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Appendix 3 - Restatement of trading statement comparables


 Q1
13 weeks to
3 June 2006
        
Argos          
Sales £855m        
Like-for-like change in sales 6.1%        
Net new space contribution to sales change 8.0%        
Total sales change 14.1%        
Guidance on gross margin movement Down c.100bps        
           
Homebase          
Sales £441m        
Like-for-like change in sales (4.7%)        
Net new space contribution to sales change 3.6%        
Total sales change (1.1%)        
Guidance on gross margin movement Up c.200bps        
           

Q2
13 weeks to
2 Sept 2006
   H1
26 weeks to
2 Sept 2006		    
Argos          
Sales £899m   £1,754m    
Like-for-like change in sales 4.5%   5.1%    
Net new space contribution to sales change 6.3%   6.9%    
Total sales change 10.8%   12.0%    
Guidance on gross margin movement Down c.100bps   Down c.100bps    
           
Homebase          
Sales £416m   £857m    
Like-for-like change in sales (1.5%)   (3.2%)    
Net new space contribution to sales change 4.6%   4.1%    
Total sales change 3.1%   0.9%    
Guidance on gross margin movement Up c.150bps   Up c.200bps    
           

Q3
18 weeks to
6 Jan 2007
   YTD
44 weeks to
6 Jan 2007		    
Argos          
Sales £1,873m   £3,627m    
Like-for-like change in sales (0.1%)   2.5%    
Net new space contribution to sales change 4.5%   5.6%    
Total sales change 4.4%   8.1%    
Guidance on gross margin movement Up c.50bps   Down c.25bps    
           
Homebase          
Sales £519m   £1,376m    
Like-for-like change in sales (2.8%)   (3.0%)    
Net new space contribution to sales change 3.0%   3.6%    
Total sales change 0.2%   0.6%    
Guidance on gross margin movement Up c.350bps   Up c.250bps    
           

Q4
8 weeks to
3 Mar 2007
   H2
26 weeks to
3 Mar 2007		   FY
52 weeks to
3 Mar 2007
Argos          
Sales £537m   £2,410m   £4,164m
Like-for-like change in sales 3.0%   0.8%   2.4%
Net new space contribution to sales change 3.8%   4.4%   5.5%
Total sales change 6.8%   5.2%   7.9%
Guidance on gross margin movement Up c.50bps   Up c.50bps   c.0 bps
           
Homebase          
Sales £218m   £737m   £1,594m
Like-for-like change in sales 9.9%   0.6%   (1.4%)
Net new space contribution to sales change 3.4%   3.1%   3.6%
Total sales change 13.3%   3.7%   2.2%
Guidance on gross margin movement Up c.500bps   Up c.400bps   Up c.300bps

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