| Notes | 2006 £m |
2005 £m |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2, 3 | 7,156 | 6,603 |
| Cost of sales | (5,527) | (4,924) | |
| Gross profit | 1,629 | 1,679 | |
| Other operating income | 4 | 57 | 60 |
| Commercial and administrative costs | (671) | (624) | |
| Research and development costs | (370) | (282) | |
| Share of profit of joint ventures | 11 | 47 | 46 |
| Operating profit | 692 | 879 | |
| Profit/(loss) on sale of businesses | 32 | 1 | (2) |
| Profit before financing income/(costs) | 693 | 877 | |
| Financing income | 5 | 1,196 | 472 |
| Financing costs | 5 | (498) | (872) |
| Net financing income/(costs) | 698 | (400) | |
| Profit before taxation* | 4 | 1,391 | 477 |
| Taxation | 6 | (397) | (130) |
| Profit for the year | 994 | 347 | |
| Attributable to: | |||
| Equity holders of the parent | 998 | 350 | |
| Minority interests | 26 | (4) | (3) |
| Profit for the year | 994 | 347 | |
| Earnings per ordinary share: | |||
| Basic | 7 | 57.32p | 20.11p |
| Diluted | 7 | 55.14p | 19.31p |
| Payments to shareholders in respect of the year | (172) | (154) | |
| * Underlying profit before taxation | 2 | 705 | 593 |