Financial summary

	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002
Revenue (£m)	3,454	3,406	3,271	3,329	3,284	3,106	2,858	2,516	2,203	1,872
Profit before tax (£m)	551	505	429	498	478	449	424	358	301	266
Taxation (£m)	(150)	(141)	(127)	(144)	(147)	(136)	(119)	(108)	(91)	(76)
Profit after tax (£m)	401	364	302	354	331	313	305	250	210	190
Shareholders’ funds (£m)	232	133	156	(79)	189	256	276	155	275	547
Earnings per share (pence)	221.9	188.5	156.0	168.7	146.1	127.4	120.2	93.9	68.7	58.1
Dividends (pence)	78.0	66.0	55.0	55.0	49.0	44.0	41.0	35.0	31.0	27.5
Share price (pence)	1,994	1,966	1,097	1,375	1,946	1,698	1,592	1,292	760	949
Shares in issue (millions)	181	191	197	201	227	246	261	265	287	331
Shares repurchased (millions)	(10)	(6)	(4)	(26)	(19)	(15)	(4)	(22)	(44)	(6)
Cost of shares repurchased (£m)	(205)	(120)	(54)	(568)	(316)	(218)	(57)	(209)	(392)	(54)
Market capitalisation (£m)	3,614	3,758	2,162	2,764	4,418	4,179	4,157	3,425	2,179	3,138

FINANCIAL INFORMATION