Pearson is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (LSE: PSON; NYSE: PSO). Over the past decade or so, we have become a digital, services-based, global education and information company.
We have invested heavily, steadily and imaginatively to become the innovator and the scale player in our industries, and to become both a durable company and a long-term growth company.
In financial terms, our goal is to achieve sustainable growth on three key financial goals - earnings, cash and return on invested capital - and reliable cash returns to our investors through healthy and growing dividend.
Over the past five years our record is:
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free cash flow (£ millions) | 418 | 570 | 575 | 684 | 796 |
| Adjusted EPS (pence) | 27.5 | 34.1 | 43.1 | 46.7 | 57.7 |
| Return on invested capital (%) | 6.3 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 9.2 |
| Dividend (pence per share) | 25.4 | 27.0 | 29.3 | 31.6 | 33.8 |
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