financials
 

Financial History

 
  IFRS Under Irish GAAP
 
  2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987
  €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m
Turnover 3,205.0 2,933.9 2,629.5 1,872.3 1496.0 1,152.4 988.8 830.5 620.2 427.6 327.6 244.0 195.7 169.0 133.2 122.4 119.9 109.5 87.8 67.6 62.8
Operating profit * 263.5 242.7 213.8 161.1 115.8 89.7 77.3 64.6 46.3 33.1 25.6 19.1 14.2 11.3 6.1 6.5 6.1 7.3 5.7 3.3 2.2
Property profit 7.3 38.0 9.6 7.5 3.4 3.7 2.3 - - - - 1.8 0.8 - - - - - - - -
Finance cost (net) (35.0) (31.4) (31.2) (22.8) (17.2) (13.2) (12.4) (11.8) (8.1) (4.9) (2.4) (1.3) (1.1) (1.2) (0.9) (1.6) (1.6) (0.7) (0.8) (0.5) (0.6)
Profit before taxation 235.8 249.3 192.2 145.8 102.0 80.2 67.2 52.8 38.2 28.2 23.2 19.6 13.9 10.1 5.2 4.9 4.5 6.6 4.9 2.8 1.6
                                           
Earnings per share before amortisation and property profit 84.3c 78.0c 67.8c 56.1c 45.1c 37.0c 32.1c 25.9c 19.5c 14.2c 11.6c 9.0c 6.5c 4.8c 2.5c 2.2c 2.0c 2.7c 2.3c 1.6c 0.9c
Share purchase/dividend per share 22.0c 18.75c 15.75c 13.0c 10.5c 8.5c 7.5c 6.1c 4.5c 3.3c 2.7c 2.1c 1.5c 1.0c 0.9c 0.8c 0.7c 0.7c 0.6c 0.5c 0.4c
Cash flow per share** 108.3c 100.4c 88.3c 72.4c 58.7c 52.0c 44.9c 36.2c 27.5c 19.4c 15.7c 12.2c 9.0c 7.0c 4.3c 3.7c 3.5c 3.8c 3.3c 2.4c 1.8c
Net assets per share 464.2c 424.0c 342.8c 232.2c 211.5c 181.6c 150.2c 124.3c 104.9c 84.9c 48.8c 44.2c 36.6c 31.7c 29.3c 27.0c 26.2c 24.9c 23.1c 20.2c 19.4c
Net debt to shareholders’ funds 52% 54% 72% 70% 69% 75% 74% 71% 59% 42% 30% * 10% 17% 23% 22% 31% 28% 2% 19% 16%
Net finance cost cover (times) 7.8 9.0 7.2 7.4 7.5 7.4 6.7 5.7 5.8 6.8 10.6 15.4 13.1 9.8 7.0 4.1 3.8 10.2 6.9 6.7 3.8
Share purchase/dividend cover (times) 3.8 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.7 2.9 2.9 2.7 3.8 3.8 3.3 2.4

The summary financial information is stated under IFRS for 2004 to 2007 and under Irish GAAP for all years from 1987 to 2003.
* Including income from financial assets and after charging intangible amortisation
** Based on profit after tax, excluding property profit, plus depreciation and intangible amortisation