Five Year Summary |
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| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | ||||||
| EARNINGS PER SHARE | 36.8p | 38.6p | 38.0p | 43.3p | 32.1p | |||||
| EARNINGS PER SHARE BEFORE EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS AND AMORTISATION OF GOODWILL | 36.5p | 37.3p | 36.6p | 38.9p | 38.8p | |||||
| ANNUAL DIVIDEND PER SHARE | 15.0p | 16.5p | 18.0p | 20.0p | 20.6p | |||||
| DIVIDEND COVER - ANNUAL COVER | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | |||||
| PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | |||||
| PROFIT BEFORE EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS, AMORTISATION OF GOODWILL AND TAXATION | 558.0 | 564.8 | 554.4 | 555.1 | 513.6 | |||||
| Exceptional items | 4.3 | 18.8 | 21.5 | 68.6 | 9.4 | |||||
| Amortisation of goodwill | (72.6) | |||||||||
| PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION | 562.3 | 583.6 | 575.9 | 623.7 | 450.4 | |||||
| Tax on profit on ordinary activities | (191.8) | (195.8) | (194.0) | (188.4) | (127.4) | |||||
| PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR | 370.5 | 387.8 | 381.9 | 435.3 | 323.0 | |||||
| Annual dividends | (150.8) | (166.0) | (181.0) | (201.2) | (207.2) | |||||
| RETAINED PROFIT BEFORE SPECIAL DIVIDEND | 219.7 | 221.8 | 200.9 | 234.1 | 115.8 | |||||
| Special dividend | (301.7) | |||||||||
| TRANSFER (FROM)/TO RESERVES | (82.0) | 221.8 | 200.9 | 234.1 | 115.8 | |||||
| BALANCE SHEET | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | |||||
| Goodwill | 1,503.5 | |||||||||
| Other fixed assets | 1,184.8 | 1,222.6 | 1,273.7 | 987.4 | 1,224.5 | |||||
| Trading assets | 1,452.9 | 1,610.9 | 1,668.9 | 1,314.9 | 1,947.1 | |||||
| Net cash/(borrowings-including non-recourse borrowings) | 1,159.7 | 1,188.1 | 172.3 | 284.9 | (2,069.8) | |||||
| Dividends and taxation | (256.8) | (263.3) | (255.9) | (276.7) | (196.2) | |||||
| NET ASSETS | 3,540.6 | 3,758.3 | 2,859.0 | 2,310.5 | 2,409.1 | |||||