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Financial information

Five year review

Income statement information 2009
52 weeks
£m
2008
52 weeks
£m
2007
52 weeks
£m
2006
52 weeks
£m
2005
52 weeks
£m
aAdjusted earnings per share for the years 2005-2008 has been restated to exclude net pensions finance (charge)/income in line with the change in disclosure of this item adopted in 2009 (see note 1 ‘Adjusted profit’)
bDividend information for all years represents interim and final dividends for the year presented.
Revenue          
Pubs & Bars 958 954 968 958 939
Restaurants 999 939 908 762 684
 
Retail 1,957 1,893 1,876 1,720 1,623
SCPD 1 15 18 8
 
  1,958 1,908 1,894 1,720 1,631
Operating profit before exceptional items          
Pubs & Bars 159 176 191 179 175
Restaurants 141 156 145 130 113
Retail 300 332 336 309 288
SCPD - 11 7 1
  300 343 343 309 289
Operating exceptional items (87) (212) (34) 16 (3)
Total operating profit 213 131 309 325 286
Interest on net debt (166) (167) (147) (109) (103)
Exceptional interest charge (51) (205) (221) (4)
Net finance income on pensions (6) 3 11 8 3
(Loss)/profit before taxation (10) (238) (48) 220 186
Taxation credit/(charge) 14 62 38 (25) (59)
Profit/(loss) for the financial year 4 (176) (10) 195 127
 
Earnings/(loss) per share          
Basic 1.0p (43.7)p (2.5)p 39.7p 24.9p
Diluted 1.0p (43.7)p (2.5)p 38.8p 24.5p
Adjusteda 23.6p 31.0p 33.6p 28.1p 25.0p
 
Dividends paid and proposedb          
Normal dividends (£m) 18 57 53 54
Special dividends (£m) 486
Normal dividends per share 4.55p 14.25p 12.25p 10.75p

Adjusted earnings per share is stated after removing the impact of exceptional items and other adjustments as explained in note 1, less tax thereon.

Results for 2005 are presented on a 52 week basis to aid comparability with previous years. The 53 week 2005 results under both IFRS and UK GAAP are available in full from the Company’s website, www.mbplc.com. The 2005 results on a 52 week basis are unaudited.

The adjustments required to make UK GAAP historic information consistent with that presented under IFRS relate to share-based payment charges and the different calculation basis of deferred tax under IFRS.

Balance sheet information 2009
£m
2008
£m
2007
£m
2006
restateda
£m
2005
restateda
£m
aRestated in respect of a prior year adjustment (see page 55 Annual report and accounts 2007)
Goodwill and other intangible assets 1 3 17 22 26
Property, plant and equipment 4,461 4,545 5,030 3,867 3,447
Lease premiums 10 10 11 13 16
Total non-current assets 4,472 4,558 5,058 3,902 3,489
 
Inventories 38 39 38 42 39
Operating receivables 39 79 68 80 77
Non-current assets held for sale 19 114 6 88 9
Operating payables (270) (276) (240) (243) (220)
Net current operating liabilities (174) (44) (128) (33) (95)
Total operating assets less current operating liabilities 4,298 4,514 4,930 3,869 3,394
Provisions (1) (1) (3) (4)
Net operating assets 4,298 4,513 4,929 3,866 3,390
External net debt (2,600) (2,735) (2,479) (2,067) (1,625)
Derivative financial instruments (116) (58) (188) (36) (35)
Corporate taxation (1) 3 (18) (22) (60)
Deferred taxation (455) (526) (648) (426) (435)
Pension liabilities (130) (23) (18) (99) (151)
Balances relating to exceptional items (3)
Non-operating receivables/(payables) 1 1 (2) (4)
Net assets 997 1,175 1,576 1,209 1,084
Cash flow information 2009
£m
2008
£m
2007
£m
2006
£m
2005
£m
aBefore exceptional items.
Operating profit before exceptional items 300 343 343 309 295
Depreciation and amortisation 128 134 129 121 116
EBITDA a 428 477 472 430 411
Other non-cash items (2) 2 11 11 7
Working capital movement 24 31 8 9 16
Additional pension contributions (24) (24) (40) (20) (30)
Net cash inflow from operationsa 426 486 451 430 404
Net capital expenditure (57) (111) (99) (583) (110)
Operating cash flow after capital expenditurea 369 375 352 (153) 294
Net interest paid (160) (164) (145) (107) (102)
Tax received/(paid) 21 (4) (33) (48) (43)
Exceptional interest on tax credits 4
Normal dividends paid (58) (52) (56) (50)
Special dividends paid (486)
Issue of ordinary shares 4 2
Purchase of own shares (5) (46) (76) (101)
Proceeds on release of own shares held 3 11 12 14
Operating exceptional expenditure (4)
Expenditure associated with refinancing (2) (11) (4) (10)
Derivative financial instruments closure costs (95) (386)
Defence costs (4)
Corporate restructuring costs (3) (4)
Integration costs paid (4)
Strategic review costs (note 8) (12)
Net cash flow 141 (265) (411) (442) 10

All years are for 52 week periods with the exception of 2005 which is a 53 week period.

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