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Financial Position and Resources
Consolidated Balance Sheet
2008 2007
£m £m
Non-current assets
Intangible assets 70,331 56,272
Property, plant and equipment 16,735 13,444
Investments in associated undertakings 22,545 20,227
Other non-current assets 8,935 6,861
118,546 96,804
Current assets 8,724 12,813
Total assets 127,270 109,617
Total equity shareholders funds 78,043 67,067
Total minority interests (1,572) 226
Total equity 76,471 67,293
Liabilities
Borrowings
Long term 22,662 17,798
Short term 4,532 4,817
Taxation liabilities
Deferred tax liabilities 5,109 4,626
Current taxation liabilities 5,123 5,088
Other non-current liabilities 1,055 954
Other current liabilities(2) 12,318 9,041
50,799 42,324
Total equity and liabilities 127,270 109,617
Non-current assets
Intangible assets
At 31 March 2008, the Group’s intangible assets were £70.3 billion, with goodwill
comprising the largest element at £51.3 billion (2007: £40.6 billion). The increase
in intangible assets was primarily as a result of £7.9 billion of favourable exchange
rate movements and £7.6 billion arising on the acquisitions of Vodafone Essar
and Tele2, partially offset by amortisation of £2.5 billion. Refer to note 28
to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on the
business acquisitions.
Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment increased from £13.4 billion at 31 March 2007 to
£16.7 billion at 31 March 2008, predominantly as a result of £4.1 billion of additions,
a £1.2 billion increase due to acquisitions during the year and £1.6 billion of
favourable foreign exchange movements, which more than offset the £3.4 billion
of depreciation charges and £0.1 billion reduction due to disposals.
Investments in associated undertakings
The Group’s investments in associated undertakings increased from £20.2 billion
at 31 March 2007 to £22.5 billion at 31 March 2008, as a result of a £2.9 billion
increase from the Group’s share of the results of its associates, after the
deductions of interest, tax and minority interest, mainly arising from the Group’s
investment in Verizon Wireless and favourable foreign exchange movements of
£0.3 billion, partially offset by £0.9 billion of dividends received.
Other non-current assets
Other non-current assets mainly relates to other investments held by the Group,
which totalled £7.4 billion at 31 March 2008 compared to £5.9 billion at 31 March
2007. The movement primarily represents an increase of £1.8 billion in the
investment in China Mobile as a result of the increase in the listed share price,
partially offset by the disposal of the Group’s 5.60% stake in Bharti Airtel.
Current assets
Current assets decreased to £8.7 billion at 31 March 2008 from £12.8 billion
at 31 March 2007, mainly as a result of decreased cash holdings following the
completion of the Vodafone Essar acquisition.
Total equity shareholders’ funds
Total equity shareholders’ funds increased from £67.1 billion at 31 March 2007 to
£78.0 billion at 31 March 2008. The increase comprises primarily of the profit for
the year of £6.8 billion less equity dividends of £3.7 billion, a £5.8 billion benefit
from the impact of favourable exchange rate movements and the unrealised
holding gains on other investments discussed above.
Borrowings
Long term borrowings and short term borrowings increased to £27.2 billion at
31 March 2008 from £22.6 billion at 31 March 2007, mainly as a result of foreign
exchange movements and written put option liabilities assumed on the
completion of the Vodafone Essar acquisition.
Taxation liabilities
The deferred tax liability increased from £4.6 billion at 31 March 2007 to
£5.1 billion at 31 March 2008, which arose mainly from £0.5 billion in relation to
the acquisition of Vodafone Essar.
Other current liabilities
The increase in other current liabilities from £9.0 billion to £12.3 billion is primarily
to due foreign exchange differences arising on translation and other current
liabilities in the newly acquired Vodafone Essar.
Contractual obligations
A summary of the Group’s principal contractual financial obligations is shown below.
Further details on the items included can be found in the notes to the Consolidated
Financial Statements.
Payments due by period £m
1-3 3-5
Contractual obligations(1) Total <1year years years >5 years
Borrowings(2) 34,537 5,492 10,150 4,728 14,167
Operating lease
commitments(3) 4,441 837 1,081 771 1,752
Capital
commitments(3)(4) 1,620 1,262 213 84 61
Purchase
commitments 2,347 1,548 439 283 77
Total contractual
cash obligations(1) 42,945 9,139 11,883 5,866 16,057
Notes:
(1) The above table of contractual obligations excludes commitments in respect of options over
interests in Group businesses held by minority shareholders (see “Option agreements and
similar arrangements”) and obligations to pay dividends to minority shareholders (see
“Dividends from associated undertakings and to minority shareholders”). The table excludes
current and deferred tax liabilities and obligations under post employment benefit schemes,
details of which are provided in notes 6 and 25 to the Consolidated Financial Statements,
respectively.
(2) See note 24 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
(3) See note 31 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
(4) Primarily related to network infrastructure.
Contingencies
Details of the Group’s contingent liabilities are included in note 32 to the
Consolidated Financial Statements.
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