Biological     Assets and    ------    Biological        Assets and   ------
                   Assets and Hyperinflation              Assets and    Hyperinflation
               Hyperinflation     Adjustment          Hyperinflation        Adjustment
                  Adjustments -------                     Adjustment     -------
                     --------                          --------
Continuing
operations:            #000           #000      #000           #000           #000      #000
Food group            3,774          1,304     5,078          2,175          2,280     4,455
Investment
property
management              663              -       663             42              -        42

Central costs
net of sundry
income               (1,424)             -    (1,424)        (1,304)             -    (1,304)
                     --------        -------    ------       --------        -------    ------
                      3,013          1,304     4,317            913          2,280     3,193
Net finance
costs                (1,290)             -    (1,290)        (1,463)             -    (1,463)
Monetary
working
capital
hyperinflation
adjustment                -            172       172              -            150       150
                     --------        -------    ------       --------        -------    ------
Profit/(loss)
before tax            1,723          1,476     3,199           (550)         2,430     1,880
Taxation               (667)          (326)     (993)          (367)          (421)     (788)
                     --------        -------    ------       --------        -------    ------
Profit/(loss)
for the year
from
continuing
operations            1,056          1,150     2,206           (917)         2,009     1,092
                     --------        -------    ------       --------        -------    ------


The results of the Investment property management segment include #113,000
(2005: #Nil) results of the associated company.




4. Taxation

                                                              2006        2005
                                                                     (Restated)
Continuing operations:                                        #000        #000
                                                             -------      ------
Current taxation:
UK Corporation tax                                              71         241
Double taxation relief                                         (71)       (241)
                                                             -------      ------
                                                             -             -
                                                             -------      ------
Foreign tax:
Current tax on income for the period                           483         131
Adjustment in respect of prior periods                          37         (57)
                                                             -------      ------
                                                               520          74
                                                             -------      ------
Deferred taxation:
Origination and reversal of timing differences                 481         751
Adjustment in respect of prior periods                          (8)        (37)
                                                             -------      ------
                                                               473         714
                                                             -------      ------
Total tax expense reported in the income statement for
continuing                                                     993         788
operations                                                   -------      ------



Notes to the Preliminary Statement

Continued




5. Earnings/(loss) per ordinary share

Basic

Basic earnings/(loss) per ordinary share is calculated by dividing the result
attributable to equity holders of the Company by the weighted average number of
ordinary shares in issue during the year.

                             2006                                 2005
                                                               (Restated)

                  Result before      Total          Result before        Total
                     Biological                        Biological
                     Assets and                        Assets and
                 Hyperinflation                    Hyperinflation
                    Adjustments                       Adjustments
                        #'000        #'000                #'000          #'000
Profit/(loss)
for the year
attributable
to the equity
holders of the
Company                   261        1,428                 (632)         2,182
                        -------      -------              -------        -------

                                                           2006           2005
                                                        Thousands      Thousands

Weighted
average number
of ordinary
shares in
issue
(restated for
2005 rights
issue)                                                  103,470         83,644
                                                          -------        -------

                  Result before      Total          Result before        Total
                     Biological                        Biological
                     Assets and                        Assets and
                 Hyperinflation                    Hyperinflation
                    Adjustments                       Adjustments
                          Pence        pence                pence          pence
                        -------      -------              -------        -------
Basic
earnings/(loss) 
per ordinary
share                     0.25         1.38                (0.76)          2.61
                        -------      -------              -------        -------





6. Dividend paid and proposed

                                                                 2006     2005
                                                                 #000     #000
--------------------------------------------                    -------  -------
Declared and paid during the year:
Equity dividends on ordinary shares:
Interim dividend for 2005 0.25p                                     -      244
                                                               -------   -------

Declared 2006 (not recognised as a liability at 31 December)
Equity dividends on ordinary shares:
Interim dividend for 2006 0.25p per share paid 23 January 2007    323        -
                                                                ------- -------




                      This information is provided by RNS
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