Unaudited condensed Group half-yearly financial statements

Group income statement
for the six months ended 30 September 2009

		Six months ended 30 September					Year ended 31 March
	Notes		2009 US$m		2008 US$m			2009 US$m
Revenue	7		1,874		2,017			3,873
Cost of sales			(903	)	(947	)		(1,824	)
Gross profit			971		1,070			2,049
Distribution costs			(189	)	(199	)		(387	)
Administrative expenses			(466	)	(540	)		(1,049	)
Operating expenses			(655	)	(739	)		(1,436	)
Operating profit			316		331			613
Finance income			85		99			182
Finance expense			(86	)	(132	)		(259	)
Net financing costs	11		(1	)	(33	)		(77	)
Share of post-tax profits of associates			36		20			42
Profit before tax	7		351		318			578
Group tax expense	12		(78	)	(42	)		(84	)
Profit after tax from continuing operations			273		276			494
(Loss)/profit from discontinued operations	13		(8	)	(4	)		12
Profit for the period			265		272			506

Attributable to:
Owners of Experian plc			249		258			486
Minority interests			16		14			20
Profit for the period			265		272			506

Earnings per share	14		US cents		US cents			US cents
Basic			24.5		25.5			48.0
Diluted			24.1		25.2			47.5

Earnings per share from continuing operations	14		US cents		US cents			US cents
Basic			25.3		25.9			46.8
Diluted			24.9		25.6			46.3

			US cents		US cents			US cents
Dividend per share (including announced first interim dividend)	15		7.00		6.75			20.00