10 Investments

Joint ventures Other1
  Shares
at cost
£m
Share of post
acquisition
reserves
£m
Loans
£m
Total
£m
Unlisted
£m
At January 1, 2006 131 98 18 247 52
Exchange adjustments (4) (13) (17)
Additions 8 3 11 1
Taxation paid by the Group 2  
Impairment (21) 17 (6) (10) 2
Share of retained profit 13 13
Disposals (4) (1) (1) (6) 3 (2)
At January 1, 2007 110 116 14 240 51
Exchange adjustments 1 5 6
Additions 13 13 6
Taxation paid by the Group 2 2
Share of retained profit 24 24
Disposals (1) (1)
At December 31, 2007 124 146 14 284 57
1 These primarily comprise floating rate convertible loan stock.
2 Impairment charge of £10m recognised in 2006 to reflect the write down of the Group's investment in Pembroke Group to its recoverable amount of £1m. In addition, previous impairment charges in respect of Pembroke Group, which were all charged against share of post acquisition reserves, were reallocated in 2006.
3 Includes £5m for Data Systems & Solutions. The remaining 50 per cent of this joint venture was acquired during 2006 and as such it has been included in the consolidated results of the Group from the date of the transaction.
Investments in joint ventures are represented by:
  2007
£m
2006
£m
Share of aggregate assets:    
Non-current assets 4 658 585
Current assets 635 645
Share of aggregate liabilities: 5    
Current liabilities (523) (551)
Non-current liabilities (486) (439)
  284 240
4 Non-current assets include goodwill of 7 7
5 Liabilities include borrowings of (372) (358)
  2007
£m
2006
£m
Share of income 94 82
Share of interest (21) (23)
Share of taxation (7) (12)
Share of profit of joint ventures
recognised in the income statement
66 47
Dividend received (42) (44)
Share of retained profit 24 3

The tax charge on joint venture profits represents an effective tax rate of 10 per cent (2006 20 per cent), a decrease of 10 per cent. This results from a change in profit mix between joint ventures taxed at different effective rates.

The principal joint ventures are listed in Principal joint ventures

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