• Independent auditor’s report
• Consolidated income statement
• Consolidated statement of comprehensive income
• Consolidated and Parent Company balance sheets
• Consolidated statement of changes in equity
• Parent Company statement of changes in equity
• Consolidated and Parent Company statement of cash flows
• Accounting policies
• Notes to the financial statements
• Group financial history
• Shareholders’ information

Notes to the financial statements

24 Share capital

Authorised		2014 Thousands		2013 Thousands
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each		240,000		240,000
Issued and fully paid		Thousands		£m
At 31 March 2012		133,351		33.3
Issued for cash on exercise of share options		3,245		0.8
At 31 March 2013		136,596		34.1
Issued for cash on exercise of share options		113		0.1
At 31 March 2014		136,709		34.2

During the year ended 31 March 2014 113,558 shares were issued at a premium of £0.1 million for an aggregate consideration of £0.2 million (2013: 3,244,954 shares at a premium of £6.6 million for an aggregate consideration of £7.4 million). Exercises of LTISP options and vesting of deferred bonus shares are fulfilled by the issue of existing shares from the Dairy Crest Employees’ Share Ownership Plan (‘ESOP’) - see Note 25.