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ii  Net income and shareholders’ equity reconciliation statements
The following statements summarise the material estimated adjustments, gross of their tax effect, which reconcile net income and shareholders’ equity from that reported under UK GAAP to that which would have been reported had US GAAP been applied.


Net income
Years ended 31 March
    2005
£m
    2004
£m
    2003
£m
 

 
Net income applicable to shareholders under UK GAAP
    1,821     1,414     2,702  
Restatement under UITF 38 and UITF 17 – See note 1
        3     (16 )

 
Net income applicable to shareholders under UK GAAP as previously reported
    1,821     1,417     2,686  
Adjustment for:
                   
Sale and leaseback of properties
    (83 )   (85 )   (114 )
Pension costs
     (212 )   (428 )   (177 )
Redundancy charges
    (20 )   20      
Capitalisation of interest, net of related depreciation
     (13 )   (23 )   (17 )
Goodwill
     16     12     (35 )
Intangible asset amortisation
             (26 )
Financial instruments
     (411 )   (82 )   731  
Impairment
     (24 )   (24 )   (24 )
Employee share plans
    (15 )   (8 )   (11 )
Property rationalisation provision
    (5 )   (142 )   147  
Disposals of businesses
            130  
Deferred taxation
    3     4     976  

 
      1,057     661     4,266  
Tax effect of US GAAP adjustments
    240     222     (132 )

 
Net income as adjusted for US GAAP
    1,297     883     4,134  

 
Basic earnings per American Depositary Share as adjusted for US GAAPa
    £1.52     £1.02     £4.80  
Diluted earnings per American Depositary Share as adjusted for US GAAPa
    £1.51     £1.02     £4.77  

 
a
Each American Depositary Share is equivalent to ten ordinary shares.
 
Shareholders’ equity
At 31 March
    2005
£m
    2004
£m
 

 
Shareholders’ equity under UK GAAP
    3,851     3,066  
Re-statement under UITF 38 and UITF 17 – see note 1
        28  

 
Shareholders’ equity under UK GAAP as previously reported
    3,851     3,094  
Adjustment for:
             
Sale and leaseback of properties
    (1,460 )   (1,377 )
Pension costs
    (5,219 )   (5,714 )
Redundancy charges
        20  
Capitalisation of interest, net of related depreciation
    178     195  
Goodwill
    51     124  
Intangible assets
    78      
Financial instruments
    (371 )   (8 )
Impairment
    77     100  
Property rationalisation provision
        5  
Deferred taxation
    (56 )   (59 )
Dividend declared after the financial year end
    551     454  

 
 
    (2,320 )   (3,166 )
Tax effect of US GAAP adjustments
    1,736     1,711  

 
Shareholders’ equity as adjusted for US GAAP
    (584 )   (1,455 )

 
 

 



 

 
 

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