Unaudited condensed Group half-yearly financial statements

Group cash flow statement
for the six months ended 30 September 2009

			Six months ended 30 September					Year ended 31 March
	Notes		2009 US$m			2008 US$m			2009 US$m
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations	18(a)		472			476			1,102
Interest paid			(42	)		(86	)		(157	)
Interest received			7			10			29
Dividends received from associates			27			20			28
Tax paid			(16	)		(40	)		(39	)
Net cash inflow from operating activities			448			380			963
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of property, plant and equipment			(22	)		(34	)		(75	)
Purchase of other intangible assets			(113	)		(112	)		(230	)
Sale of property, plant and equipment			25			-			-
Purchase of investments in associates and available for sale financial assets			(1	)		(28	)		(29	)
Acquisition of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired			(9	)		(52	)		(179	)
Disposal of subsidiaries	13		(17	)		-			191
Net cash flows used in investing activities			(137	)		(226	)		(322	)
Cash flows from financing activities
Issue of ordinary shares			4			7			7
Receipt of share option proceeds			12			5			9
Purchase of own shares by employee trusts			(54	)		-			-
Purchase of own shares for employee share plans			(17	)		-			-
New borrowings			187			167			71
Repayment of borrowings			(336	)		(84	)		(278	)
Capital element of finance lease rental payments			(2	)		(2	)		(3	)
Net receipts/(payments) from derivative financial instruments held to manage currency profile			45			(38	)		(160	)
Net payments from equity swaps			-			(12	)		(11	)
Payment into bank deposit			-			-			(29	)
Dividends paid			(161	)		(131	)		(213	)
Net cash flows used in financing activities			(322	)		(88	)		(607	)
Exchange and other movements			19			(22	)		(37	)
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents – continuing operations			8			44			(3	)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents – discontinued operations	13		-			(23	)		(17	)
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents			8			21			(20	)
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 April			127			147			147
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period			135			168			127

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