Historic trend

Five year review


  2012
£m		 2011
£m		 2010
£m		 2009
£m		 2008
£m
Revenue 5,359.2 5,109.5 4,829.6 4,648.7 4,177.3
           
Operating profit before intangible amortisation
and acquisition related costs		 352.4 335.7 306.7 295.7 280.5
Intangible amortisation and acquisition related costs (58.6) (56.4) (51.0) (41.8) (36.0)
Operating profit 293.8 279.3 255.7 253.9 244.5
Finance income 22.1 21.8 20.3 16.8 27.6
Finance cost (50.6) (51.4) (50.8) (54.7) (65.2)
Disposal of business 4.0 (56.0) - - -
Profit before income tax 269.3 193.7 225.2 216.0 206.9
Profit before income tax, intangible amortisation
and acquisition related costs		 323.9 306.1 276.2 257.8 242.9
Income tax (74.0) (69.9) (66.2) (67.1) (64.7)
Profit for the year 195.3 123.8 159.0 148.9 142.2
           
Basic earnings per share 59.9p 38.2p 49.1p 46.4p 44.5p
Adjusted earnings per share 71.8p 68.5p 60.6p 55.9p 52.7p