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Five Year Summary

Source: Extract from Annual Report 2005

as at 31 December
 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
 IFRS IFRS UK GAAP1 UK GAAP1 UK GAAP1
 £m £m £m £m £m
Income statement2         
Sales including Group’s share of equity accounted investments         
Electronics,Intelligence & Support3,697 3,063 – – –
Land & Armaments1,270 482 – – –
Programmes2,819 2,219 2,374 2,060 2,817
Customer Solutions & Support2,923 2,856 2,042 2,133 1,978
Integrated Systems & Partnerships1,834 2,022 – – –
Commercial Aerospace3,232 2,924 2,904 2,716 3,051
HQ and other businesses69 73 281 300 342
Avionics3– – 650 727 632
North America– – 2,636 2,561 2,538
International Partnerships– – 1,685 1,648 1,780
Intra-segment sales(433) (417) – – –
 15,411 13,222 12,572 12,145 13,138
EBITA4         
Electronics,Intelligence & Support324 256 – – –
Land & Armaments42 (8) – – –
Programmes133 10 56 69 161
Customer Solutions & Support419 497 411 454 414
Integrated Systems & Partnerships109 95 – – –
Commercial Aerospace179 201 204 195 213
HQ and other businesses(24) (35) – (18) 11
Avionics– – 12 66 109
North America– – 232 247 250
International Partnerships– – 65 (11) 102
 1,182 1,016 980 1,002 1,260
Amortisation and impairment(122) (110) (518) (615) (495)
Exceptional items (UK GAAP only)– – (9) (797) (518)
Finance costs including share of equity accounted investments(215) (176) (220) (206) (177)
Profit/(loss) before taxation845 730 233 (616) 70
Taxation including share of equity accounted investments(262) (273) (225) (70) (198)
Profit/(loss) for the year from continuing operations583 457 8 (686) (128)
Loss for the year from discontinued operations(28) (454) – – –
Profit/(loss) for the year555 3 8 (686) (128)
          
Balance sheet         
Intangible assets8,217 6,115 6,000 6,417 6,909
Property,plant and equipment,and investment property1,922 1,901 1,699 1,709 1,776
Non-current investments1,730 1,535 1,710 1,515 1,457
Inventories485 498 775 768 1,046
Payables (excluding cash on customers’ account) less receivables(4,596) (3,891) (3,126) (2,887) (2,829)
Other financial assets and liabilities(7) – – – –
Retirement benefit obligations(4,101) (3,210) 362 315 357
Provisions (current and non-current)(718) (491) (749) (858) (1,132)
Tax,net1,012 876 (195) 4 (95)
Net debt(1,277) (668) (870) (1,298) (831)
Disposal groups held for sale137 – – – –
Minority interests(16) (10) (15) (20) (20)
Shareholders’ funds2,788 2,655 5,591 5,665 6,638

 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
 IFRS IFRS UK GAAP1 UK GAAP1 UK GAAP1
Movement in net debt as defined by the Group£m £m £m £m £m
Cash flow from operating activities2,099 2,350 836 136  
Net capital expenditure5(250) (285) (248) (183)  
Dividends from equity accounted investments88 69 37 78  
Operating business cash flow1,937 2,134 625 31 510
Acquisitions and disposals(1,836) (630) (62) 41 98
Finance costs(152) (179) (117) (150) (189)
Tax and dividends(342) (312) (227) (391) (381)
Other non-cash movements(52) 9 121 (136) –
Net proceeds from equity issues373 – – 32 30
Exchange movements(219) 129 72 97 –
Net increase/(decrease) in net funds(291) 1,151 412 (476) 68
Movement in cash on customers’ account(35) (13) 16 9 –
Movement in net debt(326) 1,138 428 (467) 68
Opening net debt(668) (870) (1,298) (831) (899)
Impact of IFRS transition(283) (936) – – –
Closing net debt(1,277) (668) (870) (1,298) (831)

The reconciliation of operating business cash flow is presented for 2002 to 2005 only.
Other information
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
Basic earnings/(loss) per share – total17.4p (0.6)p (0.5)p (23.2)p (5.1)p
Basic earnings per share – underlying622.5p 17.4p 16.6p 17.3p 23.4p
Dividend per ordinary share10.3p 9.5p 9.2p 9.2p 9.0p
Number of employees,excluding share of employees of equity accounted investments,at year end74,000 73,300 68,400 68,100 70,110
Capital expenditure including leased assets£347m £359m £243m £274m £287m
Order book including the Group’s share of equity accounted investments£59.8bn £50.1bn £46.0bn £42.5bn £43.8bn


To aid comparison, certain presentational changes have been made to the IFRS amounts in 2004 and 2005.

1 for the years ended 31 December 2001 to 2003, the information is presented on a UK GAAP basis. The nature of the adjustments that would be required to restate this information on an IFRS basis are presented in note 36 to the financial statements
2 for the years ended 31 December 2001 to 2003, the business group information presented under UK GAAP has not been restated to reflect the changes made to the business groups in 2005
3for the years ended 31 December 2004 and 2005, the Avionics business group is presented as discontinued operations under IFRS
4 for the years ended 31 December 2004 and 2005 this is defined as earnings before interest, tax and amortisation. For the years ended 31 December 2001 to 2003, this is defined as profit before interest and tax, excluding goodwill amortisation and impairment, and exceptional items
5 includes expenditure on property, plant and equipment, investment property, intangible assets and other investments
6 for IFRS, underlying earnings is presented for continuing operations after adjusting for amortisation and impairment of intangible assets, non-cash finance movements on pensions and financial derivatives, and uplift on acquired inventories. For UK GAAP, underlying earnings is presented after adjusting for goodwill amortisation and impairment, and exceptional items

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