Five-year summary.

  2011
£m
2010
£m
2009
£m
2008
£m
2007
£m
Income statement          
Revenue 1,135.0 941.0 873.0 856.4 697.7
Underlying profit before interest and tax 201.4 155.1 136.2 142.1 119.1
Underlying profit before tax 161.8 122.3 116.9 131.1 110.5
Profit before tax 106.4 33.5 82.3 94.5 110.0
Profit attributable to equity holders of the parent 79.6 18.2 56.4 61.3 73.3
Balance sheet          
Non-current assets 1,396.0 1,628.1 1,200.7 1,345.7 938.7
Net current (liabilities)/assets (111.0) (198.4) (6.5) (5.4) 35.6
Non-current liabilities (822.3) (761.3) (749.7) (880.5) (668.0)
Net assets 462.7 668.4 444.5 459.8 306.3
Financed by:          
Equity 457.1 654.9 431.9 442.5 299.8
Non-controlling interests 5.6 13.5 12.6 17.3 6.5
  462.7 668.4 444.5 459.8 306.3
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Earnings per share          
– Basic 6.5 1.6 5.0 5.4 6.6
– Diluted 6.5 1.6 5.0 5.4 6.5
Underlying earnings per share          
– Basic 10.3 7.8 7.4 8.0 6.8
– Diluted 10.1 7.8 7.4 8.0 6.7
Dividend rate per share 20.28 2.75 2.50 2.50 2.30

The amounts disclosed for all years have been prepared under IFRS.

Underlying profit before tax and earnings per share are restated on a continuing group basis for prior years as discussed in note 2.

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