The Directors present their report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2009.

Principal activities
The Group’s principal activities are the development and licensing of software for the online and land based gaming industries.

Results
The results of the Company and the Group for the year ended 31 December 2009 are set out here and show total gross income (total revenue plus the group’s share of profits in William Hill Online before non cash amortisation of intangibles) of €137.3 million (2008 – €111.5 million) and a net profit after tax of €69.5 million (2008 – €40.7 million).

Dividends
The Board has recommended the payment of a final dividend of 9.4 € cents per share. The payment of this dividend requires shareholder approval which will be sought at the Company’s AGM.

Directors and Directors’ interests
The Directors of the Company who held office during the 2009 year and to date are:

The interests of the Directors who held office during 2009 and to date, together with any connected parties, are shown in the Remuneration committee report.