Forum Archive Index - March 2002

["Phil Boeyen" <pboeyen@sharechat.co.nz>]

The next Investor Interview is with Briscoe Group MD (NZSE: BGR), Rod Duke.

Briscoe Group is a listed retailing business comprising 28 Briscoes Homeware
stores and 11 Rebel Sport outlets.  The company listed in December 2001 at a
40% premium to its offer price of $1.00.  The IPO was heavily
oversubscribed. Managing director Rod Duke is the majority shareholder in
the company with 75% ownership.  Another major shareholder is Harvey Norman
founder Gerry Harvey.  210 million shares are on issue.  A large amount of
the money raised in the float is being spent on modernising the company's
homeware stores and opening new Rebel Sport stores. Operating revenue grew
16.4% for the 3 months ended January 27 to $87.9 million compared with sales
of $75.5 million for the same period last year. An after-tax profit of
$15.11 million was forecast in the company's prospectus for the year ended
January 2001, rising to $17.74 million the following year.

ShareChat's Investor Interviews offer everyone a unique chance to question
leaders of listed New Zealand companies about their businesses and you are
encouraged to participate.

Please follow this link to send your questions:
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/iinterviews

The deadline for questions for Rod Duke is 5pm, Thursday March 28, 2002.

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The ShareChat Team



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