Report to Investor of Johnson Matthey

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION...............2

1. deliverance OVERVIEW............2

2. THE CHEMICALS INDUSTRY.............2

2.1 Industry Briefing...............3

2.2 Opportunities for Growth................3

3. JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC PROFILE........4

3.1 Company Overview.............5

3.2 Company Policy.................6

4. SCAPA GROUP PLC PROFILE...........6

5. THE COMPANIES PERFORMANCE...........7

5.1 financial abridgment................7

5.2 Activity analysis.................8

5.3 Solvency and liquidity analysis...............9

5.4 Profitability analysis...............9

6. GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS...........10

6.1 JMAT Overall Comparison.........10

6.2 likely EPS Graph............11

6.2 Prospective Dividend.............11

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION..........12

TABLE OF REFERENCES............13

APPENDICES...........14

I.Key Ratios.............15

II. Annual reports of Johnson Matthey PLC and Scapa Group PLC...........26

INTRODUCTION

The intention of this report is endowment advice to the Johnson Matthey PLCs investor. The report will help the investor to make the best decision.

It consists of parsimoniousness overviews, analysis the industry position, Johnson Matthey PLCs profile and their competitor Scapa Group PLCs profile. Moreover, the in-depth analysis of the companys performance with comparative is also included in this report.

The graphs presented in the report will make the investor easier to understand the operation of Johnson Matthey.

1.



ECONOMY OVERVIEW

The UK and all of the EU countries are slowing economic growth, because of the gamy oil prices and exchange rates. UKs real GDP grown by 3.2% in 2004, and prospected grow by only 1.9% in 2005. However, the admit market is booming, and household spending is keeping almost the equal level in middle 2005.

The Monetary Policy committal (MPC) of the Bank of England cut interest rates to 4.5% in August. The main reason should be the government wants to encourage investors to spend more.

On the former(a) hand, almost all the FTSE 100 companies are reported high profits and having strong cash flows. That is significantly point to the potence investors.

2. THE CHEMICALS INDUSTRY

The graph 1 shows the trend from December 2004 to November 2005 of UKs...

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