| Date | Broker name | New | Price | Old price target | New price target | Broker change |
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| 18-Apr-13 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | 163.50p | 199.00p | 199.00p | DownGrade |
| 13-Mar-13 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | 181.25p | 178.00p | 199.00p | Reiteration |
| 28-Feb-13 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | 177.00p | 164.00p | 164.00p | Reiteration |
| 15-Jan-13 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | 159.25p | 160.00p | 164.00p | DownGrade |
| 31-Aug-12 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | 128.00p | 136.00p | 160.00p | Reiteration |
| 29-Feb-12 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | 119.00p | 127.00p | 136.00p | Reiteration |
| 12-Jan-12 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | 91.00p | 127.00p | - | Reiteration |
| 12-Jan-12 | Peel Hunt Limited | Buy | 91.00p | 110.00p | - | Upgrade |
| 21-Nov-11 | Singer Capital Markets | Buy | 93.50p | 166.00p | - | Reiteration |
| 17-Nov-11 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | 97.50p | 127.00p | - | Reiteration |
| 14-Nov-11 | Peel Hunt Limited | Hold | 95.50p | 110.00p | - | Reiteration |
| 07-Nov-11 | Singer Capital Markets | Buy | 94.38p | 166.00p | - | Reiteration |
| 24-Oct-11 | Singer Capital Markets | Buy | 90.00p | 166.00p | - | Reiteration |
| 09-Sep-11 | Peel Hunt Limited | Hold | 102.00p | 110.00p | - | Reiteration |
| 26-Aug-11 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | 94.50p | 127.00p | - | Reiteration |
| 26-Aug-11 | Singer Capital Markets | Buy | 94.50p | 166.00p | - | Reiteration |
| 12-Aug-11 | Peel Hunt Limited | Hold | 103.75p | 115.00p | - | Reiteration |
| 02-Aug-11 | Peel Hunt Limited | Hold | 114.25p | 115.00p | - | Reiteration |
| 18-Jul-11 | Singer Capital Markets | Buy | 108.00p | 157.00p | - | Reiteration |
| 18-Jul-11 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | 108.00p | 105.00p | 127.00p | Upgrade |
| 08-Jul-11 | Peel Hunt Limited | Hold | 104.50p | 100.00p | - | Reiteration |
| 17-Jun-11 | Peel Hunt Limited | Hold | 104.50p | 100.00p | - | Reiteration |
| 31-May-11 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | 98.75p | 105.00p | - | Reiteration |
| 01-Mar-11 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | 99.00p | 80.00p | 105.00p | Upgrade |
| 18-Jan-11 | Evolution Securities | Add | 97.25p | 115.00p | - | Upgrade |
| 18-Jan-11 | Panmure Gordon | Sell | 97.25p | 115.00p | 80.00p | DownGrade |
| 14-Jan-11 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | 106.75p | 80.00p | 115.00p | DownGrade |
| 13-Jan-11 | Evolution Securities | Neutral | 111.25p | 120.00p | 115.00p | DownGrade |
| 06-Dec-10 | Evolution Securities | Add | 103.75p | 80.00p | 120.00p | Reiteration |
| 16-Nov-10 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | 77.50p | 80.00p | - | Reiteration |
| 16-Nov-10 | Evolution Securities | Add | 77.50p | - | - | DownGrade |
| 20-Oct-10 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | 60.25p | 71.00p | 80.00p | Reiteration |
| 01-Sep-10 | Evolution Securities | Buy | 48.50p | - | 55.00p | New Coverage |
| 27-Aug-10 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | 44.25p | 114.00p | 70.00p | Reiteration |
| 22-Apr-10 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | 83.00p | 89.00p | 114.00p | Reiteration |
| 03-Mar-10 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | 69.00p | 89.00p | - | Reiteration |
| 02-Mar-10 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | 61.50p | 89.00p | - | Upgrade |
| 04-Sep-09 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | 118.72p | 190.00p | 196.00p | Upgrade |
| 28-Aug-09 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | 122.31p | 190.00p | - | DownGrade |
| 28-Aug-09 | Altium Capital | Hold | 122.31p | - | - | DownGrade |
| 21-Aug-09 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | 125.73p | 163.00p | 190.00p | Reiteration |
| 24-Apr-09 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | 93.53p | 136.00p | - | Upgrade |
| 23-Apr-09 | Panmure Gordon | Sell | 100.73p | 221.00p | 136.00p | DownGrade |
| 04-Mar-09 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | 70.51p | 297.00p | 220.00p | Reiteration |
| 09-Feb-09 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | 77.17p | 297.00p | - | Reiteration |
| 13-Nov-08 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | 104.33p | - | - | Reiteration |
| 29-Aug-08 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | 197.14p | 430.00p | - | Reiteration |
| 11-Jul-08 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | 166.92p | 430.00p | - | Reiteration |
| 10-Jul-08 | Altium Capital | Buy | 165.48p | 540.00p | - | Reiteration |
| 25-Jun-08 | Altium Capital | Buy | 172.68p | 540.00p | - | Reiteration |
| Currency | UK Pounds |
| Share Price | 167.50p |
| Change Today | -0.50p |
| % Change | -0.30 % |
| 52 Week High | 186.25 |
| 52 Week Low | 99.00 |
| Volume | 77,884 |
| Shares Issued | 168.62m |
| Market Cap | £282.45m |
| Beta | 0.42 |
| RiskGrade | 119 |
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| Strong Buy | 2 |
| Buy | 0 |
| Neutral | 0 |
| Sell | 0 |
| Strong Sell | 0 |
| Total | 2 |

| Latest | Previous | |
|---|---|---|
| Final | Interim | |
| Ex-Div | 06-Mar-13 | 12-Sep-12 |
| Paid | 30-Apr-13 | 15-Oct-12 |
| Amount | 2.00p | 0.75p |
| Time | Volume / Share Price |
| 16:41 | 1,895 @ 167.01p |
| 16:36 | 6,713 @ 167.50p |
| 16:35 | 314 @ 167.50p |
| 16:19 | 328 @ 166.75p |
| 16:18 | 1,895 @ 167.00p |
| Finance Director | Alan Merrell |
| CEO | Don Kenny |
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