| Definitions |
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| Headline earnings |
Net profit for the year adjusted for the after-tax effect of certain capital items |
| EBITDA |
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation and before capital items. |
| Return on shareholders’ equity |
Headline earnings expressed as a percentage of the average ordinary shareholders’ equity for the year |
| Return on total assets |
Headline earnings expressed as a percentage of the average total assets for the year |
| Headline earnings per share |
Headline earnings divided by the weighted average number of shares in issue for the year |
| Dividend cover |
Headline earnings per share divided by the dividends per share which relate to those earnings |
| Net asset value per share |
Total value of net assets at year-end, adjusted for directors’ valuations of property divided by the number of shares in issue at
year-end,
held outside the Group |
| Market capitalisation |
The price per share at year-end multiplied by the number of shares in issue at year-end |
| Price-earnings ratio |
The price per share at year-end divided by Group headline earnings per share |
| Dividends per share |
The interim dividend declared during the current financial year and the final dividend declared after year-end, in respect of the
current financial year |