Cash Flow: Half Year 2022
For half year ended 30 June 2022
|
1H 2022 £m |
1H 2021 £m |
|
| Cash generated from continuing operations | 45.2 |
63.1 |
| Net capital expenditure | (22.5) |
(8.6) |
| Net interest on cash and borrowings | (2.7) |
(2.5) |
| Tax paid | (15.3) |
(9.9) |
| Lease payments and interest | (5.7) |
(5.6) |
| Free cash flow before acquisitions, disposals and dividends1 | (1.0) |
36.5 |
| Dividends paid to external plc shareholders | (16.5) | (10.0) |
| Net cash flows from other investing and financing activities | (2.6) | 7.5 |
| Exchange movement and other non-cash movements | (9.5) |
1.8 |
| Opening net debt1 excluding lease liabilities | (46.7) |
(101.0) |
| Closing net debt1 excluding lease liabilities | (76.3) | (65.2) |
| Closing lease liabilities | (52.2) | (51.4) |
| Closing net debt1 | (128.5) |
(116.6) |