Group Income Statement
For the year ended 31 December 2008
| Notes | 2008 £ million |
2007 £ million |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 4 | 946.6 | 693.2 |
| Cost of sales | (409.5) | (315.9) | |
| Gross profit | 537.1 | 377.3 | |
| Distribution costs | (221.3) | (163.6) | |
| Administrative expenses | (115.2) | (80.8) | |
| Other income | 4.2 | 3.0 | |
| Operating profit | 4 | 204.8 | 135.9 |
| Net finance costs | |||
| - Finance cost | 8 | (15.3) | (13.2) |
| - Finance income | 8 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Profit before taxation | 5 | 190.0 | 124.2 |
| Taxation | 9 | (67.3) | (43.5) |
| Profit for the year | 122.7 | 80.7 |
The above results relate to continuing operations and all profit for the period is attributable to equity shareholders of the Company.
| Earnings per share (pence) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | 11 | 45.77 | 30.33 |
| Diluted | 11 | 45.56 | 30.02 |
