Financial Highlights

Group turnover

£ million
2004/05 8,521
2003/04 8,875
2002/03 8,833

Operating Profit

  Statutory
£ million 		Adjusted*
£ million
2004/05 £1,852 2,212
2003/04 1,837 2,213
2002/03 1,696 2,148
*Excludes impact of exceptional items and goodwill amortisation

Net cash inflows from operating activities

 
 		 Statutory
£ million		 Adjusted†
£ million
2004/05 2,909 3,103
2003/04 2,810 3,058
2002/03 2,826 3,154
†Excludes impact of exceptional items

Ordinary dividends

  Pence
2004/05 23.7
2003/04 19.8
2002/03 17.2

Earnings per share

  Statutory
Pence		 Adjusted*
Pence
2004/05 29.5 35.9
2003/04 35.0 33.9
2002/03 11.4 27.1
*Excludes impact of exceptional items and goodwill amortisation

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