Consolidated Income Statement | Governance & Financials

Consolidated Income Statement year ended 31 December 2005
Continuing operations
All figures in £ millions	Notes	2005	2004	2003
Sales	2	4,096	3,696	3,850
Cost of goods sold		(2,022)	(1,789)	(1,846)
Gross profit		2,074	1,907	2,004
Operating expenses	5	(1,592)	(1,520)	(1,594)
Other net gains and losses	4	40	9	(6)
Share of results of joint ventures and associates		14	8	2
Operating profit	2	536	404	406
Finance costs	7	(132)	(96)	(100)
Finance income	7	62	17	7
Profit before tax		466	325	313
Income tax	8	(124)	(63)	(61)
Profit for the year from continuing operations		342	262	252
Profit for the year from discontinued operations	3	302	22	23
Profit for the year		644	284	275
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the Company		624	262	252
Minority interest		20	22	23
Earnings per share for profit from continuing and discontinued operations attributable to the equity holders of the Company during the year (expressed in pence per share)
- basic	9	78.2p	32.9p	31.7p
- diluted	9	78.1p	32.9p	31.7p
Earnings per share for profit from continuing operations attributable to the equity holders of the Company during the year (expressed in pence per share)
- basic	9	40.4p	30.8p	29.4p
- diluted	9	40.3p	30.8p	29.4p

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