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Gold/Mining/Energy : GlobalSantaFe Corp. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dennis Roth who wrote (2)	12/9/2005 3:39:43 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10

GlobalSantaFe ups cash dividend Thursday December 8, 6:07 pm ET GlobalSantaFe Corp. said Thursday that its board of directors has increased the company's quarterly cash dividend to 22.5 cents per share. The raise is a percent jump from the previous quarterly dividend of 15 cents per share. The dividend is to be paid on Jan. 13, 2006 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on Dec. 30. Based in Houston, GlobalSantaFe (NYSE: GSF - News) is an offshore oil and gas drilling contractor. Dennis, since this was a duplicate site, I did not have it bookmarked and why it took me a while to find your msg. len

To: Dennis Roth who wrote (2)	2/24/2006 8:03:30 AM
From: Dennis Roth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10

GlobalSantaFe (IL/A): First Take - 4Q core operations in line - Goldman Sachs - February 23, 2006 Excluding one-time items (gain on sale and insurance proceeds), GlobalSantaFe's recurring 4Q05 EPS of $0.62 was above our estimate of $0.60 and consensus $0.56. The upside EPS surprise, however, was generated almost entirely by (1) lower S,G&A expense (+$0.01 positive variance) and (2) lower tax rate (+$0.01). Core contract drilling operating income was in line with our expectations. Non-core Turnkey operating income was 17% below our expectations on higher costs, offset by Oil & Gas op income 5% ahead on lower costs. Conference call today 11am EST, dial in (719) 457-2679. Maintain IL/A rating. Each of the analysts named below hereby certifies that, with respect to each subject company and its securities for which the analyst is responsible in this report, (1) all of the views expressed in this report accurately reflect his or her personal views about the subject companies and securities, and (2) no part of his or her compensation was, is, or will be, directly or indirectly, related to the specific recommendations or views expressed in this report: Jason Gilbert, Jerry Revich.