Consolidated Income Statement

Consolidated Income Statement
for the year ended 31 December 2007

	Note	2007 £m	2006 Restated* £m
Continuing operations
Revenue	3	955.1	857.7
Operating costs	6	(847.7)	(768.4)
Operating profit	3	107.4	89.3
Finance income	8	2.5	1.9
Finance costs	9	(6.7)	(7.5)
Profit before taxation		103.2	83.7
Taxation before one-off tax credit		(35.9)	(30.7)
One-off tax credit		–	3.8
Total taxation	10	(35.9)	(26.9)
Profit for the period from continuing operations		67.3	56.8

Discontinued operation
Loss from discontinued operation net of taxation	5	(10.5)	–

Profit for the period		56.8	56.8

Attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent		54.0	55.7
Minority interest		2.8	1.1
		56.8	56.8

Earnings per share from continuing operations
Basic earnings per share	12	97.6p	84.8p
Earnings per share before one-off tax credit	12	n/a	79.0p
Diluted earnings per share	12	96.4p	83.7p
Diluted earnings per share before one-off tax credit	12	n/a	78.0p

Earnings per share
Basic earnings per share	12	81.8p	84.8p
Earnings per share before one-off tax credit	12	n/a	79.0p
Diluted earnings per share	12	80.7p	83.7p
Diluted earnings per share before one-off tax credit	12	n/a	78.0p

* See Note (2b) Basis of preparation regarding discontinued operation

Consolidated Statement of Recognised Income and Expense

for the year ended 31 December 2007

	Note	2007 £m	2006 £m
Foreign exchange translation differences		4.9	(8.0)
Actuarial gains/(losses) on defined benefit pension schemes	30	2.0	(0.1)
Tax on items taken directly to equity	10	(0.6)	0.1
Net income/(expense) recognised directly in equity		6.3	(8.0)
Profit for the period		56.8	56.8
Total recognised income and expense for the period	25	63.1	48.8

Attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent		59.8	47.9
Minority interests		3.3	0.9
	25	63.1	48.8

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