First Choice PLC 5 Year Summary

  2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
  IFRS IFRS UK GAAP UK GAAP UK GAAP
Profit and loss account  £m £m £m £m £m
Revenue  2,715.3 2,441.6 2,317.5 2,249.1 2,183.3
 
Underlying profit before tax  117.2 115.0 98.3 87.1 72.5
Taxation on profits of joint venture and associate  (1.2) (0.9) - - -
Amortisation of business combination intangibles  (11.3) (1.9) - - -
Amortisation of goodwill (UK GAAP only)  - - (23.6) (22.5) (21.4)
Separately disclosed items  (5.8) - (0.2) (16.8) (5.7)
Impairment of goodwill  (1.4) - - - -
Profit before taxation  97.5 112.2 74.5 47.8 45.4
Taxation  (25.2) (31.9) (28.4) (15.6) (19.3)
Profit after taxation  72.3 80.3 46.1 32.2 26.1
 
Earnings per ordinary share  13.7p 13.5p 6.2p 3.6p 2.5p
Dividends per ordinary share relating to the year  7.65p 6.6p 5.5p 5.0p 4.5p
 
  2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
  IFRS IFRS UK GAAP UK GAAP UK GAAP
Balance sheet  £m £m £m £m £m
Non-current assets  1,090.8 889.7 699.7 717.9 737.0
Current assets  572.0 449.9 692.6 666.7 641.3
Current liabilities  (979.3) (912.8) (760.6) (759.6) (711.3)
Net current liabilities  (407.3) (462.9) (68.0) (92.9) (70.0)
Total assets less current liabilities  683.5 426.8 631.7 625.0 667.0
Non-current liabilities excluding provisions  (371.3) (117.2) (80.6) (87.6) (88.2)
Provisions  (30.2) (33.4) (63.8) (59.6) (87.0)
Minority interests  - - (0.2) (0.1) (0.2)
Net assets  282.0 276.2 487.1 477.7 491.6
 
  2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
  IFRS IFRS UK GAAP UK GAAP UK GAAP
Cash flow  £m £m £m £m £m
Operating profit  72.3 80.3 75.2 68.4 48.7
Other items related to operating activities  15.1 41.5 97.2 63.8 107.3
Total cash flows from operating activities  87.4 121.8 172.4 132.2 156.0
 
Dividends received from associate  0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Acquisition/(disposal) of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired  (108.1) (33.1) (10.1) (9.0) (24.6)
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment  (59.6) (65.8) (54.6) (59.6) (46.1)
Cash flows from other investing activities  20.4 11.2 24.7 19.7 18.4
Total cash flows from investing activities  (146.8) (87.4) (39.7) (48.6) (52.0)
 
Proceeds from new loans  213.2 30.9 5.4 9.4 8.1
Ordinary dividends paid  (34.7) (28.7) (25.9) (23.0) (20.9)
Preference dividends paid  - (11.0) (13.5) (13.5) (13.5)
Redemption of preference shares  - (199.5) - - -
Cash flows from other financing activities  (44.3) (13.7) (77.7) (75.1) (60.9)
Total cash flows from financing activities  134.2 (222.0) (111.7) (102.2) (87.2)
 
Increase/(decrease) in cash  74.8 (187.6) 21.0 (18.6) 16.8