Key Financial Data
Group Income
Statement
Group
Statement of Recognised Income and Expense
Group
Balance Sheet
Group Cash Flow Statement
| For the year ended 31 December
2007 |
|
Notes |
2007
£ million |
2006
£ million |
| Cash flows from operating activities |
|
|
|
| Cash generated from operations |
2 |
230.2 |
160.2 |
| Tax paid |
|
(21.4) |
(26.2) |
| Net cash generated from operating
activities |
|
208.8 |
134.0 |
| Cash flows from investing
activities |
|
|
|
| Acquisitions (net of cash acquired) |
|
(0.4) |
(95.8) |
| Purchases of property, plant and equipment (PPE) |
|
(180.6) |
(128.0) |
| Proceeds from sale of PPE |
2 |
8.1 |
4.7 |
| Net cash used in investing activities |
|
(172.9) |
(219.1) |
| Cash flows from financing
activities |
|
|
|
| Net proceeds from issue of ordinary shares |
|
1.8 |
0.5 |
| Increase in long-term loans |
|
66.0 |
157.5 |
| Repayment of long-term loans |
|
(62.6) |
(43.7) |
| Net movement in short-term loans |
|
(7.1) |
0.1 |
| Interest received |
|
1.5 |
0.8 |
| Interest paid |
|
(12.8) |
(6.8) |
| Dividends paid to shareholders |
|
(19.2) |
(16.7) |
| Purchase of treasury shares |
|
(4.2) |
(2.6) |
| Net cash used in financing activities |
|
(36.6) |
89.1 |
| Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash
equivalents |
|
(0.7) |
4.0 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year |
|
10.0 |
6.0 |
| Exchange gain on cash and cash equivalents |
|
0.3 |
- |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of the
year |
3 |
9.6 |
10.0 |
| Reconciliation of net cash flow to movement in net
debt |
|
|
|
| For the year ended 31 December 2007 |
|
|
|
| (Decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents |
|
(0.7) |
4.0 |
| Cash outflow/(inflow) from movement in debt |
|
3.7 |
(113.9) |
| Changes in net debt arising from cash flows |
|
3.0 |
(109.9) |
| Exchange (losses)/gains |
|
(0.4) |
7.6 |
| Movement in net debt in period |
|
2.6 |
(102.3) |
| Net debt at beginning of period |
|
(205.2) |
(102.9) |
| Net debt at end of period |
18 |
(202.6) |
(205.2) |
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