TIDMROR 
 
RNS Number : 1696O 
Rotork PLC 
03 March 2009 
 
3 March 2009 
Rotork p.l.c. 
 
 
2008 Full Year Results 
 
 
 
 

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|                                        |      2008 | 
    2007 |    % change |       % change | 
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currency) | 
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| Revenue                                | GBP320.2m | 
                     GBP235.7m |      +35.9% |          +22.1 
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| Operating profit                       |  GBP74.9m | 
                      GBP55.4m |      +35.2% |          +19.3 
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| Profit before tax                      |  GBP75.8m | 
                      GBP57.3m |      +32.3% |          +17.0 
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| Adjusted* profit before tax            |  GBP76.9m | 
                      GBP57.3m |      +34.1% |          +18.8 
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| Basic earnings per share               |     62.0p | 
                         45.6p |      +36.0% |          +20.2 
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| Adjusted* basic earnings per share     |     63.0p | 
                         45.7p |      +37.7% |          +22.0 
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| Final dividend                         |    16.75p | 
                         14.0p |      +19.6% | 
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* = Adjusted figures add back the amortisation of acquired intangible assets 
 
 
 
 
  *  Continued strong performance across all three divisions, aided by currency 
  benefits 
 
 
 
  *  Rotork Controls revenue up 24.5% to GBP204.5m, operating profit up 32.0% to 
  GBP57.5m 
 
 
 
  *  Impressive growth from Rotork Fluid Systems, with sales up 84.8% to GBP88.6m and 
  operating profit up 68.6% to GBP12.1m, boosted by acquisition of Remote Control 
  Sweden 
 
 
 
  *  Rotork Gears maintained consistent growth - sales up 15.3% to GBP36.8m, 
  operating profit of GBP8.6m 
 
 
 
  *  Strong balance sheet at year end with net cash of GBP41.4m 
 
 
 
  *  New Control Valve Actuator launched during 2008 - good initial reception from 
  customers 
 
 
 
  *  Order intake up 36.8% year on year 
 
 
 
  *  Record order book of GBP162.0m, up 66% on the start of year 
 
 
 
 
 
Peter France, Chief Executive, commenting on the results, said: 
 
 
"Rotork started 2009 with an order book at record levels and a strong balance 
sheet. We continue to invest in our future and have identified a number of 
growth opportunities as part of our business development plans." 
 
 
"Rotork is not immune to wider economic trends and we may see some slowing in 
the growth of order intake. However quotation activity and project visibility 
for medium and long term projects are up on levels seen one year ago." 
 
 
 
 
"In addition, the Group's trading results would be expected to benefit from a 
continued weakness of sterling against the US dollar and the euro." 
 
 
"Taken together, these factors underpin our confidence in making progress during 
2009." 
 
 
 
For further information, please contact: 
 
 
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| Rotork p.l.c.                      | Tel: 01225 733200                  | 
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| Peter France, Chief Executive      |                                    | 
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| Bob Slater, Finance Director       |                                    | 
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| Financial Dynamics                 | Tel: 020 7831 3113                 | 
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| Jon Simmons/Sophie Kernon          |                                    | 
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Chairman's Statement 
 
 
I am pleased to report another year of strong growth for the Group during a 
period of significant volatility in markets generally. Although the progressive 
strengthening of the US dollar and euro throughout the year has aided 
performance, nonetheless both revenues and profits advanced substantially in 
real terms across the Group. The year closed with a record order book and 
measured optimism across all divisional businesses. 
 
 
The appointment of Peter France as Chief Executive saw a review of all our 
business activities resulting in changes to our operating structure and to the 
way we target specific geographical regions to further increase our product and 
market reach. Whilst important to our continued growth, these changes are not 
intended to be fundamentally revolutionary and we therefore refer to this 
approach as accelerated evolution. The benefits of these actions are already 
beginning to be felt progressively throughout the whole Group. 
 
 
Financial Highlights 
 
 
Total sales increased by 35.9% on 2007 to GBP320.2m and profit before tax 
(before amortisation of intangible assets arising on acquisitions) was up 34.1% 
to GBP76.9m. At GBP162.0m the closing order book increased by 66% year on year. 
Due to the nature of our business and the point in the demand cycle when 
business is placed with Rotork, it is unusual for orders to be cancelled and we 
have experienced virtually no instances of this during the year. 
 
 
Notwithstanding its positive influence on the business in 2008, the impact of 
currency extends beyond the conversion of reported figures in that it increases 
our competitive edge in markets where previously sterling's strength has been a 
constraining factor. 
 
 
Divisional Highlights 
 
 
Rotork Controls is the market leader in electric valve actuation and is our 
largest divisional business accounting for 63.9% of Group turnover. In 2008, 
sales revenue advanced by 24.5% to GBP204.5m and operating profit increased by 
32.0% to GBP57.5m. Demand for our products remained strong and with growth 
spread across all sectors and geographical areas we continue to reinforce our 
position as market leader. 
 
 
Rotork Fluid Systems ('RFS') continued its expansion delivering an impressive 
84.8% increase in sales and 68.6% in operating profit to new highs of GBP88.6m 
and GBP12.1m respectively. We have won a number of prestigious projects in the 
year and are now well established in this market. We have grown our market share 
substantially over the last few years and have brought innovation and technology 
to a relatively conservative market and product line. 
 
 
The acquisition of Remote Control Sweden ('RC') in January was an important step 
for the division and has been well received by our customers. It provides access 
to market areas that we can develop with these products as well as with the 
wider RFS portfolio. 
 
 
Rotork Gears maintained its consistent growth trend with year on year sales up 
15.3% to GBP36.8m and with an operating profit of GBP8.6m being 18.8% ahead of 
2007. We are the largest manufacturer in our field and the market leader in 
terms of size and product range. 
 
 
Cash 
 
 
Cash generation in the year has been strong resulting in year end net cash 
balances increasing to GBP41.4m. During the year we spent a total of GBP14.0m on 
the RC acquisition and the intangible asset relating to the Drallim SVM product. 
A further GBP10m was paid as an additional dividend to shareholders in July. 
 
 
The strong order intake in 2008 has required working capital increases in some 
areas to support the year end order book and the increase in inventory reflects 
this. As a result the conversion of profit into cash has been partially 
suppressed as the group prepares for what will be strong shipments in the first 
quarter of 2009. 
 
 
Dividend 
 
 
The Board is recommending an increase of 19.6% for the 2008 final dividend. This 
equates to a payment of 16.75p per share payable on 8 May to shareholders on the 
register at 14 April 2009. 
 
 
Board Performance 
 
 
One of my principal responsibilities is to ensure Rotork is headed by an 
effective Board accountable to shareholders for the Company's performance. To 
this end the Board continues, annually, to evaluate its performance and that of 
its Committees through a structured process the results of which are then 
reviewed and, where appropriate, acted upon. 
 
 
Performance and Risk 
 
 
Our approach to performance measurement and the assessment and mitigation of 
risk are dealt with in the CSR section of our annual reports. There we explain 
how we ensure that we have correct health & safety and environmental policies, a 
robust system for dealing with the assessment and management of risk through the 
organisation, and appropriate KPIs to ensure focus on those performance issues 
that are really relevant to the business. We take great care to ensure that we 
deal with these matters responsibly and our reformatted disclosure is intended 
to bring increased clarity to the underlying issues. 
 
 
Outlook 
 
 
Rotork started 2009 with an order book at record levels and a strong balance 
sheet. We continue to invest in our future and have identified a number of 
growth opportunities as part of our business development plans. 
 
 
Rotork is not immune to wider economic trends and we may see some slowing in the 
growth of order intake. However quotation activity and project visibility for 
medium and long term projects are up on levels seen one year ago. 
 
 
In addition, the Group's trading results would be expected to benefit from a 
continued weakness of sterling against the US dollar and the euro. 
 
 
Taken together, these factors underpin our confidence in making progress during 
2009. 
 
 
 
 
Roger Lockwood 
Chairman 
2 March 2009 
 
 
  Business review 
 
 
Introduction 
 
 
In 2008 Rotork saw a change in leadership for only the 4th time in its history 
of over 50 years. From its beginnings in 1957, Rotork has been associated with 
quality and innovative solutions to customer requirements, and from the very 
early days has been a truly international business with products that are used 
in a wide variety of industries and applications. Technological leadership has 
also been instrumental in the growth of its products in the safety critical 
emergency shut-down market with customers looking for Rotork to provide them 
with high quality solutions. Rotork is often trusted solely in introducing 
significant technology change into what are often quite conservative market 
areas. 
 
 
Rotork today is a truly global business with direct operations in 29 countries, 
14 manufacturing plants and over 1700 staff. Add to these facilities over 300 
sales outlets in a further 47 countries and Rotork's extensive international 
coverage within the business becomes clear. As operations have grown so has the 
range of products within the group's portfolio. With the addition of new 
locations this has enabled Rotork to supply into increasingly diverse 
applications and industries. Rotork supplies actuators, systems and associated 
products wherever there is a need to control the flow of liquids or gases 
through pipes or channels, as well as into other specialist applications. Rotork 
actuators are used for example in a sugar factory to control the movement of 
products in the process, and on the world's largest natural gas pipeline where 
we control the flow of hydrocarbons in their system. 
 
 
Business Strategy 
 
 
Rotork aims to increase shareholder value each year by focussing on valve 
actuation and associated activities, principally wherever there is a need to 
control the movement of fluids or gases. As world market leader our aim is to 
provide high quality, advanced, innovative products and services that constitute 
superior solutions to customers' requirements in these focussed technical areas. 
We support these operations around the world through our extensive and 
continually expanding network of offices and manufacturing plants. 
 
 
We operate an asset light business model which is highly cash generative. We 
will also seek to deliver quality margins, consistent year on year growth in 
revenues, profit and core dividends through organic growth and acquisitions. 
 
 
The group provides products and a working environment where health & safety is 
paramount for the benefit and protection of our employees and customers. We 
develop and train our people to deliver our strategy and satisfy our customers' 
requirements while maintaining high ethical and safety standards across the 
Group and acting as a responsible international corporate entity. 
 
 
Year under review 
 
 
The year has seen Rotork achieve strong improvement in performance, setting new 
records across the business. We experienced growth in each of our three 
divisions, and all of our markets and territories. A number of our facilities 
have received infrastructure investment in the year, and this process of 
development and improvement is continuing into 2009. This investment is 
impacting each of our operating divisions across our global reach. In addition 
we have extended our initiatives on cross divisional co-operation and joint 
development in specific market areas. 
 
 
Overall, order intake was GBP344.2m up 36.8% and revenue increased to GBP320.2m, 
up 35.9%. The order book increased to an impressive GBP162.0m which is 66.0% up 
on the start of 2008. However this included the impact of currency movements 
during the year, and the inclusion of the opening order book of Remote Control 
('RC') - the acquisition we made in the early part of the year. If these are 
excluded then the order book at the end of 2008 would have been up 30.7% on the 
prior year position. 
 
 
Sales revenue growth was strong across all three divisions, with Controls up 
24.5%, RFS up 84.8% and Gears up 15.3%. Profit before tax and before 
amortisation of acquired intangibles, was GBP76.9m, an increase of 34.1% over 
the prior year. Each of the divisions performed well with operating profits in 
Controls up 32.0%, RFS up 68.6% and Gears up 18.8%. Currency had some impact on 
this as sterling weakened through the latter part of the year, but the 
underlying performance of the businesses at constant currency was strong. 
 
 
Overall 60% of our companies achieved sales revenue growth of more than 20% in 
the year and two thirds achieved profit growth of over 20%. 
 
 
Return on sales continues to be a key driver of the business and this has 
slightly reduced from 24.3% to 23.7%. This was partly as a result of currency 
affecting sales more than profit and the increased proportion of operating 
profits produced by the RFS division. At constant currency the rate for 2008 
would have been 23.3%. Overall if the impact of currency was removed by 
restating the 2008 figures at 2007 rates, then sales would have shown an 
increase of 22.1%, and profit before tax an increase of 17.0%. 
 
 
Rotork Controls is still our largest division, supplying electric actuator 
products across a number of sectors. Here we saw investment across the business 
and we believe that we continued to take market share even when currency rates 
were not in our favour. The current market makes our products more competitive 
and this combined with a strong underlying demand for Rotork quality and 
technology is an important fundamental as we go into 2009. 
 
 
Rotork Fluid Systems is our fastest growing division supplying pneumatic, 
hydraulic and electrohydraulic actuators and systems. We are undoubtedly now 
seen as a major force in this field and we have the widest range of products in 
the market. We also provide a tailored response to customer application issues 
and a real focus on delivery of a sound commissioned solution with support at 
all levels of the process. 
 
 
Rotork Gears, a supplier of gearboxes, adaptors and ancillaries for the valve 
industry, has been a consolidator of businesses in this area and is now the 
world leader in terms of product portfolio and geographic reach. This is a 
slower growing business than the other divisions, but is involved in closer 
partnering with its customers and provides high quality outsourcing, giving the 
customer base real product improvements and cost savings in a long term 
relationship. 
 
 
Rotork Site Services operates through each of the three divisions with dedicated 
teams providing on site and workshop support to our customers for the complete 
range of products. This is an important feature in our business strategy going 
forward as we become the only actuator business to be able to genuinely support 
our customers across this range of products and the applications that they 
cover. We are making improvements and structural changes in this business to 
better enable it to respond to our customers' increasing demands for an 
outsourcing business model in the fields of site service and plant repair and 
maintenance. 
 
 
The growth and success of the business in recent times has required that the 
management structure be strengthened to support the ongoing opportunities of the 
markets that we serve. The Rotork Management Board was created at the start of 
the year to improve our level of co-ordination and control of the three 
divisions and this, supported by the Executive management teams of the 
divisions, gives us a more responsive and dynamic management structure able to 
take advantage of the substantial opportunities that we believe are still 
available to us. 
 
 
Quality 
 
 
Commitment to product excellence and customer satisfaction is fundamental to 
Rotork and we ensure that it is embedded into our systems and procedures for 
both vendor assurance and production. 
 
 
Rotork manufacturing sites are required to be registered to the international 
Quality Management System Standard ISO9001 and also adopt Rotork systems and 
working practices that are proven and used across the group.  This process is 
planned and managed from the main production site and Group headquarters in 
Bath. 
Our research and development function has a robust design review process for all 
new products which ensures that our quality ethos is built in. For example the 
recently launched Control Valve Actuator ('CVA') has been subject to rigorous 
review at every stage in its development and can now rely on the robust quality 
assurance systems in place at our own and our supplier's facilities. 
 
 
Our business model requires exact control of component procurement processes and 
through our global supply chains we have created a mutually supportive network 
of Rotork supplier quality assurance ('SQA') and procurement teams to ensure 
that our requirements are achieved. 
 
 
R&D 
 
 
Investment in our product portfolio is an important part of Rotork's success, 
and a major differentiating factor in our competitive landscape. Each of the 
three divisions has an active programme of research and development aimed at 
refining the product offering, widening its market appeal across sectors, and 
bringing technical developments into the product range where they would provide 
value for our customers. 
 
 
The main event of the year was the release of the initial size of the control 
valve actuator. This had been showcased prior to launch at a number of trade 
exhibitions, and had generated considerable enthusiasm amongst both our sales 
force and end-users. This product extends the range of Rotork's electric 
actuators to cover the demanding process control market. The product range will 
be augmented with additional sizes and further options during 2009. 
 
 
2008 also saw the introduction of a new controller family for the ROM series of 
actuators. This development enables users of small quarter turn valves to 
benefit from Rotork's experience in networking and valve diagnostics with the 
actuator sharing the Bluetooth capability of the CVA. First shipments of this 
product were despatched to a Turkish customer for shipboard use. 
 
 
The first field trial of our wireless network was successfully commissioned in 
the last quarter of the year and this is now providing useful feedback. Further 
site trials are to be installed during 2009. It is expected that take-up of this 
technology will occur in 2010 and beyond as standardisation activities are 
completed and user confidence in wireless technology increases. 
 
 
The Smart Valve Monitor partial stroking product acquired from Drallim 
Industries Ltd has now been fully integrated into Rotork's manufacturing system 
in a joint development between engineers within the Controls and Fluid Power 
Divisions. In addition to ensuring that the product meets Rotork's stringent 
quality requirements the opportunity was taken to include additional features 
such as the ability to gain credit from unscheduled plant shut-downs. 
 
 
Maintaining technological leadership within the valve actuation industry 
continues to be our goal and we have further increased our resources in Bath to 
assist in focussing on the many opportunities available to us. In addition to 
major developments we continue to focus on reducing material costs through 
design optimisation and the use of alternate materials such as engineering 
plastics. We also work with external partners to bring both specialised skills 
and cost savings to the design process. 
 
 
During 2008, the Process Control Division has undertaken some important projects 
aimed at widening their products' market appeal in terms of ruggedness and 
style, bringing some commonality with the IQ actuator and further developing a 
common image. 
 
 
Last year we reported on our work with high integrity pressure protection 
systems ('HIPPS'). This specialist solution with can assist customers in 
applications where safety integrity is an important issue, and in certain 
applications the enhanced design can be used to prolong the design life of the 
valve. The challenging demands of these systems also provide an opportunity for 
the unique benefits of the SVM technology. 
 
 
Subsea actuator development has been an important feature of our product 
development across the divisional businesses. In a joint development between the 
Fluid Systems and Gears divisions, we have brought some innovative products to 
the market. 
 
 
Value engineering and development has continued across the RFS high pressure gas 
pipeline actuator range with the high pressure gas block being optimised for 
size and assembly, reducing cost and providing a more competitive product whilst 
maintaining the features differentiating it in the market place. 
 
 
In the Gears division, the focus for 2009 is to launch a new range of 
quarter-turn gearboxes focussed on water industry specifications in the USA. 
Following the international growth of this business a number of smaller projects 
will look at the strengths of each manufacturing site to create a more 
comprehensive and effective complete gearbox range. 
 
 
Our people 
 
 
Rotork has a good relationship with its employees, with a number of initiatives 
in place across the world to ensure regular and effective communication of 
objectives and targets, and to enable feedback from people on issues that really 
matter to them. During the year we undertook an employee satisfaction survey for 
the first time, across the worldwide operations of the business. This was aimed 
at obtaining input from our people on a wide range of issues including 
conditions, the reward system, and the sense of fulfilment that people get from 
their involvement with Rotork. We were pleased with the level of response that 
we received from our staff and the level of involvement and reward that people 
generally felt from being a part of the business. We have a number of residual 
tasks emanating from the results of the survey and we intend to repeat the 
process again in the next year. 
 
 
We believe that our reward system is appropriate and fair, and employees in the 
UK and many overseas subsidiary companies enjoy participation in long-standing 
Rotork profit sharing and share schemes. At the Bath plant, an Employee 
Committee sits regularly to discuss staff issues and suggests improvements in 
working conditions and practices with all issues being reviewed by directors and 
acted on as appropriate. 
 
 
An Equal Opportunities policy is applied throughout the Group and in almost all 
cases, it is nationals from countries in which the Company operates who manage 
those companies locally. Financial support for training and learning programmes 
directly related to employees' working roles are provided. We have permanent 
full time training officers in many of our facilities who co-ordinate product 
training for employees and customers. Our commitment to staff development over 
the long term is evidenced by initiatives on four year apprenticeship 
programmes, our extended graduate recruitment programme and other training 
initiatives across the group. 
 
 
 
 
Peter France 
Chief Executive 
2 March 2009 
 
 
Consolidated Income Statement 
for the year ended 31 December 2008 
 
 
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|                                                  | Notes  |       2008 |       2007 | 
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|                                                  |        |    GBP'000 |    GBP'000 | 
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|                                                  |        |            |            | 
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| Revenue                                          |   2    |    320,207 |    235,688 | 
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| Cost of sales                                    |        |  (176,046) |  (127,748) | 
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| Gross profit                                     |        |    144,161 |    107,940 | 
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| Other income                                     |        |         42 |        227 | 
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| Distribution costs                               |        |    (3,535) |    (2,954) | 
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| Administrative expenses                          |        |   (65,697) |   (49,811) | 
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| Other expenses                                   |        |       (82) |       (15) | 
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|                                                  |        |            |            | 
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| Operating profit before the amortisation of      |        |     76,014 |     55,461 | 
| acquired intangible assets                       |        |            |            | 
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| Amortisation of acquired intangible assets       |        |    (1,125) |       (74) | 
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| Operating profit                                 |   2    |     74,889 |     55,387 | 
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| Financial income                                 |   4    |      7,073 |      6,607 | 
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| Financial expenses                               |   4    |    (6,211) |    (4,741) | 
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| Profit before tax                                |        |     75,751 |     57,253 | 
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| Income tax expense                               |   5    |   (22,331) |   (17,957) | 
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| Profit for the year                              |        |     53,420 |     39,296 | 
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|                                                  |        |      Pence |      Pence | 
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| Basic earnings per share                         |  13    |       62.0 |       45.6 | 
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| Diluted earnings per share                       |  13    |       61.6 |       45.2 | 
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Consolidated Balance Sheet 
at 31 December 2008 
 
 
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|                                                 | Notes  |       2008 |       2007 | 
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|                                                 |        |    GBP'000 |    GBP'000 | 
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| Assets                                          |        |            |            | 
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| Property, plant and equipment                   |        |     23,868 |     17,549 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Intangible assets                               |   6    |     39,696 |     23,141 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Deferred tax assets                             |        |     10,925 |      6,614 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Other receivables                               |        |      1,137 |        850 | 
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|                                                 |        |     ______ |     ______ | 
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| Total non-current assets                        |        |     75,626 |     48,154 | 
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|                                                 |        |            |            | 
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| Inventories                                     |   7    |     59,410 |     35,993 | 
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| Trade receivables                               |   8    |     63,694 |     44,262 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Current tax                                     |        |      1,752 |      1,330 | 
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| Other receivables                               |        |      5,578 |      4,745 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Cash and cash equivalents                       |   9    |     41,390 |     38,253 | 
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|                                                 |        |     ______ |     ______ | 
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| Total current assets                            |        |    171,824 |    124,583 | 
|                                                 |        |     ______ |     ______ | 
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| Total assets                                    |        |    247,450 |    172,737 | 
|                                                 |        |      ===== |      ===== | 
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|                                                 |        |            |            | 
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| Equity                                          |        |            |            | 
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| Issued equity capital                           |        |      4,325 |      4,323 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Share premium                                   |        |      6,666 |      6,519 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Reserves                                        |        |     21,288 |      2,180 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Retained earnings                               |        |    112,117 |     89,430 | 
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|                                                 |        |    _____   |     ______ | 
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| Total equity                                    |  12    |    144,396 |    102,452 | 
|                                                 |        |      ===== |      ===== | 
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| Liabilities                                     |        |            |            | 
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| Interest bearing loans and borrowings           |        |        190 |        209 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Employee benefits                               |        |      8,637 |     11,047 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Deferred tax liabilities                        |        |      2,806 |        906 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Derivative financial instruments                |        |      1,686 |          - | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Provisions                                      |  10    |      1,660 |      1,157 | 
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|                                                 |        |     ______ |     ______ | 
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| Total non-current liabilities                   |        |     14,979 |     13,319 | 
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|                                                 |        |            |            | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Interest bearing loans and borrowings           |        |        157 |        118 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Trade payables                                  |  11    |     32,803 |     21,567 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Employee benefits                               |        |      7,001 |      4,890 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Current tax                                     |        |     12,197 |      8,791 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Derivative financial instruments                |        |      5,624 |        544 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Other payables                                  |  11    |     26,781 |     18,594 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Provisions                                      |  10    |      3,512 |      2,462 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
|                                                 |        |     ______ |     ______ | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Total current liabilities                       |        |     88,075 |     56,966 | 
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|                                                 |        |            |            | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Total liabilities                               |        |    103,054 |     70,285 | 
|                                                 |        |     ______ |     ______ | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Total equity and liabilities                    |        |    247,450 |    172,737 | 
|                                                 |        |      ===== |      ===== | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 
for the year ended 31 December 2008 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
|                                    | Notes  |    2008  |    2008  |     2007 |     2007 | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
|                                    |        |  GBP'000 |  GBP'000 |  GBP'000 |  GBP'000 | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Cash flows from operating          |        |          |          |          |          | 
| activities                         |        |          |          |          |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Profit for the year                |        |   53,420 |          |   39,296 |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Adjustments for:                   |        |          |          |          |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Amortisation of intangibles        |        |    1,125 |          |       74 |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Amortisation of development costs  |        |      352 |          |      309 |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Depreciation                       |        |    3,281 |          |    2,630 |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Equity settled share based payment |        |      718 |          |      680 |          | 
| expense                            |        |          |          |          |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Loss / (profit) on sale of property, plant  |       25 |          |    (159) |          | 
| and equipment                               |          |          |          |          | 
+---------------------------------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Financial income                   |        |  (7,073) |          |  (6,607) |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Financial expenses                 |        |    6,216 |          |    4,741 |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Income tax expense                 |        |   22,331 |          |   17,957 |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
|                                    |        |   ______ |          |   ______ |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
|                                    |        |   80,395 |          |   58,921 |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Increase in inventories            |        |  (8,621) |          |  (5,580) |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Increase in trade and other        |        |  (4,293) |          |  (4,873) |          | 
| receivables                        |        |          |          |          |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Increase in trade and other        |        |    5,955 |          |    7,001 |          | 
| payables                           |        |          |          |          |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Difference between pension charge  |        |    (823) |          |  (2,938) |          | 
| and cash contribution              |        |          |          |          |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Increase in provisions             |        |    1,554 |          |      713 |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| (Decrease) / increase in other employee     |    (299) |          |    2,875 |          | 
| benefits                                    |          |          |          |          | 
+---------------------------------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
|                                    |        |   ______ |          |   ______ |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
|                                    |        |   73,868 |          |   56,119 |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Income taxes paid                  |        | (22,547) |          | (15,071) |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
|                                    |        |   ______ |          |   ______ |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Cash flows from operating          |        |          |   51,321 |          |   41,048 | 
| activities                         |        |          |          |          |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
|                                    |        |          |          |          |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Investing activities               |        |          |          |          |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Purchase of property, plant and    |        |  (4,353) |          |  (2,762) |          | 
| equipment                          |        |          |          |          |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Purchase of intangible assets      |        |    (666) |          |        - |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Development costs capitalised      |        |    (817) |          |    (687) |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Sale of property, plant and        |        |       90 |          |      228 |          | 
| equipment                          |        |          |          |          |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Acquisition of subsidiary net of   |        | (12,714) |          |      (8) |          | 
| cash acquired                      |        |          |          |          |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Interest received                  |        |      564 |          |      932 |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
|                                    |        |   ______ |          |   ______ |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Cash flows from investing          |        |          | (17,896) |          |  (2,297) | 
| activities                         |        |          |          |          |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
|                                    |        |          |          |          |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Financing activities               |        |          |          |          |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Issue of ordinary share capital    |        |      149 |          |      671 |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Purchase of ordinary share capital |        |  (3,517) |          |  (4,249) |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Purchase of preference shares      |        |      (5) |          |        - |          | 
| treated as debt                    |        |          |          |          |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Interest paid                      |        |    (300) |          |    (112) |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Repayment of amounts borrowed      |        |     (82) |          |    (456) |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Repayment of finance lease         |        |     (87) |          |     (95) |          | 
| liabilities                        |        |          |          |          |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Dividends paid on ordinary shares  |        | (29,970) |          | (24,732) |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
|                                    |        |   ______ |          |   ______ |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Cash flows from financing          |        |          | (33,812) |          | (28,973) | 
| activities                         |        |          |          |          |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
|                                    |        |          |   ______ |          |   ______ | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Net (decrease) / increase in cash  |        |          |    (387) |          |    9,778 | 
| and cash equivalents               |        |          |          |          |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Cash and cash equivalents at 1     |        |          |   38,253 |          |   28,398 | 
| January                            |        |          |          |          |          | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Effect of exchange rate            |        |          |    3,524 |          |       77 | 
| fluctuations on cash held          |        |          |    _____ |          |   ______ | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
| Cash and cash equivalents at 31    |   9    |          |   41,390 |          |   38,253 | 
| December                           |        |          |    ===== |          |    ===== | 
+------------------------------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
 
 
Consolidated Statement of Recognised Income and Expense 
for the year ended 31 December 2008 
 
 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
|                                                 |        |       2008 |       2007 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
|                                                 |        |    GBP'000 |    GBP'000 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
|                                                 |        |            |            | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Foreign exchange translation differences        |        |     23,824 |      3,855 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Actuarial gain / (loss) in pension scheme       |        |      1,290 |    (4,883) | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Movement on deferred tax relating to actuarial  |        |      (161) |      1,241 | 
| (gain) / loss                                   |        |            |            | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Effective portion of changes in fair value of   |        |    (4,719) |      (254) | 
| cash flow hedges                                |        |            |            | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
|                                                 |        |     ______ |     ______ | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Income and expenses recognised directly in      |        |     20,234 |       (41) | 
| equity                                          |        |            |            | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
|                                                 |        |            |            | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Profit for the year                             |        |     53,420 |     39,296 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
|                                                 |        |     ______ |     ______ | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
| Total recognised income for the year            |        |     73,654 |     39,255 | 
|                                                 |        |      ===== |      ===== | 
|                                                 |        |            |            | 
+-------------------------------------------------+--------+------------+------------+ 
  Notes to the Financial Statements 
for the year ended 31 December 2008 
 
 
Except where indicated, values in these notes are in GBP'000. 
 
 
Rotork p.l.c. is a Company domiciled in England. The consolidated financial 
statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2008 comprise the 
Company and its subsidiaries (together referred to as the 'Group'). 
 
 
1.    Accounting policies 
 
 
Basis of preparation 
The consolidated financial statements of Rotork plc have been prepared and 
approved by the directors in accordance with International Financial Reporting 
Standards as adopted by the European Union (IFRSs' as adopted by the EU), IFRIC 
Interpretations and the Companies Act 1985 applicable to companies reporting 
under IFRS. 
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared under the historical 
cost convention subject to the items referred to in the derivative financial 
instruments accounting policy. 
Interpretations effective in 2008 
IFRIC 14 - Recognition of a Defined Benefit Pension Scheme Surplus and IFRIC 11, 
IFRS 2: Group and Treasury Share Transactions have been applied in the year and 
they have not had a material effect on the reported results or financial 
position of the Group for 2007 or 2008. 
Standards, amendments and interpretations to existing standards that are not yet 
effective and have not been early adopted by the group 
IFRS 8 - Operating Segments, IFRIC 13 - Customer loyalty programmes and IAS1 
(revised) - Presentation of Financial Statements, together with the amendments 
to IAS 23, IAS 27, IAS32 and IFRS 3 which are adopted by the European Union but 
not effective as at 31 December 2008 will be applied in 2009, 2010 or 2011 as 
applicable. They are not expected to have a material effect on the reported 
results or financial position of the Group. 
After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the 
company and the group have adequate resources to continue in operational 
existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the 
going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts. 
 
 
Consolidation 
The consolidated financial statements incorporate the financial statements of 
the Company and its subsidiaries for the year to 31 December 2008. The financial 
statements of subsidiaries are included in the consolidated financial statements 
from the date that control commences until the date control ceases. Intragroup 
balances and any unrealised gains or losses or income and expenses arising from 
intragroup transactions are eliminated in preparing the consolidated financial 
statements. 
 
 
Status of this preliminary announcement 
The financial information contained in this preliminary announcement does not 
constitute the Company's statutory accounts for the years ended 31 December 2008 
or 2007. Statutory accounts for 2007, which were prepared under International 
Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU, have been delivered to the 
registrar of companies, and those for 2008 will be delivered in due course. The 
auditors have reported on these accounts, their reports were unqualified and did 
not contain statements under section 237 (2) or (3) of the Companies Act 1985. 
Full financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2008, will shortly be 
posted to shareholders, and after adoption at the Annual General Meeting on 24 
April 2009 will be delivered to the registrar. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notes to the Financial Statements 
 
 
2.    Analysis of revenue, profit and net assets 
 
 
The primary format used for segmental reporting is by business segment as this 
reflects the internal management structure and reporting of the Group. Segment 
results, assets and liabilities include items directly attributable to a segment 
as well as those that can be allocated on a reasonable basis. Unallocated 
expenses comprise corporate expenses and unallocated assets and liabilities 
comprise cash, borrowings, tax assets and liabilities respectively. Intra group 
trading is determined on an arm's length basis. 
 
 
Business segments 
The Group comprises the following business segments: 
Controls - the design, manufacture and sale of electric valve actuators 
Fluid Systems - the design, manufacture and sale of heavy duty pneumatic and 
hydraulic valve actuators 
Gears - the design, manufacture and sale of gearboxes, adaption and ancillaries 
for the valve industry 
 
 
Geographic segments 
Rotork has a worldwide presence in all three business segments through its 
subsidiary selling offices and through an agency network. A full list of 
locations can be found at www.rotork.com. 
 
 
Analysis by operation: 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
|                            |   Controls |      Fluid |      Gears | Eliminations | Consolidated | 
|                            |            |    Systems |            |              |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
|                            |       2008 |       2008 |       2008 |         2008 |        2008  | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
|                            |            |            |            |              |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
| Revenue from external      |    204,510 |     88,570 |     27,127 |            - |      320,207 | 
| customers                  |            |            |            |              |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
| Inter segment revenue      |          - |          - |      9,654 |      (9,654) |            - | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
|                            |     ______ |     ______ |     ______ |       ______ |       ______ | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
| Total revenue              |    204,510 |     88,570 |     36,781 |      (9,654) |      320,207 | 
|                            |      ===== |      ===== |      ===== |        ===== |        ===== | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
|                            |            |            |            |              |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
| Segment result             |     57,466 |     12,075 |      8,621 |            - |       78,162 | 
|                            |      ===== |      ===== |      ===== |        ===== |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
| Unallocated expenses       |            |            |            |              |      (3,273) | 
|                            |            |            |            |              |       ______ | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
| Operating profit           |            |            |            |              |       74,889 | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
| Net financing income       |            |            |            |              |          862 | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
| Income tax expense         |            |            |            |              |     (22,331) | 
|                            |            |            |            |              |       ______ | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
| Profit for the year        |            |            |            |              |       53,420 | 
|                            |            |            |            |              |        ===== | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
 
 
 
 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
|                            |   Controls |      Fluid |      Gears | Eliminations | Consolidated | 
|                            |            |    Systems |            |              |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
|                            |       2007 |       2007 |       2007 |         2007 |         2007 | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
|                            |            |            |            |              |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
| Revenue from external      |    164,226 |     47,919 |     23,543 |            - |      235,688 | 
| customers                  |            |            |            |              |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
| Inter segment revenue      |          - |          - |      8,347 |      (8,347) |            - | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
|                            |     ______ |     ______ |     ______ |       ______ |       ______ | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
| Total revenue              |    164,226 |     47,919 |     31,890 |      (8,347) |      235,688 | 
|                            |      ===== |      ===== |      ===== |        ===== |        ===== | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
|                            |            |            |            |              |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
| Segment result             |     43,536 |      7,164 |      7,259 |            - |       57,959 | 
|                            |      ===== |      ===== |      ===== |        ===== |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
| Unallocated expenses       |            |            |            |              |      (2,572) | 
|                            |            |            |            |              |       ______ | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
| Operating profit           |            |            |            |              |       55,387 | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
| Net financing income       |            |            |            |              |        1,866 | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
| Income tax expense         |            |            |            |              |     (17,957) | 
|                            |            |            |            |              |       ______ | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
| Profit for the year        |            |            |            |              |       39,296 | 
|                            |            |            |            |              |        ===== | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+ 
 
 
 
 
+-----------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
|                                   |   Controls |      Fluid |      Gears | Unallocated | Consolidated | 
|                                   |            |    Systems |            |             |              | 
+-----------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
|                                   |       2008 |       2008 |       2008 |        2008 |         2008 | 
+-----------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
|                                   |            |            |            |             |              | 
+-----------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
| Segment assets                    |    101,160 |     74,564 |     19,707 |      52,019 |      247,450 | 
+-----------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
|                                   |            |            |            |             |              | 
+-----------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
| Segment liabilities               |     58,049 |     23,734 |      6,998 |      14,273 |      103,054 | 
+-----------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
|                                   |            |            |            |             |              | 
+-----------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
| Depreciation                      |      2,167 |        867 |        247 |           - |        3,281 | 
+-----------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
|                      Amortisation |          - |      1,070 |         55 |           - |        1,125 | 
|                      Other        |        352 |          - |          - |           - |          352 | 
|                      intangibles  |            |            |            |             |              | 
|                      Development  |            |            |            |             |              | 
|                      costs        |            |            |            |             |              | 
+-----------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
| Non-cash items : equity           |        365 |         37 |         51 |         265 |          718 | 
| settled share based               |            |            |            |             |              | 
| payments                          |            |            |            |             |              | 
+-----------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
| Capital expenditure               |      2,585 |      2,077 |        232 |           - |        4,894 | 
+-----------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
 
 
 
 
+------------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
|                                    |   Controls |      Fluid |      Gears | Unallocated | Consolidated | 
|                                    |            |    Systems |            |             |              | 
+------------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
|                                    |       2007 |       2007 |       2007 |        2007 |         2007 | 
+------------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
|                                    |            |            |            |             |              | 
+------------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
| Segment assets                     |     72,937 |     37,420 |     16,183 |      46,197 |      172,737 | 
+------------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
|                                    |            |            |            |             |              | 
+------------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
| Segment liabilities                |     40,728 |     14,002 |      5,322 |      10,233 |       70,285 | 
+------------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
|                                    |            |            |            |             |              | 
+------------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
| Depreciation                       |      1,839 |        553 |        238 |           - |        2,630 | 
+------------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
|                      Amortisation  |          - |         27 |         47 |           - |           74 | 
|                      Other         |        309 |          - |          - |           - |          309 | 
|                      intangibles   |            |            |            |             |              | 
|                      Development   |            |            |            |             |              | 
|                      costs         |            |            |            |             |              | 
+------------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
| Non-cash items : equity            |        378 |         45 |         25 |         232 |          680 | 
| settled share based                |            |            |            |             |              | 
| payments                           |            |            |            |             |              | 
+------------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
| Capital expenditure                |      2,052 |        689 |        253 |           - |        2,994 | 
+------------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
 
 
 
 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
| Analysis by Geographical   |     Europe |   Americas |    Rest of | Unallocated | Consolidated | 
| segment:                   |            |            |  the World |             |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
|                            |       2008 |       2008 |       2008 |        2008 |         2008 | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
|                            |            |            |            |             |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
| Revenue from external      |    145,996 |     84,049 |     90,162 |           - |      320,207 | 
| customers by location of   |            |            |            |             |              | 
| customer                   |            |            |            |             |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
|                            |            |            |            |             |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
| Segment assets by location |    131,330 |     37,658 |     26,443 |      52,019 |      247,450 | 
| of assets                  |            |            |            |             |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
|                            |            |            |            |             |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
| Capital expenditure by     |      3,634 |        381 |        879 |           - |        4,894 | 
| location of assets         |            |            |            |             |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
 
 
 
 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
|                            |     Europe |   Americas |    Rest of | Unallocated | Consolidated | 
|                            |            |            |  the World |             |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
|                            |       2007 |       2007 |       2007 |        2007 |         2007 | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
|                            |            |            |            |             |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
| Revenue from external      |    110,679 |     56,298 |     68,711 |           - |      235,688 | 
| customers by location of   |            |            |            |             |              | 
| customer                   |            |            |            |             |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
|                            |            |            |            |             |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
| Segment assets by location |     86,538 |     22,307 |     17,695 |      46,197 |      172,737 | 
| of assets                  |            |            |            |             |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
|                            |            |            |            |             |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
| Capital expenditure by     |      2,197 |        275 |        522 |           - |        2,994 | 
| location of assets         |            |            |            |             |              | 
+----------------------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------+ 
 
 
All of the activities of the Group in the year arise from continuing 
operations. 
 
 
3.    Acquisition of subsidiaries 
 
 
On 30 January 2008 the Group acquired 100% of the share capital of Remote 
Controls Sweden AB a designer and manufacturer of valve actuators based in 
Falun, Sweden. The acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method of 
consolidation. 
 
 
In the 12 months to 31 December 2008 the subsidiary contributed GBP18,261,000 to 
Group revenue and GBP2,208,000 to consolidated operating profit before the 
GBP985,000 amortisation charge from the acquired intangible assets. It is not 
practicable to disclose profit before tax as the Group manages its Treasury 
function on a group basis. Similarly it is not practicable to disclose profit 
attributable to equity shareholders, as acquired businesses have been merged 
with existing group companies in the period since the acquisition. If the 
acquisition had occurred on 1 January 2008 the results would not have been 
materially different. 
 
 
Goodwill has arisen on this acquisition as a result of the value attributed to 
staff expertise and the assembled workforce, which did not meet the recognition 
criteria for an intangible asset, and post acquisition synergies within the 
Fluid Systems division. 
 
 
The acquisition had the following effect on the Group's assets and liabilities. 
 
 
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ 
|                                                 |         Pre |        Fair |  Carrying | 
|                                                 | acquisition |       value |   amounts | 
|                                                 |    carrying | adjustments |           | 
|                                                 |     amounts |             |           | 
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ 
|                                                 |             |             |           | 
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ 
| Property, plant and equipment                   |       1,115 |           - |     1,115 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ 
| Intangible assets                               |           - |       4,755 |     4,755 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ 
| Inventories                                     |       2,905 |           - |     2,905 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ 
| Trade and other receivables                     |       2,335 |           - |     2,335 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ 
| Cash and cash equivalents                       |         587 |             |       587 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ 
| Trade and other payables                        |     (2,616) |           - |   (2,616) | 
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ 
| Deferred tax liabilities                        |       (105) |     (1,331) |   (1,436) | 
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ 
| Borrowings                                      |        (55) |           - |      (55) | 
|                                                 |      ______ |      ______ |    ______ | 
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ 
|                                                 |       4,166 |       3,424 |     7,590 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ 
| Goodwill on acquisition                         |             |             |     5,711 | 
|                                                 |             |             |    ______ | 
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ 
| Consideration paid, satisfied in cash (including GBP162,000   |             |    13,301 | 
| expenses)                                                     |             |     ===== | 
+---------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+-----------+ 
|                                                 |             |             |           | 
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ 
| Purchase consideration settled in cash          |             |             |    13,301 | 
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ 
| Cash and cash equivalents in subsidiary         |             |             |    (587)  | 
| acquired                                        |             |             |    ______ | 
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ 
| Cash outflow on acquisition                     |             |             |    12,714 | 
|                                                 |             |             |     ===== | 
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ 
 
 
The intangible assets identified comprise customer relationships, brand and 
acquired order book. 
 
 
  4.    Net financing income 
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Recognised in the income statement                         |      2008 |      2007 | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                                            |           |           | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Interest income                                            |       562 |       958 | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Expected return on assets in the pension schemes           |     5,896 |     5,574 | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Foreign exchange gains                                     |       615 |        75 | 
|                                                            |    ______ |    ______ | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                                            |     7,073 |     6,607 | 
|                                                            |     ===== |     ===== | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                                            |           |           | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Interest expense                                           |       296 |       112 | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Interest charge on pension scheme liabilities              |     5,538 |     4,541 | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Foreign exchange losses                                    |       377 |        88 | 
|                                                            |    ______ |    ______ | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                                            |     6,211 |     4,741 | 
|                                                            |     ===== |     ===== | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                                            |           |           | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Recognised in equity                                       |           |           | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                                            |           |           | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow    |   (5,263) |     (544) | 
| hedges                                                     |           |           | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Fair value of cash flow hedges transferred to profit or    |       544 |     290   | 
| loss                                                       |           |           | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Foreign currency translation differences for foreign       |    23,824 |     3,855 | 
| operations                                                 |    ______ |    ______ | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                                            |    19,105 |     3,601 | 
|                                                            |     ===== |     ===== | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Recognised in:                                             |           |           | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Hedging reserve                                            |   (4,719) |     (254) | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Translation reserve                                        |    23,824 |     3,855 | 
|                                                            |    ______ |    ______ | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                                            |    19,105 |     3,601 | 
|                                                            |     ===== |     ===== | 
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5.    Income tax expense 
 
 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                        |      2008 |      2008 |      2007 |      2007 | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Current tax:                           |           |           |           |           | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| UK Corporation tax on profits for the  |    17,570 |           |    12,670 |           | 
| year                                   |           |           |           |           | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Double tax relief                      |   (8,789) |           |   (5,122) |           | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Adjustment in respect of prior years   |     (152) |           |     (187) |           | 
|                                        |    ______ |           |    ______ |           | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                        |           |     8,629 |           |     7,361 | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                        |           |           |           |           | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Overseas tax on profits for the year   |    15,921 |           |    10,487 |           | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Adjustment in respect of prior years   |      (15) |           |      (24) |           | 
|                                        |    ______ |           |    ______ |           | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                        |           |    15,906 |           |    10,463 | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                        |           |    ______ |           |    ______ | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Total current tax                      |           |    24,535 |           |    17,824 | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                        |           |           |           |           | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Deferred tax:                          |           |           |           |           | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Origination and reversal of other      |   (2,354) |           |       115 |           | 
| temporary differences                  |           |           |           |           | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Adjustment in respect of prior years   |       150 |           |        18 |           | 
|                                        |    ______ |           |    ______ |           | 
|                                        |           |           |           |           | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Total deferred tax                     |           |   (2,204) |           |       133 | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                        |           |     _____ |           |     _____ | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Total tax charge for year              |           |    22,331 |           |    17,957 | 
|                                        |           |     ===== |           |     ===== | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                        |           |           |           |           | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Effective tax rate (based on profit    |           |     29.5% |           |     31.4% | 
| before tax)                            |           |           |           |           | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                        |           |           |           |           | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|       Profit before tax                |           |    75,751 |           |    57,253 | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                        |           |           |           |           | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|       Profit before tax multiplied by  |           |    21,589 |           |    17,176 | 
|       standard rate of corporation tax |           |           |           |           | 
|       in the UK of 28.5% (2007: 30.0%) |           |           |           |           | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                        |           |           |           |           | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|       Effects of:                      |           |           |           |           | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|       Non deductible items             |           |     1,640 |           |       349 | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|       Utilisation of overseas tax      |           |   (1,154) |           |         - | 
|       holidays and losses              |           |           |           |           | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|       Different tax rates on overseas  |           |       273 |           |       625 | 
|       earnings                         |           |           |           |           | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|       Adjustments to tax charge in     |           |      (17) |           |     (193) | 
|       respect of prior years           |           |    ______ |           |    ______ | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|       Total tax charge for year        |           |    22,331 |           |    17,957 | 
|                                        |           |     ===== |           |     ===== | 
+----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
 
 
A tax expense of GBP471,000 (2007: credit GBP577,000) in respect of share based 
payments has been recognised directly in equity in the year. 
 
 
The Group continues to expect its effective rate of corporation tax to be 
slightly higher than the standard UK rate due to higher rates of tax in the US, 
Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and India. 
 
 
There is an unrecognised deferred tax liability for temporary differences 
associated with investments in subsidiaries. Rotork p.l.c. controls the dividend 
policies of its subsidiaries and subsequently the timing of the reversal of the 
temporary differences. It is not practical to quantify the unprovided temporary 
differences as acknowledged within paragraph 40 of IAS 12. 
 
 
 
6.    Intangible assets 
 
 
+------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+ 
|                  |                          Goodwill | Development |       Other |  Total |                          Goodwill | Development |       Other |  Total | 
|                  |                              2008 |       costs | intangibles |   2008 |                              2007 |       costs | intangibles |   2007 | 
|                  |                                   |        2008 |        2008 |        |                                   |        2007 |        2007 |        | 
+------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+ 
| Cost             |                            21,527 |       3,062 |         805 | 25,394 |                            20,947 |       2,375 |         737 | 24,059 | 
| Balance at 1     |                                   |             |             |        |                                   |             |             |        | 
| January          |                                   |             |             |        |                                   |             |             |        | 
+------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+ 
| Exchange         |                             5,554 |           - |         715 |  6,269 |                               901 |           - |          68 |    969 | 
| differences      |                                   |             |             |        |                                   |             |             |        | 
+------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+ 
| Internally       |                                 - |         817 |           - |    817 |                                 - |         687 |           - |    687 | 
| developed during |                                   |             |             |        |                                   |             |             |        | 
| the year         |                                   |             |             |        |                                   |             |             |        | 
+------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+ 
| Reduction in     |                                 - |           - |           - |      - |                             (321) |           - |           - |  (321) | 
| deferred         |                                   |             |             |        |                                   |             |             |        | 
| consideration    |                                   |             |             |        |                                   |             |             |        | 
+------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+ 
| Additions        |                                 - |           - |         666 |    666 |                                 - |           - |           - |      - | 
+------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+ 
| Acquisition      |                             5,711 |           - |       4,755 | 10,466 |                                 - |           - |           - |      - | 
| through business |                             _____ |      ______ |      ______ |  _____ |                             _____ |      ______ |      ______ |  _____ | 
| combinations     |                                   |             |             |        |                                   |             |             |        | 
+------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+ 
| Balance at 31    |                            32,792 |       3,879 |       6,941 | 43,612 |                            21,527 |       3,062 |         805 | 25,394 | 
| December         |                                   |             |             |        |                                   |             |             |        | 
+------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+ 
|                  |                                   |             |             |        |                                   |             |             |        | 
+------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+ 
| Amortisation     |                                   |             |             |        |                                   |             |             |        | 
+------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+ 
| Balance at 1     |                                 - |       1,801 |         452 |  2,253 |                                 - |       1,492 |         342 |  1,834 | 
| January          |                                   |             |             |        |                                   |             |             |        | 
+------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+ 
| Exchange         |                                 - |           - |         186 |    186 |                                 - |           - |          36 |     36 | 
| differences      |                                   |             |             |        |                                   |             |             |        | 
+------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+ 
| Amortisation for |                                 - |         352 |       1,125 |  1,477 |                                 - |         309 |          74 |    383 | 
| the year         |                                   |             |             |        |                                   |             |             |        | 
+------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+ 
|                  |                             _____ |      ______ |      ______ | ______ |                             _____ |      ______ |      ______ |  _____ | 
|                  |                                   |             |             |        |                                   |             |             |        | 
+------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+ 
| Balance at 31    |                                 - |       2,153 |       1,763 |  3,916 |                                 - |       1,801 |         452 |  2,253 | 
| December         | ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_____ |       _____ |       _____ |  _____ | ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_____ |       _____ |       _____ |  _____ | 
+------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+ 
| Net book value   |                            32,792 |       1,726 |       5,178 | 39,696 |                            21,527 |       1,261 |         353 | 23,141 | 
| at 31 December   |                             ===== |       ===== |       ===== |  ===== |                             ===== |       ===== |       ===== |  ===== | 
| Net book value   |                                   |             |             |        |                            20,947 |         883 |         395 | 22,225 | 
| at 31 December   |                                   |             |             |        |                             ===== |       ===== |       ===== |  ===== | 
| 2006             |                                   |             |             |        |                                   |             |             |        | 
+------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+-----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------+ 
 
 
The amortisation charge in both years is recognised within administrative 
expenses in the income statement. Other intangibles include customer 
relationships, order books, intellectual property, agency agreements and trading 
names of acquired companies. 
 
 
Impairment tests for goodwill 
 
 
Goodwill is allocated to the Group's cash generating units ('CGUs') identified 
according to business segment. A segment level summary of goodwill allocation is 
presented below. 
 
 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+----------+ 
|                                                           |       2008 |     2007 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+----------+ 
|                                                           |            |          | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+----------+ 
| Controls                                                  |      7,240 |    5,839 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+----------+ 
| Fluid Systems                                             |     17,490 |    8,513 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+----------+ 
| Gears                                                     |      8,062 |    7,175 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+----------+ 
|                                                           |      _____ |    _____ | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+----------+ 
|                                                           |     32,792 |   21,527 | 
|                                                           |      ===== |    ===== | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+----------+ 
 
 
  The recoverable amounts of all CGUs are based on value in use calculations. 
These calculations use cash flow projections and are based on actual operating 
results and the latest Group three year plan. The three year plan is based on 
management's view of the future and experience of past performance. Cash flows 
for the remainder of the next twenty years are extrapolated using a 2% growth 
rate which reflects the long-term nature of many of the markets the Group 
serves. This rate has been consistently bettered in the past so is believed to 
represent a prudent estimate. A discount rate of 11.0%, being the Group's 
current weighted average cost of capital ('WACC'), has been used in discounting 
the projected cash flows. The WACC has been used as management believe this to 
be the most appropriate and prudent rate for a market participant at the current 
date. The discount rate of each business segment is not materially different to 
11.0%. On this basis each business segment has sufficient headroom and therefore 
no impairment write downs are required. 
 
 
 
 
7.    Inventories 
 
 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
|                                                           |       2008 |       2007 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
|                                                           |            |            | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
| Raw materials and consumables                             |     31,937 |     20,419 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
| Work in progress                                          |     18,411 |     10,521 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
| Finished goods                                            |      9,062 |      5,053 | 
|                                                           |     ______ |     ______ | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
|                                                           |     59,410 |     35,993 | 
|                                                           |      ===== |      ===== | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
Included in cost of sales was GBP134,769,000 (2007: GBP97,055,000) in respect of 
inventories consumed in the year. 
 
 
8.    Trade and other receivables 
 
 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
|                                                           |       2008 |       2007 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
| Non-current assets:                                       |            |            | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
| Insurance policy                                          |        976 |        754 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
| Other                                                     |        161 |         96 | 
|                                                           |      _____ |      _____ | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
| Other receivables                                         |      1,137 |        850 | 
|                                                           |      ===== |      ===== | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
|                                                           |            |            | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
| Current assets:                                           |            |            | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
| Trade receivables                                         |     65,062 |     44,870 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
| Less provision for impairment of receivables              |    (1,368) |      (608) | 
|                                                           |     ______ |     ______ | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
| Trade receivables - net                                   |     63,694 |     44,262 | 
|                                                           |      ===== |      ===== | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
|                                                           |            |            | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
| Corporation tax                                           |      1,752 |      1,330 | 
|                                                           |     ______ |     ______ | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
| Current tax                                               |      1,752 |      1,330 | 
|                                                           |      ===== |      ===== | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
|                                                           |            |            | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
| Other non-trade receivables                               |      3,714 |      3,306 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
| Prepayments and accrued income                            |      1,864 |      1,439 | 
|                                                           |     ______ |     ______ | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
| Other receivables                                         |      5,578 |      4,745 | 
|                                                           |      ===== |      ===== | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ 
 
 
  9.    Cash and cash equivalents 
 
 
+-----------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ 
|                                   |            |            |       2008 |       2007 | 
+-----------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ 
|                                   |            |            |            |            | 
+-----------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ 
| Bank balances                     |            |            |     23,654 |     14,125 | 
+-----------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ 
| Cash in hand                      |            |            |         92 |         70 | 
+-----------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ 
| Short-term deposits               |            |            |     17,644 |     24,058 | 
|                                   |            |            |     ______ |     ______ | 
+-----------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ 
| Cash and cash equivalents         |            |            |     41,390 |     38,253 | 
+-----------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ 
| Bank overdrafts                   |            |            |          - |          - | 
|                                   |            |            |     ______ |     ______ | 
+-----------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ 
| Cash and cash equivalents in the  |            |            |     41,390 |     38,253 | 
| consolidated statement of cash    |            |            |      ===== |      ===== | 
| flows                             |            |            |            |            | 
+-----------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ 
 
 
 
 
10.    Provisions 
 
 
+----------------------------------------------+------------+---------------+-----------+ 
|                                              |   Warranty |      Deferred |     Total | 
|                                              |       2008 | consideration |      2008 | 
|                                              |            |          2008 |           | 
+----------------------------------------------+------------+---------------+-----------+ 
| Balance at 1 January 2008                    |      3,472 |           147 |     3,619 | 
+----------------------------------------------+------------+---------------+-----------+ 
| Exchange differences                         |      1,058 |            46 |     1,104 | 
+----------------------------------------------+------------+---------------+-----------+ 
| Provisions used during the year              |    (1,227) |             - |   (1,227) | 
+----------------------------------------------+------------+---------------+-----------+ 
| Charged / (credited) in the year             |      1,676 |             - |     1,676 | 
|                                              |     ______ |         _____ |     _____ | 
+----------------------------------------------+------------+---------------+-----------+ 
| Balance at 31 December 2008                  |      4,979 |           193 |     5,172 | 
+----------------------------------------------+------------+---------------+-----------+ 
|                                              |      ===== |         ===== |     ===== | 
+----------------------------------------------+------------+---------------+-----------+ 
| Maturity at 31 December 2008                 |            |               |           | 
+----------------------------------------------+------------+---------------+-----------+ 
|                                              |            |               |           | 
+----------------------------------------------+------------+---------------+-----------+ 
| Non-current                                  |      1,660 |             - |     1,660 | 
+----------------------------------------------+------------+---------------+-----------+ 
| Current                                      |      3,319 |           193 |     3,512 | 
|                                              |     ______ |         _____ |     _____ | 
|                                              |      4,979 |           193 |     5,172 | 
|                                              |      ===== |         ===== |     ===== | 
+----------------------------------------------+------------+---------------+-----------+ 
|                                              |            |               |           | 
+----------------------------------------------+------------+---------------+-----------+ 
| Maturity at 31 December 2007                 |            |               |           | 
+----------------------------------------------+------------+---------------+-----------+ 
|                                              |            |               |           | 
+----------------------------------------------+------------+---------------+-----------+ 
| Non-current                                  |      1,157 |             - |     1,157 | 
+----------------------------------------------+------------+---------------+-----------+ 
| Current                                      |      2,315 |           147 |     2,462 | 
|                                              |     ______ |         _____ |     _____ | 
|                                              |      3,472 |           147 |     3,619 | 
|                                              |      ===== |         ===== |     ===== | 
+----------------------------------------------+------------+---------------+-----------+ 
 
 
The warranty provision is based on estimates made from historical warranty data 
associated with similar products and services. The provision relates mainly to 
products sold during the last twelve months, the typical warranty period is now 
eighteen months. 
 
 
The deferred consideration arose on the acquisition of PC Intertechnik during 
2005. Payment or release of the final tranche of this provision is still subject 
to negotiation and is expected to be settled in 2009. 
 
 
  11.    Trade and other payables 
 
 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
|                                                           |       2008 |      2007 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
|                                                           |            |           | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Trade payables                                            |     32,096 |    21,448 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Bills of exchange                                         |        707 |       119 | 
|                                                           |     ______ |    ______ | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Trade payables                                            |     32,803 |    21,567 | 
|                                                           |      ===== |     ===== | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
|                                                           |            |           | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Corporation tax                                           |     12,197 |     8,791 | 
|                                                           |     ______ |    ______ | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Current tax                                               |     12,197 |     8,791 | 
|                                                           |      ===== |     ===== | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
|                                                           |            |           | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Other taxes and social security                           |      3,636 |     2,767 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Non-trade payables and accrued expenses                   |     23,145 |    15,827 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
|                                                           |     ______ |    ______ | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Other payables                                            |     26,781 |    18,594 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
|                                                           |      ===== |     ===== | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
 
 
 
12.    Capital and reserves 
 
 
+-------------------+---------+---------+-------------+------------+---------+----------+----------+ 
|                   |  Issued |  Share  | Translation |    Capital | Hedging | Retained |    Total | 
|                   |  equity | premium |     reserve | redemption | reserve | earnings |          | 
|                   | capital |         |             |    reserve |         |          |          | 
|                   |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
+-------------------+---------+---------+-------------+------------+---------+----------+----------+ 
| Balance at 31     |   4,314 |   5,857 |     (2,770) |      1,639 |   (290) |   80,386 |   89,136 | 
| December 2006     |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
+-------------------+---------+---------+-------------+------------+---------+----------+----------+ 
| Profit for the    |       - |       - |           - |          - |       - |   39,296 |   39,296 | 
| year              |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
+-------------------+---------+---------+-------------+------------+---------+----------+----------+ 
| Other items in    |       - |       - |       3,855 |          - |   (254) |  (3,642) |     (41) | 
| the statement of  |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
| recognised income |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
| and expense       |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
+-------------------+---------+---------+-------------+------------+---------+----------+----------+ 
| Equity settled    |       - |       - |           - |          - |       - |      364 |      364 | 
| share based       |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
| payment           |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
| transactions net  |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
| of tax            |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
+-------------------+---------+---------+-------------+------------+---------+----------+----------+ 
| Share options     |       9 |     662 |           - |          - |       - |        - |      671 | 
| exercised by      |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
| employees         |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
+-------------------+---------+---------+-------------+------------+---------+----------+----------+ 
| Own ordinary      |       - |       - |           - |          - |       - |  (4,249) |  (4,249) | 
| shares acquired   |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
+-------------------+---------+---------+-------------+------------+---------+----------+----------+ 
| Own ordinary      |       - |       - |           - |          - |       - |    2,007 |    2,007 | 
| shares awarded    |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
| under share       |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
| schemes           |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
+-------------------+---------+---------+-------------+------------+---------+----------+----------+ 
| Dividends         |       - |       - |           - |          - |       - | (24,732) | (24,732) | 
|                   |   _____ |   _____ |       _____ |      _____ |   _____ |    _____ |    _____ | 
+-------------------+---------+---------+-------------+------------+---------+----------+----------+ 
| Balance at 31     |   4,323 |   6,519 |       1,085 |      1,639 |   (544) |   89,430 |  102,452 | 
| December 2007     |   ===== |   ===== |       ===== |      ===== |   ===== |    ===== |    ===== | 
+-------------------+---------+---------+-------------+------------+---------+----------+----------+ 
| Profit for the    |       - |       - |           - |          - |       - |   53,420 |   53,420 | 
| year              |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
+-------------------+---------+---------+-------------+------------+---------+----------+----------+ 
| Other items in    |       - |       - |      23,824 |          - | (4,719) |    1,129 |   20,234 | 
| the statement of  |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
| recognised income |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
| and expense       |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
+-------------------+---------+---------+-------------+------------+---------+----------+----------+ 
| Equity settled    |       - |       - |           - |          - |       - |  (2,419) |  (2,419) | 
| share based       |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
| payment           |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
| transactions net  |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
| of tax            |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
+-------------------+---------+---------+-------------+------------+---------+----------+----------+ 
| Share options     |       2 |     147 |           - |          - |       - |        - |      149 | 
| exercised by      |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
| employees         |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
+-------------------+---------+---------+-------------+------------+---------+----------+----------+ 
| Own ordinary      |       - |       - |           - |          - |       - |  (3,518) |  (3,518) | 
| shares acquired   |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
+-------------------+---------+---------+-------------+------------+---------+----------+----------+ 
| Own ordinary      |       - |       - |           - |          - |       - |    4,050 |    4,050 | 
| shares awarded    |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
| under share       |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
| schemes           |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
+-------------------+---------+---------+-------------+------------+---------+----------+----------+ 
| Preference shares |       - |       - |           - |          3 |       - |      (5) |      (2) | 
| redeemed          |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
+-------------------+---------+---------+-------------+------------+---------+----------+----------+ 
| Dividends         |       - |       - |           - |          - |       - | (29,970) | (29,970) | 
|                   |   _____ |   _____ |       _____ |      _____ |   _____ |    _____ |    _____ | 
+-------------------+---------+---------+-------------+------------+---------+----------+----------+ 
| Balance at 31     |   4,325 |   6,666 |      24,909 |      1,642 | (5,263) |  112,117 |  144,396 | 
| December 2008     |   ===== |   ===== |       ===== |      ===== |   ===== |    ===== |    ===== | 
+-------------------+---------+---------+-------------+------------+---------+----------+----------+ 
|                   |         |         |             |            |         |          |          | 
+-------------------+---------+---------+-------------+------------+---------+----------+----------+ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Share capital and share premium 
 
 
+------------------+------------+-----------+----------------+------------+-----------+----------------+ 
|                  |    5p      |    5p     |      GBP1      |    5p      |    5p     |      GBP1      | 
|                  |  Ordinary  | Ordinary  |Non-redeemable  |  Ordinary  | Ordinary  |Non-redeemable  | 
|                  |  shares    |  shares   |  preference    |  shares    |  shares   |  preference    | 
|                  |Authorised  |  Issued   |    shares      |Authorised  |  Issued   |    shares      | 
|                  |            |and fully  |                |            |and fully  |                | 
|                  |            |  paid up  |                |            |  paid up  |                | 
+------------------+------------+-----------+----------------+------------+-----------+----------------+ 
|                  |       2008 |      2008 |           2008 |       2007 |      2007 |           2007 | 
|                  |            |           |                |            |           |                | 
+------------------+------------+-----------+----------------+------------+-----------+----------------+ 
| At 1 January     |      5,449 |     4,323 |             45 |      5,449 |     4,314 |             45 | 
+------------------+------------+-----------+----------------+------------+-----------+----------------+ 
| Issued under     |          - |         2 |            (3) |          - |         9 |              - | 
| employee share   |      _____ |     _____ |          _____ |      _____ |     _____ |          _____ | 
| schemes          |            |           |                |            |           |                | 
+------------------+------------+-----------+----------------+------------+-----------+----------------+ 
| At 31 December   |      5,449 |     4,325 |             42 |      5,449 |     4,323 |             45 | 
+------------------+------------+-----------+----------------+------------+-----------+----------------+ 
|                  |      ===== |     ===== |          ===== |      ===== |     ===== |          ===== | 
+------------------+------------+-----------+----------------+------------+-----------+----------------+ 
|                  |            |           |                |            |           |                | 
+------------------+------------+-----------+----------------+------------+-----------+----------------+ 
| Number of shares |    108,990 |    86,510 |                |    108,990 |    86,469 |                | 
| (000)            |      ===== |     ===== |                |      ===== |     ===== |                | 
+------------------+------------+-----------+----------------+------------+-----------+----------------+ 
 
 
The ordinary shareholders are entitled to receive dividends as declared and are 
entitled to vote at meetings of the Company. 
 
 
Ordinary shares issued during the year were 18,835 (2007: 142,173) under the 
Share option scheme, at prices between 285p and 387p (2007: 285p and 
387p) and 21,951 (2007: 44,905) under the Sharesave plan at 462p (2007: 320p). 
 
 
The Group received proceeds of GBP149,000 (2007: GBP671,000) in respect of the 
40,786 (2007: 187,078) Ordinary shares issued during the year: GBP2,000 (2007: 
GBP9,000) was credited to share capital and GBP147,000 (2007: GBP662,000) to 
share premium. 
 
 
The preference shareholders take priority over the ordinary shareholders when 
there is a distribution upon winding up the Company or on a reduction of equity 
involving a return of capital. The holders of preference shares are entitled to 
vote at a general meeting of the Company if a preference dividend is in arrears 
for six months or the business of the meeting includes the consideration of a 
resolution for winding up the Company or the alteration of the preference 
shareholders' rights 
 
 
Within the retained earnings reserve are own shares held. The investment in own 
shares represents 413,302 (2007: 445,396) ordinary shares of the Company held in 
trust for the benefit of directors and employees for future payments under the 
Share Incentive Plan and Long-term incentive plan. The dividends on these shares 
have been waived. 
 
 
Translation reserve 
The translation reserve comprises all foreign exchange differences arising from 
the translation of the financial statements of foreign operations. 
 
 
Capital redemption reserve 
The capital redemption reserve arises when the Company redeems shares wholly out 
of distributable profits. 
 
 
Hedging reserve 
The hedging reserve comprises the effective portion of the cumulative net change 
in the fair value of cash flow hedging instruments that are determined to be an 
effective hedge. 
 
Dividends 
The following dividends were paid in the year per qualifying ordinary share: 
 
 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
|                                                           |       2008 |      2007 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
|                                                           |            |           | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| 14.0p final dividend (2007: 11.65p)                       |     12,075 |    10,051 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| 9.25p interim dividend (2007: 7.7p)                       |      7,979 |     6,645 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| 2008 additional interim dividend 11.5p                    |      9,916 |         - | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| 2007 additional interim dividend 9.3p                     |          - |     8,036 | 
|                                                           |      _____ |     _____ | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
|                                                           |     29,970 |    24,732 | 
|                                                           |      ===== |     ===== | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
 
 
After the balance sheet date the following dividends per qualifying ordinary 
share were proposed by the directors. The dividends have not been provided for 
and there are no corporation tax consequences. 
 
 
 
 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
|                                                           |       2008 |      2007 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Final proposed dividend per qualifying ordinary share     |            |           | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| 16.75p                                                    |     14,490 |           | 
|                                                           |      ===== |           | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| 14.00p                                                    |            |    12,116 | 
|                                                           |            |     ===== | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
|                                                           |            |           | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Additional interim dividends per qualifying ordinary      |            |           | 
| share proposed for 2009                                   |            |           | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| -                                                         |          - |           | 
|                                                           |      ===== |           | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| 11.5p                                                     |            |    10,000 | 
|                                                           |            |     ===== | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
 
 
13.    Earnings per share 
 
 
Basic earnings per share 
Earnings per share is calculated for both the current and previous years using 
the profit attributable to the ordinary shareholders for the year. The earnings 
per share calculation is based on 86.1m shares (2007: 86.1m shares) being the 
weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue (net of own ordinary shares 
held) for the year. 
 
 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
|                                                           |       2008 |      2007 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
|                                                           |            |           | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders          |     53,420 |    39,296 | 
|                                                           |      ===== |     ===== | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Weighted average number of ordinary shares                |            |           | 
|                                                           |            |           | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Issued ordinary shares at 1 January                       |     86,024 |    85,999 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Effect of own shares held                                 |         21 |        54 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Effect of shares issued under Share option schemes /      |         99 |        93 | 
| Sharesave plans                                           |      _____ |     _____ | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Weighted average number of ordinary shares for the year   |     86,144 |    86,146 | 
| ended 31 December                                         |      ===== |     ===== | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
 
 
 
 
  Diluted earnings per share 
Diluted earnings per share is based on the profit for the year attributable to 
the ordinary shareholders and 86.7m shares (2007: 86.9m shares). The number of 
shares is equal to the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue (net 
of own ordinary shares held) adjusted to assume conversion of all potentially 
dilutive ordinary shares. The Company has three categories of potentially 
dilutive ordinary shares: those share options granted to employees under the 
Share option scheme and Sharesave plan where the exercise price is less than the 
average market price of the Company's ordinary shares during the year and 
contingently issuable shares awarded under the Long-term incentive plan. 
 
 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
|                                                           |       2008 |      2007 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
|                                                           |            |           | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders          |     53,420 |    39,296 | 
|                                                           |      ===== |     ===== | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Weighted average number of ordinary shares (diluted)      |            |           | 
|                                                           |            |           | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Weighted average number of ordinary shares for the year   |     86,144 |    86,146 | 
| ended 31 December                                         |            |           | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Effect of share options in issue                          |         17 |        30 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Effect of Sharesave options in issue                      |        116 |       113 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Effect of LTIP shares in issue                            |        416 |       604 | 
|                                                           |  ­­­­_____ | ­­­­_____ | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Weighted average number of ordinary shares (diluted) for  |     86,693 |    86,893 | 
| the year ended 31 December                                |      ===== |     ===== | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
 
 
 
 
14.    Related parties 
 
 
The Group has a related party relationship with its subsidiaries and with its 
directors and key management. A list of subsidiaries is shown on pages 80 to 81 
of the 2007 annual report and account. Transactions between two subsidiaries for 
the sale and purchase of products or the subsidiary and parent for management 
charges are priced on an arms length basis. 
 
 
Sales to subsidiaries and associates of BAE Systems plc, a related party by 
virtue of non-executive director IG King's directorship of that company, 
totalled GBP32,000 during the year (2007: GBP20,000) and there are no amounts 
outstanding at 31 December 2008 (2007: GBPnil). 
 
 
Key management emoluments 
The emoluments of those members of the management team, including directors, who 
are responsible for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the 
Group are: 
 
 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
|                                                           |       2008 |      2007 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
|                                                           |            |           | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Emoluments including social security costs                |      2,535 |     2,331 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Post employment benefits                                  |        388 |       316 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
| Share based payments                                      |        760 |       898 | 
|                                                           |      _____ |     _____ | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
|                                                           |      3,683 |     3,545 | 
|                                                           |      ===== |     ===== | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ 
 
 
 
 
 
This information is provided by RNS 
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange 
   END 
 
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