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Ten year financial summary |
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92/93 |
93/94 |
94/95 |
95/96 |
96/97 |
97/98 |
98/99 |
99/00 |
00/01 |
01/02 |
Turnover |
116,145 |
135,318 |
153,739 |
173,652 |
200,140 |
213,777 |
217,758 |
233,485 |
268,322 |
267,597 |
Overseas sales |
59,808 |
74,976 |
90,045 |
104,432 |
119,235 |
126,863 |
134,189 |
150,727 |
181,831 |
183,259 |
Profit before taxation, goodwill amortisation and exceptional items |
20,891 |
25,075 |
29,234 |
33,619 |
37,076 |
42,391 |
41,823 |
43,751 |
49,698 |
48,255 |
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Net tangible assets (Note 1) |
46,064 |
55,518 |
63,833 |
77,650 |
81,209 |
98,249 |
102,101 |
89,755 |
99,991 |
117,515 |
Borrowings |
8,726 |
6,898 |
7,096 |
8,350 |
3,763 |
2,784 |
7,730 |
14,700 |
7,758 |
15,047 |
Cash and short-term deposits |
17,248 |
16,794 |
19,759 |
27,459 |
13,447 |
22,639 |
29,894 |
21,900 |
21,484 |
45,657 |
Employees |
1,902 |
2,099 |
2,226 |
2,384 |
2,677 |
2,861 |
2,827 |
2,975 |
3,059 |
2,895 |
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Earnings per ordinary share (Notes 1,2 and 3) |
4.19p |
4.79p |
5.59p |
6.44p |
7.01p |
6.87p |
7.91p |
6.08p |
8.91p |
8.58p |
Earnings per ordinary share before goodwill amortisation and exceptional
items (Notes 1 and 2) |
4.19p |
4.79p |
5.59p |
6.44p |
7.01p |
8.26p |
7.99p |
8.41p |
9.34p |
9.10p |
Year on year increase/(decrease) in earnings per ordinary share before
goodwill amortisation and exceptional items |
28.9% |
14.3% |
16.7% |
15.2% |
8.9% |
17.8% |
(3.3%) |
5.3% |
11.1% |
(2.6%) |
Net tangible assets per ordinary share (Notes 1 and 2) |
13.2p |
15.6p |
17.9p |
21.7p |
22.5p |
27.1p |
28.2p |
24.9p |
27.7p |
32.2p |
Year on year increase/(decrease) in net tangible assets per ordinary share |
17.9% |
18.2% |
14.7% |
21.2% |
3.7% |
20.4% |
4.1% |
(11.7%) |
11.2% |
16.2% |
Profit before taxation, goodwill amortisation and exceptional items as
a % of turnover |
18.0% |
18.5% |
19.0% |
19.4% |
18.5% |
19.8% |
19.2% |
18.7% |
18.5% |
18.0% |
Return on capital employed (Note 4) |
45.4% |
45.2% |
45.8% |
43.3% |
45.7% |
43.1% |
41.0% |
48.7% |
49.7% |
41.1% |
Year on year increase in dividends per ordinary share |
20% |
20% |
20% |
20% |
20% |
20% |
20% |
20% |
15% |
15% |
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Ordinary share price at financial year end (Note 2) |
108p |
127p |
113p |
138p |
134p |
124p |
92p |
95p |
129p |
164p |
Market capitalisation at financial year end |
£375.2m |
£446.9m |
£401.5m |
£492.1m |
£479.2m |
£447.3m |
£330.6m |
£340.1m |
£465.7m |
£598.2m |
Notes:
- Figures for 2000/01 have been restated to reflect the change in accounting policy relating to deferred tax following
the adoption of FRS19 in 2001/02. Earlier figures have not been restated.
- Restated for the capitalisation issues made in 1993, 1995 and 1997.
- Earnings per ordinary share figures have been restated where appropriate on an FRS3 basis for items previously disclosed
as extraordinary.
- Return on capital employed is defined as profit before taxation, goodwill amortisation and exceptional items expressed
as a % of net tangible assets.
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