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Profit and Loss Details

Year ended: 30 April	2004 £m	2005 £m	2006 £m	2007 £m	2008 £m	2009 £m
Revenue	82.62	85.51	132.93	228.56	309.8	386.0
Expenses	(78.97)	(79.31)	(123.71)	(212.36)	(281.9)	(346.2)
EBITA	3.65	6.20	9.22	16.20	27.9	39.8
Net Interest	(0.78)	(0.57)	(0.80)	(2.73)	(7.5)	(7.5)
PBTA	2.87	5.63	8.42	13.47	20.4	32.3
Amortisation of intangible fixed assets	(0.09)	(0.36)	(1.60)	(1.23)	(5.00)	(8.3)
Exceptional items	(0.38)	(0.06)	-	-	(0.22)	(0.7)
Pre tax profit	2.40	5.21	6.82	12.24	15.18	23.3
Tax	(0.88)	(1.52)	(1.57)	(3.25)	(2.9)	(6.1)
Profit after tax	1.52	3.69	5.25	8.99	12.28	17.2
Minority interests	0.02	0.00	-	-	-	-
Available for dividends	1.50	3.69	5.25	8.99	12.28	17.2
Ordinary Dividends	0.00	(0.79)	(0.94)	(1.31)	(2.33)	(3.8)
Non-equity dividends	-	-	-	-	-	-
Retained Profit	1.50	2.90	4.31	7.68	9.95	13.4

Per Share Data

Per Share Data *	2004	2005	2007	2006	2008	2009
D.P.S. *	-	0.438	0.52	0.80	1.20	1.50
E.P.S. * (diluted and adjusted)	1.22	2.42	3.14	4.12	5.31	7.11
E.P.S. * (diluted)	1.22	2.16	2.40	3.62	4.19	5.17

* Per share data has been restated for the years 2003 to 2008 in order to reflect the 5 for 1 share split approved on 3 September 2008 at the Annual General Meeting.

Other Data

Other Data	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Number of Employees	792	888	1,512	2,587	3,517	4,498
Market Cap at B/S Date £m	-	77.52	137.02	297.81	331.84	-
Non-domestic Turnover £m	5.94	1.68	2.49	3.90	9.70	23.10

Investment Ratios

Investment Ratios	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
EBITA Margin	4.41%	7.25%	6.93%	7.13%	9.50%	-
D.P.S. Growth	-	-	18.71%	53.97%	50.00%	25.00%
Normalised E.P.S. Growth	231.19%	156.76%	35.32%	47.61%	31.81%	-
Gearing	737.92%	24.52%	34.25%	-	99.6%	51.00%
ROCE	23.95%	36.66%	50.87%	-	75.15%	-