Notes 29, 30, 31 Financial statements - Notes to the consolidated financial statements 29 Other current financial liabilities December 31, January 1, 2006 2006 Loans - current portion 480 256 Finance lease liabilities - current portion 59 64 Short-term borrowings 56 597 Interest 142 140 Dividend cumulative preferred financing shares 42 44 Derivative financial instruments 10 31 Total other current financial liabilities 789 1,132 Short-term borrowings as at January 1, 2006 was principally comprised of short-term loans payable related to U.S. Foodservice's accounts receivable securitization program For additional disclosure about this program, see Note 21. 30 Other current liabilities December 31, January 1, 2006 2006 Accrued expenses 1,046 799 Compensated absences 233 239 Payroll taxes, social security and VAT 214 159 Deferred gains 31 31 Payables to joint ventures and associates 4 13 Other 4 52 Total other current liabilities 1,532 1,293 Accrued expenses as at December 31, 2006 includes the remaining one third of the settlement amount in the Securities Class Action (EUR 277), which was funded into escrow on January 29, 2007. For more information, see Note 34. 31 Cash flow The following table presents a reconciliation between net income and cash generated from operations: 2006 2005 2004 Cash generated from operations Net income 915 146 883 Adjustments for: Depreciation, amortization and impairments 974 1,048 1,170 Gains on the sale of non-current assets and disposal groups held for sale (45) (61) (16) Settlement Securities Class Action 803 - Net financial expense 518 650 270 Share in net income of joint ventures and associates (152) (118) (104) Income taxes 91 (214) 140 Income from discontinued operations (79) (211) (222) Other 21 23 18 Operating cash flow before changes in working capital 2,243 2,066 2,139 Changes in inventories 63 50 23 Changes in receivables and other current assets 26 43 (52) Changes in payables and other current liabilities 50 (35) 49 Changes in non-current assets and liabilities (114) (138) (47) Securities Class Action settlement, net of insurance proceeds of EUR 92 (536) - - Cash generated from operations 1,732 1,986 2,112 104 Ahold Annual Report 2006

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