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The company's gross operating profit was Dh531 million, up 37 per cent over the same period last year.

According to one company report, better efficiencies and cost saving plans during 2009 also encouraged the growth of gross operating profits by almost 23%.

To reach such target, Acer will have to maintain in the next three years 10% gross operating profit margin.

Up to 10 per cent of gross operating profit is payable for management fee, including incentive fee.

Dubai enjoys the second highest hotel occupancy rates in the world, after London, with gross operating profits per room pegged at 33 per cent.

According to the enforcement guidelines announced by the FSA, the agency will require top management of a financial institution, which has received public funds independently without merging with other institutions, to resign if it fails to achieve any of three targets set in its business improvement plan -- ratio of net operating profit to total assets, ratio of costs to gross operating profit, and ratio of bad loans to total lending.

Byline: LOUISE JONES LONDON UNDERGROUND unveiled record gross operating profits of [pounds sterling]288million yesterday - [pounds sterling]23million up on the previous year - while failing to meet most Government targets on customer satisfaction and services.

After that, the employee match increases on a percentage basis as the gross operating profit exceeds the budgeted amount.