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2004
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Income Statement          
Revenue          
– Issuer Services 82.4 63.2 56.9 43.3 45.7
– Trading Services 264.7 173.1 133.2 107.4 100.8
– Information Services – ongoing 143.6 105.9 94.1 86.7 79.9
– Information Services – exceptional 6.4
– Post Trade Services 42.8
– Other income 12.9 7.4 6.9 7.0 10.7
Total revenue1 546.4 349.6 297.5 244.4 237.1
Operating expenses          
– operating expenses before exceptional items and goodwill amortisation3 (257.4) (164.0) (171.0) (159.8) (154.2)
– amortisation and exceptional items (23.8) (11.4) (41.1) (6.8)
Operating profit before exceptional items and goodwill amortisation3 289.0 185.6 120.1 84.6 82.9
Profit before taxation 234.7 161.5 93.5 92.2 88.8
Profit for the financial year 178.5 110.6 66.8 64.5 63.1
Basic earnings per share 73.1p 50.5p 27.8p 24.2p 21.6p
Diluted earnings per share 71.9p 49.4p 27.4p 23.9p 21.4p
Adjusted basic earnings per share 73.1p 56.2p 37.4p 24.2p 21.2p
           
Balance sheet          
Non–current assets 1,921.5 132.8 137.6 154.1 197.9
Current assets 17,642.7 134.3 276.1 206.3 285.6
Current liabilities (17,920.9) (329.4) (78.7) (76.8) (85.5)
Non–current liabilities (374.9) (287.6) (46.2) (47.3) (32.3)
Net liabilities/(assets) 1,268.4 (349.9) 288.8 236.3 365.7
           
Cash flow          
Net cash flow from operating activities before exceptional items 282.7 198.6 145.9 100.9 105.4
           
Other information          
Operating margin before exceptional items and goodwill amortisation2,3 52.9% 53.1% 41.3% 34.6% 35.0%
Share price – high £19.79 £13.50 £11.90 £5.90 £3.83
Share price – low £11.25 £10.00 £4.49 £3.37 £2.80
           
Total dividend per share declared in respect of financial year 24.0p 18.0p 12.0p 7.0p 4.8p

Basis of preparation of Financial Record

1 Financial information for the year ended 31 March 2004 is presented under UK GAAP. In line with IFRS 1 paragraph 37, the Company has not restated financial information for periods prior to the date of transition to IFRS (1 April 2004). The main changes arising from the introduction of IFRS are in respect of goodwill amortisation, pensions, share-based payments, lease rentals, property depreciation and dividends.

2 Analysis of revenue numbers for UK GAAP for year ended 31 March 2004 exclude turnover from joint ventures, and reflect reclassifications between segments as reflected in the IFRS numbers.

3 Operating expenses, operating profit, and operating margin before exceptional items all exclude goodwill amortisation in the UK GAAP numbers for year ended 31 March 2004.

4 Financial information for the year ended 31 March 2008 includes information for Borsa Italiana S.p.A. and its subsidiaries from the date of the merger, 1 October 2007.

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