Five Year Record
| |
2005 (52 weeks) £m |
2006 (52 weeks) £m |
2007 (52 weeks) £m |
2008 (53 weeks) £m |
2009 (52 weeks) £m |
| Revenue |
556.1 |
595.5 |
652.8 |
666.1 |
645.1 |
| Profit before exceptional items |
89.7 |
101.5 |
98.0 |
85.1 |
70.3 |
| Exceptional items |
(35.5) |
— |
(3.3) |
(8.9) |
(48.9) |
| Profit before taxation |
54.2 |
101.5 |
94.7 |
76.2 |
21.4 |
| Taxation* |
(15.1) |
(28.2) |
(12.4) |
(14.4) |
(5.0) |
| Profit after taxation |
39.1 |
73.3 |
82.3 |
61.8 |
16.4 |
| Capital employed |
640.2 |
653.2 |
748.5 |
706.9 |
783.2 |
| Earnings per ordinary share† |
9.3p |
17.1p |
20.0p |
16.3p |
3.9p |
| Exceptional items† |
5.6p |
— |
(1.2)p |
2.0p |
9.5p |
| Earnings per ordinary share before exceptional items† |
14.9p |
17.1p |
18.8p |
18.3p |
13.4p |
| Dividend per ordinary share† |
7.0p |
7.7p |
9.2p |
9.5p |
7.1p |
| Retail price index |
100.0 |
103.6 |
107.7 |
113.1 |
111.5 |
| Earnings per share performance |
100.0 |
183.9 |
215.1 |
175.3 |
41.9 |
| Earnings per share performance before exceptional items |
100.0 |
114.8 |
126.2 |
122.8 |
89.9 |
| Dividend performance |
100.0 |
110.0 |
131.4 |
135.7 |
101.4 |
* Taxation includes 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 to reflect the 4-for-1 share split on 9 January 2007 and the impact of the issue of new shares under a rights issue on 22 July 2009.