 |
| |
2000 |
1999 |
| |
£million |
£million |
|
| Profit for the financial
year |
34.2 |
20.0 |
|
| Dividends - ordinary shares |
- |
(8.6) |
|
| Dividends - redeemable B
shares |
(0.1) |
- |
|
| Amounts transferred to reserves |
34.1 |
11.4 |
|
| Redemption of redeemable
B shares (including issue costs) |
(20.7) |
- |
|
| Currency translation differences |
19.4 |
2.2 |
|
| Taxation on currency translation
differences on foreign currency borrowings |
(2.0) |
(1.0) |
|
| Net increase in shareholders’
funds |
30.8 |
12.6 |
|
| At beginning of the financial
year |
380.4 |
367.8 |
|
| At end of the financial
year |
411.2 |
380.4 |
|
