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Financial overview

Financial highlights


For the years ended 31 March 2006 2007
Total revenue $3.1bn $3.5bn
EBIT $727m $825m
Profit before tax $550m $394m
Benchmark profit before tax* $627m $714m

Pie chart displaying revenue for the year ended 31 March 2006: The Americas (57%), UK and Ireland (25%), EMEA/Asia-Pacific (17%)*Benchmark profit before tax is defined as profit before amortisation of acquisition intangibles, goodwill impairments, charges in respect of the Demerger related equity incentive plans, exceptional items, financing fair value remeasurements and taxation. It includes Experian's share of associates' pre-tax profits.

Experian is organised on a worldwide basis into three core geographies: the Americas, UK & Ireland and EMEA/Asia-Pacific.

Although our operations are managed on a geographic basis, Experian has four principal activities: Credit Services, Decision Analytics, Marketing Solutions and Interactive.

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