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Standard Life plc - Annual Report and Accounts 2007
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Group financial highlights 2007

Standard Life plc is a major asset managing business with around 1.5 million shareholders in over 50 countries, and more than £143 billion of assets managed by Standard Life Investments for around 7 million customers. Our aim is to keep adding value for our shareholders by growing our customers' wealth with strong investment performance and market-leading products that are also capital efficient from a business perspective. Our financial results for 2007 show how well we are achieving this.

£16,423m: Worldwide PVNBP new business sales - 13% increase; £881m: Group EEV operating profit before tax - 43% increase; 11.5%: Group return on embedded value - 2.6% points increase; 2.1%: Group PVNBP margin - 0.7% points increase; £600m: Group EEV capital and cash generation - 129% increase; £714m: Group IFRS underlying profit before tax - 32% increase; £509m: Group IFRS profit before tax attributable to equity holders - 12% increase; 7.7p: Recommended final dividend payment per share