Financial Results
Preliminary Results
07 March 2006
Investment in new media services and research produces
record revenue and profits
Financial results
- Revenue up 16.5% to £870m
- Operating margin up 80bps on a comparable (UK GAAP) basis*
- IFRS underlying profit before tax of £100.2m; IFRS profit before tax of £94.0m
- Underlying profit before tax up 17.1% to £109.8m on a comparable tax to £94.0m
- Reported diluted eps of 5.5p; underlying diluted epd of 6.1p
- Dividends per share increased 13.8% to 1.65p