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Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2006 73
Financial Statements (continued)
Consolidated cash flow statement Unilever Group
for the year ended 31 December
€million € million € million
2006 2005 2004
Cash flow from operating activities 28 5574 5924 6 925
Income tax paid (1 063) (1 571) (1 378)
Net cash flow from operating activities 4511 4353 5 547
Interest received 125 130 168
Purchase of intangible assets (113) (92) (89)
Purchase of property, plant and equipment (1 013) (914) (978)
Disposal of property, plant and equipment 192 124 151
Sale and leaseback transactions resulting in operating leases –69 47
Acquisition of group companies, joint ventures and associates (96) (20) (40)
Consideration paid in respect of acquisitions made in previous years –– (158)
Disposal of group companies, joint ventures and associates 1873 804 413
Payments received in advance for future disposals –– 101
Acquisition of other non-current investments (90) (50) (25)
Disposal of other non-current investments 61 83 68
Dividends from joint ventures, associates and other non-current investments 120 65 92
(Purchase)/sale of financial assets 96 316 130
Net cash flow from/(used in) investing activities 1155 515 (120)
Dividends paid on ordinary share capital (2 602) (1 804) (1 720)
Interest and preference dividends paid (605) (643) (787)
Additional borrowings and change in short-term borrowings 2154 3968 2 966
Repayment of borrowings (5 364) (4 795) (6 008)
Sale and leaseback transactions resulting in finance leases 2– 211
Capital element of finance lease rental payments (73) (53) (59)
Movement on treasury stock 98 (1 276) (332)
Dividends paid and other payments (to)/from minority shareholders and joint ventures (182) (218) (209)
Net cash flow from/(used in) financing activities (6 572) (4 821) (5 938)
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (906) 47 (511)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year 1265 1406 1428
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes 351 (188) 489
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year 15 710 1265 1406
The cash flows of pension funds (other than contributions and other direct payments made by the Group in respect of pensions and similar
obligations) are not included in the consolidated cash flow statement. Cash flows relating to discontinued operations included above are set
out in note 27 on page 114.