Consolidated cash flow statement

For the year ended December 31, 2007
  Notes 2007
£m
Restated*
2006
£m
Reconciliation of cash flows from operating activities      
Profit before taxation   733 1,391
Share of profit of joint ventures 10 (66) (47)
Loss/(profit) on sale or termination of businesses 25 2 (1)
Loss/(profit) on sale of property, plant and equipment   1 (9)
Net interest payable 4 6 18
Net post-retirement scheme financing 4 (30) (3)
Net other financing 4 (197) (713)
Taxation paid   (71) (25)
Amortisation of intangible assets 8 63 60
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment 9 170 161
Decrease in provisions   (42) (36)
Increase in inventories   (359) (226)
Increase in trade and other receivables   (128) (397)
Increase in trade and other payables   778 879
Decrease in other financial assets and liabilities   357 250
Additional cash funding of post-retirement schemes   (441) (21)
Share-based payments charge 21 36 36
Transfers of hedge reserves to income statement 16 (149) (289)
Dividends received from joint ventures 10 42 44
Net cash inflow from operating activities   705 1,072
Cash flows from investing activities      
Additions of unlisted investments   (5)
Additions to intangible assets   (294) (219)
Disposals of intangible assets   7
Purchases of property, plant and equipment   (304) (298)
Disposals of property, plant and equipment   47 55
Acquisition of businesses 25 (6) (5)
Disposals of businesses 25 3 1
Investments in joint ventures   (13) (11)
Disposals of joint ventures   1
Net cash outflow from investing activities   (572) (469)
Cash flows from financing activities      
Borrowings due within one year – repayment of loans   (350) (53)
Capital element of finance lease payments   (5) (8)
Net cash outflow from decrease in borrowings   (355) (61)
Interest received   95 84
Interest paid   (93) (96)
Interest element of finance lease payments   (3) (2)
(Increase)/decrease in government securities and corporate bonds   (6) 3
Issue of ordinary shares   29 9
Purchase of own shares   (77) (44)
Other transactions in own shares   34 78
Redemption of B Shares   (97) (93)
Net cash outflow from financing activities   (473) (122)
(Decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents   (340) 481
Cash and cash equivalents at January 1   2,171 1,745
Foreign exchange   41 (60)
Net cash of businesses acquired/disposed   5
Cash and cash equivalents at December 31   1,872 2,171
Reconciliation of increase in cash and cash equivalents to movements in net funds      
(Decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents   (340) 481
Cash outflow/(inflow) from increase/(decrease) in government securities and corporate bonds   6 (3)
Net cash outflow from decrease in borrowings   355 61
Change in net funds resulting from cash flows   21 539
Net funds of businesses acquired   1
Exchange adjustments   41 (49)
Fair value adjustments   (18) 77
Movement in net funds   44 568
Net funds at January 1 excluding the fair value of swaps   829 261
Net funds at December 31 excluding the fair value of swaps   873 829
Fair value of swaps hedging fixed rate borrowings   15 (3)
Net funds at December 31   888 826
* See notes 11 and 15.
The movement in net funds (defined by the Group as including the items shown below) is as follows:
  At
January 1,
2007
£m


Cash flow
£m
Exchange
adjustments
£m
Fair value
adjustments
£m
Reclassi-
fications
£m
At
December 31,
2007
£m
Cash at bank and in hand 757 465 43 1,265
Overdrafts (14) (11) (25)
Short-term deposits 1,428 (794) (2) 632
Cash and cash equivalents 2,171 (340) 41 1,872
Investments 34 6 40
Other borrowings due within one year (379) 350 27 (2) (4)
Borrowings due after one year (983) (45) 2 (1,026)
Finance leases (14) 5 (9)
  829 21 41 (18) 873
Fair value of swaps hedging fixed rate borrowings (3)     18   15
  826 21 41 888

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