Carlton Annual Report & Accounts 1999
INTRODUCTION

Financial highlights

From the Chairman

From the Chief Executive

 
OUR BUSINESSES

Broadcasting & advertising sales

Programme making

Digital pay television

The internet

Technicolour Group

 
FINANCIAL REVIEW

Finance Director's Review

 
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Directors' report

Remuneration report

 
FINANCIAL RESULTS

Auditors' report

Profit and loss account

Consolidated balance sheet

Consolidated statement of cash flows

Statement of total recognised gains & losses

Reconciliation of movements in shareholders' funds

Principal accounting policies

 
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS

Index to notes

 
APPENDIX

Euro conversion

US$ conversion

Differences between UK and US GAAP

Historical record

Summary notice of AGM

Shareholder information

SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION
Financial calendar 2000
25 January 2000 Annual Report posted to shareholders
23 February 2000 Annual General Meeting
1 April 2000 & 1 October 2000 5.5p Preference dividends payable
6 April 2000 Second interim dividend (in lieu of the final dividend) for 1999 payable
End May 2000 Announcement of results for the six months ending 31 March 2000
1 July 2000 & 1 January 2001 6.5p Preference dividends payable
Mid August 2000 Interim dividend for 2000 payable
Early December 2000 Announcement of results for the year ending 30 September 2000

Analysis of Ordinary share-holdings at 30 September 1999 Number of holders % Ordinary shares held %
Size of holdings:
1-200 1,443 7.25 166,985 0.03
201-400 1,725 8.67 524,490 0.08
401-600 2,398 12.05 1,237,418 0.20
601-1,000 4,846 24.35 3,998,526 0.65
1,001-5,000 7,453 37.44 15,296,503 2.48
5,001-10,000 670 3.37 4,785,599 0.77
10,001-20,000 316 1.59 4,565,237 0.74
20,001-50,000 299 1.50 9,872,015 1.60
50,001-100,000 214 1.07 15,483,006 2.50
100,001 and above 540 2.71 561,747,422 90.95
19,904 100.00 617,677,201 100.00

Registrars
The Company's share registers are administered by Computershare Services PLC and all correspondence regarding Ordinary or Preference shares should be sent to them at the following address: PO Box 82,The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol BS99 7NH Telephone 0870 702 0000.

Stockbrokers
The Company's stockbrokers are Cazenove & Co and Warburg Dillon Read.

Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP)
The DRIP enables Ordinary shareholders to sign a mandate so that their dividend payments are automatically applied to purchase additional Ordinary shares in a convenient and cost-effective manner. Further details on the DRIP can be obtained from Computershare Services PLC by telephoning 0870 702 0000.

Individual Savings Account (ISA)
The Carlton Communications Plc Corporate ISA is provided by Barclays Stockbrokers Limited. Further details on the ISA can be obtained from Barclays Stockbrokers by telephoning 0845 601 5000 (from the UK only). Barclays Stockbrokers Limited is a member of the London Stock Exchange and is regulated by the SFA.

American Depositary Shares (ADSs)
Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York is the Depositary for the Company's ADSs and their address for enquiries is P. O. Box 8205, Boston, MA, 02266-8205, USA, Tel: 1-800-428-4237. ADSs are evidenced by American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). Each ADS represents five Ordinary shares. The ADSs are listed on NASDAQ and traded under the symbol CCTVY. More information about ADSs is available on J P Morgan's website (www.adr.com).

Carlton Communications Plc's website
Updated information, including recent press releases and the current market price of Ordinary shares, is available on the Company's website, www.carlton.com.


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