Financial centre

Segmental results

Year ended 31 March 2008
Income statement
Year ended 31 March 2007
Income statement

Year ended 31 March 2008

Income statement

Income statement: Year ended 31 March 2008
US$m Credit
Services
Decision
Analytics
Marketing
Services
Interactive Central
Activities
Total
Revenue 1,972 469 830 859 - 4,130
Profit            
Operating profit/(loss)
459 137 17 153 (112) 654
Net financing costs
- - - - (155) (155)
Share of post-tax profits of associates
50 - - - - 50
Profit/(loss) before tax
509 137 17 153 (267) 549
Group tax expense
          (97)
Profit for the financial year           452
             
             
Reconciliation from EBIT to profit/(loss) before tax            
EBIT 581 154 78 189 (57) 945
Net interest - - - - (126) (126)
Benchmark PBT 581 154 78 189 (183) 819
Exceptional items (21) (10) (22) (4) (6) (63)
Amortisation of acquisition intangibles (45) (7) (37) (32) - (121)
Goodwill adjustment - - (2) - - (2)
Charges in respect of the demerger-related equity incentive plans * - - - - (49) (49)
Financing fair value remeasurements
- - - - (29) (29)
Tax expense on share of profit of associates (6) - - - - (6)
Profit/(loss) before tax 509 137 17 153 (267) 549

EBIT for Central activities represents corporate head office costs which include costs arising from finance, treasury and other global functions.

* No allocation by business segment is made for charges in respect of the demerger-related equity incentive plans as the underlying data is maintained only to provide an allocation by geographical segment.

Year ended 31 March 2007

Income statement

US$m Credit
Services
Decision
Analytics

Marketing
Services
Interactive Central
activities
Total
Revenue 1,573 392 728 788 - 3,481
Profit            
Operating profit/(loss)
402 130 28 135 (222) 473
Net financing costs
- - - - (146) (146)
Share of post-tax profits of associates 67 - - - - 67
Profit/(loss) before tax
469 130 28 135 (368) 394
Group tax expense
          (68)
Profit for the financial year           326
             
             
Reconciliation from EBIT to profit/(loss) before tax            
EBIT 505 136 64 167 (47) 825
Net interest - - - - (111) (111)
Benchmark PBT 505 136 64 167 (158) 714
Exceptional items (11) - - - (151) (162)
Amortisation of acquisition intangibles (16) (1) (27) (32) - (76)
Goodwill adjustment
- (5) (9) - - (14)
Charges in respect of the demerger-related equity incentive plans *
- - - - (24) (24)
Financing fair value remeasurements
- - - - (35) (35)
Tax expense on share of profit of associates (9) - - - - (9)
Profit/(loss) before tax 469 130 28 135 (368) 394

EBIT for Central activities represents corporate head office costs which include costs arising from finance, treasury and other global functions.

* No allocation by business segment is made for charges in respect of the demerger-related equity incentive plans as the underlying data is maintained only to provide an allocation by geographical segment.

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