Five Year Record


52 weeks
to
28 March
2008
£m
53 weeks
to
3 April
2009
£m
52 weeks
to
2 April
2010
£m
52 weeks
to
1 April
2011
£m
52 weeks
to
30 March
2012
£m
Revenue 797.4 809.5 831.6 869.7 863.1
Cost of sales (394.9) (388.1) (378.9) (384.7) (390.3)
Gross profit 402.5 421.4 452.7 485.0 472.8
Operating expenses (301.5) (329.7) (340.4) (364.4) (373.7)






Operating profit before non-recurring items 101.0 104.0 119.7 128.1 97.2
Non-recurring operating expenses (12.3) (7.4) (7.5) 1.9






Operating profit 101.0 91.7 112.3 120.6 99.1
Net finance costs (10.8) (14.2) (2.6) (2.5) (5.0)






Profit before tax and non-recurring items 90.2 94.4 117.1 125.6 92.2
Non-recurring operating expenses (12.3) (7.4) (7.5) 1.9
Non-recurring finance costs (4.6)






Profit before tax 90.2 77.5 109.7 118.1 94.1
Taxation (26.2) (26.3) (34.1) (34.7) (24.8)
Taxation on non-recurring items 4.6 1.4 2.1 (0.9)
Profit attributable to equity shareholders 64.0 55.8 77.0 85.5 68.4
Basic earnings per share 29.3p 26.6p 36.8p 40.7p 34.2p
Basic earnings per share before non-recurring items 29.3p 32.5p 39.7p 43.2p 33.7p
Weighted average number of shares 218.4m 209.5m 209.1m 210.4m 198.9m