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Revenue: £2.5 billion (2005 £2.2 billion)
Normalised Operating Profit: +19% to £184.8 million (2005 £155.5 million)
Normalised Diluted Earnings Per Share*: 76.5p (2005 76.3p)		 Normalised Profit Before Tax*: +15% to £156.1 million (2005 £135.3 million)
Total Dividend For The Year Per Share: +8% to 34.75p (2005 32.25p)

*Normalised results are the statutory results excluding the profit or loss on the sale of businesses, exceptional profit or loss on sale of non-current assets and charges for goodwill impairment, intangible asset amortisation, exceptional items and tax relief on qualifying exceptional items.