- Strong performance – sales, profits and cash flow all increase
- Growth across all sectors and major geographies
- Operating margins of 15.8%
- Business groupings aligned with applications and end user industries
- Strategic focus on platforms for growth
| 2007 | 2006 | Change | Change at CER** | |||||
| Sales from continuing businesses# (£m) | 659.8 | 642.6 | +2.7% | +6.5% | ||||
| Adjusted operating profit from continuing businesses# (£m)* | 104.3 | 83.2 | +25% | +35% | ||||
| Adjusted operating profit (£m)* | 104.8 | 85.7 | +22% | |||||
| Adjusted profit before tax (£m)* | 98.0 | 76.3 | +28% | |||||
| Adjusted earnings per share (pence)* | 58.1 | 43.7 | +33% | |||||
| Dividend (pence) | 21.0 | 17.5 | +20% | |||||
| Statutory | ||||||||
| Sales (£m) | 668.4 | 684.5 | -2.4% | |||||
| Profit before tax (£m) | 118.1 | 85.6 | +38% | |||||
| Basic earnings per share (pence) | 70.9 | 49.4 | +44% | |||||
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# Continuing businesses exclude businesses divested * Adjusted figures are stated before amortisation of acquisition-related intangible assets, goodwill impairment charges, profits or losses on termination or disposal of businesses or major fixed assets, unrealised changes in the fair value of financial instruments, related tax effects and other tax items which do not form part of the underlying tax rate ** Constant exchange rates |
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