Financial highlights 28 February 2002
| 2001 | 2000(3) | | | £m | £m | % change | | Turnover from continuing operations | | | | | - actual | 1,131.1 | 1,079.1 | 4.8% | | - like-for-like (1) | 1,131.1 | 1,130.5 | 0.1% | | Group operating profit (2) | | | | | - actual | 204.4 | 201.4 | 1.5% | | - like-for-like (1) | 204.4 | 202.5 | 0.9% | | Profit before tax (2) | 155.5 | 154.1 | 0.9% |  | | Per share | pence | pence | | | Earnings (2) | 37.4p | 38.1p | (1.8)% | | Dividend | 17.6p | 17.6p | - | | | | |
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| (1) | adjusted to exclude Belfast Telegraph Newspapers (sold July 2000) and include Southnews (acquired November 2000) for the full year in 2000 | | (2) | before exceptional items, which comprise £168.0 million exceptional operating costs, including £150.0 million impairment of the carrying value of the publishing rights and titles of the former Mirror Group, and £1.2 million exceptional non-operating credit | | (3) | restated to reflect the adoption of FRS 19, Deferred Taxation |
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