Financial Highlights

  • Record sales and profit for the period
  • Continued margin improvement
  • Positive free cash flow
  • Interim dividend increased by 35.0%
  • Reduced gearing from 66.1% to 37.4%
  • New products driving growth
2012
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2011
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Changes
%
Turnover 1,855 1,784 +4.0%
EBITDA 188 170 +10.4%
EBIT 127 115 +10.4%
Profit attributable to Owners of the Company 96 80 +20.1%
EPS (US cents) 5.69 5.00 +13.8%
Interim dividend per share (approx. US cents) 0.87 0.64 +35.0%