Financial summary
The Group’s accounts are prepared in accordance with IFRS, which differ in certain significant respects from US GAAP. For a discussion of such differences and a reconciliation between IFRS and US GAAP, see Note 47 on the accounts.
The dollar financial information included below has been converted from sterling at a rate of £1.00 to US$1.9586, being the Noon Buying Rate on 29 December 2006 (the last business day in 2006).
