financials
 

Financial History

 
  IFRS Irish GAAP
 
  2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989    
  €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m €m    
Turnover 1,979.8 2,673.0 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    
Operating profit 4.9 99.2 263.5 242.7 213.8 161.1 115.8 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    
Property profit - - 7.3 38.0 9.6 7.5 3.4 3.7 2.3 - - - - 1.8 0.8 - - - - - -    
Finance income/(cost) (net) 8.7 (35.1) (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)    
Profit before taxation 13.6 64.1 235.8 249.3 192.2 145.8 102.0 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    
                                               
Adjusted EPS* 5.4c 32.2c 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    
Dividend/share purchase per share 5.0c 15.0c 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    
Cash flow per share# 29.9 49.7c 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    
Net assets per share 395.2c 377.4c 465.2c 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    
Net finance cost cover on EBITDA (times) 5.5 4.9 9.4 10.7 8.8 8.9 9.1 9.1 8.2 6.9 7.2 8.3 12.9 20.2 17.1 12.4 9.9 5.5 5.0 12.1 8.2    
Dividend/share purchase cover (times) 1.1 2.1 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    
Net debt to shareholders’ funds 35% 50% 52% 54% 72% 70% 69% 75% 74% 71% 59% 42% 30% * 10% 17% 23% 22% 31% 28% 2%    

The summary financial information is stated under IFRS for 2004 to 2009 and under Irish GAAP for all years from 1987 to 2003.
* Before intangible amortisation, impairment, restructuring costs (net) and 2009 investment profit and excluding material property profits in previous years
# Based on profit after tax before depreciation, intangible amortisation and impairment and excluding material property profits in previous years