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Financial glossary
| Term used | Description |
|---|---|
| Cash conversion | Ratio of Reported operating cash flow to Headline PBIT |
| CML | CML Research Limited |
| DEPS | Diluted earnings per share |
| DLKW | Face Communications Limited and its subsidiaries |
| EBITDA | Profit before finance costs, finance income, taxation, depreciation and amortisation |
| EMO | EMO Group Limited and its subsidiaries |
| EPS | Basic earnings per share |
| Free cash flow | Operating cash flow having deducted taxation, net finance income/(cost), income from financial assets and capital expenditure |
| Gearing | Ratio of total net debt to equity |
| Headline |
Reported figures adjusted for: 1. Notional finance cost on future deferred consideration payments 2. Future acquisition payments due to employees deemed as remuneration 3. Restructuring costs 4. TRA Asia investment impairment (2009 only) 5. Goodwill write-off 6. Advisor fees on aborted offer (2009 only) 7. Deferred/corporation tax on the above items |
| ICM | ICM Research Limited and its subsidiaries |
| Like-for-like | A comparison of the current year performance (including acquisitions from the relevant date of completion) compared to prior year performance adjusted to include the results of acquisitions for the commensurate period in the prior year |
| LTIP | Long Term Incentive Plan |
| MICP | Management Incentive Compensation Plan |
| MSL | Marketing Science Limited |
| Net debt | Borrowing less liquid resources |
| NBC | Nelson Bostock Communications Limited |
| Operating company | Trading subsidiary of Creston plc |
| Operating margin | Ratio of PBIT to revenue |
| PAN | PAN Advertising Limited and its subsidiaries |
| PAT | Profit after taxation |
| PBIT | Profit before finance income, finance costs, income from financial assets and taxation |
| PBIT per head | PBIT per average full-time equivalent employee |
| PBT | Profit before taxation |
| RDC | Red Door Communications Limited |
| Revenue per head | Revenue per average full-time equivalent employee |
| SAYE | Save As You Earn |
| TMW | Tullo Marshall Warren Limited |
| Total debt | Net debt together with the Group's provisions for deferred consideration |
| TRA | The Real Adventure Marketing Communications Limited |
| TSR | Total Shareholder Return |
