Financial Results

– Earnings per share before significant items of 43.1 cents per share, up 0.5%
– Profit after tax and before significant items of $360.5 million, down 2.3%
– Profit before interest and tax for the continuing businesses, down 0.4%
– Final dividend of 17 cents per share making a full year dividend of 34 cents per share
– Operating cash flow $419.6 million
– Free cash flow after the payment of dividends $131.1 million
– Significant items, primarily relating to the acquisition costs associated with the Alcan
Packaging assets and planned restructuring, were an after tax loss of $148.8 million
PROFIT AFTER TAX
PRE-SIGNIFICANT ITEMS
DIVIDEND PER SHARE
$ million

Earnings Per Share

cents

Earnings Per Share
 

 
KEY RESULTS YEAR TO 30 JUNE 2009 ALL OPERATIONS
  2009 2008 % Change
Sales ($ million) 9,535.4 9,316.8 2.3
Profit before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (PBITDA) ($ million) 1,088.7 1,070.1 1.7
Profit before interest and tax (PBIT) ($ million) 646.6 657.0 (1.6)
Profit after tax (PAT)1($ million) 360.5 369.1 (2.3)
Significant items1 ($ million) (148.8) (110.3) (34.9)
Profit after tax after significant items ($ million) 211.7 258.8 (18.2)
Earnings per share2(cents) 43.1 42.9 0.5
Operating cash flow3($ million) 419.6 418.2 0.3
Dividend (cents per share) 34.0 34.0
(1) Significant items for the current year relate mainly to the acquisition costs associated with the Alcan Packaging assets, the Flexible market sector
      rationalisation, the Australasia Fibre Packaging recovery plan and asset impairments.
(2) Before significant items.
(3) After significant items.
 
CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS ALL OPERATIONS
$ million 2009 2008
PBITDA 1,088.7 1,070.1
Interest (166.7) (192.4)
Tax (78.7) (62.8)
Cash significant items (155.6) (136.6)
Base capital exenditure (254.6) (243.5)
Movement in working capital1 133.1 44.6
Other (146.6) (61.2)
Operating cash flow 419.6 418.2
Dividends (288.5) (305.8)
Free cash flow 131.1 112.4
Divestments (1.9) 973.3
Growth capital / acquisitions (318.3) (192.5)
Proceeds from share issues 28.7 11.0
Payment for shares bought back - (350.0)
Proceeds on capital contribution from minority interest - 9.0
Foreign exchange rate changes 3.7 (22.9)
Movement in net debt (156.7) 540.3
(1) Movement in working capital relates to continuing operations.
 
BALANCE SHEET ALL OPERATIONS    
$ million 2009 2008
Current assets 2,317.9 2,618.3
Property, plant and equipment 3,795.9 3,624.4
Intangibles 1,499.1 1,309.2
Investments and other assets 833.1 518.0
Total assets 8,446.0 8,069.9
Short term debt 956.1 677.5
Long term debt 1,875.7 1,833.2
Creditors and provisions 2,538.6 2,555.9
Shareholders’ equity 3,075.6 3,003.3
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity 8,446.0 8,069.9