ANNUAL REPORT 2001 - Prudential plc
ANNUAL REPORT 2001 - Prudential plc
ANNUAL REPORT 2001 - Prudential plc
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FIVE YEAR REVIEW<br />
<strong>2001</strong> 2000 1999 1998 1997<br />
Group Summary* £m £m £m £m £m<br />
Results for the year<br />
Long-term business including investment products:<br />
New business of continuing operations:<br />
Single 20,741 13,354 11,834 7,189 6,780<br />
Regular 711 569 509 468 487<br />
Premium income:<br />
Continuing operations 25,307 17,760 16,133 11,009 9,989<br />
Discontinued operations – – – 456 788<br />
General business premiums written:<br />
Discontinued operations 390 333 318 310 306<br />
Operating profit before amortisation of goodwill:<br />
Long-term business 718 988 961 842 773<br />
Investment management and products 75 90 70 28 20<br />
US broker dealer and fund management 16 7 (6) – –<br />
Banking (88) (155) (150) (77) (22)<br />
Shareholders’ investment return and other income* 51 64 84 181 137<br />
Interest payable on core structural borrowings* (118) (131) (122) (97) (71)<br />
Corporate expenditure* (63) (56) (52) (56) (41)<br />
UK re-engineering costs (41) – (70) – –<br />
Continuing operations 550 807 715 821 796<br />
Discontinued operations 72 33 61 47 68<br />
Total operating profit (based on long-term investment returns)<br />
before amortisation of goodwill 622 840 776 868 864<br />
Amortisation of goodwill (95) (84) (54) – –<br />
Short-term fluctuations in investment returns (480) (48) 28 24 83<br />
Merger break fee, net of related expenses 338 – – – –<br />
Profit on business disposals – 239 – 249 18<br />
Reclassification of shareholder reserves of discontinued Australian operation – – – – 204<br />
Profit on ordinary activities before tax (including actual investment returns) 385 947 750 1,141 1,169<br />
Profit after tax and minority interests:<br />
Operating profit (including post-tax long-term investment returns)* 460 591 507 620 580<br />
Profit for the year (including post-tax actual investment returns)* 389 657 472 853 811<br />
Shareholders’ funds and borrowings<br />
Statutory basis:<br />
Employed in business units* 4,161 3,955 3,444 2,353 2,124<br />
Retained centrally* 1,769 1,584 1,720 2,168 1,739<br />
5,930 5,539 5,164 4,521 3,863<br />
Borrowings of holding company and related finance subsidiaries (1,980) (1,568) (1,760) (1,223) (1,002)<br />
Total statutory basis capital and reserves 3,950 3,971 3,404 3,298 2,861<br />
Additional achieved profits basis retained profit* 4,200 4,805 4,884 4,165 4,007<br />
Achieved profits basis capital and reserves* 8,150 8,776 8,288 7,463 6,868<br />
Insurance and investment funds under management (£bn) 163 165 170 128 119<br />
Share statistics<br />
Earnings per share:<br />
Based on operating profit after tax and related minority interests<br />
before amortisation of goodwill 23.3p 30.2p 26.0p 31.9p 30.0p<br />
Based on profit for the year after tax and minority interests 19.7p 33.5p 24.2p 43.9p 42.0p<br />
Dividend per share 25.4p 24.5p 23.0p 21.0p 19.1p<br />
Market price at 31 December 796p 1,077p 1,220p 908p 734p<br />
Average number of shares 1,978m 1,959m 1,947m 1,942m 1,932m<br />
* Comparative results have been restated for the reallocation of Asia Regional Head Office costs from Asia development expenses to Corporate expenditure,<br />
the reallocation of interest payable on non-core borrowings to shareholders’ investment return and other income, and for the implementation of FRS 19 on<br />
deferred tax.<br />
72 <strong>Prudential</strong> <strong>plc</strong> Annual Report <strong>2001</strong>