NOTES	£m	1999 £m	£m	1998 £m
Fixed assets
Tangible assets	12		18.5		16.6
Investments	13		3,760.6		3,666.8
			3,779.1		3,683.4
Current assets
Other debtors	16	142.4		226.5
Investments	17	8.2		6.9
Cash and other liquid funds	18	87.9		27.1
		238.5		260.5
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year	19	(1,072.5)		(1,041.1)
Net current liabilities			(834.0)		(780.6)
Total assets less current liabilities			2,945.1		2,902.8
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
Loans	21	484.9		236.3
Convertible debt	22	87.3		84.5
Provision for liabilities and charges
Deferred taxation	24	0.1		0.3
			572.3		321.1
Net assets			2,372.8		2,581.7
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital	25		47.9		48.4
Share premium account	27		129.5		118.2
Other reserves	27		854.6		1,061.8
Profit and loss account	28		1,340.8		1,353.3
Shareholders' funds			2,372.8		2,581.7
Attributable to:
Equity shareholders' funds			2,031.4		2,215.3
Non-equity shareholders' funds	25		341.4		366.4
Total shareholders' funds			2,372.8		2,581.7