Full Year results stated:
That pretax profit for the fiscal year was up, and that it was starting a share buyback program of up to 50 million pounds
Posted a pretax profit of £140mln for the 12 months ending Aug. 31, compared with £131mln the year before
Revenue was up 1.8% to £1.23bln
The company also announced a final dividend of 33.6p per share, compared with 30.5p per share the year before
As of 8.31am the stock was trading down c.1.96% at c.2030.5p