Annual Report and Accounts 2006

Notes to the Financial Statements

16. Property, plant and equipment

(a) Analysis of movements

Land and
buildings
£m
Plant and
equipment
£m
Assets in
course of
construction
£m
Total
£m
Cost
At 29 December 2003 558 2,253 43 2,854
Exchange rate adjustments (1) (37) (3) (41)
Additions 9 120 141 270
Additions on acquisition of a subsidiary 2 2
Transfers on completion 6 87 (93)
Disposals (12) (198) (1) (211)
At 2 January 2005 562 2,225 87 2,874
Exchange rate adjustments 43 88 12 143
Additions 14 95 181 290
Transfers on completion 31 67 (98)
Transfers to assets held for sale (7) (3) (10)
Transfers to discontinued operations (63) (113) (4) (180)
Disposals (14) (119) (2) (135)
At 1 January 2006 566 2,243 173 2,982
Exchange rate adjustments (45) (143) (17) (205)
Additions 21 131 220 372
Additions on acquisition of a subsidiary 114 142 20 276
Transfers on completion 25 127 (152)
Transfer on completion to software intangible assets (27) (27)
Transfers to assets held for sale (1) (38) (39)
Disposals (32) (184) (9) (225)
At 31 December 2006 648 2,251 235 3,134

 

Land and
buildings
£m
Plant and
equipment
£m
Assets in
course of
construction
£m
Total
£m
Accumulated depreciation
At 29 December 2003 (83) (1,324) (1,407)
Exchange rate adjustments 1 23 24
Depreciation for the year (17) (178) (195)
Disposals 1 167 168
At 2 January 2005 (98) (1,312) (1,410)
Exchange rate adjustments (15) (52) (67)
Depreciation for the year (18) (170) (188)
Transfers to assets held for sale 4 4
Transfers to discontinued operations 5 22 27
Disposals 1 97 98
At 1 January 2006 (121) (1,415) (1,536)
Exchange rate adjustments 9 76 85
Depreciation for the year (20) (186) (206)
Transfers to assets held for sale 25 25
Disposals 2 160 162
At 31 December 2006 (130) (1.340) (1,470)
 
Carrying amount
At 2 January 2005 464 913 87 1,464
At 1 January 2006 445 828 173 1,446
At 31 December 2006 518 911 235 1,664

The value of land not depreciated is £134 million (2005: £112 million; 2004: £112 million).

(b) Finance leases

The net book value of plant and equipment held under finance leases is made up as follows:

2006
£m
2005
£m
2004
£m
Cost 223 228 227
Less: accumulated depreciation (179) (172) (155)
44 56 72

(c) Analysis of land and buildings

2006
£m
2005
£m
2004
£m
Analysis of net book value
Freehold 470 394 431
Long leasehold 21 33 19
Short leasehold 27 18 14
518 445 464

(d) Capital commitments

Commitments for capital expenditure contracted for but not provided in the Group financial statements at the end of the year for the continuing group were £11 million (2005: £14 million; 2004: £15 million).

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