Operational cash generation.


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Reconciliation of operational cash generation to IFRS profit

Year ended 31 December 2010

Opera-
tional
cash
gener-
ation
£m

New
busi-
ness
strain
£m

Net
cash
gener-
ation
£m

Inter-
national
£m

Vari-
ances
£m

Invest-
ment gains and losses
£m

Other
£m

IFRS profit/ (loss) after tax
£m

Tax expense/ (credit)
£m

IFRS profit/ (loss) before tax
£m

Operational cash generation comprises, for Risk, the post tax expected release for the Annuity (£229m) and Protection (£216m) businesses and the post-tax [IFRS] loss for General Insurance (£6m); for Savings, the post tax expected release or profit from the Insured Savings (£71m) and Savings investments (£21m) businesses, and the shareholders’ share of bonuses on With-profits business (£46m); for Investment Management, the post-tax IFRS profit (£162m); for Group capital and financing the post-tax [IFRS operating profit] excluding expected gains/losses on equities (£25m) , and dividends remitted from our international businesses from sustainable cash generation (£44m).

Total Risk operating profit

439

(10)

429

(26)

403

157

560

Total Savings operating profit

138

(70)

68

21

(9)

80

35

115

Investment management operating profit

162

162

162

44

206

International

44

44

33

77

25

102

Group capital and financing

25

25

32

57

1

58

Investment projects

(28)

(28)

(11)

(39)

Operating profit

808

(80)

728

33

(5)

32

(37)

751

251

1,002

Investment variance

74

74

16

90

Impact of change in UK tax rates

(5)

5

Total

808

(80)

728

33

(5)

106

(37)

820

272

1,092

Operational cash generation: 2007 £580m; 2008 £654m; 2009 £726m; 2010 £808m) (bar chart)

2010 has shown excellent results in all of our cash metrics, underlining the sustainability of our cash generation. [Operational cash generation], before reinvestment in new business strain, increased 11% to £808m (2009: £726m). There has been steady 12% growth over the last four years with good diversification across our businesses. [Net cash generation] amounted to £728m in the year (2009: £699m), with 32% generated from LGIM, Group and International (2009: 24%) building a strong track record of growth across the business.

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Operational cash generation
£m

Strain
2010
£m

Net cash generation
2010
£m

Net cash generation
2009
£m

Risk

439

(10)

429

504

Savings

138

(70)

68

29

LGIM

162

162

125

International

44

44

8

Group

25

25

33

Total

808

(80)

728

699

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