Financial Highlights as at 28 February 2010 (half year, underlying figures) | Financial Highlights as at 31 August 2009 (full year, underlying figures) |
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| Revenue of £919.8m, up 50.9% | Revenue of £1,326.0, up 6.9% |
| Operating profit of £18.5m, up 12.8% | Operating profit of £32.4m, down 10% |
| Profit before tax of £17.3m, up 13.1% | Profit before tax of £30.5m, down 6.2% |
| Earnings per share of 7.2p, up 4.3% | Earnings per share of 13.8p, down 4.8% |
| Free cash flow of £4.1m, down 32.8% | Free cash flow of £23.7m, up 11.3% |
| Total dividend of 2.4p, up 9.1% | Total dividend of 6.8p, up 1.5% |