Financial Summary

Consolidated Five Year Financial Summary
at 31 March 2010

. 2010
£m
2009
£m
2008
£m
2007
£m
2006
£m
Consolidated income statement
Revenue

683.5

685.1

553.0

500.1

435.7
Trading profit from continuing
operations1
Finance charges – interest
Finance charges – other
51.1

(12.1)
(5.8)
61.7

(14.9)
(2.9)
51.9

(8.3)
(2.6)
44.4

(5.7)
(1.2)
36.6

(4.1)
(0.7)
Profit from continuing operations before
exceptional items and tax (Underlying
Profit)
Amortisation of acquisition intangibles
Exceptional items
33.2


(3.9)
(9.7)
43.9


(3.8)
(10.8)
41.0


(2.5)
(1.0)
37.5


(1.1)
6.9
31.8


–
(3.7)
Profit before tax from continuing
operations
Tax
Exceptional Tax
19.6

(6.7)
5.2
29.3

(7.8)
(18.4)
37.5

(11.9)
–
43.3

(14.0)
–
28.1

(9.8)
–
Profit after tax from continuing
operations
Profit after tax from discontinued
operations
18.1

19.5

3.1

3.3

25.6

2.7

29.3

2.0

18.3

12.1

Profit for the year 37.6 6.4 28.3 31.3 30.4

Consolidated balance sheet

Non-current assets
Other assets less liabilities
Net debt


878.7
(155.1)
(338.4)


874.4
(150.5)
(424.3)


726.6
(119.8)
(326.7)


561.8
(80.7)
(257.4)


466.0
(68.6)
(188.8)
Net assets 385.2 299.6 280.1 223.7 208.6
Share capital and share premium
Reserves
139.0
246.2
123.0
176.6
121.1
159.0
117.5
106.2
117.2
91.4
Total equity 385.2 299.6 280.1 223.7 208.6
Financial ratios
Adjusted basic earnings per share2
Basic earnings per share2
Dividends per share2

6.5p
4.8p
3.0p

10.4p
1.0p
1.7p

9.3p
8.6p
4.9p

8.6p
9.9p
4.7p

7.1p
6.2p
4.5p

 

1 Trading profit from continuing operations is stated before exceptional items and amortisation of acquisition intangibles.

2 As adjusted for the Rights Issue.

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