Pension surplus20 Mar 2018 13:04
Pension surplus according to the last report of about �80M
Revised EPS was 4p from 6.4p last year
Projected P/E under 6 now
Dividend will most likely be cut as now yielding a crazy 15% but even if halved to 1.7p yield is over 7%
All the while Ashley is toying with us all sat a few peanuts away from launching a takeover.
The Group provides a number of pension arrangements for its employees. These include the Debenhams Retirement Scheme ("DRS") and the Debenhams Executive Pension Plan ("DEPP") (together "the pension schemes") which both closed for future service accrual from 31 October 2006. On an accounting basis, the net surplus on the Group's pension schemes as at 2 September 2017 was �80.9 million (3 September 2016: net deficit of �4.1 million). The surplus was driven by a growth in asset values.