Setting new standards - Friends Life
Setting new standards - Friends Life
Setting new standards - Friends Life
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PARENT COMPANY ACCOUNTS<br />
ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS<br />
Consolidated underlying profit<br />
For the year ended 31 December 2006<br />
2006 2005<br />
Notes £m £m<br />
Profit before tax from continuing operations* 491 367<br />
Policyholder tax 13 (124) (218)<br />
Returns on Group-controlled funds attributable to third parties (104) (57)<br />
Profit before tax excluding profit generated within policyholder funds 263 92<br />
Non-recurring items 3 17 59<br />
Amortisation of Asset Management acquired intangible assets 16 43 56<br />
Amortisation of acquired present value of in-force business 16 25 28<br />
Amortisation of <strong>Life</strong> & Pensions acquired intangible assets 16 7 7<br />
Impairment of Asset Management acquired intangible assets 16 58 112<br />
Interest payable on Step-up Tier one Insurance Capital Securities (STICS) 39 (52) (37)<br />
Short-term fluctuations in investment return 5 39 (102)<br />
Variation in value of option on convertible debt 32 - 9<br />
Underlying profit before tax* 400 224<br />
Tax on underlying profit 6 (5)<br />
Minority interest in underlying profit (29) (36)<br />
Underlying profit after tax attributable to ordinary shareholders of the parent 377 183<br />
Earnings per share<br />
Underlying earnings per share (pence) 15 17.9 8.8<br />
IFRS underlying profit is a measure of profit which excludes profit generated within policyholder funds that is not allocated to shareholders.<br />
Management consider that underlying profit better reflects the performance of the Group and focus on this measure of profit in its internal<br />
monitoring of the Group’s IFRS results.<br />
IFRS underlying profit is based on longer-term investment return and excludes: (i) policyholder tax, (ii) returns attributable to minority interests<br />
in policyholder funds, (iii) non-recurring items, (iv) amortisation and impairment of acquired intangible assets and present value of acquired<br />
in-force business; and is stated after deducting interest payable on STICS.<br />
* Included in profit before tax from continuing operations, and underlying profit before tax, are one-off items relating to basis changes and the<br />
partial adoption of FSA Policy Statement PS06/14 Prudential Changes for Insurers which have increased profit by £156m in 2006. Further<br />
details of these items are set out in note 2(h).<br />
<strong>Friends</strong> Provident Annual Report & Accounts 2006 71