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2004  Annual Report  
 
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Annual financial statements

Group cash flow statement

for the year ended 31 December

 
 

 

   
 
2004 
2003* 
 
Notes 
 
Rm 
 
Rm 
Cash flows from operating activities
5 582 
5 281 
Cash received from clients
31 782 
35 699 
Cash paid to clients, staff and suppliers
(26 570)
(30 668)
Dividends received on investments
143 
152 
Recoveries on loans previously written off
227 
98 
Change in working funds
(11 804)
(14 124)
Increase in operating assets
(21 565)
(13 634)
Increase/(Decrease) in operating liabilities
9 761 
(490)
           
Cash utilised by operating activities before taxation
  
 
(6 222)
 
(8 843)
Taxation paid
(835)
(616)
Net cash utilised by operating activities
(7 057)
(9 459)
Cash flows from investment activities
2 836
2 654 
Acquisition of property and equipment
(948)
(1 007)
Proceeds on disposal of property and equipment
277 
145 
Net income on investment banking assets
97 
243 
Net proceeds from disposal of investments in associate companies and other investments
1 642 
552 
Net proceeds from disposal of insurance assets
1 516 
2 739 
Disposal of investments in subsidiary companies net of cash
343 
236 
Acquisition of investments in subsidiary companies net of cash
(91)
(254)
Cash flows from financing activities
1 903 
2 063 
Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares
5 211 
380 
Proceeds from issue of preference shares by Nedbank Limited
 
815 
Shares repurchased by subsidiary company
 
(111)
Net (decrease)/increase in long-term debt instruments
(2 778)
2 507 
Dividends paid to ordinary shareholders
(269)
(1 395)
Preference dividends paid
(261)
(133)
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and short-term funds (excluding foreign borrowings)
  
 
141 
   
362 
Net decrease in cash and short-term funds
(2 177)
(4 380)
Cash and short-term funds at beginning of year
  
12 227 
16 607 
Cash and short-term funds at end of year
4 
  
10 050 
  
12 227 
* Restated as per note 3.