Key financial highlights
- Group revenue up 13% to £1,445.9m (£1,355.3m in constant currency, 2015: £1,283.5m)
- Underlying profit up 12% to £135.8m (£126.8m in constant currency, 2015: £121.4m)
- Group profit before tax up 1% to £99.8m (2015: £98.6m)
- Underlying profit margin stable at 9.4% (2015: 9.5%)
- Underlying basic EPS up 15% to 72.5p (2015: 63.2p)
- Total dividends for the year up 12% to 29.0p per share (2015: 26.0p)
- Total ordinary dividend up 21% to 14.5p and supplementary dividend up 3.6% to 14.5p
