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Five-year summary

  2011
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2010
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2009
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2008
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2007
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Revenue   88,645 81,152 87,436 81,274 79,055
Underlying operating profit   5,917 5,669 6,212 5,713 4,819
Non recurring items   226 (218) (2,705) (1,337) 2,568
Profit before financing costs   6,143 5,451 3,507 4,376 7,387
Net financing credit / (charge)   629 (828) 144 126 (198)
Profit before tax   6,772 4,623 3,651 4,502 7,189
             
Overseas sales as a percentage of total sales   69.9% 63.7% 63.2% 58.7% 57.0%
Underlying operating margin   6.7% 7.0% 7.1% 7.0% 6.1%
Net margin   7.6% 5.7% 4.2% 5.5% 9.1%
Tax rate   11.4% 20.5% 12.5% 0.0% 9.9%
Earnings per share Basic 9.6p 5.9p 5.1p 7.7p 12.1p
  Underlying 9.6p 6.6p 9.8p 10.5p 7.6p
Dividend per share   2.2p 2.0p 2.0p 1.9p 1.6p
Underlying dividend cover   4.4x 3.3x 4.9x 5.5x 4.8x
Underlying bank interest cover   15.5x 14.4x 8.2x 5.6x 3.6x
             
Non current assets   73,738 70,775 69,245 57,758 55,244
Net current assets excluding cash, bank and finance leases   13,903 13,460 11,748 11,228 11,705
Net debt   (19,102) (14,639) (17,874) (13,746) (12,805)
Other non current liabilities   (14,208) (24,989) (23,388) (4,785) (15,703)
Total shareholders’ funds   54,331 44,607 39,731 50,455 38,441
             
Post tax return on shareholders’ funds   11.0% 8.2% 8.0% 8.9% 16.8%
Gearing (excluding net pensions balance)   31.3% 24.8% 34.0% 27.6% 27.3%
Assets per share   88p 73p 69p 88p 68p
Capital expenditure as a multiple of depreciation   2.2x 0.9x 1.1x 1.1x 0.8x
Number of shareholders at 31 March   1,688 1,675 1,700 1,794 1,874
Average number of employees in year   1,074 996 1,133 1,138 1,106
Added value per employee   £32,437 £29,384 £27,626 £27,431 £29,495