Six months to 30th June Adjusted	* Adj't	Total	Six months to 30th June Adjusted	* Adj't	Total	Year ended 31st December Adjusted	* Adj't	Total
		2010	2010	2010	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009
	notes	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Revenue	1	276,959	-	276,959	251,557	-	251,557	518,705	-	518,705
Operating Costs		(223,456)	6,627	(216,829)	(213,723)	(7,769)	(221,492)	(428,767)	(13,416)	(442,183)
Operating Profit	1	53,503	6,627	60,130	37,834	(7,769)	30,065	89,938	(13,416)	76,522
Financial expenses		(8,658)	-	(8,658)	(7,893)	-	(7,893)	(16,072)	-	(16,072)
Financial income		8,233	-	8,233	6,848	-	6,848	13,558	-	13,558
Net Financing Expense	2	(425)	-	(425)	(1,045)	-	(1,045)	(2,514)	-	(2,514)
Share of profit of associates		1,774	(195)	1,579	1,366	(187)	1,179	2,772	(365)	2,407
Profit Before Taxation		54,852	6,432	61,284	38,155	(7,956)	30,199	90,196	(13,781)	76,415
Taxation	3	(16,674)	235	(16,439)	(11,571)	2,112	(9,459)	(27,472)	4,148	(23,324)
Profit for the period		38,178	6,667	44,845	26,584	(5,844)	20,740	62,724	(9,633)	53,091
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent		38,100	6,667	44,767	26,552	(5,844)	20,708	62,596	(9,633)	52,963
Minority interest		78	-	78	32	-	32	128	-	128
Profit for the period		38,178	6,667	44,845	26,584	(5,844)	20,740	62,724	(9,633)	53,091
Earnings per share
Basic earnings per share	4			58.5p			27.2p			69.6p
Diluted earnings per share	4			57.8p			27.1p			69.3p
Dividends
Dividends paid per share	5			25.6p			23.3p			36.1p
Dividends proposed per share	5			13.0p			10.5p			33.8p

* Adjustments relate to amortisation of acquisition-related intangibles, profit on revaluation of investment arising from the
acquisition of a company previously treated as an Associate, acquisition costs and headcount reduction costs (see
note 1).  The adjusted basic earnings per share for the six months ended 30th June 2010 is 49.8p, for the six
months ended 30th June 2009 34.9p and for the year ended 31st December 2009 82.2p.