Key financial highlights
• Group revenue up 19% to £1,078.2m, £1,113.9m in constant currency, (2013: £904.8m).
• Underlying Group profit before tax* up 34% to £100.5m, £104.3m in constant currency, (2013: £75.2m).
• Group profit before tax up 21% to £84.7m (2013: £70.1m).
• Underlying profit margin increased to 9.3% (2013: 8.3%).
• Underlying basic EPS grew 28% to 55.2p (2013: 43.1p).
• Final ordinary and supplementary interim dividends up 24% to 19.25p per share (2013: 15.5p) taking the total dividend for the year up 21% to 23.0p per share (2013: 19.0p).
