Annual report and financial statements 2009
52 weeks ended 1 February 2009
| Note | 2009 £m |
2008 £m |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 2 | 14,528 | 12,969 |
| Cost of sales | (13,615) | (12,151) | |
| Gross profit | 913 | 818 | |
Other operating income |
37 | 30 | |
| Administrative expenses | (281) | (268) | |
| Profits arising on property transactions | 2 | 32 | |
| Operating profit | 4 | 671 | 612 |
Finance costs |
5 | (60) | (60) |
| Finance income | 5 | 44 | 60 |
| Profit before taxation | 655 | 612 | |
| Taxation | 6 | (195) | (58) |
| Profit for the financial period attributable to equity holders of the parent | 460 | 554 | |
Earnings per share (pence) |
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| – basic | 7 | 17.39 | 20.79 |
| – diluted | 7 | 17.16 | 20.67 |
Ordinary dividend per share (pence) |
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| Interim – paid | 0.800 | 0.675 | |
| Final – proposed | 29 | 5.000 | |
| – paid | 4.125 | ||
| Total dividend | 5.800 | 4.800 |