Annual Report & Accounts 2009
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| 2009 £m |
2008 £m |
2007 £m |
2006 £m |
2005 £m |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue from continuing operations | 804.4 | 744.7 | 723.3 | 670.0 | 631.8 |
| Operating profit before RoHS inventory provision and reorganisation costs | 88.8 | 88.0 | 83.1 | 73.1 | 68.9 |
| RoHS inventory provision | – | – | – | (6.6) | – |
| Restructuring costs | (3.4) | – | – | (5.3) | – |
| Total operating profit from continuing operations | 85.4 | 88.0 | 83.1 | 61.2 | 68.9 |
| Profit before taxation and accounting for preference shares | 73.5 | 77.2 | 70.1 | 47.2 | 55.4 |
| Preference dividends | (3.5) | (5.6) | (6.7) | (6.7) | – |
| Premium on redemption of preference shares | (0.9) | (1.3) | (1.4) | (1.5) | – |
| Gain on purchase of preference shares | 3.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Profit before taxation from continuing operations | 72.8 | 71.2 | 62.3 | 39.0 | 55.4 |
| Profit after taxation from continuing operations | 51.7 | 49.8 | 42.3 | 32.1 | 42.6 |
| (Loss)/profit after taxation from discontinued operations | – | (13.5) | 10.1 | (1.0) | 2.4 |
| Preference dividends | – | – | – | – | (6.6) |
| Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders | 51.7 | 36.3 | 52.4 | 31.1 | 38.4 |
| Dividend per share | |||||
| – proposed | 9.4p | 9.2p | 9.0p | 9.0p | 9.0p |
| – paid | 9.4p | 9.0p | 9.0p | 9.0p | 9.0p |
| Basic earnings per share (pence) | 14.3p | 10.0p | 14.4p | 8.6p | 10.6p |
| Exceptional items (pence) | (0.4)p | – | – | 2.2p | – |
| Adjusted earnings per share (pence) | 13.9p | 10.0p | 14.4p | 10.8p | 10.6p |
| Basic earnings per share from continuing operations (pence) | 14.3p | 13.7p | 11.6p | 8.9p | 9.9p |
| Exceptional items (pence) | (0.4)p | – | – | 2.2p | – |
| Adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations (pence) | 13.9p | 13.7p | 11.6p | 11.1p | 9.9p |