1st Quarter Results-Part 2
BP PLC
8 May 2001
PART 2
BP p.l.c. and Subsidiaries
Summarized Group Results
First Fourth First
Quarter Quarter Quarter
2001 2000 2000
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$ million
Exploration and Production 4,680 4,238 3,203
Gas and Power 112 183 142
Refining and Marketing 753 792 584
Chemicals 81 (82) 259
Other businesses and corporate (127) (368) (227)
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Total replacement cost operating profit 5,499 4,763 3,961
Profit (loss) on sale of fixed assets and
businesses and termination of operations (Note 3) 218 78 (157)
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Replacement cost profit before interest and tax 5,717 4,841 3,804
Stock holding gains (losses)(Note 5) (238) (561) 532
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Historical cost profit before interest and tax 5,479 4,280 4,336
Interest expense (Note 6) 446 611 296
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Profit before taxation 5,033 3,669 4,040
Taxation (Note 7) 1,718 1,242 887
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Profit after taxation 3,315 2,427 3,153
Minority shareholders' interest 11 17 68
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Profit for the period 3,304 2,410 3,085
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Distribution to shareholders 1,178 1,178 1,133
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Earnings per ordinary share - cents
Basic 14.70 10.53 15.88
Diluted 14.61 10.47 15.77
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Replacement Cost Results
Historical cost profit for the period 3,304 2,410 3,085
Stock holding (gains) losses 238 561 (532)
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Replacement cost profit for the period 3,542 2,971 2,553
Exceptional items, net of tax (105) (172) 124
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Replacement cost profit before exceptional items 3,437 2,799 2,677
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Earnings per ordinary share - cents
On replacement cost profit before exceptional items 15.29 12.40 13.78
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Summarized Group Balance Sheet
31 March 31 December
2001 2000
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$ million
Fixed assets
Intangible assets 16,415 16,893
Tangible assets 74,175 75,173
Investments 11,469 11,753
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102,059 103,819
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Current assets
Business held for resale 654 636
Stocks 8,659 9,234
Debtors 29,377 28,418
Investments 959 661
Cash at bank and in hand 1,188 1,170
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40,837 40,119
Creditors - amounts falling due within one year
Finance debt 4,106 6,418
Other creditors 31,533 30,729
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Net current assets 5,198 2,972
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Total assets less current liabilities 107,257 106,791
Creditors - amounts falling due
after more than one year
Finance debt 14,682 14,772
Other creditors 5,550 5,223
Provisions for liabilities and charges 12,318 12,795
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Net assets 74,707 74,001
Minority shareholders' interest 602 585
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BP shareholders' interest 74,105 73,416
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Movement in BP shareholders' interest: $ million
At 31 December 2000 73,416
Profit for the period 3,304
Distribution to shareholders (1,178)
Currency translation differences (994)
Employee share schemes 56
Share buyback (499)
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At 31 March 2001 74,105
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Summarized Group Cash Flow Statement
First Fourth First
Quarter Quarter Quarter
2001 2000 2000
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$ million
Net cash inflow from operating activities (a) 6,740 5,779 2,764
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Dividends from joint ventures 12 - 195
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Dividends from associated undertakings 110 120 31
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Servicing of finance and returns on investments
Interest received 91 100 35
Interest paid (361) (471) (224)
Dividends received 8 30 1
Dividends paid to minority shareholders - (4) (2)
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Net cash outflow from servicing of
finance and returns on investments (262) (345) (190)
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Taxation
UK corporation tax (204) (428) (200)
Overseas tax 65 (1,571) (337)
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Tax paid (139) (1,999) (537)
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Capital expenditure
Payments for fixed assets (2,577) (3,689) (1,421)
Proceeds from the sale of fixed assets 694 917 406
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Net cash outflow for capital expenditure and
financial investment (1,883) (2,772) (1,015)
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Acquisitions and disposals
Investments in associated undertakings (120) (88) (197)
Acquisitions - (1,561) (869)
Net investment in joint ventures (61) - (2)
Proceeds from the sale of businesses - 402 25
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Net cash outflow for acquisitions and disposals (181) (1,247) (1,043)
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Equity dividends paid (1,181) (1,183) (971)
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Net cash inflow (outflow) 3,216 (1,647) (766)
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Financing (b) 2,866 (1,059) 77
Management of liquid resources 302 (158) 20
Increase (decrease) in cash 48 (430) (863)
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3,216 (1,647) (766)
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Analysis of Cash Flow
First Fourth First
Quarter Quarter Quarter
2001 2000 2000
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$ million
(a) Reconciliation of historical cost profit
before interest and tax to net cash inflow
from operating activities
Historical cost profit before
interest and tax 5,479 4,280 4,336
Depreciation and amounts provided 2,140 2,228 1,195
Exploration expenditure written off 108 73 66
Share of profits of joint ventures
and associated undertakings (331) (350) (453)
Interest and other income (103) (79) (47)
(Profit) loss on sale of fixed
assets and businesses (218) (78) 171
Charge for provisions 165 33 155
Utilization of provisions (306) (426) (204)
Decrease (increase) in stocks 358 (185) (255)
Increase in debtors (1,069) (1,952) (1,140)
Increase (decrease) in creditors 517 2,235 (1,060)
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Net cash inflow from operating activities 6,740 5,779 2,764
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(b) Financing
Long-term borrowing (517) (96) (312)
Repayments of long-term borrowing 146 1,359 93
Short-term borrowing (161) (3,072) (623)
Repayments of short-term borrowing 2,955 148 950
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2,423 (1,661) 108
Issue of ordinary share capital (56) (16) (31)
Repurchase of ordinary share capital 499 618 -
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Net cash outflow (inflow) from financing 2,866 (1,059) 77
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Capital Expenditure and Acquisitions
First Fourth First
Quarter Quarter Quarter
2001 2000 2000
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$ million
By business
Exploration and Production
UK 168 362 163
Rest of Europe 65 85 24
USA 927 897 381
Rest of World 706 781 295
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1,866 2,125 863
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Gas and Power
UK(a) 8 86 2
Rest of Europe 9 13 1
USA 8 5 1
Rest of World - 23 9
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25 127 13
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Refining and Marketing
UK(b) 111 393 889
Rest of Europe 47 328 44
USA(c) 180 652 76
Rest of World 32 227 87
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370 1,600 1,096
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Chemicals
UK 66 210 152
Rest of Europe 16 17 33
USA 78 166 39
Rest of World(d) 56 119 267
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216 512 491
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Other businesses and corporate(e) 60 596 53
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2,537 4,960 2,516
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By geographical area
UK 394 1,144 1,248
Rest of Europe 139 443 106
USA 1,210 1,796 497
Rest of World 794 1,577 665
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2,537 4,960 2,516
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(a) 4Q 2000 includes $62 million for the second instalment on two LNG ships.
(b) 4Q 2000 includes $175 million for the acquisition of the minority
interest in Castrol India.
1Q 2000 includes $869 million for the purchase of some 19.5% of Burmah
Castrol's issued share capital.
(c) 4Q 2000 includes $110 million for the Olympic pipeline and $70 million
for Exxon's aviation lubricants business.
(d) 1Q 2000 includes $210 million for the subvention of Singapore Aromatics
Company bank loans.
(e) 4Q 2000 includes $416 million for the investment in Sinopec.
Analysis of Replacement Cost Operating Profit
First Fourth First
Quarter Quarter Quarter
2001 2000 2000
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$ million
By business
Exploration and Production
UK 1,154 1,082 1,088
Rest of Europe 226 232 188
USA 2,125 1,678 1,191
Rest of World 1,175 1,246 736
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4,680 4,238 3,203
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Gas and Power
UK 12 1 (5)
Rest of Europe 62 54 55
USA 35 29 14
Rest of World 3 99 78
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112 183 142
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Refining and Marketing
UK (111) (71) 33
Rest of Europe 136 354 36
USA 607 388 409
Rest of World 121 121 106
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753 792 584
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Chemicals
UK (50) 10 (31)
Rest of Europe 80 15 78
USA 13 56 168
Rest of World 38 (163) 44
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81 (82) 259
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Other businesses and corporate (127) (368) (227)
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5,499 4,763 3,961
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By geographical area
UK 927 834 974
Rest of Europe 485 608 366
USA 2,712 2,026 1,652
Rest of World 1,375 1,295 969
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5,499 4,763 3,961
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US dollar/Sterling exchange rates
Average rate for the period 1.46 1.45 1.60
Period-end rate 1.44 1.49 1.59
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Notes
1. Turnover
First Fourth First
Quarter Quarter Quarter
2001 2000 2000
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$ million
By business
Exploration and Production 9,117 8,965 6,504
Gas and Power 12,080 8,553 3,255
Refining and Marketing 28,523 32,708 19,696
Chemicals 2,689 2,754 2,781
Other businesses and corporate 169 51 41
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52,578 53,031 32,277
Less: Sales between businesses 7,166 8,469 4,566
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Group excluding JVs 45,412 44,562 27,711
Sales of joint ventures 288 284 5,380
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45,700 44,846 33,091
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By geographical area
Group excluding JVs
UK 11,940 12,982 10,350
Rest of Europe 8,975 8,417 1,874
USA 22,491 20,823 12,973
Rest of World 9,691 9,406 6,360
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53,097 51,628 31,557
Less: Sales between areas 7,685 7,066 3,846
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45,412 44,562 27,711
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Sales of joint ventures
UK - - 1,360
Rest of Europe - - 5,007
USA 87 87 -
Rest of World 201 197 121
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288 284 6,488
Less: Sales between areas - - 1,108
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288 284 5,380
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Notes
2. Operating profits are after charging:
First Fourth First
Quarter Quarter Quarter
2001 2000 2000
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$ million
Exploration expense
UK 4 13 8
Rest of Europe 2 10 4
USA 93 72 35
Rest of World 70 62 84
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169 157 131
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Production taxes (i)
UK petroleum revenue tax 238 162 190
Overseas production taxes 345 402 308
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583 564 498
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(i) Production taxes are charged against Exploration and Production's
operating profit and are not included in the charge for taxation in
Note 7.
3. Analysis of exceptional items
Exploration and Production (42) (96) 38
Gas and Power (1) 2 -
Refining and Marketing 265 (87) 19
Chemicals (6) 28 (210)
Other businesses and corporate 2 231 (4)
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Profit (loss) on sale of fixed assets and
businesses and termination of operations 218 78 (157)
Taxation (charge) credit (113) 94 33
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Exceptional items after taxation 105 172 (124)
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4. Replacement cost profit
Replacement cost profits reflect the current cost of supplies. The
replacement cost profit for the period is arrived at by excluding from
the historical cost profit stock holding gains and losses.
Notes
5. Stock holding gains (losses)
First Fourth First
Quarter Quarter Quarter
2001 2000 2000
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$ million
Exploration and Production 9 (1) 1
Gas and Power (11) (11) 5
Refining and Marketing (243) (520) 463
Chemicals 7 (29) 63
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(238) (561) 532
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6. Interest expense
Group interest payable(a) 367 532 231
Capitalized (34) (42) (15)
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333 490 216
Joint ventures 20 19 14
Associated undertakings 40 42 30
Unwinding of discount on provisions 53 60 36
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446 611 296
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(a) Interest expense for the first quarter of 2001 and fourth quarter of
2000 includes charges of $10 million and $111 million respectively
relating to the early redemption of debt.
7. Charge for taxation
UK 272 334 317
Overseas 1,446 908 570
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1,718 1,242 887
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Notes
8. Analysis of changes in net debt
First Fourth First
Quarter Quarter Quarter
2001 2000 2000
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$ million
Opening balance
Finance debt 21,190 19,688 14,544
Less: Cash 1,170 1,607 1,331
Current asset investments 661 862 220
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Opening net debt 19,359 17,219 12,993
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Closing balance
Finance debt 18,788 21,190 14,357
Less: Cash 1,188 1,170 462
Current asset investments 959 661 274
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Closing net debt 16,641 19,359 13,621
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Decrease (increase) in net debt 2,718 (2,140) (628)
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Movement in cash/bank overdrafts 48 (430) (863)
Increase(decrease) in current asset investments 302 (158) 20
Net cash outflow (inflow) from financing
(excluding share capital) 2,423 (1,661) 108
Other movements 31 (24) 56
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Movement in net debt before exchange effects 2,804 (2,273) (679)
Exchange adjustments (86) 133 51
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Decrease (increase) in net debt 2,718 (2,140) (628)
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Notes
9. Consolidated statement of cash flows presented on a US GAAP format
First Fourth First
Quarter Quarter Quarter
2001 2000 2000
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$ million
Operating activities
Profit after taxation 3,315 2,427 3,153
Adjustments to reconcile profits
after tax to net cash provided by
operating activities
Depreciation and amounts provided 2,140 2,228 1,195
Exploration expenditure written off 108 73 66
Share of profit of joint ventures
and associates less dividends received (63) (78) (131)
(Profit) loss on sale of
businesses and fixed assets (218) (78) 171
Working capital movement (see analysis below) 1,354 (578) (1,968)
Other (141) (393) (110)
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Net cash provided by operating activities 6,495 3,601 2,376
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Investing activities
Capital expenditures (2,611) (3,731) (1,436)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired - (1,561) (869)
Investment in associated undertakings (120) (88) (197)
Net investment in joint ventures (61) - (2)
Proceeds from disposal of assets 694 1,319 431
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Net cash used in investing activities (2,098) (4,061) (2,073)
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Notes
9. Consolidated statement of cash flows presented on a US GAAP format
(continued)
First Fourth First
Quarter Quarter Quarter
2001 2000 2000
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$ million
Financing activities
Proceeds from shares issued (repurchased) (443) (602) 31
Proceeds from long-term financing 517 96 312
Repayments of long-term financing (146) (1,359) (93)
Net (decrease) increase in short-term debt (2,794) 2,924 (327)
Dividends paid - BP shareholders (1,181) (1,183) (971)
- Minority shareholders - (4) (2)
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Net cash used in financing activities (4,047) (128) (1,050)
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Currency translation differences
relating to cash and cash equivalents (34) (50) 28
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Increase (decrease) in cash
and cash equivalents 316 (638) (719)
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Cash and cash equivalents
at beginning of period 1,831 2,469 1,455
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Cash and cash equivalents
at end of period 2,147 1,831 736
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Analysis of working capital movement
Decrease (increase) in stocks 358 (185) (255)
Increase in debtors (1,044) (1,904) (1,097)
Increase (decrease) in creditors 2,040 1,511 (616)
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Total working capital movement 1,354 (578) (1,968)
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Notes
10. Ordinary shares
Shares in issue at 31 March 2001 = 22,484.2 million.
Average number of shares in issue during January-March 2001 =
22,474.2 million (excluding shares held by the Employee Share Ownership
Plans). Each BP ADS represents six BP ordinary shares.
11. Statutory accounts
The financial information shown in this publication is unaudited and
does not constitute statutory accounts. The 2000 statutory accounts
have been delivered to the UK Registrar of Companies; the report of the
auditors on those accounts was unqualified.
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