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93 Compass Group PLC Annual Report 2007Index to the consolidated financial statementsNotePageIndependent auditors’ report 40Consolidated income statement 41Consolidated statement of recognised income and expense 42Consolidated balance sheet 43Consolidated cash flow statement 44Reconciliation of free cash flow from continuing operations 44Accounting policies 451 Segmental reporting 492 Operating costs 523 Employees 534 Finance income and costs 545 Tax 546 Discontinued operations 567 Exceptional items 588 Earnings per share 599 Dividends 5910 Goodwill 6011 Other intangible assets 6112 Property, plant and equipment 6213 Interests in associates 6314 Other investments 6315 Joint ventures 6416 Trade and other receivables 6417 Inventories 6418 Cash and cash equivalents 6519 Short-term and long-term borrowings 6520 Derivative financial instruments 6621 Trade and other payables 6922 Provisions 7023 Post-employment benefit obligations 7024 Called up share capital 7425 Reconciliation of movements in equity 7526 Share-based payments 7627 Business combinations 7928 Reconciliation of operating profit to cash generated by operations 7929 Cash flow from discontinued operations 8030 Analysis of net debt 8031 Contingent liabilities 8132 Capital commitments 8133 Operating lease and concessions commitments 8134 Related party transactions 8235 Post balance sheet events 8236 Exchange rates 8237 Details of principal subsidiary companies 83Forward looking statementsThis Report contains forward looking statements withinthe meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act 1933, asamended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act,as amended. These statements are subject to a number ofrisks and uncertainties and actual results and events coulddiffer materially from those currently being anticipated asreflected in such forward looking statements. The terms‘expect’, ‘should be’, ‘will be’, ‘is likely to’ and similarexpressions identify forward looking statements. Factorswhich may cause future outcomes to differ from thoseforeseen in forward looking statements include, but arenot limited to: general economic conditions and businessconditions in Compass Group’s markets; exchange ratefluctuations; customers’ and clients’ acceptance of itsproducts and services; the actions of competitors; andlegislative, fiscal and regulatory developments.Index to the Parent Company financial statementsNotePageDirectors’ responsibilities 84Independent auditors’ report 85Parent Company balance sheet 86Parent Company accounting policies 871 Profit and loss account disclosures 882 Investments in subsidiary undertakings 883 Debtors 884 Creditors 885 Maturity of financial liabilities, other creditors andderivative financial instruments 896 Derivative financial instruments 897 Share capital 908 Capital and reserves 909 Contingent liabilities 90