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Five Year Group Financial Summary

  2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
Results from Operations
Revenue £m 1,660.8 2,890.3 2,369.5 1,756.8 1,344.8
Adjusted operating profit £m 267.8 933.1 732.1 544.9 415.6
Statutory operating profit/(loss) £m (880.4) 538.1 363.2 344.7 198.6
Statutory profit/(loss) before tax £m (1,139.7) 318.7 282.1 268.2 178.1
Profit/(loss) attributable to equity holders of the parent £m (1,041.5) 225.5 207.9 310.8 171.5
Free cash flow £m (153.9) 722.1 503.2 400.9 305.7
Net Assets
Non-current assets £m 9,037.0 10,001.4 10,328.7 4,356.6 4,542.3
Current assets £m 695.2 721.9 715.1 460.5 489.3
Current liabilities £m (1,200.6) (1,584.6) (1,530.8) (1,117.7) (1,048.8)
Non-current liabilities £m (2,889.6) (3,300.7) (3,441.4) (1,470.4) (1,795.0)
Net assets £m 5,642.0 5,838.0 6,071.6 2,229.0 2,187.8
Key statistics from continuing operations (in pence)(1)
Earnings Per Share (73.4) 17.9 19.6 37.5 23.5
Diluted Earnings Per Share (73.4) 17.8 19.5 37.4 23.4
Adjusted diluted Earnings Per Share 9.9 51.0 48.8 45.7 41.8
Dividends per share - 7.5 21.8 20.3 19.2

(1) 2016-2019 EPS and dividends per share restated for 2020 share placement

2020 Divisional Highlights

 

2020

£m

2019

£m

Reported (%) Underlying1 (%)
Informa Markets
Revenue 524.4 1,437.7 (63.5) (62.7)
Statutory Operating (Loss)/Profit (597.4) 244.4 n/a  
Adjusted Operating (Loss)/Profit2 (25.7) 490.6 n/a n/a
Adjusted Operating Margin2 (%) n/a 34.1    
Informa Connect
Revenue 124.2 286.1 (56.6) (55.1)
Statutory Operating (Loss)/Profit (175.8) 22.2 n/a  
Adjusted Operating (Loss)/Profit2 (23.6) 46.6 n/a  
Adjusted Operating Margin2 (%) n/a 16.3    
Informa Tech
Revenue 150.9 256.2 (41.1) (45.9)
Statutory Operating (Loss)/Profit (316.7) 36.9 n/a  
Adjusted Operating (Loss)/Profit2 (1.9) 71.4 n/a n/a
Adjusted Operating Margin2 (%) n/a 27.9    
Informa Intelligence
Revenue 305.3 350.7 (12.9) 1.8
Statutory Operating Profit 63.4 72.0 (11.9)  
Adjusted Operating Profit2 103.0 107.3 (4.0) 4.7
Adjusted Operating Margin2 (%) 33.7 30.6    
Taylor & Francis
Revenue 556.0 559.6 (0.6) (0.2)
Statutory Operating Profit 146.1 162.6 (10.1)  
Adjusted Operating Profit2 216.0 217.2 (0.6) 1.3
Adjusted Operating Margin2 (%) 38.8 38.8    

1 Underlying figures are adjusted for acquisitions and disposals, the phasing of events, including biennials, the impact of changes from new accounting standards and accounting policy changes, and the effects of currency by adjusting the current year and prior year amounts to use consistent exchange rates. For a full definition, see the glossary of terms for alternative performance measures in the 2020 Annual Report

2 Adjusted results are prepared to provide an alternative measure to explain the Group’s performance. For definitions of adjusted measures, see the glossary of terms for alternative performance measures in the 2020 Annual Report