Key financial highlights
· Group revenue up 19% to £1,283.5m (£1,271.0m in constant currency, 2014: £1,078.2m)
· Underlying profit up 21% to £121.4m (£120.1m in constant currency, 2014: £100.5m)
· Group profit before tax up 16% to £98.6m (2014: £84.7m)
· Underlying profit margin increased to 9.5% (2014: 9.3%)
· Underlying basic EPS grew 14% to 63.2p (2014: 55.2p)
· Final ordinary and supplementary interim dividends total 22.0p per share (2014: 19.25p) taking the total dividend for the year up 13% to 26.0p per share (2014: 23.0p)
