Consolidated cash flow statement

 
For the year ended 31 December Notes 2010
£m 		2009
£m
Cash flows from operating activities


Cash generated from operating activities 27 405.5 496.6
Interest received
5.3 5.5
Interest paid
(48.3) (65.9)
Income tax paid
(35.0) (17.5)
Net cash generated from operating activities
327.5 418.7
Cash flows from investing activities


Purchase of property, plant and equipment (PPE)
(183.2) (176.2)
Purchase of intangible fixed assets
(9.4) (6.3)
Proceeds from sale of PPE
13.0 10.0
Acquisition of companies and businesses, net of cash acquired 30 (17.9) (11.2)
Disposal of companies and businesses 8 10.0 4.4
Purchase of available-for-sale investments
– (0.8)
Dividends received from associates
1.9 1.8
Net cash flows from investing activities
(185.6) (178.3)
Cash flows from financing activities


Dividends paid to non controlling interests
(2.6) (2.5)
Interest element of finance lease payments
(0.9) (1.1)
Capital element of finance lease payments
(7.4) (9.3)
Loan repayments
(122.9) (216.0)
Net cash flows from financing activities
(133.8) (228.9)
Net increase in cash and bank overdrafts 28 8.1 11.5
Cash and bank overdrafts at beginning of year 18 59.7 62.4
Exchange gains/(losses) on cash and bank overdrafts
5.9 (14.2)
Cash and bank overdrafts at end of the financial year 18 73.7 59.7