Five Year Record

53 weeks
to
3 April
2009
£m
52 weeks
to
2 April
2010
£m
52 weeks
to
1 April
2011
£mm
52 weeks
to
30 March
2012
£m
52 weeks
to
29 March
2013
£m
Revenue809.5831.6869.7863.1871.3
Cost of sales(388.1)(378.9)(384.7)(390.3)(394.2)
Gross profit421.4452.7485.0472.8477.1
Operating expenses(329.7)(340.4)(364.4)(373.7)(400.0)
Operating profit before non-recurring items104.0119.7128.197.278.1
Non-recurring operating expenses(12.3)(7.4)(7.5)1.9(1.0)
Operating profit91.7112.3120.699.177.1
Net finance costs(14.2)(2.6)(2.5)(5.0)(6.1)
Profit before tax and non-recurring items94.4117.1125.692.272.0
Non-recurring operating expenses(12.3)(7.4)(7.5)1.9(1.0)
Non-recurring finance costs(4.6)
Profit before tax77.5109.7118.194.171.0
Taxation(26.3)(34.1)(34.7)(24.8)(18.2)
Taxation on non-recurring items4.61.42.1(0.9)(0.1)
Profit attributable to equity shareholders55.877.085.568.452.7
Basic earnings per share26.6p36.8p40.7p34.2p27.2p
Basic earnings per share before non-recurring items32.5p39.7p43.2p33.7p26.9p
Weighted average number of shares209.5m209.1m210.4m199.9m194.3m