Annual Report & Accounts 2007

Financial highlights

Financial highlights

2007 was our 11th successive year of market out-performance. At 9.8% for the Group, organic revenue growth in each of our businesses was around double their industries’.

Revenue (£m)

Revenue (£m)

Underlying profit before
interest & tax (£m)

Underlying profit before interest & tax (£m)

Underlying profit
before tax (£m)

Underlying profit before tax (£m)

Diluted earnings per share
(pence)

Diluted earnings per share (pence)

Underlying diluted earnings
per share (pence)

Underlying diluted earnings per share

Dividend per
share (pence)

Dividend per share (pence)
14.2% - Growth in revenue

Growth in revenue

13.7% - Growth in profit before interest and tax*

Growth in profit before interest and tax*

16.0% - Growth in pre-tax profit*

Growth in pre-tax profit*

18.8% - Growth in underlying diluted earnings per share*

Growth in underlying diluted earnings per share*

21.1% - Growth in dividend per share

Growth in dividend per share

†constant currency *underlying
For a definition of constant currency and underlying please refer to the Glossary of Terms.

Map - Aegis's total revenue from the Americas (25.9%), EMEA (61.2%), and Asia-Pacific (12.9%)
Revenue:2007 - £673.4m, 2006 - £595.7m, Operating Profit: 2007 - £134.4m, 2006 - £121.1m Revenue:2007 - £433.0m, 2006 - £401.2m, Operating Profit: 2007 - £34.9m, 2006 - £30.8m