Good performance in 2011
1 Excludes non-underlying items being: intangible amortisation and acquisition expenses and release of contingent consideration of £71.9m (2010: £47.8m), the non-case impact of mark to market movement on financial instruments of £7.1m (2010: £6.6m), and £3.3m (2010: £nil) for increased counterparty credit risk. After these non-underlying items: reported operating profit is £355.5m (2010: £347.3m), reported profit before tax is £302.9m (2010: £309.8m) and reported earnings per share is 39.16p (2010: £38.44p).