Five year trends

	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004
Revenue	€2,232.2m	€2,206.6 m	€1,853.4 m	€1,830.0 m	€1,753.6 m
Operating profit pre exceptional	€134.1m	€115.8m	€85.6m	€80.9m	€86.3m
Operating margin pre exceptional	6.0%	5.2%	4.6%	4.4%	4.9%
Net financing costs	(€21.1m)	(€17.3m)	(€14.0m)	(€13.1m)	(€16.1m)
Share of results of joint ventures and associates	€7.3m	€1.0m	€2.8m	€0.9m	(€1.5m)
Profit before tax pre exceptional	€120.3m	€99.5m	€74.4m	€68.7m	€68.6m
Taxation pre exceptional	(€21.5m)	(€16.4m)	(€8.0m)	(€7.6m)	(€8.4m)
Profit after tax pre exceptional	€98.7m	€83.1m	€66.4m	€61.1m	€60.2m
Exceptional items	(€19.4m)	(€22.8m)	(€0.1m)	(€3.4m)	(€1.3m)
Basic earnings per share	26.76c	20.42c	22.51c	19.69c	21.03c
Adjusted earnings per share*	35.86c	30.25c	23.89c	21.86c	21.36c
Dividend per share in respect of the full year	6.51c	6.08c	5.79c	5.51c	5.25c

	2008 €000	2007 €000	2006 €000	2005 €000	2004 €000
Profit attributable to equity holders of the Company	78,399	59,833	65,964	57,396	61,119
Amortisation on intangible assets (net of related tax)	7,312	5,964	3,896	2,899	2,238
Exceptional items	19,358	22,846	134	3,410	(1,294)
	105,069	88,643	69,994	63,705	62,063
Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issues	293,018,610	293,012,540	292,958,667	291,469,902	290,617,359
Adjusted earnings per share (cents per share)	35.86	30.25	23.89	21.86	21.36

* Adjusted earnings per share is calculated after tax, pre exceptional items and before intangible asset amortisation (net of related tax).

** 2004 figures are presented under IFRS and have been restated.