Unaudited condensed consolidated interim income statement: UK sterling
| For the six months ended 30 June 2008 | Notes | Six months ended 30 June 2008 £m |
Six months ended 30 June 2007 £m |
+/(-)% | Constant Currency1 +/(-)% |
Year ended 31 December 2007 £m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billings | 16,870.7 | 15,084.6 | 11.8 | 4.6 | 31,665.5 | |
| Revenue | 3,339.1 | 2,921.0 | 14.3 | 8.1 | 6,185.9 | |
| Direct costs | (180.1) | (151.3) | (19.0) | (12.2) | (335.5) | |
| Gross profit | 3,159.0 | 2,769.7 | 14.1 | 7.9 | 5,850.4 | |
| Operating costs | 4 | (2,781.2) | (2,450.2) | (13.5) | (7.8) | (5,045.7) |
| Operating profit | 377.8 | 319.5 | 18.2 | 8.2 | 804.7 | |
| Share of results of associates | 4 | 20.7 | 19.5 | 6.2 | (7.6) | 41.4 |
| Profit before interest and taxation | 398.5 | 339.0 | 17.6 | 7.3 | 846.1 | |
| Finance income | 5 | 70.1 | 57.7 | 21.5 | 16.2 | 139.4 |
| Finance costs | 5 | (130.1) | (102.6) | (26.8) | (24.0) | (266.1) |
| Profit before taxation | 338.5 | 294.1 | 15.1 | 3.4 | 719.4 | |
| Taxation | 7 | (101.2) | (90.9) | (11.3) | (4.3) | (204.3) |
| Profit for the period | 237.3 | 203.2 | 16.8 | 3.0 | 515.1 | |
| Attributable to: | ||||||
| Equity holders of the parent | 208.2 | 181.9 | 14.5 | 0.5 | 465.9 | |
| Minority interests | 29.1 | 21.3 | (36.6) | (24.7) | 49.2 | |
| 237.3 | 203.2 | 16.8 | 3.0 | 515.1 | ||
| Headline PBIT | 6,19 | 453.4 | 383.1 | 18.4 | 9.2 | 928.0 |
| Headline PBIT margin | 19 | 13.6% | 13.1% | 15.0% | ||
| Headline PBT | 19 | 389.1 | 338.0 | 15.1 | 4.9 | 817.3 |
| Earnings per share2 | ||||||
| Basic earnings per ordinary share | 9 | 18.2p | 15.3p | 19.0 | 4.5 | 39.6p |
| Diluted earnings per ordinary share | 9 | 17.8p | 14.7p | 21.1 | 6.4 | 38.0p |
1 The basis for calculating the constant currency percentage change shown above is described in the Glossary.
2 The calculations of the Group's earnings per share and Headline earnings per share are set out in note 9.