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Five Year Group History

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# Operating profit before interest, tax, depreciation amortisation and exceptional items
* Before amortisation and exceptional items 

 

Five Year Financial History
Five Year Financial History  
  2012
£m		 2011
£m		 2010
£m		 2009
£m		 2008
£m
Revenue 2,423.8 2,297.0 2,167.3 2,187.2 2,199.1
EBITDA# 164.0 164.3 150.9 175.0 194.0
Depreciation (53.8) (49.2) (49.9) (46.2) (49.1)
Operating profit* 110.2 115.1 101.0 128.8 144.9
Operating margin* 4.5% 5.0% 4.7% 5.9% 6.6%
Goodwill and intangible amortisation (9.7) (10.5) (10.9) (11.9) (11.6)
Exceptional items 0.0 (2.3) (11.0) (14.5) (16.4)
Net finance costs (16.0) (17.5) (13.3) (11.5) (13.8)
Profit before taxation 84.5 84.8 65.8 90.9 94.8
Tax expense (18.0) (9.8) (14.5) (32.4) (26.3)
Non-controlling interests 11.0 12.0 (6.3) (12.0) (20.8)
Discontinued operations 0.0 (4.4) (27.8) (40.2) 0.0
Reported profit 66.5 79.4 23.5 6.3 56.0
Earnings per share+
– basic & diluted 129.5p 146.8p 104.8p 108.3p 128.8p
– adjusted 141.9p 135.2p 126.9 161.6p 174.8p
Dividends paid and proposed 81.0p 81.0p 81.0p 81.0p 81.0p
Cash flow generated from operations 167.8 137.9 160.6 233.4 192.5
Net capital expenditure (80.6) (55.0) (54.7) (56.2) (54.7)
Adjusted net debt (net debt plus restricted cash) 296.0 259.5 292.3 272.3 320.7
Adjusted net debt / EBITDA 1.80x 1.58x 1.94x 1.56x 1.46x

Annual Report 2012

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