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View the text version of Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation & amortisation (a) US$m

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View the text version of Captial expenditure (a) US$m

View the text version of Dividends declared Australian cents

View the text version of Underlying/adjusted earnings per share (a) (b) (c) US cents

View the text version of Equity attributable to Rio Tinto shareholders (a) US$m

View the text version of Net earnings per share (a) (b) (c) US cents

View the text version of Total capital (a) US$m

View the text version of Underlying adjusted earnings (a) (b) (c) US$m

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View the text version of Profit for the year (a) (b) (c) US$m

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View the text version of Cash flows from operations (a) (d) US$m

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The accounting information for 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 in these charts is drawn up in accordance with EU IFRS; but the information for 2003 is as previously reported in accordance with UK Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (UK GAAP).
Underlying earnings is the key financial performance indicator which management use internally to assess performance. It is presented here as an additional measure of earnings to provide greater understanding of the underlying business performance of the Group's operations. Items excluded from net earnings to arrive at underlying earnings are explained in note 2 to the 2007 Full financial statements. Both net earnings and underlying earnings deal with amounts attributable to equity shareholders of Rio Tinto. However, EU IFRS requires that the profit for the year reported in the income statement should also include earnings attributable to outside shareholders in subsidiaries.
The amounts presented for 2003 are similar measures to underlying earnings, net earnings and profit for the year respectively but drawn up in accordance with UK GAAP. In the UK GAAP financial statements for 2003, they were referred to as adjusted earnings, net earnings and profit on ordinary activities after tax.
The analysis of cash flows from operations between equity accounted units (previously joint ventures and associates under UK GAAP) and consolidated operations has been affected by the reclassification of certain operations under EU IFRS.
In this report, the sales revenue of parent companies and their subsidiaries is referred to as "Consolidated sales revenue". Rio Tinto also reports a sales revenue measure that includes its share of equity accounted units, which is referred to as "Gross sales revenue". This latter measure is considered informative because a significant part of the Group's business is conducted through operations that are subject to equity accounting.