Financial highlights

Footnote

headline operating profit is before amortisation of intangibles arising on acquisition and profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment net of property-related provisions. IFRS profit from operations £76.0m (2008: £64.1m). headline profit before tax and headline earnings per share are before amortisation of intangibles arising on acquisition, fair value movements on derivatives, profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment net of property-related provisions and loss on closing out foreign currency hedging contracts. Basic EPS 115.1p (2008: 2.6p). operating cash flow is cash generated by operations, less net capital expenditure, R&D and LTIP share purchases. cash conversion is cash generated by operations, less net capital expenditure, R&D and LTIP share purchases as % of profit from operations before amortisation of intangibles arising on acquisition and profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment net of property-related provisions. net debt comprises bank overdrafts and loans less cash and cash equivalents. organic revenue/profit growth is the annual rate of increase in revenue/profit that was achieved, assuming that acquisitions made during the prior year were only included for the same proportion of the current year.