Consolidated Cash Flow Statement |
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| YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 1999 | |||||||
| 1999 | 1998 | ||||||
| (restated) | |||||||
| (note 1) | |||||||
| Notes | £m | £m | |||||
| Cash flow from operating activities | 30(A) | 1,040.4 | 388.4 | ||||
| Dividends received from associated undertakings | 10.0 | 0.6 | |||||
| Returns on investments and servicing of finance | 30(B) | (109.0) | 53.1 | ||||
| Taxation | (203.8) | (169.5) | |||||
| Capital expenditure | 30(C) | (272.0) | (154.9) | ||||
| Financial investment | 30(D) | 58.3 | 432.0 | ||||
| Acquisitions and disposals | 30(E) | (2,230.8) | (169.4) | ||||
| Equity dividends paid | (203.3) | (186.0) | |||||
| Cash (outflow)/inflow before use of liquid resources and financing | (1,910.2) | 194.3 | |||||
| Management of liquid resources | 30(F) | 652.3 | (128.0) | ||||
| Financing | 30(G) | 1,246.0 | (52.6) | ||||
| INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CASH IN THE YEAR | (11.9) | 13.7 | |||||
| RECONCILIATION OF NET CASH FLOW TO MOVEMENT IN NET (DEBT)/CASH |
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| Increase/(decrease) in cash in the year | (11.9) | 13.7 | |||||
| Cash inflow/(outflow) from increase in debt and lease financing | (1,246.0) | 52.6 | |||||
| Cash outflow/(inflow) from decrease in liquid resources | (652.3) | 128.0 | |||||
| Change in net cash resulting from cash flows | (1,910.2) | 194.3 | |||||
| Loans and finance leases acquired with subsidiaries | - | (69.4) | |||||
| New finance leases | (10.4) | (6.5) | |||||
| Translation difference | (34.1) | (5.8) | |||||
| Movement in net (debt)/cash in the year | (1,954.7) | 112.6 | |||||
| Net cash at beginning of year | 30(H | ) | 284.9 | 172.3 | |||
| NET (DEBT)/CASH AT END OF YEAR | 30(H | ) | (1,669.8) | 284.9 | |||