Financials

Consolidated cash flow statement

	Notes	2009 £m	2008 £m
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operating activities before special pension contribution	27	496.6	352.0
Special pension contribution		–	(33.3)
Cash generated from operating activities		496.6	318.7
Interest received		5.5	30.1
Interest paid		(65.9)	(96.2)
Income tax paid		(17.5)	(27.3)
Net cash generated from operating activities		418.7	225.3
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of property, plant and equipment (PPE)		(176.2)	(222.6)
Purchase of intangible fixed assets		(6.3)	(8.2)
Proceeds from sale of PPE		10.0	15.8
Acquisition of companies and businesses, net of cash acquired	30	(11.2)	(40.9)
Disposal of companies and businesses	8	4.4	(2.1)
Purchase of available-for-sale investments		(0.8)	–
Dividends received from associates		1.8	1.1
Net cash flows from investing activities		(178.3)	(256.9)
Cash flows from financing activities
Dividends paid to equity shareholders	10	–	(106.7)
Dividends paid to minority interests		(2.5)	(1.6)
Interest element of finance lease payments		(1.1)	(1.2)
Capital element of finance lease payments		(9.3)	(8.6)
(Repayments)/new loans		(216.0)	228.8
Net cash flows from financing activities		(228.9)	110.7
Net increase in cash and bank overdrafts	28	11.5	79.1
Cash and bank overdrafts at beginning of year	18	62.4	86.5
Exchange losses on cash and bank overdrafts		(14.2)	(103.2)
Cash and bank overdrafts at end of the financial year	18	59.7	62.4