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Consolidated Cash Flow Statement
Year ended 31 December 2006
| All figures in £ millions |
Notes |
2006 |
2005 |
| Cash flows from operating activities |
|
|
|
| Cash generated from operations |
31 |
621 |
653 |
| Interest paid |
|
(106) |
(101) |
| Tax paid |
|
(59) |
(65) |
| Net cash generated from operating activities |
|
456 |
487 |
| Cash flows from investing activities |
|
|
|
| Acquisition of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired |
28 |
(363) |
(246) |
| Acquisition of joint ventures and associates |
|
(4) |
(7) |
| Purchase of property, plant and equipment (PPE) |
|
(68) |
(76) |
| Proceeds from sale of PPE |
31 |
8 |
3 |
| Purchase of intangible assets |
|
(29) |
(24) |
| Purchase of other financial assets |
|
– |
(2) |
| Disposal of subsidiaries, net of cash disposed |
30 |
10 |
376 |
| Disposal of joint ventures and associates |
|
– |
54 |
| Interest received |
|
24 |
29 |
| Dividends received from joint ventures and associates |
|
45 |
14 |
| Net cash (used in)/generated from investing activities |
|
(377) |
121 |
| Cash flows from financing activities |
|
|
|
| Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares |
25 |
11 |
4 |
| Purchase of treasury shares |
26 |
(36) |
(21) |
| Proceeds from borrowings |
|
84 |
– |
| Liquid resources acquired |
|
(24) |
– |
| Repayments of borrowings |
|
(145) |
(79) |
| Finance lease principal payments |
|
(3) |
(3) |
| Dividends paid to Company’s shareholders |
10 |
(220) |
(205) |
| Dividends paid to minority interests |
|
(15) |
(17) |
| Net cash used in financing activities |
|
(348) |
(321) |
| Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents |
|
(44) |
13 |
| Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents |
|
(313) |
300 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year |
|
844 |
544 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of year |
20 |
531 |
844 |
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