Consolidated income statement
For the year ended 31 March 2009
| Notes | Year to 31.3.2009 £m |
Year to 31.3.2008 £m |
|
| Continuing operations | |||
| Revenue | 2 | 694.1 | 670.4 |
| Operating costs | 3 | (420.5) | (392.6) |
| Profit on ordinary activities before interest | 2 | 273.6 | 277.8 |
| Finance costs payable | 6 | (183.5) | (173.5) |
| Finance income receivable | 6 | 61.8 | 65.5 |
| Share of profit after tax of associates and jointly controlled entities | 0.8 | 0.5 | |
| Profit on ordinary activities before taxation | 2 | 152.7 | 170.3 |
| – current taxation | 7 | (32.1) | (25.6) |
| – deferred taxation | 7 | (132.5) | 13.6 |
| (Loss)/profit for the year | (11.9) | 158.3 | |
| Attributable to: | |||
| Equity shareholders of the parent Company | (12.7) | 158.1 | |
| Minority interests | 0.8 | 0.2 | |
| (11.9) | 158.3 | ||
| Basic (loss)/earnings per share attributable to ordinary equity holders | |||
| of the parent Company | 8 | (2.45p) | 30.52p |
| Diluted (loss)/earnings per share attributable to ordinary equity holders | |||
| of the parent Company | 8 | (2.45p) | 30.48p |
| Adjusted earnings per share for profit from continuing operations | |||
| attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent Company | |||
| (excluding deferred tax and amortisation of debt fair value) | 8 | 22.05p | 26.72p |
| Ordinary final dividend proposed per share | 9 | 8.50p | 8.07p |
| Dividend paid per share | 9 | 12.36p | 11.52p |