Home> Business review> Financial highlights prev next Financial highlights 20122011Revenue£587.8m£570.7mHeadline operating profit1£97.9m£85.5mOperating profit£93.4m£80.4mHeadline profit before taxation1£94.3m£80.9mProfit before taxation£89.8m£75.8mHeadline operating cash flow2£110.8m£96.0mOperating cash flow3£103.0m£90.3mNet debt / (cash)£34.2m£(0.1)mBasic headline earnings per share437.4p32.7pBasic earnings per share35.8p30.0pDividend per share512.3p10.9pReturn on capital employed6 19.5%16.9%Headline operating profit and headline profit before taxation exclude acquisition costs of £2.5m (2011: £nil), reorganisation costs of £2.4m (2011: £nil), profit on disposal of investment of £2.4m (2011: £nil), amortisation of acquired intangibles of £2.0m (2011: £0.9m) and impairment charges of £nil (2011: £4.2m).Headline operating cash flow is defined as operating cash flow stated before cash flow relating to restructuring of £5.3m (2011: £5.7m) and cash flow relating to acquisition costs of £2.5m (2011: £nil).Operating cash flow is defined as cash generated by operations of £150.7m (2011: £134.8m) less net capital expenditure of £47.7m (2011: £44.5m).A detailed reconciliation is provided in note 9.See note 8.Return on capital employed is defined as headline operating profit of £97.9m (2011: £85.5m) divided by the monthly average capital employed of £501.1m (2011: £505.2m). Capital employed is defined as net assets adjusted for net debt / (cash).Revenue - continuing operations£m£587.8m+3.0%(2011: £570.7m)Headline operating profit£m£97.9m+14.4%(2011: £85.5m)Dividend per share5Pence12.3p+12.8%(2011: 10.9p)Headline earnings per share4Pence37.4p+14.4%(2011: 32.7p) prev next