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  The following information is provided for the convenience of US shareholders in accordance with the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange. The principal financial statements, prepared under UK GAAP and in sterling, have been translated into US$ – the consolidated profit and loss account, consolidated statement of recognised gains and losses and consolidated cash flow statement at average exchange rates and the consolidated balance sheet at period end exchange rates. The exchange rates used are given in Note 5 to the financial statements.
   
 
Consolidated profit and loss account                    
      2000       1999       1998
  Business Other Total   Business Other Total   Business Other Total
  $m $m $m   $m $m $m   $m $m $m
Turnover 27,480 – 27,480   27,210 – 27,210   26,563 – 26,563
                       
Cost of sales (5,793) (230) (6,023)   (6,375) (646) (7,021)   (6,511) (76) (6,587)
Gross profit 21,687 (230) 21,457   20,835 (646) 20,189   20,052 (76) 19,976
Selling, general and                      
  administrative expenditure (10,232) (614) (10,846)   (9,998) (120) (10,118)   (9,528) (226) (9,754)
Research and development                      
  expenditure (3,815) (24) (3,839)   (3,704) – (3,704)   (3,441) – (3,441)
                         
Trading profit 7,640 (868) 6,772   7,133 (766) 6,367   7,083 (302) 6,781
Other operating income/(expense) 416 – 416   669 – 669   367 – 367
Operating profit 8,056 (868) 7,188   7,802 (766) 7,036   7,450 (302) 7,148
Share of profits/(losses) of                      
  joint ventures and associates 99 (12) 87   24 (13) 11   36 – 36
Profit on disposal of interest in associate 219 – 219   63 – 63   – – –
Profit on dissolution of joint venture – – –   – – –   95 – 95
Product divestments – 2,152 2,152   – – –   – – –
Merger transaction costs – (184) (184)   – – –   – – –
Disposal of businesses:                      
Provision for loss on disposal – – –   – – –   – (1,044) (1,044)
Loss on disposal – (21) (21)   – (1,028) (1,028)   – – –
Utilisation of provision – – –   – 1,043 1,043   – – –
Profit before interest 8,374 1,067 9,441   7,889 (764) 7,125   7,581 (1,346) 6,235
Net interest payable (277) – (277)   (262) – (262)   (319) – (319)
                         
Profit on ordinary activities                      
before taxation 8,097 1,067 9,164   7,627 (764) 6,863   7,262 (1,346) 5,916
Taxation (2,210) (372) (2,582)   (2,150) 176 (1,974)   (2,118) 496 (1,622)
Profit on ordinary activities                      
  after taxation 5,887 695 6,582   5,477 (588) 4,889   5,144 (850) 4,294
Minority interests (183) – (183)   (178) – (178)   (169) – (169)
Preference share dividends (85) – (85)   (79) – (79)   (83) – (83)
Earnings (Profit attributable                      
to shareholders) 5,619 695 6,314   5,220 (588) 4,632   4,892 (850) 4,042
                       
      US$       US$       US$
Earnings per ADS     2.08       1.51       1.32
Adjusted earnings per ADS 1.85       1.71       1.60    
   

A columnar presentation of the profit and loss account has been adopted in order to illustrate underlying business performance. For this purpose certain items are excluded from business performance, the ‘Business’ column, and are presented in the ‘Other’ column. These items comprise: merger items, including product divestments; costs relating to previously announced manufacturing and other restructurings; the effect of business disposals in prior years.

Consolidated statement of total recognised gains and losses
2000 1999 1998
$m $m $m
Profit attributable to shareholders 6,314 4,632 4,042
Exchange movements on overseas net assets (682) (674) 75
UK tax on exchange movements (52) (71) 40
Total recognised gains and losses 5,580 3,887 4,157
       
 
Consolidated cash flow statement 2000 1999 1998
$m $m $m
Net cash inflow from operating activities 8,271 7,801 7,030
Earnings from joint ventures and associated undertakings 2 3 66
Returns on investment and servicing of finance (490) (510) (543)
Taxation paid (1,885) (1,774) (1,731)
Capital expenditure and financial investment (497) (3,630) (2,002)
Acquisitions and disposals 100 1,576 (285)
Equity dividends paid (3,083) (2,969) (3,016)
Net cash inflow/(outflow) before management of liquid resources and financing 2,418 497 (481)
Management of liquid resources (339) (58) (295)
Financing (830) (283) 426
Increase/(decrease) in cash in the year 1,249 156 (350)
       
Consolidated balance sheet 2000 1999  
$m $m  
Goodwill 253 258  
Intangible assets 1,439 1,491  
Tangible assets 9,897 10,307  
Investments 3,791 2,904  
Fixed assets 15,380 14,960  
       
Equity investments 255 84  
Stocks 3,393 3,611  
Debtors 8,044 7,773  
Liquid investments 3,186 2,866  
Cash at bank 1,912 932  
Current assets 16,790 15,266  
Loans and overdrafts (3,399) (4,539)  
Other creditors (10,137) (9,062)  
Creditors: amounts due within one year (13,536) (13,601)  
Net current assets 3,254 1,665  
       
Total assets less current liabilities 18,634 16,625  
       
Loans (2,609) (3,054)  
Other creditors (213) (237)  
Creditors: amounts due after one year (2,822) (3,291)  
Provisions for liabilities and charges (2,469) (2,697)  
Net assets 13,343 10,637  
       
Called up share capital 2,318 2,494  
Share premium account 45 –  
Other reserves 9,126 6,303  
Equity shareholders’ funds 11,489 8,797  
       
Non-equity minority interest 1,548 1,547  
Equity minority interests 306 293  
Capital employed 13,343 10,637  
       
       
   
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