{"id":75,"date":"2008-03-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asbis.com\/news\/?p=75"},"modified":"2023-07-28T14:31:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T14:31:38","slug":"poland-wbj-asbis-announces-profits-and-expansion-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.asbis.com\/news\/media\/poland-wbj-asbis-announces-profits-and-expansion-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland: Asbis announces profits and expansion plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><IMG alt='Warsaw Business Journal' hspace='10' align='left' src='\/attach\/get\/20080311125646956754000000.gif'><\/P>&#13;&#10;<P>&nbsp;<\/P>&#13;&#10;<P>&nbsp;<\/P>&#13;&#10;<P>From <A href='http:\/\/www.wbj.pl\/?command=article&amp;id=40383&amp;type=wbj'>Warsaw Business Journal<\/A>, 10 March 2008<BR\/>&#13;&#10;by <STRONG><EM>Konrad Kiedrzy\u0144ski<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/P>&#13;&#10;<P><STRONG>Asbis, a Cyprus-registered distributor of IT products in the CEE region, former Soviet republics and the Middle East, reported that net profit for 2007 came in at $18.7 (z\u0142.43.4) million &#8211; 68.8 percent higher than in 2006. The company posted sales for 2007 at $1.4 (z\u0142.3.25) billion, a 38.5-percent y\/y rise.<\/STRONG><\/P>&#13;&#10;<P>The fourth quarter brought the company $464.2 (z\u0142.1,078) million in revenues and $9.4 (z\u0142.21.8) million in net profit &#8211; 35.7 percent and 51.9 percent higher, respectively, than in Q4 2006. The company intends to spend 20 percent of last year&apos;s net profit on a dividend payout.<\/P>&#13;&#10;<P>In 2008, Asbis aims to develop organically and raise its profitability. The company is looking to develop its activities in the Middle East &#8211; it has purchased a warehouse in Dubai and plans to found a new company in Saudi Arabia as a result of a distribution agreement with Toshiba.<\/P>&#13;&#10;<P>Last year, Asbis became a distributor for Toshiba products in Saudi Arabia and for Dell in Russia, Bulgaria, the Middle East and Cyprus. The company is also finishing the groundwork for a subsidiary in Turkey. It has also started the construction of a warehouse in Slovakia and is considering a takeover in Poland, although no negotiations have been held.<\/P>&#13;&#10;<P>The company debuted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in October 2007, and plans to withdraw from London&apos;s AIM market platform on March 18 of this year. The holders of AIM-listed shares will have the option to trade them on the WSE.<\/P>&#13;&#10;<P><A href='http:\/\/www.asbis.com\/download\/IR\/WBJ-Asbis announces-profits-100308.pdf'><STRONG>View the&nbsp;article in PDF (64KB)<\/STRONG><\/A><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;&#10;&nbsp;&#13;&#10;&nbsp;&#13;&#10;From Warsaw Business Journal, 10 March 2008&#13;&#10;by Konrad Kiedrzy\u0144ski&#13;&#10;Asbis, a Cyprus-registered distributor of IT products in the CEE region, former Soviet republics and the Middle East, reported that net profit for 2007 came in at $18.7 (z\u0142.43.4) million &#8211; 68.8 percent higher than in 2006. 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