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For the year ended 31 March 2009
| Notes | 2009 £000 |
2008 £000 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 5, 6 | 164,041 | 127,561 |
| Cost of sales | (37,612) | (29,793) | |
| Gross profit | 126,429 | 97,768 | |
| Operating expenses | |||
| Selling and distribution costs | (53,248) | (39,025) | |
| Administrative expenses | (16,532) | (15,582) | |
| Total operating expenses | (69,780) | (54,607) | |
| Profit from operations | 7 | 56,649 | 43,161 |
| Finance revenue | 8 | 4,846 | 3,785 |
| Finance costs | 9 | (2,294) | (1,979) |
| Analysis of profit before tax | |||
| Profit before tax, share-based payments, amortisation and goodwill adjustment | 62,623 | 47,949 | |
| Share-based payments | (940) | (315) | |
| Amortisation of intangibles (excluding other software) | (2,482) | (2,276) | |
| Adjustment to carrying value of goodwill in respect of utilisation of tax losses | — | (391) | |
| Profit before tax | 59,201 | 44,967 | |
| Income tax expense | 11 | (17,047) | (10,721) |
| Profit for the year attributable to equity holders of the parent | 42,154 | 34,246 | |
| Earnings per share (pence) | |||
| — basic | 13 | 62.27p | 50.80p |
| — diluted | 13 | 61.98p | 50.38p |
All activities relate to continuing activities.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Consolidated income statement.
