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56-59) is the second longest portion of the report's general section of Notes to the Financial Statements (p. 51-101), next to Note 42 which is on the financial reporting transition to IFRS (p. 91-98). From the long list of accounting policies, we note the following that in our opinion materially affected the accounts in terms of valuation and profitability: ? The 2006 reports are the Group's and Company's first financial statements prepared under IFRS and therefore, IFRS 1 ?First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards' was applied...
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The last statements under UK Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("UK GAAP") were for the 52 weeks to 26 March 2005. An explanation of the transition to IFRS is provided in Note 42. A comparison of the GAAP-based 2005 and IFRS-based 2005 reports showed that whilst non-current assets declined by almost ?3 billion, total equity declined by only ?33 million thanks to adjustments in net current liabilities of over ?2...
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