Consolidated income statement

For the year ended 31 December 2006

    Note   2006
£m
  2005
£m
Continuing operations            
Revenue   6   684.5   655.9
Cost of sales       (288.7)   (278.6)
Gross profit       395.8   377.3
Indirect production and engineering expenses       (60.8)   (62.8)
Sales and marketing expenses       (171.6)   (173.5)
Administrative expenses       (80.7)   (76.1)
Operating profit   7   82.7   64.9
Profit on disposal of business   5   9.5  
Financial income   10   9.0   6.6
Finance costs   10   (15.6)   (20.7)
Profit before tax       85.6   50.8
Taxation – UK   11   (0.5)   (0.5)
Taxation – Overseas   11   (23.7)   (15.1)
Profit after tax for the year from continuing operations attributable to equity shareholders       61.4   35.2
 
Basic earnings per share   13   49.4   28.8
Diluted earnings per share   13   49.2   28.8
 
Interim dividends paid and final dividends proposed for the year (per share)   12   17.5p   15.8p
Dividends paid during the year (per share)   12   16.2p   14.85p

Spectris uses adjusted figures as key performance measures in addition to those reported under adopted IFRS. Adjusted figures are stated before amortisation of acquisition-related intangible assets, goodwill 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.

Reconciliations showing how the adjusted performance measures are derived from those reported under adopted IFRS are set out in Note 3.

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