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Salient features
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Unaudited
31 March
2007 |
Unaudited
31 March
2006 |
Audited
30 September
2006 |
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| Selected ratios |
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| Operating profit margin (%) |
16,5 |
14,2 |
13,5 |
| Operating profit return on net assets (%) |
8,1 |
25,0 |
7,7 |
| Return on shareholders’ equity (%) |
19,7 |
21,5 |
29,2 |
| Debt/equity ratio (%) |
378,8 |
39,7 |
499,8 |
| Interest cover (times) |
1,4 |
9,6 |
1,9 |
| Effective taxation rate (%) |
27,1 |
30,2 |
27,6 |
| Share statistics |
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| Ordinary shares |
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| Total shares in issue (million) |
1 236,8 |
1 450,0 |
1 182,4 |
| Weighted average number of |
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| shares (million) |
1 218,8 |
1 448,3 |
1 447,7 |
| Diluted weighted average number of |
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| shares (million) |
1 385,8 |
1 482,9 |
1 509,7 |
| Market price per share (cents) |
1 385,0 |
905,0 |
1 240,0 |
| Currency conversion guide (R:£) |
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| Closing exchange rate |
14,24 |
10,88 |
14,53 |
| Average exchange rate for the period |
14,07 |
11,10 |
11,90 |
| Average exchange rate from |
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| GHG acquisition date (12 May 2006 – 30 September 2006) |
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13,04 |
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