Issued and fully paid ordinary share capital £million		Issued and fully paid B share capital £million		Share premium account £million		Capital redemption reserve £million		Profit & loss account £million		Total £million
Group
At 1 January 2001			21.6		2.0		1.1		20.4		366.1		411.2
Retained profit for the year			-		-		-		-		4.6		4.6
Goodwill on disposal of business acquired prior to 1 January 1998 charged to profit and loss account			-		-		-		-		0.7		0.7
Currency translation differences			-		-		-		-		5.0		5.0
Taxation on currency translation differences on foreign currency borrowings			-		-		-		-		(1.0)		(1.0)
Share option scheme allotments			-		-		0.1		-		-		0.1
Issue of B shares			-		23.3		-		-		(23.4)		(0.1)
Redemption of B shares			-		(23.0)		-		23.0		(23.0)		(23.0)
At 31 December 2001			21.6		2.3		1.2		43.4		329.0		397.5
At 31 December 2001, the cumulative amount of goodwill written off to reserves for businesses acquired prior to 1 January 1998 amounted to £55.3 million (2000: £56.0 million).
	Issued and fully paid ordinary share capital £million		Issued and fully paid B share capital £million		Share premium account £million		Capital redemption reserve £million		Other reserves £million		Profit & loss account £million		Total £million
Company
At 1 January 2001	21.6		2.0		1.1		20.4		311.7		267.6		624.4
Retained loss for the year	-		-		-		-		-		(112.2)		(112.2)
Impairment of investments	-		-		-		-		(106.0)		106.0		-
Share option scheme allotments	-		-		0.1		-		-		-		0.1
Issue of B shares	-		23.3		-		-		(23.4)		-		(0.1)
Redemption of B shares	-		(23.0)		-		23.0		-		(23.0)		(23.0)
At 31 December 2001	21.6		2.3		1.2		43.4		182.3		238.4		489.2
The authorised share capital of the Company at 31 December 2001 was £32.0 million (2000: £32.0million) in 5 pence ordinary shares and £125 million (2000: £125 million) in 1 penny redeemable B shares. The allotted, called up and fully paid 5 pence ordinary ordinary shares comprise:
											Number ’000		Share capital £million
At 1 January 2001											431,463		21.6
Share option scheme allotments											113		-
At 31 December 2001											431,576		21.624
The allotted, called up and fully paid 1 penny redeemable B shares comprise:
											Number ’000		B share capital £million
At 1 January 2001											205,920		2.0
Issue of B shares											2,330,526		23.3
Redemption of B shares											(2,306,066)		(23.0)
At 31 December 2001											230,380		2.3

On 2 May 2001, 1,424,208,409 redeemable B shares were issued to ordinary shareholders at the rate of 3.3 redeemable B shares for every 1 ordinary share held. On 2 November 2001, 906,318,079 redeemable B shares were issued to ordinary shareholders at a rate of 2.1 redeemable B shares for every 1 ordinary share held. Holders of redeemable B shares are entitled, in priority to holders of ordinary shares, to a non-cumulative preferential dividend per share at a rate of 75 per cent of six month sterling LIBOR payable six monthly in arrears. In the event of a winding up of the Company, repayment is limited to the nominal value of the shares. Holders are not entitled to vote at any general meeting except if a resolution to wind up the Company is to be considered.

Holders of redeemable B shares were given the opportunity to redeem their shares on 2 May 2001 and 2 November 2001. As a result, 2,306,065,918 redeemable B shares were purchased for cash at their nominal value of 1 penny (£23.0 million in value) and cancelled.

At 31 December 2001, certain directors and employees held the following options to subscribe for ordinary shares of 5 pence each.

	Exercise price per share		2001 Number		2000 Number
Share option scheme 1987 normally exercisable between:
30 April 1994 and 30 April 2001	153.7p		-		265,589
1 May 1995 and 1 May 2002	119.1p		182.902		249,969
11 May 1996 and 11 May 2003	168.5p		125,146		291,916
13 September 1997 and 13 September 2004	184.8p		149,263		399,852
19 September 1998 and 19 September 2005	152.5p		148,026		232,321
5 November 1999 and 5 November 2006	132.8p		160,657		259,456
			765,994		1,699,103
Share option scheme 1998 normally exercisable between:
6 April 2001 and 6 April 2008	137.0p		129,403		202,950
15 September 2001 and 15 September 2008	86.0p		139,534		218,022
1 April 2002 and 1 April 2009	92.8p		286,604		490,666
31 March 2003 and 31 March 2010	69.5p		2,683,927		3,156,220
7 March 2004 and 7 March 2011	97.9p		2,751,343		-
10 September 2004 and 10 September 2011	56.5p		2,545,264		-
			8,536,075		4,067,858
UK savings-related share option scheme 1989 exercisable within six months of:
1 November 1998 or 1 November 2000	154.3p		-		605
1 November 1999 or 1 November 2001	147.2p		12,810		42,474
1 January 2000 or 1 January 2002	111.4p		35,968		107,980
1 November 2000 or 1 November 2002	123.6p		48,416		50,647
			97,194		201,706
UK savings-related share option scheme 1998 exercisable within six months of:
1 November 2001 or 1 November 2003	94.2p		176,382		237,640
1 December 2002 or 1 December 2004	93.4p		115,053		190,644
1 June 2003 or 1 June 2005	53.4p		837,133		1,328,645
1 May 2004 or 1 May 2006	78.3p		231,570		-
1 December 2004 or 1 December 2006	45.2p		801,467		-
			2,161,605		1,756,929
US savings-related share option scheme exercisable within three months of:
10 April 2002	80.0p		340,936		882,776
1 March 2003	85.0p		76,394		-
2 October 2003	34.0p		1,105,816		-
			1,523,146		882,776
Performance Share Plan exercisable between:
1 January 2001 and 2 May 2005	1.0p		-		274,747
1 January 2002 and 14 October 2006	1.0p		479,600		694,476
1 January 2003 and 11 April 2007	1.0p		664,059		933,900
1 January 2004 and 31 January 2008	1.0p		1,006,258		-
			2,149,917		1,903,123