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| 2007 £m |
2008 £m |
2009 £m |
2010 £m |
2011 £m |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 652.8 | 666.1 | 645.1 | 650.7 | 682.2 |
| Profit before exceptional items | 98 | 85.1 | 70.3 | 73.5 | 80.4 |
| Exceptional items | -3.3 | -8.9 | -48.9 | -21.0 | 0.4 |
| Profit before taxation | 94.7 | 76.2 | 21.4 | 52.5 | 80.8 |
| Taxation* | -12.4 | -14.4 | -5.0 | -5.0 | -12.0 |
| Profit after taxation | 82.3 | 61.8 | 16.4 | 47.5 | 68.8 |
| Capital employed | 748.5 | 706.9 | 783.2 | 780.5 | 817.6 |
| Earning per ordinary share** | 20.0p | 16.3p | 3.9p | 8.3p | 12.1p |
| Exceptional items** | -1.2 | 2.0p | 9.5p | 1.7p | -0.9p |
| Earnings per ordinary share before exceptional items** | 18.8p | 18.3p | 13.4p | 10.0p | 11.2p |
| Dividend per ordinary share** | 9.2p | 9.5p | 7.1p | 5.8p | 5.8p |
| Retail price index | 100.0 | 105.0 | 103.5 | 108.3 | 114.4 |
| Earnings per share performance | 100.0 | 81.5 | 19.5 | 41.5 | 60.5 |
| Earnings per share performance before exceptional items | 100.0 | 97.3 | 71.3 | 53.2 | 59.6 |
| Dividend performance | 100.0 | 103.3 | 77.2 | 63.0 | 63.0 |
* Taxation includes the tax impact on exceptional operating items together with exceptional credits of £5.0 million in 2011 and £2.1 million in 2010 in respect of the change in corporation tax rate, an exceptional charge of £1.4 million in 2008 relating to the phasing out of industrial buildings allowances, and an exceptional credit of £7.2 million in 2007 relating to the change in tax rate and abolition of balancing charges.
** Adjusted where appropriate to reflect the impact of the issue of new shares under a rights issue on 22 July 2009. For comparative purposes, the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue in 2010 was 569.3 million compared to 415.8 million in 2009.