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Group Income Statement
For year ended 31 March 2008
| Note | 2008 £m |
Restated 2007 £m |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2 | 924.8 | 877.5 |
| Cost of sales | (460.1) | (434.0) | |
| Gross profit | 464.7 | 443.5 | |
| Distribution and marketing expenses | (354.6) | (344.2) | |
| Administrative expenses | (7.4) | (6.2) | |
| Operating profit | 102.7 | 93.1 | |
| Reorganisation cost (income) | 1.0 | (0.8) | |
| Headline operating profit before reorganisation costs (income) | 103.7 | 92.3 | |
| Financial income | |||
| Bank interest receivable | 8.9 | 10.7 | |
| Other interest receivable | 0.6 | 0.5 | |
| Financial expenses | |||
| Bank interest payable | (16.7) | (16.9) | |
| Other interest payable | (0.1) | (0.2) | |
| Profit before tax | 1,2,3 | 95.4 | 87.2 |
| Headline profit before tax, reorganisation costs (income) | 96.4 | 86.4 | |
| Income tax expense | 9 | (31.5) | (29.6) |
| Profit for the year attributable to equity shareholders of the parent company | 63.9 | 57.6 | |
| Earnings per share | |||
| Basic | 11 | 14.7p | 13.2p |
| Diluted | 11 | 14.6p | 13.2p |
| Dividends | |||
| Amounts recognised in the period: | |||
| Final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2007 | 10 | 12.6p | 12.6p |
| Interim dividend for the year ended 31 March 2008 | 10 | 5.8p | 5.8p |
| 18.4p | 18.4p |
A final dividend of 12.6p per share relating to the year, has been proposed, since the year end.
The notes form part of these Group Accounts