Summary financial data in Australian dollars, Sterling and US dollars

2006 A$m	2005 A$m	2006 £m	2005 £m		2006 US$m	2005 US$m
33,810	27,195	13,818	11,390	Gross sales revenue	25,440	20,742
29,856	24,954	12,203	10,451	Consolidated sales revenue	22,465	19,033
13,609	9,587	5,562	4,015	Profit before taxation	10,240	7,312
10,455	7,208	4,273	3,019	Profit for the year	7,867	5,498
9,885	6,837	4,040	2,864	Net earnings attributable to Rio Tinto shareholders	7,438	5,215
9,752	6,497	3,986	2,721	Underlying earnings (a)	7,338	4,955
741.3c	501.2c	303.0p	209.9p	Basic earnings per ordinary share (c)	557.8c	382.3c
731.3c	476.2c	298.9p	199.4p	Basic Underlying earnings per ordinary share (a) (c)	550.3c	363.2c
				Dividends per share to Rio Tinto shareholders
252.76c	108.85c	106.66p	45.69p	- paid (including special dividend)	191.5c	83.5c
82.84c	200.28c	32.63c	85.24c	- proposed (2005 including special dividend)	64.0c	151.5c
4,936	5,848	2,017	2,449	Cash flow before financing activities	3,714	4,460
(3,084)	(1,793)	(1,241)	(760)	Net debt	(2,437)	(1,313)
23,069	20,407	9,283	8,650	Equity attributable to Rio Tinto shareholders	18,232	14,948

Underlying earnings exclude items totalling US$100 million (2005: US$260 million), which are analysed on page 26.
The financial data above have been extracted from the financial statements set out on pages 24 to 27. 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.
Basic earnings per ordinary share and basic underlying earnings per ordinary share do not recognise the dilution resulting from share options in issue.