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This excerpt taken from the ICI 20-F filed Apr 1, 2005. (5) Profit before exceptional items, taxation and goodwill amortisation Profit before exceptional items, taxation and goodwill amortisation is presented before the charge for goodwill amortisation. This is a non-UK GAAP measure for which the most directly comparable UK GAAP financial measure is profit before exceptional items and taxation. A detailed explanation of management’s reasons for believing this non-UK GAAP financial measure to be useful is provided in the Basis of Presentation section of Item 5 “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects” under the heading “Profit before exceptional items, taxation and goodwill amortisation” on pages 12 and 13 of this Annual Report on Form 20-F. 5 A reconciliation between the UK GAAP financial measure of profit before exceptional items and taxation and profit before exceptional items, taxation and goodwill amortisation for the years ended December 31, 2000 to 2004, inclusive, is shown in the table below:
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