DMGT Annual Report 2008

2008 Highlights

DMGT: A MULTIPLE MEDIA BUSINESS

THE GROUP’S BUSINESSES, OTHER THAN ITS NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING, NOW MAKE UP 62% OF THE GROUP’S OPERATING PROFIT, COMPARED TO 14% TWELVE YEARS AGO.

Chart comparing operating profit breakdown between 1998 and 2008

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Financial Highlights

* before amortisation and impairment of intangible assets and exceptional items; see Consolidated Income Statement and reconciliation in Notes 11 and 12 to the Accounts.

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

DMGT's strategy is to seek to increase the dividend in real terms over the economic cycle. The interactive graph below charts this increase over the last 20 years.

DMGT DIVIDEND HISTORY FOR THE PERIOD 1988 – 2008 (PENCE)

DMGT Dividend History for the Period 1988 – 2008 (Pence)