[ET Net News Agency, 21 November 2017] Want Want China (00151) said its profit
attributable to equity holders for the nine months ended 30 September 2017 dropped 13.8%
year-on-year to Rmb2,021 million.
Basic and diluted earnings per share were Rmb16.15 cents.
Revenue amounted to Rmb13,585 million, a decrease of 1.1% from a year earlier.
Gross profit fell 8.8% year-on-year to Rmb5,985 million. As a result of the increase in
the cost of certain key raw materials, such as packaging materials and sugar, the gross
profit margin of the Group decreased by 3.6 percentage points year-on-year to 44.1%.
An interim dividend for the three months ended 30 September 2017 of US0.48 cent per
share (2016: Nil) was declared by the Board of Directors, payable on or about 22 December.
(HL)