1、 1 Press Release Schroders plc Annual Results to 31 December 2009(audited)Strong investment performance across asset classes:79 per cent.of funds outperforming1 Record net inflows 15.0 billion(2008:net outflows 9.6 billion)Funds under management 148.4 billion(2008:110.2 billion)Total profit before t
2、ax and exceptional items 200.2 million(2008:290.5 million)Total profit before tax 137.5 million(2008:123.1 million)Dividend 21.0 pence per share(unchanged)taking the full-year dividend to 31.0 pence per share(unchanged)2009 m 2008m Asset Management 192.0 249.8 Private Banking 20.1 39.7 212.1 289.5 G
3、roup segment(11.9)1.0 Profit before tax and exceptional items 200.2 290.5 Exceptional items (62.7)(167.4)Profit before tax 137.5 123.1 Total dividend(pence per share)31.0 31.0 Exceptional items relate to realised and unrealised losses on Group investment capital,redundancy and other rationalisation
4、costs and the impairment of intangibles associated with prior period acquisitions.Contacts:Schroders Emma Tovey Head of Corporate Communications+44(0)207 658 2329 Maitland Consultancy William Clutterbuck +44(0)207 379 5151 wclutterbuckmaitland.co.uk _ 1 Performance is compared to benchmark or peer g
5、roup for three years to end December 2009.4 March 2010 2 Management Statement 2009 was a remarkable year for financial markets with equities extending the sharp downward trend of the previous year to reach new lows in the first quarter,before staging a sustained rally which led to significant gains
6、over the year as a whole.Investor sentiment swung from extreme caution earlier in the year to a search for yield and risk assets,as confidence developed that a full-blown banking crisis and prolonged economic recession had been avoided.Our focus on the organic growth opportunities in our business,th