Revenue for the group was up by 15% to reach Rs19.91 Billion, resulting in a peak of Rs1.23 Billion in profit from operations. Compared to last year this was a notable increase of 21%.

The Engineering sector managed to achieve an appreciable last quarter to register a slight increase of 6% in its operational profit for this financial year.

With favourable market conditions, the best performer has been the Seafood & Marine sector. All activities within that sector, namely Thon des Mascareignes Ltée, Marine Biotechnology Products Ltd and Chantier Naval de l'Ocean Indien Limited performed well to yield profit from operations of Rs560 Million.

Attributable earnings for the year were up by 24% over last year at Rs566 Million resulting in an Earnings per share of Rs7.92 for the year.

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