Interim Results
5 March 2003 Freeport announces record first half Freeport plc, owner, developer and operator of factory outlet retail villages in Europe, today published its interim results for the 27 weeks ended 4 January 2003. Results · Pre-tax profits up 11% to £6.02m (2002: £5.44m) · Group turnover up 3% to £9.32m (2002: £9.08m) · Fully diluted earnings per share up 5% to 8.91p (2002: 8.51p) · Fully diluted net assets per share up by 3% to 534p from 520p at 29 June 2002 Highlights · Freeport Excalibur (on Czech/Austrian border) to open early Autumn 2003 · Freeport Lisbon to open Spring 2004 · Planning