Financial highlights for the year ended 28 December 2012.

Financial highlights 2012 2011 Increase %
  1. Underlying profit is calculated as profit excluding profit on sale of fixed assets and external transaction costs.
  2. Underlying earnings per share is calculated as profit on ordinary activities after taxation, before profit on sale of fixed assets and external transaction costs (both net of tax)
    and exceptional items, divided by the weighted average number of Ordinary Shares in issue in the period.
  3. Cash generated from operations excludes external transaction costs.
  4. Interim dividend represents the interim dividend that was declared and paid in the period out of earnings generated in the same period.
  5. The final dividend represents the final dividend that was declared and paid in the period relating to the earnings generated in the previous period.
Revenue (£million) 229.6 210.1 9
Underlying operating profit(a) (£million) 69.4 64.5 8
Underlying profit before tax(a) (£million) 46.1 41.6 11
Underlying earnings per share(b) (pence) 62.8 55.1 14
Cash generated from operations(c) (£million) 83.3 74.2 12
Operating profit (£million) 68.7 63.2 9
Profit before tax (£million) 45.4 40.3 13
Basic earnings per share (pence) 65.1 62.6 4
Interim dividend(d) (pence) 5.36 4.87 10
Final dividend(e) (pence) 9.77 8.88 10

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