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Extel Files Now Reloaded and Current

Extel Financial Cards from Primark, File 500, has resumed updating. Files 500 and 501, Extel News Cards from Primark, are now provided by Primark Corporation of Waltham, Massachusetts. The files have undergone extensive reformatting and resumed updating in Spring 2001.

The Primark/Extel files cover over 8,000 companies worldwide. Over 5,000 of the companies are located in the U.K., and the other 3,000 are located throughout Europe, Australia, North America, and the Pacific Rim. As in the past, content will continue to include financials as reported by the companies themselves, and adjusted figures taking into account both corporate and national differences in reporting procedures.

Extel Financial Cards from Primark

This file contains a record for each company represented following the publication of the company's Report and Accounts (if British), and records are added on a weekly basis as they become available. If a major change takes place, such as a change in company name, the annual record is replaced at the time of the change. Records in File 500 include the following details:

• Address
• Registration information and registrars
• All known offices
• Names and positions of officers
• Organization data
• Share capital data
• Dividend information
• Price history
• Borrowings
• Profit and loss accounts
• Balance sheet
• Summaries of text statements

Primark/Extel, in recognizing the difficulties in cross-country searching, provides 30 key financial elements including pre-tax profit, turnover (sales), premium income, dividend information, capital employed, share capital, assets, borrowing, and market capitalization. These elements can be searched in local currency and have been converted into U.S. dollars so that companies can be compared quickly and effectively using a standard currency. In addition, from these key financials, Primark/Extel has derived over 20 ratios.

Extel News Cards from Primark

Each record in File 501 is equivalent to a compilation of one week's news about any company represented in File 500. The news stories are written by Extel's own team of experienced financial journalists. Virtually all announcements received are published, ensuring that this database is one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date sources of company information available today.

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