Financial Summary

All Operations
A$ million Jul/Dec 2006 Jul/Dec 2007 % Change
Sales 5,472.1 4,739.2 (13.4)
PBITDA 580.6 537.5 (7.4)
PBIT 350.6 333.8 (4.8)
PATtwo 185.0 185.0
Significant itemsone (67.3) (31.0) 53.9
PAT after significant items 117.7 154.0 30.8
EPStwo(cents) 20.5 21.0 2.4
Operating cash flowthree 124.6 92.9 (25.4)
Dividend (cents) 17.0 17.0
(1) Significant items for the half year mainly relate to the gain on disposal of the Food Can and Aerosols business, which has been offset by the Fibre Packaging Australia recovery plan, and the Flexible market sector rationalisation.
(2) Before significant items
(3) After significant items

Key Ratios (All Operations)
  Jul/Dec 2006 Jul/Dec 2007
PBIT/Average funds employedtwo (%) 10.7 11.8
Return on average equitytwo (%) 10.4 10.4
Net debt/(Net debt plus equity)one (%) 45.6 39.4
Net PBITDA interest covertwo (times) 5.6 5.9
NTA per share (A$) 1.92 2.09
(1) All hybrids treated as debt
(2) Before significant items