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Australian engineering, procurement and construction management firm WorleyParsons (ASX:WOR), released its first half results for the FY 2012-13 to the share market. WPR has four business divisions servicing the oil and gas, power, mining and infrastructure industries.

• WorleyParsons Net Profit at $155.1 million for 6 months to December 31 2012, up 2.1 percent on the prior corresponding period ($151.9 million).

Professional services provider for the energy, resource and complex process industries WorleyParsons (ASX:WOR) have released their full year financial results for FY 2012 to the ASX stockmarket.

• WorleyParsons half year net profit before one-off items of $195 million, up 9 percent in the six months to June – up from $179.3 million in the previous corresponding period.
• Analysts have expected $200.5 million.

There are no floats but there are a couple of ex-dividends scheduled for today and there are quite a number of companies which are holding their Annual General Meeting on October 25, 2011.

Annual General Meetings

There is only one company scheduled to float, but the rest of the board is filled with 6 that will have their extraordinary general meeting, and 17 stocks that will go on ex-dividend.

Dividends

WorleyParsons (ASX:WOR) has won a $250 million engineering services contract from iron ore company Fortescue Metals (ASX:FMG). WorleyParsons is ramping up production at Port Hedland where iron ore throughput is to be increased from about 55 million tonnes annually (mtpa) to 155 mtpa.

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