CASE TO HAVE UKP1M PRE-TAX PROFITS FOR THE YEAR

On the Case Group Plc trading front Chase Manhattan Securities is looking for UKP1m pre-tax for the year to the end of this month, and UKP6m for 1987-88 – assuming breakeven in the US – which puts the shares, at 80 pence, on a prospective multiple of 11, about in line with the sector.