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|
Six months to
30th June
* Before
Adjustment |
Adj't |
Total |
Six months to
30th June
* Before
Adjustment |
Adj't |
Total |
Twelve months to
31st December
* Before
Adjustment |
Adj't |
Total |
|
|
|
2009 |
2009 |
2009 |
2008 |
2008 |
2008 |
2008 |
2008 |
2008 |
|
| |
notes |
£000 |
£000 |
£000 |
£000 |
£000 |
£000 |
£000 |
£000 |
£000 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Revenue |
1 |
251,557 |
- |
251,557 |
238,707 |
- |
238,707 |
502,316 |
- |
502,316 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Operating Costs |
|
(213,723) |
(7,769) |
(221,492) |
(197,922) |
(637) |
(198,559) |
(416,647) |
(4,641) |
(421,288) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Operating Profit |
1 |
37,834 |
(7,769) |
30,065 |
40,785 |
(637) |
40,148 |
85,669 |
(4,641) |
81,028 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Financial expenses |
|
(7,893) |
- |
(7,893) |
(7,354) |
- |
(7,354) |
(14,805) |
- |
(14,805) |
|
| Financial income |
|
6,848 |
- |
6,848 |
8,113 |
- |
8,113 |
16,541 |
- |
16,541 |
|
| Net Financing Income |
2 |
(1,045) |
- |
(1,045) |
759 |
- |
759 |
1,736 |
- |
1,736 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Share of profit of associates |
|
1,366 |
(187) |
1,179 |
1,200 |
(170) |
1,030 |
2,741 |
(343) |
2,398 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Profit Before Taxation |
|
38,155 |
(7,956) |
30,199 |
42,744 |
(807) |
41,937 |
90,146 |
(4,984) |
85,162 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Taxation |
3 |
(11,571) |
2,112 |
(9,459) |
(13,641) |
- |
(13,641) |
(26,257) |
883 |
(25,374) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Profit for the period |
|
26,584 |
(5,844) |
20,740 |
29,103 |
(807) |
28,296 |
63,889 |
(4,101) |
59,788 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Attributable to: |
|
|
|
|
| Equity holders of the parent |
|
26,552 |
(5,844) |
20,708 |
28,971 |
(807) |
28,164 |
63,648 |
(4,101) |
59,547 |
|
| Minority interest |
|
32 |
- |
32 |
132 |
- |
132 |
241 |
- |
241 |
|
| Profit for the period |
|
26,584 |
(5,844) |
20,740 |
29,103 |
(807) |
28,296 |
63,889 |
(4,101) |
59,788 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Earnings per share |
|
|
|
|
| Basic earnings per share |
4 |
|
27.2p |
|
|
36.9p |
|
|
78.0p |
|
| Diluted earnings per share |
4 |
|
|
27.1p |
|
|
36.8p |
|
|
77.7p |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Dividends |
|
|
|
|
| Dividends paid per share |
5 |
|
23.3p |
|
21.6p |
|
33.3p |
|
| Dividends proposed per share |
5 |
|
|
10.5p |
|
|
10.0p |
|
|
31.6p |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| * Adjustments relate to headcount reduction
costs and amortisation of acquisition-related intangibles (see note 1). . |
|
| Before
adjustment, the basic earnings per share for the six months ended 30th June
2009 is 34.9p, for the six months ended 30th June 2008 38.0p |
|
| and for the
year ended 31st December 2008 83.4p. |
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