Condensed consolidated income statement

  Notes (Unaudited)
Six months
ended
30 September
2008
£m
(Unaudited)
Six months
ended
30 September
2007
£m
(Audited)
Year
ended
31 March
2008
£m
Continuing operations        
Revenue 4 35.6   35.3   80.9  
Cost of sales   (22.4)   (23.0)   (52.8)  
Gross profit   13.2   12.3   28.1  
Other operating income   2.2   3.5   5.7  
Selling and marketing costs   (3.0)   (2.4)   (4.9)  
Administrative expenses   (8.2)   (9.7)   (19.0)  
  Analysed as:        
  Administrative expenses before amortisation of
  acquired intangibles and significant one-off items
(8.5)   (9.7)   (17.9)  
  Amortisation of acquired intangibles (0.1)   -   -  
  Significant one-off items:        
  One-off exchange gain   0.4   -   -  
  Acquisition and Rights Issue costs   -   -   (1.1)  
Operating profit 4 4.2   3.7   9.9  
Finance costs 10 (10.8)   (10.3)   (20.7)  
Finance income 10 9.5   9.4   18.8  
Profit before taxation   2.9   2.8   8.0  
Income tax income   -   -   0.5  
Profit for the period   2.9   2.8   8.5  
Attributable to:        
Equity holders of the Company   2.9   2.8   8.5  
         
Earnings per share attributable to the equity holders of the Company during the period        
Basic (pence) 11 1.7p   1.9p   5.8p  
Diluted (pence) 11 1.7p   1.9p   5.7p  

The earnings per share figures previously published for the six months to 30 September 2007 and for the year ended 31 March 2008 have been restated. This reflects the impact of the Rights Issue in August 2008 and ensures that the restated figures are comparable to the figures for the current period.