Results & Reports


Our Preliminary Results for the Year Ended 31 December 2009, are as follows:
  2008 2009 Change
Order intake £1,664m £1,750m +5%
Total revenue £1,467m £1,880m +28%
Underlying1 trading margin 17.2% 17.9% +0.7%pts
Underlying1 profit before tax £244m £295m +21%
Statutory profit before tax2 £121m £245m -
Underlying1 earnings per share (EPS) 15.4p 18.8p +22%
Basic EPS 8.4p 16.3p -
Operating cash conversion3 106% 89% -
Full Year dividend per share 4.955p 5.45p +10%

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