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Transcorp To Sustain Improved Performance
The Board of Direc
tors, Transnational Corporation of Nigeria, Transcorp Plc has pledged to sustain its improved financial performance in 2015 given the result achieved by the company in the 2014 financial year.
According to the company in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday, the revenue growth was particularly positive due to strong contributions by its subsidiaries, Transcorp Ughelli Power Limited and Transcorp Hotel Plc respectively.
The company’s President/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr Emmanuel Nnorom assured the company shareholders of better performance across all the business focus areas, including the anticipated implementation of Transitional Electricity Market (TEM).
The statement quoted that the company had recorded N41.3 billion revenue in its audited full year financial results for the period ended December 31 2014, stressing that recorded revenue represented 20 per cent growth over N18.8 billion recorded in 2013.
Nnorom added that the Board of Directors is delighted to record such impressive performance despite the various challenges the company and its subsidiaries experienced within its operating environment.
He said the delayed implementation of the Translational Electricity Marketing (TEM), exchange rate movement and reduced occupancy arriving from security challenges and the Ebola epidemic never affected the achievement of the company greatly during the year preceding 2015.
However, highlights of the company’s 2014 financial performance showed that the company’s gross profit increased by 92 per cent to N27.6 billion as against N14.4 billion recorded in 2015.
Also the group operating profit rose to N13.6 billion an increase of 33 per cent over the figure posted in 2013, total assets grew by 14 per cent from N149.5 billion in 2013 to N170.8 billion during the period. The group’s net finance cost at N7.8 billion represents 208 per cent increase compared to N2.5 billion in 2013.
Profit before Tax declined by 14 per cent to N7.7 billion in 2014 from N9.0 billion in 2013.
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