Final Results.
Financial Performance *
EBITDA* of 422 million (2009: 514 million)
Profit before tax of 131 million (2009: 160 million)
Disposal proceeds of 299 million comprised largely of non-core assets - achieved at an average multiple of 16x EBITDA
Basic earnings per share of 14.4p
Statutory Results (after exceptional items) **
Loss after exceptional items of 160 million following a net exceptional charge of 253 million. All of the exceptional charges were non-cash except for 2 million of reorganisation charges
Exceptional items include a 218 million charge for pub impairments to appropriately value the non-core estate
Basic loss per share after exceptional items of 24.9p
Net Asset Value per share of 229p