Summary Details

Company Background

Primary Country Listing	UK
Status	FULL
Index	FTSE Small Cap, FTSE All Share
Sector	Support Services
Activities	Newspaper, magazine and book wholesale distribution, copy allocation, returns processing, and technology solutions
EPIC	NWS

All figures quoted on an underlying basis
		6 months to Feb 2010	6 months to Feb 2009	Full year Aug 2009
Revenue	£m	919.8	609.5	1,326.0
Profit before tax	£m	17.3	15.3	30.5
EPS *	p	7.2	6.9	13.8
Dividend	p	2.4	2.2	6.8
Free Cash flow	£m	4.1	6.1	23.7