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Year ended 31 July 2009

Notes 2009
Before
exceptional
items
£m
2009
Exceptional
items
(note 3)
£m
2009
Total
£m
2008
Before
exceptional
items
(restated)
£m
2008
Exceptional
items
(restated)
(note 3)
£m
2008
Total
(restated)
£m
Continuing operations
Revenue 2 14,441 14,441 14,814 14,814
Cost of sales (10,436) (28) (10,464) (10,632) (1) (10,633)
Gross profit 4,005 (28) 3,977 4,182 (1) 4,181
Distribution costs (2,831) (266) (3,097) (2,738) (61) (2,799)
Administrative expenses:
Amortisation of acquired intangibles (105) (105) (105) (105)
Impairment of acquired intangibles (490) (490) (57) (57)
Other (743) (164) (907) (693) (8) (701)
Administrative expenses: total (1,338) (164) (1,502) (855) (8) (863)
Other income 16 16 36 36
Operating (loss)/profit 2 (148) (458) (606) 625 (70) 555
Finance revenue 4 72 72 72 72
Finance costs 5 (217) (217) (228) (228)
Share of after tax loss of associate 6 (9) (6) (15)
(Loss)/profit before tax (302) (464) (766) 469 (70) 399
Tax income/(expense) 7 (72) 106 34 (182) 25 (157)
(Loss)/profit from continuing operations (374) (358) (732) 287 (45) 242
Loss from discontinued operations 8 (265) (176) (441) (164) (4) (168)
(Loss)/profit for the year attributable to equity shareholders (639) (534) (1,173) 123 (49) 74
(Loss)/earnings per share 10
Continuing operations and discontinued operations
Basic (loss)/earnings per share (558.0)p 41.0p
Diluted (loss)/earnings per share (558.0)p 40.9p
Continuing operations only
Basic (loss)/earnings per share (348.2)p 134.0p
Diluted (loss)/earnings per share (348.2)p 133.8p
Non-GAAP measures of performance 10, 11
Continuing operations only
Trading profit 447 787
Profit before tax, exceptional items and the amortisation and impairment of acquired intangibles 293 631
Basic earnings per share before exceptional items and the amortisation and impairment of acquired intangibles 95.6p 240.3p
Diluted earnings per share before exceptional items and the amortisation and impairment of acquired intangibles 95.5p 239.9p

The income statement for 2008 has been restated to present Stock Building Supply as a discontinued operation.