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Annual Report 2010 in PDF - BBA Aviation

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Proft before tax <strong>in</strong>creased by 42% to £85.2 million (2009: £60.0 million) due to the <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> underly<strong>in</strong>g<br />

proft before tax outl<strong>in</strong>ed above and a reduction <strong>in</strong> exceptional items to £10.2 million (2009: £18.2 million),<br />

of which £4.9 million was non-cash. Unadjusted earn<strong>in</strong>gs per share were 15.2p (2009: 11.4p).<br />

We cont<strong>in</strong>ued to build on the excellent cash fow performance <strong>in</strong> the prior year and strong cash generation<br />

<strong>in</strong> the frst half of <strong>2010</strong> with cash conversion for the year as a whole of 124% (2009: 179%) and free cash fow<br />

of £115.2 million (2009: £137.5 million). Despite the <strong>in</strong>creased activity, free cash fow <strong>in</strong> the period <strong>in</strong>cluded a<br />

work<strong>in</strong>g capital <strong>in</strong>fow of £15.9 million (2009: <strong>in</strong>fow £57.9 million). This was partly as a result of our<br />

cont<strong>in</strong>u<strong>in</strong>g focus on improv<strong>in</strong>g the work<strong>in</strong>g capital efciency of the Group, but also <strong>in</strong>cluded a short-term<br />

tim<strong>in</strong>g beneft of approximately £13 million. Capital expenditure <strong>in</strong>creased to £27.8 million (2009: £18.7<br />

million), ma<strong>in</strong>ly due to our <strong>in</strong>vestment <strong>in</strong> the PT6T (Tw<strong>in</strong>-Pac®) eng<strong>in</strong>e overhaul authorisation for Europe.<br />

The reduction <strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>terest charge f owed through <strong>in</strong>to reduced <strong>in</strong>terest payments of £14.7 million, and<br />

tax payments were reduced by £9.0 million to £2.6 million (2009: £11.6 million) with the prior year <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />

fnal payments <strong>in</strong> relation to earlier years. Free cash fow <strong>in</strong> the prior period <strong>in</strong>cluded a £17.6 million <strong>in</strong>fow <strong>in</strong><br />

relation to the accelerated sale and leaseback of a number of eng<strong>in</strong>es by Dallas Airmotive.<br />

The cash dividend payment <strong>in</strong> the period was reduced to £17.4 million (2009: £21.9 million) with a 46%<br />

average take-up of the scrip alternative across the two dividends paid <strong>in</strong> the year. There was a reduction <strong>in</strong><br />

net debt of £77.7 million with a net cash <strong>in</strong>fow of £89.7 million (2009: £107.2 million) and clos<strong>in</strong>g net debt<br />

was £313.9 million (2009: £391.6 million). Net debt to EBITDA improved substantially to 2.1 times from 2.8<br />

times at the end of 2009.<br />

Group return on <strong>in</strong>vested capital improved to 9.5% (2009: 8.4%) as a result of the improvement <strong>in</strong><br />

underly<strong>in</strong>g operat<strong>in</strong>g proft and a cont<strong>in</strong>ued focus on capital discipl<strong>in</strong>e.<br />

Directors’ <strong>Report</strong> — 21

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