Annual Report & Accounts 2009
| Note | 2009 (52 weeks) £m |
2008 (53 weeks) £m |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Continuing operations | |||
| Revenue | 1 | 804.4 | 744.7 |
| Cost of sales | (485.6) | (449.2) | |
| Gross profit | 318.8 | 295.5 | |
| Net operating expenses | |||
| – before restructuring costs | (230.0) | (207.5) | |
| – restructuring costs | 2 | (3.4) | – |
| Total net operating expenses | 2 | (233.4) | (207.5) |
| Operating profit | |||
| – before restructuring costs | 88.8 | 88.0 | |
| – restructuring costs | 2 | (3.4) | – |
| Total operating profit | 1 | 85.4 | 88.0 |
| Finance income (interest receivable) | 3 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| Finance costs | |||
| – interest payable | (12.6) | (11.7) | |
| – preference dividends | (3.5) | (5.6) | |
| – premium on redemption of preference shares | 15 | (0.9) | (1.3) |
| – gain on purchase of preference shares | 15 | 3.7 | 0.9 |
| Total finance costs | 3 | (13.3) | (17.7) |
| Profit before taxation | 4 | 72.8 | 71.2 |
| Taxation | 5 | (21.1) | (21.4) |
| Profit after taxation from continuing operations | 51.7 | 49.8 | |
| Loss after taxation from discontinued operations | 23 | – | (13.5) |
| Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders | 21 | 51.7 | 36.3 |
| Earnings per share (pence) | 6 | ||
| Basic | 14.3p | 10.0p | |
| Diluted | 14.2p | 9.9p | |
| Earnings per share from continuing operations (pence) | 6 | ||
| Basic | 14.3p | 13.7p | |
| Diluted | 14.2p | 13.6p | |
| Ordinary dividends | 7 | ||
| Interim – proposed | 4.2p | 4.0p | |
| Final – proposed | 5.2p | 5.2p | |
| Paid | 9.4p | 9.0p | |
| Impact on shareholders’ funds (£m) | 34.0 | 32.7 |
| Note | 2009 (52 weeks) £m |
2008 (53 weeks) £m |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Profit after taxation | 51.7 | 36.3 | |
| Net exchange adjustments net of tax credit of £12.5 million (2008: tax credit of £1.4 million) | 21 | 11.6 | 6.6 |
| Actuarial losses on pensions and other post-retirement obligations | 21/27 | (85.1) | (1.8) |
| Deferred tax credit on actuarial losses on pensions and other post-retirement obligations | 21 | 31.3 | 0.8 |
| Net (losses)/gains not recognised in the income statement | (42.2) | 5.6 | |
| Total recognised income for the financial year attributable to ordinary shareholders | 9.5 | 41.9 | |
The accounting policies and notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.