Annual report and accounts 2008

Consolidated income statement
Year ended 31 December 2008

All figures in £ millions	Notes	2008	2007
Continuing operations
Sales	2	4,811	4,162
Cost of goods sold	4	(2,174)	(1,910)
Gross profit		2,637	2,252
Operating expenses	4	(1,986)	(1,701)
Share of results of joint ventures and associates	12	25	23
Operating profit	2	676	574
Finance costs	6	(136)	(150)
Finance income	6	45	44
Profit before tax		585	468
Income tax	7	(172)	(131)
Profit for the year from continuing operations		413	337
Loss for the year from discontinued operations	3	(90)	(27)
Profit for the year		323	310
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the company		292	284
Minority interest		31	26
Earnings per share for profit from continuing and discontinued operations attributable to the equity holders of the company during the year (expressed in pence per share)
– basic	8	36.6p	35.6p
– diluted	8	36.6p	35.6p
Earnings per share for profit from continuing operations attributable to the equity holders of the company during the year (expressed in pence per share)
– basic	8	47.9p	39.0p
– diluted	8	47.9p	39.0p