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19. Net debt

At 1 April
2002
Cash
flow
Acquisition
of subsidiary
undertakings
Other
non-cash
changes
Currency
movement
At 31 March
2003
£m £m £m £m £m £m












Analysis of net debt
Cash in hand and at bank 158 (67 ) 91
Overnight deposits 232 36 268
Bank overdrafts (16 ) 12 (4 )












374 (19 ) 355
Other current asset
  investments
4,349 1,729 23 (13 ) (16 ) 6,072












Short-term
  investments
  and cash, less bank
  overdrafts
4,723 1,710 23 (13 ) (16 ) 6,427












Debt due within one
 year, excluding bank
 overdrafts
(2,179 ) 2,109 (2,414 ) (60 ) (2,544 )
Debt due after one
  year
(16,245 ) 406 (10 ) 2,384 9 (13,456 )












Total debt, excluding
  bank overdrafts
(18,424 ) 2,515 (10 ) (30 ) (51 ) (16,000 )












Net debt (13,701 ) 4,225 13 (43 ) (67 ) (9,573 )












2003 2002 2001
£m £m £m






Reconciliation of net cash flow to movement in net debt
(Decrease) increase in cash in the year (19 ) 90 128
Cash outflow (inflow) from decrease (increase) in debt 2,515 11,976 (19,550 )
Cash outflow from increase in liquid resources 1,729 1,864 480






Decrease (increase) in net debt resulting from cash flows 4,225 13,930 (18,942 )
Currency and translation movements (67 ) (32 ) (26 )
Decrease (increase) in debt on disposal (acquisition) of subsidiary
  undertakings
13 75 (48 )
Other non-cash movements (43 ) 268 (226 )






Decrease (increase) in net debt in the year 4,128 14,241 (19,242 )
Net debt at 1 April (13,701 ) (27,942 ) (8,700 )






Net debt at 31 March (9,573 ) (13,701 ) (27,942 )






On the demerger, mmO2 had net debt of approximately £500 million of which BT Group was owed approximately £440 million in addition to ordinary trading account balances. mmO2 repaid this loan to BT Group on 19 November 2001.

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