Principal subsidiary undertakings

For the years ended December 31
Income statement/Profit and loss account Notes 2007
£m
2006
£m
2005
£m
2004
£m
20031
£m
Revenue/Group turnover   7,435 7,156 6,603 5,947 5,645
Profit before net research and development and share of joint venture profit   827 1,016 1,113 686 499
Research and development (net) 1 (381) (370) (282) (288) (281)
Share of profit of joint ventures 2 66 47 46 19 52
Profit before financing/profit on ordinary activities before interest   512 693 877 417 270
Net financing/interest payable 3 221 698 (400) (53) (90)
Profit before taxation   733 1,391 477 364 180
Taxation 4 (133) (397) (130) (100) (64)
Profit for the year   600 994 347 264 116
             
Attributable to:            
Equity holders of the parent   606 998 350 263 116
Minority interests   (6) (4) (3) 1
    600 994 347 264 116
             
Notes            
1 Research and development (gross)   (824) (747) (663) (601) (619)
2 Under Adopted IFRS, share of profit of joint ventures is net of share of interest and taxation charges of   (28) (35) (34) (31)
3 Under UK GAAP, interest payable includes the joint ventures share of   (24)
4 Under UK GAAP, taxation includes the joint ventures share of   (10)
             
Earnings per ordinary share:            
Underlying – Adopted IFRS   34.06p 29.81p 24.48p 15.62p
Basic – Adopted IFRS   33.67p 57.32p 20.11p 15.56p
Underlying – UK GAAP   12.20p
Basic – UK GAAP   7.04p
             
Payments to shareholders per ordinary share   13.00p 9.59p 8.72p 8.18p 8.18p
           
Balance sheet 2007
£m
20062
£m
20052
£m
20042
£m
20031,2
£m
Assets 11,459 10,798 9,627 8,419 7,689
Liabilities (7,910) (8,073) (8,122) (6,973) (5,546)
  3,549 2,725 1,505 1,446 2,143
           
Called-up share capital 364 356 352 346 333
Reserves 3,173 2,362 1,147 1,096 1,807
Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent 3,537 2,718 1,499 1,442 2,140
Minority interests 12 7 6 4 3
  3,549 2,725 1,505 1,446 2,143
           
           
Cash flow 2007
£m
2006
£m
2005
£m
2004
£m
20031
£m
Cash inflow from operating activities 705 1,072 1,060 610 673
Cash outflow from investing activities – Adopted IFRS (572) (469) (289) (237)
Capital expenditure and financial investment – UK GAAP (198)
Acquisitions and disposals – UK GAAP (16)
Cash (outflow)/inflow from financing activities – Adopted IFRS (473) (122) (443) 189
Interest, dividends and taxation – UK GAAP (176)
Management of liquid resources – UK GAAP (90)
Financing – UK GAAP (17)
(Decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents (Adopted IFRS)/Increase in cash (UK GAAP) (340) 481 328 562 176
  1. Amounts as previously reported under UK GAAP.
  2. Progress payments received against other inventory previously included within 'Inventory' have been reclassified to 'Trade and other payables'. Post-retirement scheme surpluses netted against post-retirement scheme deficits in 2006 have been separately disclosed.

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