|
| |
|
|
2005
£m |
|
|
2004
£m |
|
|
2003
£m |
|
|
|
Interest payable and similar charges in respect of: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bank loans and overdrafts |
|
|
71 |
|
|
87 |
|
|
82 |
|
Interest payable on finance leases |
|
|
58 |
|
|
19 |
|
|
– |
|
Other borrowingsab |
|
|
914 |
|
|
1,114 |
|
|
1,527 |
|
|
|
Group |
|
|
1,043 |
|
|
1,220 |
|
|
1,609 |
|
Joint ventures |
|
|
23 |
|
|
19 |
|
|
17 |
|
Associates |
|
|
– |
|
|
– |
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
Total interest payable |
|
|
1,066 |
|
|
1,239 |
|
|
1,634 |
|
|
|
| a |
Includes an exceptional charge of £89 million in the year ended 31 March 2004 being the premium on repurchasing £813 million of the group’s issued bonds. |
| b |
Includes an exceptional charge of £293 million in the year ended 31 March 2003 on the termination of interest rate swap agreements following the receipt of the Cegetel sale proceeds. |
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