For the financial year ended 28 February 2022
2022 | 2021 | ||
Notes | €m | €m | |
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES | |||
Group profit/(loss) for the year | 37.1 | (104.5) | |
Finance income | (0.2) | - | |
Finance expense | 22.8 | 27.4 | |
Income tax expense/(credit) | 8.6 | (16.8) | |
(Profit)/loss on share of equity accounted investments | (5.3) | 14.9 | |
Impairment of intangible asset | 0.6 | 0.3 | |
Impairment of equity accounted investments | 6.4 | 9.1 | |
(Revaluation)/ impairment of property, plant & equipment | (0.6) | 1.2 | |
Depreciation of property, plant & equipment | 29.2 | 28.2 | |
Amortisation of intangible assets | 2.6 | 2.6 | |
Profit on disposal | (4.5) | (5.8) | |
Net profit on disposal of property, plant & equipment | (1.6) | (0.4) | |
Rights Issue costs recorded as exceptional | 2.6 | - | |
Charge for equity settled share-based payments | 1.5 | 0.8 | |
Pension contributions: adjustment from charge to payment | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
99.5 | (42.5) | ||
(Increase)/decrease in inventories | (43.6) | 18.2 | |
(Increase)/decrease in trade & other receivables | (84.0) | 39.6 | |
Increase/(decrease) in trade & other payables | 89.6 | (97.2) | |
(Decrease)/increase in provisions | (0.9) | 3.5 | |
60.6 | (78.4) | ||
Interest and similar costs paid | (24.4) | (23.4) | |
Income taxes (paid)/refunded | (3.2) | 7.2 | |
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities | 33.0 | (94.6) | |
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES | |||
Purchase of property, plant & equipment | (14.9) | (8.4) | |
Purchase of intangible assets | (2.2) | (1.6) | |
Net proceeds on disposal of property, plant & equipment | 2.3 | 1.0 | |
Sale of business – net of cash disposed | 12.9 | 6.7 | |
Cash outflow re acquisition of equity accounted investments/financial assets | (0.3) | (6.9) | |
Net cash outflow from investing activities | (2.2) | (9.2) | |
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES | |||
Proceeds from exercise of share options/equity interests | 0.7 | 0.3 | |
Proceeds from Rights Issue | 176.3 | - | |
Drawdown of debt | 49.5 | 570.9 | |
Repayment of debt | (271.7) | (464.0) | |
Payment of lease liabilities | (21.9) | (19.0) | |
Payment of issue costs | - | (1.4) | |
Payment of Rights Issue costs | (9.2) | - | |
Dividends paid | - | (0.4) | |
Net cash (outflow)/inflow from financing activities | (76.3) | 86.4 | |
Net decrease in cash | (45.5) | (17.4) | |
Reconciliation of opening to closing cash | |||
Cash at beginning of year | 107.7 | 123.4 | |
Translation adjustment | 2.5 | 1.7 | |
Net decrease in cash | (45.5) | (17.4) | |
Cash at end of financial year | 64.7 | 107.7 |
A reconciliation of cash to net debt is presented in note 21 to the financial statements.