Case Study: TESCO PLC: Reporting Corporate Governance Matters in UK Published Accounts
以特易购1994年年报为例,展示英国公司如何遵循凯德伯瑞报告建议披露公司治理信息,帮助理解英国公司治理实践。
Tesco Plc. is one of Britain's leading food retailers with 430 stores throughout England, Scotland and Wales and an additional 98 in France operated by Catteau. Tesco serves over eight million customers each week. In 1994 group sales increased by 13.8% to £9.2bn, profit before tax was £528m and dividends per share rose by 9.2% to 7.75p. This extract from the Tesco 1994 annual report and accounts is included to illustrate the corporate governance information now being provided in the UK, following the Cadbury report recommendations. The accounts were chosen at random and are not intended to show good or bad practice.