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Rolls-Royce Group plc Annual Report 2007

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Group Highlights

• Order book increased by 76 per cent to a record £45.9bn (2006 £26.1bn), with the Asia and Middle East order book more than doubling to £20bn in 2007.
• Group sales increased to £7,435m (£7,156m). Sales on an underlying basis* increased by six per cent to £7,817m.
• Services sales increased by nine per cent to £4,265m on an underlying basis.
• Profit before financing was £512m (2006 £693m).
• Underlying profit before taxation* increased 13 per cent to £800m (2006 £705m).
• Net cash inflow, before a special contribution of £500m into the UK pension schemes, was £562m (2006 £491m).
• Average net cash of £350m (2006 £150m), after reflecting the £500m pension scheme contribution.
• Shareholder payments for 2007 will in aggregate be 35 per cent higher than in 2006.
• Final payment to shareholders increased by 51 per cent to 8.96p per share (2006 5.92p per share), making a full year total of 13.00p per share (2006 9.59p per share).

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