Sales		Profit before interest		Profit after tax and minority interests
3. DISCONTINUED ACTIVITIES    AND EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS	1997 US$m	1996 US$m	1997 US$m	1996 US$m	1997 US$m	1996 US$m
Discontinued activities:
Trading results*
Mannings, Taiwan	33.1	40.9	(8.0)	(8.1)	(9.6)	(9.2)
Simago, Spain	433.6	503.9	3.2	0.5	(0.5)	(5.4)
Wellsave, Japan	52.8	32.8	(14.6)	(13.2)	(8.9)	(8.0)
	519.5	577.6	(19.4)	(20.8)	(19.0)	(22.6)
Nestlé Dairy Farm			(6.0)	(8.0)	(6.0)	(8.0)
Profit on sale Nestlé Dairy Farm			24.6	-	24.6	-
Closure costs
Mannings, Taiwan			(14.3)	-	(13.9)	-
Wellsave, Japan			(40.2)	-	(24.1)	-
			(55.3)	(28.8)	(38.4)	(30.6)
Repositioning provisions in Franklins and Kwik Save			-	(77.5)	-	(74.8)
Deficits on revaluation of properties			-	(5.0)	-	(5.0)
			(55.3)	(111.3)	(38.4)	(110.4)
* Prior year comparative figures have been restated to conform with current year's presentation.