Preliminary statement of results for the year to 31 December 2005
Year to
31 December 2005
Year to
31 December 2004
£m £m
Total Revenue 11,505.0 10,125.9
Profit from operations (1)
Betting and Gaming 266.6 272.8
Central costs and income (18.1) (14.1)
248.5 258.7
Net finance costs (1) (16.9) (34.1)
Profit before tax and non-trading items 231.6 224.6
Discontinued operations
Hotels profit from operations (1) 187.5 159.0
Net finance costs (1) (5.2) (6.9)
182.3 152.1
Total profit before tax and non-trading items 413.9 376.7
Non-trading items before tax (19.9) (0.6)
Profit before tax 394.0 376.1
EBITDA (continuing) (1) 285.7 293.6
Earnings per share (before non-trading items)
- Continuing 11.9p 11.5p
- Total 22.0p 20.2p
Earnings per share 20.7p 20.7p
Proposed dividend per share (2) 240.0p 6.0p