* Adjusted earnings per share have been adjusted to remove the effect of property disposals and, in 2007, a one-off non-cash tax charge.
All financial results above were prepared under IFRS except for 2004. The principal adjustments between IFRS and UK GAAP relate to goodwill amortisation, impairment of property, treatment of lease incentives and premiums, accounting for proposed dividends and the consequential tax impact of the above. |