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Financial Highlights 2009

  • Total income £18.78 million in 2009 compared to negative total income of £(1.07) million in 2008.
  • Revenue £17.51 million in 2009, up 82% compared to 2008 (excluding gains and losses from the Investment Portfolio).
  • Corporate Finance & Equities revenue £8.95 million in 2009, up more than two and a half times compared to 2008.
  • Commodities revenue £8.56 million in 2009, an increase of 34% compared to 2008.
  • Profit before share-based payment charges and tax £4.01 million compared to a loss on the same basis of £(16.30) million in 2008.
  • Ambrian ranked 1st in small cap metals & mining research (Thomson Reuters Extel Survey 2009) and 1st by number of retained corporate clients in the AIM Basic Materials Sector (Hemscott Fourth Quarter 2009).
  • Ambrian handled 213,382 tonnes of refined copper in 2009, an amount equivalent to approximately 6.9% of China’s total imports of refined copper in 2009.
  • Net tangible asset value per share increased 7.23% during the year to 31.18p at 31 December 2009.
  • Basic earnings per share 2.76p in 2009 compared to a loss per share of (12.92)p in 2008.
  • Second interim dividend of 0.75p per share declared and no final dividend proposed, taking total dividends for the year to 1.50p per share, unchanged from 2008.