| Note | 2009 £m |
2008 £m |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2 | 974.6 | 924.8 |
| Cost of sales | (492.5) | (460.1) | |
| Gross profit | 482.1 | 464.7 | |
| Distribution and marketing expenses | (370.0) | (354.6) | |
| Administrative expenses | (8.6) | (7.4) | |
| Operating profit | 103.5 | 102.7 | |
| Pension changes/reorganisation (income) cost | (9.9) | 1.0 | |
| Headline operating profit | 93.6 | 103.7 | |
| Financial income | |||
| Bank interest receivable | 4.2 | 8.9 | |
| Other interest receivable | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
| Financial expenses | |||
| Bank interest payable | (11.6) | (16.7) | |
| Other interest payable | (0.2) | (0.1) | |
| Profit before tax | 1,2,3 | 96.5 | 95.4 |
| Headline profit before tax | 86.6 | 96.4 | |
| Income tax expense | 8 | (30.3) | (31.5) |
| Profit for the year attributable to the equity shareholders of the parent company | 66.2 | 63.9 | |
| Earnings per share | |||
| Basic | 10 | 15.2p | 14.7p |
| Diluted | 10 | 15.2p | 14.6p |
| Dividends | |||
| Amounts recognised in the period | |||
| Final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2008 | 9 | 12.6p | 12.6p |
| Interim dividend for the year ended 31 March 2009 | 9 | 5.0p | 5.8p |
| 17.6p | 18.4p | ||
A final dividend of 6.0p per share relating to the year has been proposed since the year end.
The notes form part of these Group accounts.