SLIDE 5 4 2017 Half Year Results Six months ended 30th June 2017
ENGINEERING SUSTAINABLE VALUE
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- Organic sales +5%
- Organic sales
growth in EMEA and Asia Pac of the Steam Specialties business, flat in the
- Americas. Good
- rganic growth in
Watson-Marlow
+8% on an organic basis
tax rate
Financial performance
⁺ Organic measures are at constant currency and exclude acquisitions and disposals. * See Appendix III for definition of adjusted profit measures.
30th June 2017 30th June 2016 Reported Constant currency Organic⁺ Revenue £428.6m £344.0m +25% +13% +5% Operating profit* £101.2m £77.5m +31% +13% +8% Operating profit margin* 23.6% 22.5% +110 bps +10 bps +50 bps Net finance expense (£2.0m) (£1.3m) Pre-tax profit* £99.2m £76.2m +30% Tax rate* 29.1% 29.6%
EPS* 95.5p 73.1p +31% DPS 25.5p 22.5p +13%