Financial Performance

Revenue of £1,683.9m, a 20.2% increase on a reported basis, a 12.5% increase on an underlying basis¹ (2016: £1,401.4m)

Trading profit² of £165.5m, a 24.2% increase on a reported basis, and a 16.1% increase on an underlying basis¹ (2016: £133.3m)

Return on sales² of 9.8%, increased by 30 basis points, and a 30 basis points increase on an underlying basis¹ (2016: 9.5%)

Profit before tax of £97.1m, an increase of 22.3% (2016: £79.4m)

Headline earnings per share³ of 40.7 pence, an increase of 33.9% (2016: 30.4 pence)

Recommended final dividend of 12.50 pence per share, Group full year dividend of 18.00 pence (2016: 16.55 pence)

Year-end net debt² of £274.3m, with net debt to EBITDA ratio of 1.3x

<sub>1. Underlying basis is at constant currency and excludes separately reported items and the impact of acquisitions and disposals.
2. For definitions of alternative performance measures, refer to Note 4 of the Group Financial Statements.
3. Headline results refer to continuing operations and exclude separately reported items.</sub>