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Financial highlights -
Consolidated Income statement -
Balance sheets -
Cash flow
Statements of cash flows
year ended 31 December 2007
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Group |
Company |
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Notes |
Year ended
2007
£m |
Year ended
2006
£m |
Year ended
2007
£m |
Year ended
2006
£m |
| Cash flows from operating activities
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| Cash generated from continuing operations |
33 |
124.3 |
87.4 |
16.8 |
47.4 |
| Interest received |
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4.5 |
4.7 |
1.9 |
0.6 |
| Interest paid |
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(2.3) |
(0.9) |
(1.7) |
– |
| Income tax (paid)/received |
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(23.7) |
(15.1) |
2.1 |
0.8 |
| Net cash generated from operating activities |
|
102.8 |
76.1 |
19.1 |
48.8 |
| Cash flows from investing activities |
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| Outflow from sale of subsidiary, net of cash disposed |
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- |
(0.2) |
- |
– |
| Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment |
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0.1 |
0.2 |
- |
– |
| Proceeds from sale of associates, joint ventures and available-for-sale investments |
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5.2 |
7.9 |
- |
– |
| Dividends received |
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0.5 |
0.5 |
- |
– |
| Net loans to associates, joint ventures and subsidiaries |
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(1.4) |
(2.0) |
(34.4) |
(18.3) |
| Acquisition of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired |
18(e) |
(32.3) |
(37.8) |
- |
– |
| Sale of assets held for sale |
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- |
16.3 |
- |
– |
| Purchases of property, plant and equipment |
17 |
(11.6) |
(7.3) |
(0.5) |
(1.4) |
| Purchases of intangible assets |
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(1.0) |
(1.1) |
(0.4) |
(0.2) |
| Purchase of investment in associates, joint ventures and available-for-sale investments |
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(26.8) |
(2.2) |
(1.0) |
– |
| Purchase of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss |
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- |
(1.5) |
- |
– |
| Net cash used in investing activities |
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(67.3) |
(27.2) |
(36.3) |
(19.9) |
| Cash flows from financing activities |
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| Proceeds from issue of share capital |
29 |
0.4 |
1.2 |
0.4 |
1.2 |
| Proceeds from borrowings |
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20.3 |
0.2 |
19.0 |
– |
| Repurchase of own shares |
29 |
(21.8) |
– |
(21.8) |
– |
| Purchase of own shares for Employee Benefit Trust |
29 |
(18.9) |
(5.0) |
- |
– |
| Repayments of borrowings |
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(7.8) |
(1.1) |
- |
– |
| Dividends paid |
29 |
(22.1) |
(16.4) |
(20.7) |
(16.2) |
| Net cash used in financing activities |
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(49.9) |
(21.1) |
(23.1) |
(15.0) |
| Net (decrease)/increase in cash, cash equivalents and bank overdrafts |
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(14.4) |
27.8 |
(40.3) |
13.9 |
| Cash, cash equivalents and bank overdrafts at beginning of the year |
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123.7 |
99.9 |
54.8 |
40.9 |
| Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash held |
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1.1 |
(4.0) |
- |
– |
| Cash, cash equivalents and bank overdrafts at end of year |
21 |
110.4 |
123.7 |
14.5 |
54.8 |
The notes on pages 92 to 136 of the Annual Report form part of the Accounts.
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