Rightmove increases 2013 final dividend by 22%

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Rightmove increases 2013 final dividend by 22%

Highlights:

Revenue increased by 17% to £139.9m (2012: £119.4m)

Underlying operating profitincreased by 19% to £104.0m (2012: £87.5m)

Underlying operating marginincreased to 74.3% (2012: 73.3%)

Basic earnings per share up 21% to 74.1p (2012: 61.3p)

Underlying basic earnings per shareup 23% to 81.0p (2012: 65.7p)

2.8m shares bought back during 2013 (2012: 4.5m) at a cost of £60.5m (2012: £66.4m)

Final dividend of 17.0p (2012: 14.0p) making a total dividend of 28.0p for the year (2012: 23.0p), up 22%

Number of advertisers up 4% at 18,425 (2012: 17,680)

Average revenue per advertiser (ARPA)up 15% to £607 per month (2012: £529 per month)

Site traffic up 27% to 14.0bn pages (2012: 11.0bn pages)

Generated 36.0m (2012: 21.2m) phone and email enquiries for our customers, up 70%

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