The British Land Company PLC

Financial Statements

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement

Annual Report & Accounts 2007

For the year ended 31 March 2007

  Note 2007
£m
2006
£m
Cash generated from operations 19 479 455
       
Interest paid   (334) (392)
Interest received   11 13
UK corporation tax paid     (10)
Foreign tax paid   (2) (3)
Distributions received - funds and joint ventures   32 25
 - other investments   18 16
Net cash inflow from operating activities   204 104
       
Cash flows from investing activities      
Purchase of investment properties and development expenditure   (655) (402)
Sale of investment properties   711 1,889
Foreign tax paid on property sales     (8)
Purchase of investments   (8) (3)
Sale of investments   10  
Investment in and loans to funds and joint ventures   (203) (21)
Capital distributions received from funds, joint ventures and other investments   113 277
Sale of shares and loans repaid by funds and joint ventures   6 69
Purchase of subsidiary companies (net of cash acquired)*   (13) (815)
Net cash (outflow) inflow from investing activities   (39) 986
       
Cash flows from financing activities      
Issue of ordinary shares   10 4
Purchase of ESOP shares   (16) (10)
Dividends paid   (91) (84)
Issue of Meadowhall Finance PLC securitised debt   840  
Redemption of MSC (Funding) PLC securitised debt   (897)  
Issue of British Land debentures   263  
Amounts paid on exchange of British Land debentures   (240)  
Redemption of British Land debentures   (20)  
Issue of BL Superstores Finance PLC securitised debt     753
Redemption of BLSSP (Funding) PLC securitised debt     (705)
Repayment of debt acquired with subsidiary companies   (305) (398)
Increase (decrease) in bank and other borrowings   354 (669)
Net cash outflow from financing activities   (102) (1,109)
       
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents   63 (19)
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 April 2006   128 147
Cash and cash equivalents at 31 March 2007   191 128
       
Cash and cash equivalents consists of:      
Cash and short-term deposits   198 133
Overdrafts   (7) (5)
    191 128
* Properties of £588m acquired through corporate structures in the year ended 31 March 2007.

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