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Tony Shearer, Chairman of TPJ comments: "A great deal has been achieved over the last year, and the prospects for the Company are very encouraging. Significant progress is being made at three of our four projects in Papua New Guinea, and in addition the work carried out by Barrick at Wamum and by us in Vietnam is currently being assessed to determine the best way forward. There is a lot to do over the next year for us to take advantage of these opportunities, and the Board believes that we now have the right team in the right roles to enable us to accomplish this."

RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2011 TPJ, the AIM listed gold exploration company focussed on South East Asia, today announces its results for the year ended 31 March 2011. Highlights: · The Company's projects in highly prospective Papua New Guinea continue to advance: o Newmont has commenced drilling at our Morobe project; o We expect Newcrest to commence drilling before the end of 2011 at our Manus Island project; o Gold Anomaly has completed over 3,000 metres of drilling at our Crater Mountain project; and o Barrick is undertaking additional field work at Wamum with a view to identifying drill targets. · Our projects with Newmont and Barrick are on our ground which abuts the Wafi-Golpu property where the Newcrest-Harmony joint venture has identified 40 million ounces of gold and 15 million tonnes of copper.

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Commenting, Jack Cooney, President and Chief Executive Officer of Somero, said: "Our performance in the first half was slightly weaker than anticipated. In particular, trading in April and May was slow, causing us to implement a further cost restructuring. We expect sales growth in emerging markets to continue, and our focus remains on cost control and new products. "Our customers' activity and sales are increasing but confidence levels are low, and future performance in North America and Europe is difficult to predict. We are encouraged, however, by strong enquiry levels as we enter the second half of the year."

Press Announcement For immediate release 24 August 2011 Somero Enterprises, Inc. ® ("Somero" or "the Company" or "the Group") Interim Results for the six months ended June 30, 2011 Somero Enterprises, Inc.®, is pleased to report its interim results for the six months to June 30, 2011. Financial Highlights · Group revenue of US$10.4m (H1 2010: US$10.7m) · Adjusted Group EBITDA of (US$0.0m) (H1 2010: US$0.6m) · Pre-tax loss of US$(1.5m) (H1 2010: US$(1.3m)) · Net debt at June 30, 2011 of US$5.6m (December 31, 2010 US$5.0m) Business Highlights · Continued sales growth in emerging markets (increase of 21% to compared to H1 2010) · Focus remains on cost control (savings of US$900k on an annualized basis) and new products · 19% increase in parts sales compared to H1 2010, consistent with increasing levels of customer activity · In our core market, Large line revenues were lower than H1 2010 as expected but partially offset by Small line revenues which held steady as a result of the new SMP product · Continued commitment to increasing penetration of the India, China, SE Asia and Middle East markets

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Performance is expected to be in-line with market expectations when WH Smith (SMWH) releases preliminary results on 13th October, the retail group revealed in a trading update. Its travel retail business has continued to improve and has expanded internationally, while the high street division has focused on increasing its margins and cost control. Separately, the company announced that managing director Simon Marinker is retiring in December after spending 34 years with the business, and will be replaced by chief operating officer Simon Smith. The shares rose 7.4p to 482.4p.

Admiral (ADM) reported pre-tax profits of 160.6 million pounds for the first half of 2011, up 26.6% on last year, with turnover climbing 53% to 1.1 billion pounds. The car insurance group attributes this to the increasing number of cars in the UK, as well as price increases, but notes that the number of claims is also increasing. The company's price comparison website confused.com has managed to hold market share, but while turnover increased by 10%, profits were down 6.8% at 8.2 million pounds. Shares in Admiral sunk 182p to 1,353p

Axis-Shield (ASD) retained its "hold" rating from Brewin Dolphin, with a target price of 460p. The pharmaceutical group reported interim pre-tax profits of 4.3 million pounds, 2% ahead of the broker's estimates. However, with no new comments on the offer by Alere, or regarding the 4-test lipid panel, Brewin feels the shares bare increasing risk. The broker expects full year pre-tax profits of 9.1 million pounds, implying profits of 4.8 million pounds in the second half of the financial year. The shares inched up 2.5p to 478p.

Commenting on the interim results, Ian Gilham, Chief Executive of Axis-Shield, said: "There has been a significant uplift in revenues and underlying earnings during the first half of 2011, driven predominantly by the continuing strong penetration of Afinion™ in the high growth point-of-care diagnostics market. We have seen revenue growth in our CRP (C-Reactive Protein) marker on both Afinion™ and NycoCard®, benefiting from a return to a more normal winter flu season in Europe in 2010/11, and our diabetes HbA1c franchise continues to expand across all business divisions, driven by the increasing global incidence of diabetes. "Our Laboratory Division's homocysteine revenues have gained from the acquisition of the Catch clinical chemistry business and we believe the current small decline in OEM revenues associated with the retirement of older third party analyser systems will be offset by additional business on newer platforms such as Abbott's ARCHITECT® and the immunoassay systems of other partners, leading to a return to revenue growth in 2012. We have also seen good growth in our distribution businesses. "We are on track to meet our target placements of 2,500-3,000 Afinion™ instruments during 2011 and, with the new panel for lipid/cholesterol testing also on schedule for launch in Europe by the end of the year, we believe we are well-positioned for further expansion of our share of the global in vitro diagnostics market. We are poised to see increasing benefits from the significant investment made in our product portfolio in recent years."

Financial Highlights · Revenues increased by 10.4% to £56.2 million (H1 2010: £50.9 million) · Revenues from Axis-Shield's own products up 11.6% to £39.2 million (H1 2010: £35.1 million) · Underlying* EBITDA up 28.6% to £8.1 million (H1 2010: £6.3 million) · Gross profit up 10.1% to £30.7 million (H1 2010: £27.9 million). Gross margin 54.7% (H1 2010: 54.8%) · Net debt of £13.3 million at period end (FY 2010: £9.4 million)

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Panmure Gordon maintained its "hold" stance on Punch Taverns (PUB), but reduced its target price to 11p, from 19p, after revising future earnings estimates. The broker now expects full year pre-tax profits of 78 million pounds, falling to 58 million pounds in 2012, reflecting the sale of around 500 non-core pubs. Due to the current economic uncertainty and investors more interested in quality stocks, Panmure sees little opportunity for the group to outperform in the short term. Shares in Punch rose 0.5p to 10.75p.

Henry Boot (BHY) kept its "buy" rating from Evolution Securities, with a target price of 150p, following solid interims. The broker notes that the property and construction company's profits were 90% higher than on last year, benefiting from the disposal of a 700 unit site. Evolution believes that the group's 146p net asset value estimate is conservative, and that the acquisition of a renewable energy business will help Henry Boot develop its division in the future. The shares jumped 4p to 122p.

Commenting on the results, Chairman, John Brown, said: "I am pleased to report on a further solid performance by Henry Boot during the half year ended 30 June 2011. On the whole, the property market has remained stable but continues to be challenging. The house building sector has continued to trade at about the same level as over the last two years and indications are that over the next year activity will not increase substantially. We remain of the view that, as and when the recovery gathers momentum, our established portfolio of greenfield land sites will stand the Company in good stead and we continue to actively grow our site portfolio. Whilst profitable property development remains a challenging business in the current environment, the stabilisation of market conditions, combined with the more realistic expectations of landowners and prospective occupiers, has resulted in development projects becoming more attractive. The Group is well placed to progress the profitable development of existing projects and secure a flow of profitable new opportunities into the foreseeable future. Construction trading remains in line with management expectations. We are mindful that Government spending cuts will have an impact on the level of work being available to the market as a whole. We are still seeing opportunities within both the private and public sectors, although it is anticipated that margins will have to be competitive to win this type of work. The newly formed renewable energy operation is beginning to identify good opportunities and is starting to secure new work. We believe the foothold we have established in this expanding sector provides impetus for future growth. Overall, the Group continues to trade in line with the Board's expectations for the year ending 31 December 2011."

UNAUDITED HALF-YEARLY RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2011 Henry Boot PLC ('Henry Boot', 'the Company' or 'the Group') (LSE: BHY), a company engaged in land promotion, property development & investment, construction and plant hire, announces its half-yearly results for the six months ended 30 June 2011. HIGHLIGHTS · Trading profits*: £11.0m (2010: £5.8m) · Property revaluation deficit: £1.7m (2010: surplus £1.7m) · Profit before tax: £9.1m (2010: £9.0m) · Earnings per share of 4.1p (2010: 5.0p) · Increased interim dividend: 1.65p (2010: 1.35p) · Net asset value per share: 146p (31 December 2010: 145p) · Net funds: £0.6m (31 December 2010: Net debt £11.4m) *Trading profit comprises operating profit of £9.6m (2010: £10.0m), adjusted for the decrease in fair value of investment properties of £1.7m (2010: increase £1.7m), profit on sale of investment properties of £Nil (2010: £2.5m) and the profit on sale of assets held for sale of £0.4m (2010: £Nil).

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Barclays Capital downgrades William Hill from equal weight to underweight, target price raised from 205p to 215p.

Pebble - sorry I havnt been back here since you posted - obviously since then the world has panicked somewhat re the state of the economy and debt - I personally think this is now a very good price and would look for a good 20% rise over the next few months - not withstanding that if Greece/USA etc pop back into the news re increasing debt or non payment then all normal SP rises will be out the window and who knows where they stop - its all so much of a gamble. I intend to take it in here though. GL.