TATE & LYLE PLC CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT Year ending Year
ending March 31, March 31, 2006 2005 Notes m pounds m pounds Sales
3 3,720 3,339 Operating profit 3 75 229 Interest income 5 45 34
Finance expense 5 (78) (58) Profit before tax 42 205 Income tax
expense (69) (55) (Loss)/profit for the year (27) 150 (Loss)/profit
for the year attributable to: Equity holders of the Company (30)
146 Minority interest 3 4 (27) 150 (Loss)/earnings per share
attributable to the equity holders of the Company 6 Pence Pence -
basic (6.3) 31.0 - diluted (6.3) 30.6 Dividends per share 7 -
interim paid 5.9 5.7 - final proposed 14.1 13.7 20.0 19.4 All
activities relate to continuing operations. Analysis of profit
before tax Profit before tax 42 205 Add back: Exceptional items
(note 4) 248 45 Amortization of acquired intangible assets 5 4
Profit before tax, exceptional items and amortization of acquired
intangible assets 295 254 TATE & LYLE PLC CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF RECOGNIZED INCOME AND EXPENSE Year ending Year ending
March 31, March 31, 2006 2005 m pounds m pounds Net exchange
differences arising on 23 1 consolidation Employee post-employment
benefits: - net actuarial gains/(losses) in post-employment benefit
plans 40 (19) - deferred taxation recognized directly in equity
(12) 5 Net valuation losses on available-for-sale financial assets
(1) - Net losses on cash flow hedges (3) - Net profit/(loss)
recognized directly in equity 47 (13) (Loss)/profit for the year
(27) 150 Total recognized income and expense for the year 20 137
Adoption of IAS 32 and IAS39 7 - 27 137 Attributable to: Equity
holders of the parent 24 133 Minority interests 3 4 27 137 TATE
& LYLE PLC CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET March 31, March 31, 2006
2005 Notes m pounds m pounds ASSETS Non-current assets Intangible
assets 263 194 Property, plant and equipment 1,209 1,264
Investments in associates 4 3 Available-for-sale financial assets
17 - Derivative financial instruments 8 28 - Deferred tax assets 7
- Trade and other receivables 8 13 Other non-current assets - 16
1,536 1,490 Current assets Inventories 456 372 Trade and other
receivables 482 410 Current tax assets 32 8 Derivative financial
instruments 8 282 - Cash and cash equivalents 8 158 384 Current
asset investments 8 - 1 1,410 1,175 TOTAL ASSETS 2,946 2,665
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Capital and reserves attributable to the
Company's equity holders: Share capital 122 124 Share premium 400
393 Other reserves 56 110 Retained earnings 327 324 905 951
Minority interest 35 32 TOTAL Shareholders' Equity 940 983
LIABILITIES Non-current liabilities Trade and other payables 3 8
Borrowings 8 537 788 Derivative financial instruments 8 28 -
Deferred tax liabilities 60 29 Retirement benefit obligations 172
244 Provisions for other liabilities and charges 71 89 871 1,158
Current liabilities Trade and other payables 382 404 Current tax
liabilities 30 23 Borrowings and bank overdrafts 8 491 68
Derivative financial instruments 8 202 - Provisions for other
liabilities and charges 30 29 1,135 524 Total liabilities 2,006
1,682 TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 2,946 2,665 CONSOLIDATED
CASHFLOW STATEMENT Year ending Year ending March 31, March 31, 2006
2005 Notes m pounds m pounds Cash flows from operating activities
Profit before tax 42 205 Adjustments for: Depreciation of property,
plant and equipment 125 127 Non-cash exceptional items 248 (10)
Amortization of intangible assets 8 5 Share based payments 5 4
Interest income 5 (45) (34) Finance expense 5 78 58 Changes in
working capital (211) (38) Cash generated from operations 250 317
Interest paid (65) (42) Income tax paid (98) (84) Net cash
generated from operating activities 87 191 Cash flows from
investing activities Proceeds on disposal of property, plant and
equipment 4 4 Proceeds on disposal of non-current assets - 21
Proceeds on disposal of current asset investments - 13 Interest
received 38 21 Acquisitions of subsidiaries, net of cash and cash
equivalents acquired (69) (73) Purchase of property, plant and
equipment (273) (141) Purchase of intangible assets and other
non-current assets (2) (1) Net cash flows used in investing
activities (302) (156) Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares 16 16 Increase in
borrowings 78 258 Cash paid to acquire own shares - (6) Dividends
paid to minority shareholders of subsidiaries - (1) Dividends paid
to the Company's equity holders (93) (89) Net cash flows from
financing activities 1 178 Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash
equivalents 8 (214) 213 Cash and cash equivalents: Balance at
beginning of year 384 157 Impact of IAS32/39 adoption (9) - Balance
at beginning of year, restated 375 157 Effect of changes in foreign
exchange rates (3) 14 Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash
equivalents (214) 213 Balance at end of year 158 384 NOTES TO
FINANCIAL INFORMATION For the Year ending March 31, 2006 1. Basis
of preparation The preliminary results for the year ended March 31,
2006 have been extracted from audited consolidated financial
statements which have not yet been delivered to the Registrar of
Companies. The financial information in this announcement does not
constitute the Group's Annual Report and Accounts. The auditors
have reported on the Group's statutory accounts for the year ended
March 31, 2006. The report was unqualified and did not contain a
statement under Section 237 of the Companies Act 1985. The
financial information for the year ended March 31, 2005 is derived
from the statutory accounts for that year, except that the
comparative information has been restated as a result of the
adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). 2.
Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) The
Group's published Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended
March 31, 2005 contained an unaudited appendix ('The Appendix')
explaining the impact of adopting IFRS. The accounting policies
used in preparing the accounts for the year ended March 31, 2006
are consistent with the Appendix. The comparative figures in these
preliminary results are also consistent with the Appendix except
for the adoption of IAS32, Financial Instruments: Presentation and
IAS39, Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement, which
were adopted from April 1, 2005, certain minor adjustments and
other minor balance sheet reclassifications. The consolidated
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with IFRS as
adopted by the European Union, and with those parts of the
Companies Act 1985 applicable to companies reporting under IFRS. In
accordance with IAS1 'Presentation of Financial Statements',
certain items which are material to the result for the year and are
of a non-recurring nature are presented separately. These are
classified as exceptional items which comprise items of income and
expense that are material in amount and unlikely to recur, and
which merit separate disclosure in order to provide an
understanding of the Group's underlying financial performance. TATE
& LYLE PLC NOTES TO FINANCIAL INFORMATION For the Year ending
March 31, 2006 (continued) 3. Segment information On June 2, 2005
the Group announced a change to the basis on which divisional
performance is reported to reflect its evolving strategy. These
divisions are the basis on which the Group reports its primary
segment information, as set out below. The segment results for the
year ending March 31, 2006 were as follows: Food & Food &
Industrial Industrial Sugars, Sugars, Ingredients, Ingredients,
Americas Europe Americas Europe Sucralose & Asia Group m pounds
m pounds m pounds m pounds m pounds m pounds Sales Total sales
1,133 759 142 273 1,559 3,866 Inter-segment (6) (40) - - (100)
(146) sales External 1,127 719 142 273 1,459 3,720 sales Operating
profit Before 125 46 68 27 62 328 exceptional items and
amortization of acquired intangible assets Exceptional 14 (263) - 1
- (248) items Amortization (1) - (4) - - (5) of acquired intangible
assets Operating 138 (217) 64 28 62 75 profit Net finance (33)
expense Profit before 42 tax The segment results for the year
ending March 31, 2005 were as follows: Food & Food &
Industrial Industrial Sugars, Sugars, Ingredients, Ingredients,
Americas Europe Americas Europe Sucralose & Asia Group m pounds
m pounds m pounds m pounds m pounds m pounds Sales (1) Total sales
1,039 802 115 237 1,257 3,450 Inter-segment (2) (41) - - (68) (111)
sales External sales 1,037 761 115 237 1,189 3,339 Operating profit
Before 96 44 46 20 72 278 exceptional items and amortization of
acquired intangible assets Exceptional (55) (4) - 16 (2) (45) items
Amortization - - (4) - - (4) of acquired intangible assets
Operating 41 40 42 36 70 229 profit Net finance (24) expense Profit
before 205 tax (1) Food & Industrial Ingredients, Europe total
sales include pounds 41 million of inter-segment sales not
separately identified in the interim accounts. NOTES TO FINANCIAL
INFORMATION For the Year ending March 31, 2006 (continued) 4.
Exceptional items Exceptional items are as follows: Year Year
ending ending March 31, March 31, 2006 2005 m pounds m pounds
Impairment losses (a) (272) - U.S. healthcare benefit curtailment
(b) 24 - Losses related to settlement of litigation - (55) claims
(c) Net gains on disposal of operations and - 10 assets (d) Total
exceptional items (248) (45) (a) The current year impairment losses
comprise two items: a pounds 263 million impairment of property,
plant and equipment in Food & Industrial Ingredients, Europe
arising from the expected impact of the new EU sugar regime
regulations as explained in the Chief Executive's Statement; and a
�9 million impairment of property, plant and equipment in the U.K.
Citric Acid business, reported as part of the Food & Industrial
Ingredients, Americas division. (b) An exceptional credit of pounds
24 million arises from a change in benefits provided to certain
members of the Group's U.S. Healthcare Scheme following changes to
U.S. Government healthcare provision. (c) Prior year amounts
represent costs relating to the settlement of the High Fructose
Corn Syrup class action lawsuit in the United States. (d) Prior
year amounts comprise a credit of pounds 16 million relating to the
settlement of the balance due on a loan note issued to the
purchaser of Western Sugar offset by net losses on disposal of
operations and assets of pounds 6 million. The tax impact on net
exceptional items was a pounds 19 million credit (2005 - pounds 16
million). Tax credits on exceptional items are only recognized to
the extent that losses created are expected to be recoverable in
the future. Exceptional items include pounds 1 million (2005 -
pounds nil million) attributable to minority interests. TATE &
LYLE PLC NOTES TO FINANCIAL INFORMATION For the Year ending March
31, 2006 (continued) 5. Interest income and finance expense Year
ending Year ending March 31, March 31, 2006 2005 m pounds m pounds
Interest income Interest receivable 45 34 Finance expense Interest
payable on bank borrowings (2) (4) Interest payable on other
borrowings (71) (49) Net finance cost arising on defined benefit
retirement schemes: - interest cost (68) (66) - expected return on
plan assets 65 63 Unwinding of discounts in provisions (2) (2)
Total finance expense (78) (58) Net finance expense (33) (24) 6.
Earnings per share Basic Basic (loss)/earnings per share is
calculated by dividing the (loss)/profit attributable to equity
holders of the Company by the weighted average number of ordinary
shares in issue during the year, excluding ordinary shares
purchased by the Company and held in the employee share ownership
trust. Year ending Year ending March 31, March 31, 2006 2005
(Loss)/profit attributable to equity holders of the Company
(million pounds) (30) 146 Weighted average number of ordinary
shares in issue (millions) 476.7 471.7 Basic (loss)/earnings per
share (pence) (6.3)p 31.0p NOTES TO FINANCIAL INFORMATION For the
Year ending March 31, 2006 (continued) Diluted Diluted
(loss)/earnings per share is calculated by adjusting the weighted
average number of ordinary shares outstanding to assume conversion
of all potential dilutive ordinary shares. Potential dilutive
ordinary shares arise from share options. For these, a calculation
is performed to determine the number of shares that could have been
acquired at fair value (determined as the average annual market
share price of the Company's shares) based on the monetary value of
the subscription rights attached to outstanding share options. The
number of shares calculated as above is compared with the number of
shares that would have been issued assuming the exercise of the
share options. Year ending Year ending March 31, March 31, 2006
2005 (Loss)/profit attributable to equity holders of the Company
(million pounds) (30) 146 Weighted average number of ordinary
shares in issue (millions) 476.7 471.7 Adjustments for dilutive
effect of share options (millions) (note a) - 4.8 Weighted average
number of ordinary shares for diluted earnings per share (millions)
476.7 476.5 Diluted (loss)/earnings per share (pence) (6.3)p 30.6p
(a) The adjustments for dilutive effect of share options in the
year to March 31, 2006 has not been reflected in the calculation of
the diluted loss per share as the effect would be anti-dilutive.
Adjusted earnings per share Adjusted (loss)/earnings per share is
stated excluding exceptional items and amortization of acquired
intangible assets, as follows: Year ending Year ending March 31,
March 31, 2006 2005 (Loss)/profit attributable to equity holders of
the Company (million pounds) (30) 146 Adjustments for: -
exceptional items (note 4) 248 45 - exceptional items attributable
to minority interests (note 4) (1) - - amortization of acquired
intangible assets 5 4 - tax effect on the above adjustments (20)
(17) Adjusted profit (million punds) 202 178 Adjusted basic
earnings per share Weighted average number of ordinary shares in
issue (millions) 476.7 471.7 Adjusted basic earnings per share
42.4p 37.7p Adjusted diluted earnings per share Weighted average
number of ordinary shares for diluted earnings per share (millions)
484.3 476.5 Adjusted diluted earnings per share 41.7p 37.4p NOTES
TO FINANCIAL INFORMATION For the Year ending March 31, 2006
(continued) 7. Dividends Year ending Year ending March 31, March
31, 2006 2005 Dividends on ordinary equity shares - Final paid
(million pounds) 65 62 - Interim paid (million pounds) 28 27 Total
dividend paid 93 89 The total ordinary dividend is 20.0p (2005 -
19.4p) made up as follows : - Interim dividend paid 5.9p 5.7p -
Final dividend proposed 14.1p 13.7p 20.0p 19.4p The final dividend
proposed for the year, which has not been recognized as a
liability, will be paid subject to approval by shareholders at the
Company's Annual General Meeting on July 19, 2006 to shareholders
who are on the register of members on June 30, 2006. 8. Net debt
The adoption of IFRS -- and of IAS32 and IAS39 in particular -- has
altered the Group's net debt profile based on the definitions
previously reported under U.K. GAAP. Following adoption of IFRS,
cash and cash equivalents, bank overdrafts and borrowings now
reflect the effects of various balance sheet reclassifications as
well as the inclusion of the Group's share of joint ventures' net
debt. Furthermore, derivative instruments used to manage the
currency and interest rate risk of the Group's net debt profile
which were presented as part of cash and cash equivalents, bank
overdrafts and borrowings are now presented within the
classifications derivative financial assets and derivative
financial liabilities. The components of the Group's net debt
profile are as follows: March 31, March 31, 2006 2005 m pounds m
pounds Non-current borrowings (537) (788) Borrowings and overdrafts
(1) (491) (68) Debt-related derivative instruments (2) 12 - Current
asset investments - 1 Cash and cash equivalents 158 384 Net debt
(858) (471) NOTES TO FINANCIAL INFORMATION For the Year ending
March 31, 2006 (continued) Movements in the Group's net debt
profile are as follows: Year ending Year ending March 31, March 31,
2006 2005 m pounds m pounds Balance at March 31 (471) (420) Impact
of IAS32/39 adoption (58) - Balance at April 1 (529) (420)
(Decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents in the year (214)
213 Cash inflow from increase in borrowings (78) (258) Borrowings
arising on acquisitions (6) - Cash inflow from movement in current
asset investments - (13) Increase in net debt resulting from cash
flows (298) (58) Exchange differences (31) 7 Increase in net debt
in the year (329) (51) Balance on March 31 (858) (471) (1)
Borrowings and overdrafts at March 31, 2006 include 101 million
pounds (March 31, 2005 - not applicable) in respect of securitized
receivables. (2) Derivative financial instruments presented within
assets and liabilities in the balance sheet of 80 million pounds
comprise net debt-related instruments of 12 million pounds and net
non debt-related instruments of 68 million pounds. 9. Business
combinations Cesalpinia Group On December 16, 2005 the Group
acquired 100% of the issued share capital of Cesalpinia Foods for
32 million pounds, satisfied in cash. The Cesalpinia Foods group,
located in Italy, produces food ingredients, specializing in
solutions for dairy products, soups, sauces and dressings. An
additional �1 million of borrowings arose on acquisition. The fair
value of assets acquired was 24 million pounds and goodwill was 12
million pounds. Continental Custom Ingredients On January 23, 2006,
the Group acquired 100% of the issued share capital of Continental
Custom Ingredients ('CCI') for 40 million pounds, satisfied in
cash. The CCI group, located in the United States, produces food
ingredients, specializing in dairy stabilizers, emulsifiers,
beverage flavors and vitamin and mineral fortifications. An
additional 5 million pounds of borrowings arose on acquisition. The
fair value of assets acquired was 32 million pounds and goodwill
was 12 million pounds. 10. Foreign exchange rates Year ending Year
ending March 31, March 31, 2006 2005 Average exchange rates U.S.
Dollar 1 pound = $ 1.79 1.85 Euro 1 pound = euro 1.47 1.47 Canadian
Dollar 1 pound = C$ 2.13 2.36 March 31, March 31, 2006 2005 Year
end exchange rates U.S. Dollar 1 pound = $ 1.74 1.88 Euro 1 pound =
euro 1.43 1.45 Canadian Dollar 1 pound = C$ 2.03 2.28 NOTES TO
FINANCIAL INFORMATION For the Year ending March 31, 2006
(continued) 11. Net margin analysis (1) Year ending Year ending
March 31, March 31, 2006 2005 % % Before exceptional items and
amortization Food & Industrial Ingredients, Americas 11.1 9.3
Food & Industrial Ingredients, Europe 6.4 5.8 Sucralose 47.9
40.0 Sugars, Americas & Asia 9.9 8.4 Sugars, Europe 4.2 6.1
Group 8.8 8.3 After exceptional items and amortization Food &
Industrial Ingredients, Americas 12.2 4.0 Food & Industrial
Ingredients, Europe (30.2) 5.3 Sucralose 45.1 36.5 Sugars, Americas
& Asia 10.3 15.2 Sugars, Europe 4.2 5.9 Group 2.0 6.9 (1)
Calculated as profit before interest, tax, exceptional items and
amortization of acquired intangible assets divided by external
sales. NOTES TO FINANCIAL INFORMATION For the Year ending March 31,
2006 (continued) 12. Ratio analysis Year ending Year ending March
31, March 31, 2006(1) 2005(2) Net debt to EBITDA = Net debt 858 471
Pre-exceptional EBITDA 456 406 = 1.9 times = 1.2 times Gearing =
Net debt 858 471 Total shareholders' equity 940 983 = 91% = 48%
Interest cover = Operating profit before amortization of acquired
intangibles and exceptional items Net finance expense 328 278 33 24
= 9.9 times = 11.6 times Return of Net Operating Assets = Profit
before interest, tax and exceptional items Average net operating
assets 323 274 1,708 1,458 = 18.9% = 18.8% Net operating assets are
calculated as: Total shareholders' equity 940 983 Add back net debt
(see note 8) 858 471 Add back tax liabilities 51 44 Net operating
assets 1,849 1,498 Average net operating assets (i) 1,708 1,458 (i)
Average Net Operating Assets for the periods ending March 31, 2005
have been calculated prior to the adoption of IAS39. Average Net
Operating Assets for the period ending March 31, 2006 have been
calculated using opening net operating assets on April 1, 2005
which, following the adoption of IAS39, are 69 million pounds
higher than on March 31, 2005. (1) Reflects the adoption of IAS32
and IAS39. (2) Does not reflect the adoption of IAS32 and IAS39.
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