5 Year Profit & Loss

  2008
£m
Restated
2007(4)
£m
Restated
2006(1)
£m
Restated
2005(1)
£m
Restated
2004(1),(2)
£m
Revenue(1)          
Continuing operations 1,172.1 1,227.8 947.4 889.2 10,097.2
Discontinued operations 6.6 24.0 283.0 1,868.2 1,799.9
  1,178.7 1,251.8 1,230.4 2,757.4 11,897.1
Profit before tax and finance costs(1),(3)
Continuing operations:
UK Retail 187.9 187.8 199.8 210.9 214.7
Other European Retail 20.6 21.7 17.0 11.4 13.2
eGaming 55.1 55.0 44.3 39.0 21.3
Telephone Betting 83.2 183.6 17.3 (0.5) 17.8
Other (8.0) (6.3) (1.6) - -
Central costs and income (14.9) (21.1) (14.6) (17.6) (14.1)
  323.9 420.7 262.2 243.2 252.9
Discontinued operations (1.1) 5.3 17.1 192.8 164.8
  322.8 426.0 279.3 436.0 417.7
Net finance costs (65.8) (69.2) (22.0) (22.1) (41.0)
Profit before taxation(3) 257.0 356.8 257.3 413.9 376.7
Income tax expense(3) (39.4) (56.2) (47.7) (62.1) (57.1)
Profit for the year(3) 217.6 300.6 209.6 351.8 319.6
Minority interests - - - (0.2) (0.1)
Profit attributable to equity holders of the parent(3) 217.6 300.6 209.6 351.6 319.5
Non-trading items (18.0) 38.2 412.5 (19.9) (0.6)
Tax on non-trading items - - (4.9) (0.9) -
Non-trading tax credit 1.1 2.0 - - 9.0
Profit attributable to equity holders of the parent 200.7 340.8 617.2 330.8 327.9
Dividends (85.0) (84.6) (4,208.4) (156.8) (144.4)
Non-current assets 1,034.2 873.7 738.5 642.8 4,356.8
Equity shareholders' (deficit)/funds (328.0) (450.8) (626.9) 2,592.7 2,373.6
Dividend per share 14.15p 13.90p 13.20p 243.80p 9.60p
Basic earnings per share(3) 36.2p 48.0p 22.8p 22.0p 20.2p
Basic earnings per share 33.4p 54.4p 67.2p 20.7p 20.7p

(1) Revenue and Profit before tax and finance costs restated for discontinued operations.

(2) This information has been prepared under UK GAAP.

(3) Before non-trading items.

(4) The Group has restated its comparative year ended 31 December 2007 to reflect the casino business as a discontinued operation.

The categories of the main adjustments for this information to comply with IFRSs are as follows:

IAS 19 Employee Benefits

IAS 19 requires separate recognition of the operating and financing costs of defined benefit pension schemes in the income statement and permits for the recognition of the actuarial gains and losses in the statement of recognised income and expense.

IAS 12 Deferred Taxes

IAS 12 requires entities to calculate deferred taxation based on temporary differences, which are defined as the difference between the carrying amount of liabilities and their tax base.

IFRS 2 Share-Based Payments

IFRS 2 requires the Group to recognise a charge reflecting the fair value of options granted to employees. The fair value is calculated by using a binomial valuation model and is charged to profit over the relevant option vesting period, adjusted to reflect actual and expected level of vesting.

IFRS 3 Business Combinations:

IFRS 3 prohibits the amortisation of goodwill. The standard requires goodwill to be carried at cost less any impairment charges.

IAS 37 Provisions:

Under IAS 37, a provision should only be recognised when there is a present legal or constructive obligation to transfer resources. Therefore under IFRSs, the Group will no longer accrue unapproved dividends at period ends.

IAS 32 & IAS 39 Financial Instruments:

IAS 39 requires the measurement, at fair value, of a wide range of financial assets and liabilities and derivatives. For derivatives, any changes in fair value are accounted for in income immediately unless the derivative is part of a designated hedging relationship. Under IAS 39, the Group's £300 million convertible bond was required to be split into debt and equity components, net of issue costs.