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Notes to the Group financial statements
for the year ended 31 March 2015 continued
18. Earnings per share disclosures
(a) Earnings per share (‘EPS’)
Basic Diluted
2015
US cents
2014
US cents
2015
US cents
2014
US cents
Continuing and discontinued operations 79.0 76.8 78.1 75.8
Deduct: discontinued operations (2.1) (0.7) (2.1) (0.7)
Continuing operations 76.9 76.1 76.0 75.1
Add: exceptional items, net of related tax 0.2 4.7 0.2 4.6
Add: other adjustments made to derive Benchmark PBT, net of related tax 18.1 8.6 17.9 8.5
Add: other exceptional tax items – 2.3 – 2.3
Benchmark earnings per share from continuing operations (non-GAAP measure) 95.2 91.7 94.1 90.5
(b) Analysis of earnings
(i) Attributable to owners of Experian plc
2015
US$m
2014
US$m
Continuing and discontinued operations 772 753
Deduct: discontinued operations (21) (7)
Continuing operations 751 746
Add: exceptional items, net of related tax 2 46
Add: other adjustments made to derive Benchmark PBT, net of related tax 177 84
Add: other exceptional tax items –23
Benchmark earnings attributable to owners of Experian plc (non-GAAP measure) 930 899
(ii) Attributable to non-controlling interests
2015
US$m
2014
US$m
Continuing and discontinued operations – 1
Add: amortisation of acquisition intangibles attributable to non-controlling interests, net of related tax 1 3
Benchmark earnings attributable to non-controlling interests (non-GAAP measure) 1 4
(c) Reconciliation of Overall benchmark earnings to profit for the financial year
2015
US$m
2014
US$m
Overall benchmark earnings (non-GAAP measure) 931 903
Profit from discontinued operations 21 7
Exceptional items, net of related tax (2) (46)
Other adjustments made to derive Benchmark PBT, net of related tax (178) (87)
Other exceptional tax items – (23)
Profit for the financial year 772 754
(d) Weighted average number of ordinary shares used
2015
million
2014
million
Weighted average number of ordinary shares 977 980
Add: dilutive effect of share incentive awards, options and share purchases 11 13
Diluted weighted average number of ordinary shares 988 993
140 •Financial statements Notes to the Group nancial statements