Asset sale!20 Dec 2008 16:39
The sale raised a cash total of £3.3m which will carry ENN through to the end of January 2009. ENN estimate that cash requirements for the next 12 months will be in the range of £50m to £60m.
Relevent paragraph from RNS:
Based on unaudited management accounts, for the year ended 31 December 2007, the trade and assets of Concrete Products, that are subject to the disposal, contributed revenue of approximately £22 million and profit before tax and interest of approximately £0.6 million. The net book value of the assets subject to the disposal are approximately £12 million. Additionally, following the disposal, the Group will be required to impair the carrying value of certain goodwill in respect of the Concrete Products business by approximately £9.4 million and
write down the carrying value of the Telford site by £7.4 million.