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Financial highlights
Year ended 31 March1 2008 2007 Growth
Revenue £546m £350m 56%
Adjusted operating profit2 £289m £186m 56%
Operating profit £265m £174m 52%
Profit before tax £235m £162m 45%
Basic earnings per share 73.1p 50.5p 45%
Adjusted basic earnings per share2 73.1p 56.2p 30%

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1Includes the results of Borsa Italiana from 1 October 2007
2Before amortisation of purchased intangibles and exceptional items. Non GAAP
3Before exceptional items

Issuer Services Trading Services
Issuer Services - Revenue
 Trading Services - Revenue

Customer profile

Companies from around the world come to our markets to raise money for growth

Customer profile

600 members worldwide trade on the London Stock Exchange and Borsa Italiana

Activity

Companies that join our primary markets gain access to one of the world’s deepest and most liquid pools of low-cost capital

Activity

Our systems provide fast and efficient trading at very low cost, allowing investors and institutions access to equity, bond and derivatives markets
Information Services Post Trade Services
Information Services - Revenue
 Post Trade Services - Revenue

Customer profile

Member firms, investors and institutions across the world

Customer profile

Companies from around the world come to our markets to raise money for growth

Activity

We supply high-quality, realtime prices and trading data creating the transparency and liquidity that are the hallmarks of our markets

Activity

We act as a central counterparty (CCP) guaranteeing parties to a trade will be paid and securities will be delivered, as well as a Central Securities Depository (CSD) and securities settlement system, creating netted settlement instructions, making the actual payments and delivering securities. We are also a custodian of securities

Issuer Services Trading Services
Issuer Services - Total Number of Companies
 Trading Services - Number of Equity Order Book Bargains (M)
Issuer Services - Revenue Trading Services - Revenue

Operational highlights

  • 388 new issues in London and Milan, including 128 international companies
  • London attracted more international IPOs than any other major exchange
  • Total money raised in London reached €38 billion

Operational highlights

  • 82 per cent increase in average daily SETS bargains to 642,000, accelerated by the introduction in June of our new trading system, TradElect
  • 39 per cent increase in average daily SETS value traded to £9.1 billion
  • Borsa Italiana’s average daily bargains in cash equities were 295,000 and average value traded was €5.5 billion

Group Revenue

Information Services Post Trade Services
Information Services - Total number of Professional Terminals
 Post Trace Services - Total Number of Contracts Cleared
Information Services - Revenue Post Trace Services - Revenue

Operational highlights

  • Total terminals taking London data up 22,000 to a record 138,000, of which terminals attributable to professional users rose 16,000 to 112,000. Number of users outside the UK increased to 71,000.
  • Professional users of Italian data reached 160,000.
  • Number of private individuals registering for Italian data increased to 784,000

Operational highlights

  • Number of pre-settlement instructions reached 182 million over 6 months to 31 March
  • Average value of assets under custody rose to €2.8 trillion
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