Financial highlights
Sales (
m)
2008
2007
2006
5 302
4 827
4 308
Earnings per unit, diluted basis (
)
2008
2007
2006
2.760
2.331
1.951
Dividend per unit (
)
2008
0.78
0.65
0.60
Operating profit (
m)
2008
2007
2006
1 108
916
741
Net profit attributable to unitholders (
m)
2008
2007
2006
1 571
1 328
1 094
Sales increased by 10 per cent to
5 302 million.
Operating profit from the luxury goods businesses increased by 21 per cent to
1 108 million.
Net profit, including the Group's share of the results of British American Tobacco, increased
by 18 per cent to
1 570 million. Excluding the impact of non-recurring items in both years,
net profit attributable to unitholders increased by 17 per cent to
1 582 million.
Cash generated by the Group's luxury goods operations was
968 million.
The ordinary dividend for the year, at
0.78 per unit, represents an increase of 20 per cent
over that paid in 2007.
2007
2007
0.60
2006
2006
0.50
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