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2006 |
2005* |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
| RATIOS AND STATISTICS |
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| Earnings |
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|
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| Basic earnings per share (cents) |
176.4 |
162.0 |
111.5 |
169.9 |
111.9 |
103.3 |
| Diluted basic earnings per share |
|
|
|
|
|
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| (cents) |
167.8 |
155.1 |
109.3 |
168.3 |
107.5 |
101.0 |
| Headline earnings per share (cents) |
189.2 |
161.7 |
138.1 |
155.3 |
129.2 |
101.5 |
| Diluted headline earnings per share |
|
|
|
|
|
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| (cents) |
178.2 |
152.9 |
135.4 |
145.7 |
124.1 |
99.3 |
| Dividend proposed per share |
|
|
|
|
|
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| (cents) |
78.0 |
63.0 |
52.0 |
43.0 |
37.0 |
31.0 |
| Headline dividend cover (times) |
2.4 |
2.6 |
2.7 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
| Ordinary shares in issue (millions) |
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| - at year end |
94 |
94 |
94 |
94 |
94 |
96 |
| - weighted average |
94 |
94 |
94 |
94 |
95 |
97 |
| Participating preference shares |
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|
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|
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| in issue (millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| - at year end |
188 |
184 |
180 |
177 |
174 |
192 |
| - weighted average |
186 |
182 |
179 |
175 |
181 |
191 |
| Profitability |
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| Operating profit to revenue (%) |
7.4 |
7.9 |
7.1 |
8.0 |
7.7 |
7.0 |
| Return on shareholders' equity (%) |
18.2 |
16.8 |
16.0 |
14.3 |
24.1 |
15.1 |
| Return on capital employed (%) |
22.8 |
21.8 |
17.5 |
22.4 |
16.8 |
15.1 |
| Return on operating assets (%) |
20.6 |
19.8 |
19.1 |
20.8 |
14.6 |
17.2 |
| Financial |
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| Borrowings ratio (%) |
13.3 |
21.3 |
14.7 |
13.3 |
26.9 |
22.2 |
| Current ratio |
1.9:1 |
1.9:1 |
2.0:1 |
2.0:1 |
1.9:1 |
1.9:1 |
| Acid test ratio |
1.4:1 |
1.4:1 |
1.5:1 |
1.5:1 |
1.3:1 |
1.3:1 |
| Net asset value per share |
1 039.6 |
962.6 |
907.0 |
842.9 |
725.9 |
611.7 |
| Shares |
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| Number of shareholders |
|
|
|
|
|
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| - ordinary shares |
1 738 |
1 616 |
1 202 |
1 058 |
1 067 |
510 |
- participating preference
shares |
3 396 |
2 916 |
2 722 |
2 685 |
1 471 |
2 184 |
| Price earnings ratio (times) |
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| ordinary shares |
13.5 |
9.6 |
8.0 |
5.3 |
5.9 |
7.8 |
| participating preference shares |
11.9 |
9.5 |
8.1 |
4.8 |
5.8 |
7.8 |
| Market value per share at year |
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|
| end (cents) |
|
|
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|
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| - ordinary shares |
2 550 |
1 555 |
1 105 |
820 |
760 |
795 |
- participating preference
shares |
2 250 |
1 538 |
1 125 |
750 |
755 |
790 |
| Other |
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| Consumer price index |
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| (percentage increase) |
3.9 |
2.6 |
0.7 |
10.3 |
5.9 |
7.8 |
| Production price index |
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| (percentage (decrease)/increase) |
5.5 |
1.2 |
(1.0) |
6.2 |
13.2 |
9.1 |
| Number of employees |
11 038 |
11 800 |
10 712 |
10 449 |
11 232 |
13 292 |
| *Restated for effect of IFRS |