TABLE OF CONTENTS Understanding the key influences on the cash position of a business and its rate of cash burn are fundamental in determining its prospects of survival. Users of the international cash flow statement will notice some significant changes to the UK equivalent both in terms of its presentation and in the fundamental issue of what the statement is reconciling.
Consolidated cash flow statements
for the years ended 31 March
| 2005 | 2004 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Notes | US$m | US$m | |
| Net cash inflow from operating activities | 25 | 2,792 | 2,292 |
| Dividends received from associates | 47 | 25 | |
| Returns on investments and servicing of finance | |||
| Interest received | 94 | 53 | |
| Interest paid | (228) | (216) | |
| Interest element of finance lease rental payments | (2) | (3) | |
| Dividends received from other investments | 10 | 9 | |
| Dividends paid to minority interests | (172) | (154) | |
| Net cash outflow from returns on investments and servicing of finance | (298) | (311) | |
| Taxation paid | (625) | (456) | |
| Capital expenditure and financial investments | |||
| Purchase of tangible fixed assets | (768) | (576) | |
| Sale of tangible fixed assets | 30 | 27 | |
| Purchase of investments | (19) | (217) | |
| Sale of investments | 475 | 6 | |
| Net cash outflow for capital expenditure and financial investments | (282) | (760) | |
| Acquisitions and disposals | |||
| Purchase of subsidiary undertakings | 29 | (24) | (338) |
| Net cash/(overdraft) acquired with subsidiary undertakings | 29 | 1 | (160) |
| Purchase of shares from minorities | 29 | (793) | (20) |
| Purchase of shares in associates |
