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| 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |||||||
| II | III | IV | I | II | III | IV | I | II | |||
| $'000,000 | |||||||||||
| Operating profit (634671) | 253,959 | 269,041 | 63,364 | 63,785 | 64,178 | 64,577 | 66,618 | 69,245 | 68,601 | 67,721 | 69,388 |
| Operating revenue (634670) | 2,887,377 | 3,019,561 | 716,453 | 727,333 | 734,807 | 742,752 | 751,104 | 756,052 | 769,653 | 777,204 | 788,410 |
| ratio | |||||||||||
| Profit margins1 (634671/634670) | 8.80 | 8.91 | 8.84 | 8.77 | 8.73 | 8.69 | 8.87 | 9.16 | 8.91 | 8.71 | 8.80 |
| $'000,000 | |||||||||||
| Net profit2 (634673) | 192,332 | 181,588 | 53,757 | 47,848 | 46,802 | 43,487 | 44,408 | 46,126 | 47,567 | 45,105 | 47,603 |
| ratio | |||||||||||
| Return on equity3 (634672/634628) | 14.18 | 12.04 | 16.01 | 13.91 | 13.29 | 11.93 | 11.88 | 12.10 | 12.22 | 11.43 | 11.88 |
| 1 | Ratio of operating profit to operating revenue. |
| 2 | Profit arising from the netting of all revenue sources with all expenses and charges. |
| 3 | Ratio of profit before extraordinary gains to total equity. |