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Underlying operating margin before impairment of accrued income 11.9 % 13.7 % Calculation (underlying operating profit plus £39.6m impaired accrued income/underlying revenue)
Underlying profit before tax £475.3 m £585.5 m (18.8 )% Line item in income statement
Underlying earnings per share 56.67 p 70.73 p (19.9 )% Line item in income statement and note 5
Cash Flow
Cash generated by operations before non-underlying cash items £749.5 m £685.8 m 9.3 % Line item in cash flow statement
Cash conversion (1) 139 % 108 % Calculation (cash generated from operations before non-underlying cash items/underlying operating profit)
Underlying free cash flow A £472.4 m £347.4 m 36.0 % Line item in note 12
Non-underlying payments B (63.2 ) (43.3 ) Includes non-underlying movement in payables and receivables, Asset Services settlement provision paid, Business exit provision paid, Gwent pension settlement and Restructuring provision paid provision, per Cash Flow statement
Free cash flow after non-underlying items A+B 409.2 304.1 34.6 %
(1)Cash conversion % calculated using precise number before rounding to one
decimal place
Gearing 2016 2015 Comment
Underlying EBIT £541.3 m £639.0 m Line item in income statement
Deduct: non-controlling interest (£13.4 m) (£11.1 m)
Deduct: acquisition costs (£9.0 m) (£16.2 m) Line items in note 3
Add back - disposal of non-current assets — (£1.2 m) Line items in note 12
Add back - share based payment charge — £11.4 m Line item in note 12 - note: only charges
Add back: non-current service pension charge £2.4 m (£1.9 m)
Adjusted EBIT a £521.3 m £620.0 m
Add back: pre-acq underlying profit £5.6 m £34.2 m
Adjusted EBIT £526.9 m £654.2 m
Depreciation and amortisation £99.3 m £95.3 m Line items per Cash Flow
Adjusted EBITDA b £626.2 m £749.5 m
Underlying interest charge (£66.0 m) (£53.5 m) Line item in income statement
Interest cost attributable to pensions £6.6 m £6.4 m Line item in note 4
Borrowing costs c (£59.4 m) (£47.1 m) Calculation (underlying interest charge excluding pension interest)
Equity attributable to shareholders d £408.2 m £679.3 m Line item on balance sheet
15% of equity attributable to shareholders e £61.2 m £101.9 m Calculation (d x 15%)
Contingent obligations under bonds and guarantees f £91.7 m £88.1 m
g £30.5 m — If f > e, the difference is treated as debt
Net debt h £1,778.8 m £1,838.8 m Line information in note 12
Adjusted net debt i £1,809.3 m £1,838.8 m Calculation (g + h)
Interest cover 8.8 x 13.2 x Calculation (a / c)
Adjusted net debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio 2.89 x 2.45 x Calculation (i / b)
ROCE 2016 2015 Comment
Underlying operating profit A 541.3 639.0 Line item in income statement
Tax rate B 18.5 % 18.5 %
Tax C = A x B 100.1 118.2 Calculation (underlying profit multiply tax rate)
Underlying operating profit after tax D = A - C 441.2 520.8 Calculation (underlying profit less tax)
Current year net assets E 483.4 753.3 Line in balance sheet
Current year underlying net debt F 1,682.9 1,750.3 Line item in note 12
Adjustments to capital employed G 1,228.8 1,046.2 Includes post-tax impact of accumulated acquired intangible amortisation, fixed rate swaps, put options and pensions
Less acquisition spend in year H (89.5 ) (415.7 ) Consideration paid - cash acquired + debt acquired, per note 10
Current year capital employed I = E + F + G + H 3,305.6 3,134.1
Prior year net assets J 915.5
Prior year underlying net debt K 1,405.0
Comparative prior year adjustments L 890.8 Includes post-tax impact of accumulated acquired intangible amortisation, fixed rate swaps, put options and pensions
Prior year capital employed M = J + K + L 3,211.3
Average capital employed pre-acquisitions N = (I + M)/2 3,427.7 3,172.7
Weighted average acquisition spend in year O 59.7 288.2 Pro rata no of months post-acq profit
Average capital employed P = N + O 3,487.4 3,460.9
ROCE Q = D / P 12.7 % 15.0 %
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