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Group financial record

2009
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Income statement
Revenue – continuing operations
UK Retail 8,164.3 8,309.1 7,977.5 7,275.0 7,034.7
International Retail 897.8 712.9 610.6 522.7 455.8
Operating profit – continuing operations
UK Retail 755.0 1,095.9 956.7 784.5 528.0
International Retail 115.7 115.4 89.2 65.6 70.1
Total operating profit 870.7 1,211.3 1,045.9 850.1 598.1
 
Net interest payable (199.9) (141.1) (130.0) (121.9) (104.4)
Pension finance income 35.4 58.9 20.8 17.5 11.4
Profit on ordinary activities before taxation – continuing operations 706.2 1,129.1 936.7 745.7 505.1
 
Analysed between:
Before property disposals and exceptional items 604.4 1,007.1 965.2 751.4 556.1
Profit/(loss) on property disposals 6.4 27.0 1.9 (5.7) (0.4)
Exceptional pension credit 231.3 95.0 – – –
Exceptional finance costs – – (30.4) – –
Exceptional operating costs (135.9) – – – (50.6)
Income tax expense (199.4) (308.1) (277.5) (225.1) (150.1)
Profit after taxation 506.8 821.0 659.2 520.6 355.0
Profit from discontinued operations – – 0.7 2.5 231.2
Minority interests 1.2 0.7 – – –
Profit attributable to shareholders 508.0 821.7 659.9 523.1 586.2
2009
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Balance sheet
Non-current assets
Intangible non-current assets 400.3 305.5 194.1 163.5 165.4
Property, plant and equipment (including investment properties) 4,858.8 4,729.0 4,069.6 3,614.3 3,624.8
Joint venture and other financial assets 16.8 12.6 12.3 12.3 9.0
Retirement benefit asset – 504.0 – – –
Trade and other receivables 590.8 428.2 247.0 242.8 211.2
Deferred tax assets 1.6 – 11.6 83.9 73.0
Non-current assets 5,868.3 5,979.3 4,534.6 4,116.8 4,083.4
Current assets 1,389.8 1,181.7 846.4 1,142.1 832.3
Total assets 7,258.1 7,161.0 5,381.0 5,258.9 4,915.7
Current liabilities (2,306.9) (1,988.9) (1,606.2) (2,017.0) (1,237.4)
Non-current liabilities
Retirement benefit deficit (152.2) (20.5) (283.3) (794.9) (676.0)
Other non-current liabilities1 (2,698.4) (3,187.6) (1,843.3) (1,243.3) (2,044.7)
Total liabilities (5,157.5) (5,197.0) (3,732.8) (4,055.2) (3,958.1)
Net assets 2,100.6 1,964.0 1,648.2 1,203.7 957.6
  1. Non-current deferred tax assets have been restated by £48.4m in 2005 and 2006 due to a change in accounting policy.
2009
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Cash flow
Cash flows from operating activities
Generated from operating activities1 1,371.9 1,236.0 1,443.3 1,197.5 1,601.8
Taxation paid (81.3) (166.2) (150.8) (101.5) (166.7)
Cash flows from operating activities 1,290.6 1,069.8 1,292.5 1,096.0 1,435.1
Cash flows from investing activities
Acquisitions and disposals – (46.4) 48.8 – 351.1
Capital expenditure and financial investment (609.6) (924.6) (712.8) (266.3) (113.5)
Interest received 12.7 4.8 13.2 12.9 15.4
Cash flows from investing activities (596.9) (966.2) (650.8) (253.4) 253.0
Cash flows from financing activities
Interest paid2 (197.1) (88.9) (145.0) (142.8) (116.5)
Non-equity dividend paid – – – – (2.8)
Other debt financing 66.2 954.5 (479.2) (420.0) 757.1
Equity dividends paid (354.6) (343.6) (260.6) (204.1) (236.9)
Other equity financing (35.6) (556.2) 9.2 55.8 (2,265.1)
Cash flows from financing activities (521.1) (34.2) (875.6) (711.1) (1,864.2)
Net cash (outflow)/inflow from activities 172.6 69.4 (233.9) 131.5 (176.1)
  1. 2009 includes £27.4m of exceptional operating cash flows.
  2. 2007 includes £21.6m of exceptional finance costs.