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5 Year Summary

	2004 (366)	2005 (365)	2006 (365)	2007 (365)	2008 (366)
Intangible Fixed Assets	0.35	0.77	2.47	6.36	23.44
Tangible Fixed Assets	4.44	4.48	5.27	5.70	6.57
Fixed Investments
Total Net Fixed Assets	4.78	5.25	7.74	12.06	30.01
Stocks	4.92	5.79	7.48	9.35	15.06
Debtors	18.89	21.01	25.30	30.13	42.44
Cash and Securities	0.98	1.71	1.66	1.96	2.78
Total Current Assets	24.78	28.51	34.45	41.45	60.29
Total Assets	29.56	33.76	42.19	53.76	91.05
Creditors Short	4.07	3.00	2.80	3.35	6.87
Creditors Long	8.81	10.44	15.88	24.08	39.87
Total Liabilities	12.88	13.44	18.68	27.44	46.74
Total Net Assets	16.68	20.32	23.50	26.33	44.31
Share Capital	5.49	5.58	5.89	5.98	22.26
Reserves	11.19	14.74	17.61	20.34	22.05
Shareholders Funds	16.68	20.32	23.50	26.33	44.31
Minorities
Total	16.68	20.32	23.50	26.33	44.31

* Figures in £m

Investment Ratios

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Net Borrowings (£m)	0.98	1.71	1.66	1.96	2.78
Net Tangible Asset Value PS (p)	35.51	42.29	45.20	42.42	37.91
ROCE (%)	20.74	20.20	20.16	18.05	20.34
ROE (%)	19.96	19.44	19.97	20.05	16.30
Net gearing (%)	53.28	47.22	62.19	88.27	82.74
Gross gearing (%)	59.13	55.63	69.27	95.73	89.01
Cash (%)	5.85	8.41	7.08	7.46	6.28
Interest Cover (x)	9.98	9.15	8.11	7.19	4.84
Quick Ratio (r)	4.88	7.57	9.61	9.58	6.58
Current Ratio (r)	6.09	9.50	12.28	12.37	8.77

Borrowings

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Debt	9.86	11.30	16.28	25.21	39.44
Due < 1 yr	1.33	1.10	0.62	1.19	2.57
1-2 yrs	8.52	10.19	15.61	0.09	1.96
2-5 yrs	0.01	0.02	0.04	23.92	33.96
> 5 yrs					0.96

* Figures in £m