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Financial Highlights

Close Brothers Group has a financial year end of 31 July.

	FY 2011	FY 2010	FY 2009	FY 2008	FY 2007
Adjusted operating income (£m)¹	548.5	495.3	502.1	452.7	585.7
Adjusted operating profit (£m)¹	131.2	116.5	113.7	127.5	172.8
Operating profit before tax (£m)¹	78.5	101.0	88.3	118.4	190.2
Basic EPS (p)¹	29.6	47.4	43.6	58.3	90.4
Basic EPS: continuing and discontinued operations (p)	10.1	46.0	50.5	61.5	90.4
Adjusted EPS (p)¹	64.8	58.2	60.5	63.7	82.8
DPS (p)	40.0	39.0	39.0	39.0	37.0
Total equity (£m)	728.3	754.4	697.7	720.4	752.6
Total assets (£bn)	6.1	6.3	6.0	5.8	5.4

As at 31 July 2011 the group had a total capital ratio of 14.9% and a core tier 1 capital ratio of 13.1%.

In 2007, a special dividend of 25.0p was paid in addition to the ordinary dividend above.

¹Results from continuing operations for FY11 and FY10 exclude the UK offshore and Cayman Islands businesses, the sales of which completed during the period and which have been classified as discontinued operations under IFRS 5.