Rio Tinto Annual Report 2007 - Summary financial data in Australian dollars, Sterling and US dollars

Summary financial data in Australian dollars, Sterling and US dollars

2007 A$m	2006 A$m	2007 £m	2006 £m		2007 US$m	2006 US$m
39,957	33,810	16,741	13,818	Gross sales revenue	33,518	25,440
35,405	29,856	14,834	12,203	Consolidated sales revenue	29,700	22,465
11,725	13,609	4,913	5,562	Profit before taxation	9,836	10,240
9,234	10,455	3,869	4,273	Profit for the year	7,746	7,867
8,717	9,885	3,652	4,040	Net earnings attributable to shareholders of Rio Tinto	7,312	7,438
8,873	9,752	3,718	3,986	Underlying earnings (a)	7,443	7,338
677.9c	741.3c	284.0p	303.0p	Basic earnings per ordinary share (c)	568.7c	557.8c
690.1c	731.3c	289.1p	298.9p	Basic underlying earnings per ordinary share (a),(c)	578.9c	550.3c
				Dividends per share to Rio Tinto shareholders
143.53c	107.34c	58.22p	44.77p	- paid (regular)	116.0c	81.5c
-	145.42c	-	61.89p	- paid (special)	-	110.0c
93.02c	82.84c	43.13p	32.63p	- proposed final dividend	84.0c	64.0c
(40,830)	4,936	(17,107)	2,017	Cash flow before financing activities	(34,251)	3,714
(51,426)	(3,084)	(22,683)	(1,241)	Net debt	(45,152)	(2,437)
28,214	23,069	12,444	9,283	Equity attributable to Rio Tinto shareholders	24,772	18,232

Underlying earnings exclude charges totalling US$131 million (2006: credits of US$100 million), which are analysed in note 2.
The financial data above has been extracted from the summary financial statements. The Australian dollar and Sterling amounts are based on the US dollar amounts, retranslated at average or closing rates as appropriate, except for the dividends which are the actual amounts payable. For further information on these exchange rates, see note 46.
Basic earnings per ordinary share and basic underlying earnings per ordinary share do not recognise the dilution resulting from share options in issue.