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Financial highlights

	Change	2007	2006
Continuing Operations
Revenue	+14%	£354.6m	£310.8m
Adjusted profit before taxation(1)	+14%	£66.1m	£58.1m
Statutory profit before taxation	+11%	£62.6m	£56.6m
Adjusted earnings per share(2)	+14%	12.50p	11.01p
Statutory earnings per share	+11%	11.86p	10.73p
Total dividends (paid and proposed) per share	+5%	7.18p	6.83p
Return on sales(3)		18.6%	18.7%
Return on total invested capital(4)		14.0%	12.8%
Return on capital employed(4)		60.1%	56.9%

Pro-forma information:
(1) Adjusted to remove the amortisation of acquired intangible assets of £3,458,000 (2006: £1,500,000).
(2) Adjusted to remove the amortisation of acquired intangible assets. See note 2 for details.
(3) Return on sales is defined as adjusted⁽¹⁾ profit before taxation from continuing operations expressed as a percentage of revenue from continuing operations.
(4) Organic growth rates, Return on total invested capital and Return on capital employed are non-GAAP performance measures used by management in measuring the returns achieved from the Group’s asset base. See note 3 for details.

* Revenue and profit include the results of discontinued operations up to the date of their discontinuance. Profit is before amortisation of acquired intangibles/goodwill and taxation. Figures prior to 2005 have not been restated for IFRS.
** Figures prior to 2005 have not been restated for IFRS.
*** Dividends paid and proposed.