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DIPLOMA PLC (DPLM)
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Objections to Pay at Diploma and the Cost of Zero Carbon
Post Date: January 16, 2020
My previous blog post covered the subject of criticism by Slater Investments of many current pay schemes. That at Diploma (DPLM) is a typical example. But at their Annual...
Bogle Death, Patisserie and Diploma AGM
Post Date: January 18, 2019
The death of John Bogle has been announced at the age of 89. He wrote several very informative books on investment and was the founder of Vanguard which has grown into one of the largest mutual fund managers by promoting index fund management. He also promoted the idea that the investors should own the fund manager. He suffered from heart attacks from a young age, the first at age 31, and actually had a heart transplant in 1990. So in some ...
AGM Reports
Diploma (DPLM) AGM Report 21/1/2017
Post Date: January 22, 2017
I attended the AGM of Diploma Plc on the 18th January in the City of London at 12.00 noon. This will be a brief report because there was nothing exciting to report and I covered the AGM last year also.
The company had a reasonably good year last year, helped a great deal by currency movements. Revenue up 15% at £382 million, helped by further acquisitions and £14m of currency moves. Underlying growth was only 3% with the seals sector being particularly ...
Diploma (DPLM) AGM Report 2016
Post Date: January 20, 2016
I attended the Annual General Meeting of Diploma PLC (DPLM) on the 20th January in the City of London at 12.00 am. Diploma is a fully listed company with a market cap of about £760m and revenue of £333m last year. It produces and sells a range of specialist technical products. Historically it has obtained good growth from both acquisitions and organic growth. It seems to acquire typically small/medium private companies where the owners wish to sell, which are complementary to ...
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