Results & Reports


Our Interim Results for the Half Year Ended 30 June 2009, are as follows:
  2008 2009 Change
Order intake £818m £893m +9%
Total revenue £632m £952m +51%
Underlying1 trading margin 16.8% 17.0% +0.2%pts
Underlying1 profit before tax £107m £141m +32%
Basic profit before tax2 £84m £139m -
Underlying1 earnings per share (EPS) 6.7p 9.0p +34%
Basic EPS 5.5p 9.3p -
Operating cash conversion3 116% 87% -
Interim dividend per share 1.345p 1.48p +10%

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