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FrobozzCo International Annual Report
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778 GUE
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FESTERON TOWN LIBRARY
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05/18/781
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01/32/811
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09/11/846
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02/07/902
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02/21/948
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Please take care of me...
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library books belong to everyone.
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A MESSAGE TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS
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[The first paragraph is actually partly obscured by the library
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date slip standard packaging!]
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778 was a year of continued growth for FrobozzCo and its many
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subsidiaries. Gross income rose 14% and our revenue increased by 22%.
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The employment rate now stands at 98.7% for the entire workforce of the
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Great Underground Empire and is limited only by the birth rate and the
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size of the Royal Family.
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Following the completion of the Royal Museum, the Frobozz Magic Cave
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Company, our largest subsidiary, moved to increase its staff even more
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as the well-publicized dam and volcano projects moved into full gear.
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The Cave Company will also be creating the new 400-story FrobozzCo world
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headquarters in Flatheadia, scheduled to open sometime in 781.
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More than 18,000 additional subsidiaries were formed or taken over
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during the last year, further increasing the scope of our industrial
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empire. FrobozzCo now produces everything from aardvarks to zwieback.
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I trust that you, as a stockholder, will take the time to read through
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this report and learn about at least a few of the many exciting things
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that are going on here at FrobozzCo. It's certainly been a tremendous
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year, but we're looking forward to an even tremendouser year in 779!
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John D. Flathead
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President and Chairman of the Board,
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FrobozzCo International
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FROBOZZ MAGIC CAVE COMPANY
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The Frobozz Magic Cave Company has won an unequaled amount of honors,
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including the much-coveted Dirtiest Shovel in the Great Underground
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Empire award.
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The first of FrobozzCo's myriad subsidiaries, the Magic Cave company was
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formed over a century ago to implement King Duncanthrax's massive
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tunneling project. Today, the Magic Cave Company is an umbrella for a
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wide range of underground construction projects.
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Two of the most ambitious construction projects ever attempted are now
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on the Magic Cave Company drawing boards. Construction has already
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started on a dam of staggering proportions that will span the Frigid
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River. Tentatively called Flood Control Dam Number Three, the dam is
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scheduled for completion in 783 G.U.E., and comes with a price tag of 37
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million zorkmids.
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Magic Cave Company engineers are planning an amazing project to quench
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and then hollow out a mighty volcano. The project is being conducted
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under very tight security, and Lord Dimwit Flathead himself is
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personally reviewing the plans at each stage.
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In addition to these landmark projects, the Magic Cave Company created
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an additional 46,000 linear bloits of tunnel this year, including nearly
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200 bloits of Great Underground Highway extension, as well as 8,000
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cubic bloits of additional cavern space.
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FROBOZZ MAGIC TWEEZERS COMPANY
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Our top-of-the-line Model X-1 tweezer is as functional as it is
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good-looking.
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One of the newest and brightest members of the FrobozzCo family, the
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Magic Tweezers Company was formed after a 652,000-zorkmid market
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research survey revealed a widespread need for a high-quality
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technologically advanced tweezer.
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Following several years of planning and development, the Frobozz Magic
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Tweezer Model A-1 is now ready to roll off the assembly lines and into
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millions of homes all across the Great Underground Empire. The A-1,
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which will retail for Zm0.29, has sold briskly in test markets. Within
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six months, a top of the line Model X-1 tweezer will be introduced and
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will retail for Zm0.89. Six more models, as well as various add-on
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accessories, are currently on the drawing board.
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The Board of Directors of FrobozzCo welcomes the Frobozz Magic
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Tweezers Company aboard, and is confident that this new division will
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pluck a lot of business for the parent conglomerate.
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FROBOZZ MAGIC SPELL COMPANY
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Some truly amazing things materialize at the Frobozz Magic Spell
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Company.
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While the well-heeled Enchanters Guild remains the primary customer of
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the Frobozz Magic Spell Company, the invention of self-casting spell
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scrolls has created a huge new market for magic technology.
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Sales increased 11% during 778, marking the twentieth year of steady
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growth for this lucrative FrobozzCo subsidiary. In response to the
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growing demand for magic spell accessories, several new FrobozzCo
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divisions were formed, including the Frobozz Magic Scroll Rack company,
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the Frobozz Magic Spell Book Company, and the Frobozz Magic Scroll
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Mailing Tube Company.
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Four new spells were added to the Magic Spell Company product line
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this year, a Magic Spell Company record and a tribute to the wizards in
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FrobozzCo's famous Magiclab. The four new spells are DRILBO (strips a
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floor of yellowed wax), BORCH (puts insects to sleep), GIZGUM (predicts
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visits by relatives) and QUELBO (transmutes coconuts into gold).
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FROBOZZ MAGIC GRUE REPELLENT COMPANY
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Encouraged by the runaway success of their old socks/burning rubber-
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scented repellent, company scientists increased the product line with
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seven new odors.
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The Frobozz Magic Grue Repellent Company is one of FrobozzCo's fastest
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growing divisions. Sales of grue repellent nearly tripled last year,
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spurred on by drastic extensive improvements made in the product and by
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an aggressive marketing campaign. Magic Grue Repellent Company
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executives can proudly point to a 31% drop in grue-related deaths during
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the last year, and a consequent 31% drop in the grue population.
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The discovery of a particularly effective new additive by the Magic
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Grue Repellent Company's research division has increased the efficiency
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of the product by 45%. Studies have shown that most grues will not come
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within 70 feet of someone sprayed with New Improved Repellent. The new
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additive, dubbed G-17, is also longer-lasting, requiring fewer
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sprayings, and it can be made from ordinary sand!
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The Magic Grue Repellent Company also increased the product line with
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the introduction of seven new odors of repellent, in addition to the
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regular old socks/burning rubber odor. The new odors include rotting
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eggs, dead fish, swamp gas, three-week-old meatloaf, gym locker, wet
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dog and mint.
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Several ingenious sales strategies were highly successful. The Free-
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Noseplugs-With-Every-Can campaign, in association with the Frobozz Magic
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Noseplugs Company, ran for one month and increased sales by 92%.
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Advertisements featuring grue-mangled corpses ran before and during the
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peak travel season. Finally, a joint packaging effort with the Frobozz
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Magic Lantern Company to produce a Frobozz Anti-Grue kit paid off with
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remarkable end-of-year sales.
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FROBOZZCO FINANCIAL REPORT
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[Six times the same diagram:X = "Year" (773-778), Y = "Zorkmids (in
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millions)" (10-50); but with 6 different captions: SALES, PROFIT,
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NUMBER OF SUBSIDIARIES, NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, NAME RECOGNITION,
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GRANOLA SUBSIDIES]
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FrobozzCo International Income Statement
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(Zorkmid Amounts in Millions)
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Year end Year end
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Revenues:
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Sales of goods and services Zm5,431,922 Zm5,108,113
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Sale of property 350,585 -- -- -- --
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Other revenues 812,913 656,106
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TOTAL REVENUES 6,595,420 5,764,219
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Expenses:
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Cost of goods and services 2,773,119 2,655,288
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Selling, administration, bribes 1,243,984 1,256,712
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Depreciation 127,353 112,499
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Contributions to Royal Charities 888,307 888,307
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Printing of Annual Report 285,238 279,540
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TOTAL EXPENSES 5,318,001 5,192,346
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NET INCOME Zm1,277,419 Zm 571,873
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Earnings per uncommon share:
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Continuing operations Zm 2.72 Zm 1.54
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Discontinuing operations (0.03) (0.02)
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NET INCOME PER UNCOMMON SHARE Zm 2.69 Zm 1.52
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FrobozzCo International Retained Earnings Statement
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(Zorkmid Amounts in Millions)
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Year end Year end
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Retained earnings at year opening Zm1,204,445 Zm1,162,556
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Net income 1,277,419 571,873
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Dividends paid on uncommon stock (894,017) (529,971)
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Dividends paid on unpreferred stock (24) (13)
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Retained earnings at year end Zm1,587,823 Zm1,204,445
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FrobozzCo International Balance Sheet
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(Zorkmid Amounts in Millions)
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Year end Year end
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Assets:
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Cash Zm 393,459 Zm 219,067
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Inventories 566,790 465,634
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Loans to Royal Family 1,125,000 900,000
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Executive Party Fund 107,374 132,252
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Plant and Equipment 778,833 596,025
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Other assets 325,939 294,606
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TOTAL ASSETS Zm3,297,395 Zm2,610,584
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Liabilities:
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Short term loans Zm 456,872 Zm 388,431
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Accrued payroll deductions 594,311 435,923
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Deferred bribes 216,343 209,575
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Other liabilities 95,647 80,293
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Total Liabilities 1,363,173 1,114,222
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Shareholder's equity:
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Uncommon stock 345,287 291,054
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Unpreferred stock 1,112 858
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Retained earnings 1,587,823 1,204,445
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Total shareholder's equity 1,934,222 1,496,357
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY Zm3,297,395 Zm2,610,579
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Original Headquarters Building
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Constructed 667
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[FI logo - a capital 'F']
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FROBOZZCO INTERNATIONAL
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"You name it, we do it"
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from Interactive Fiction Archive ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/
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