Financial Summary

Company Background


Primary Country Listing	UK
Status	Full
Index	FTSE All Share, FTSE 250
Sector	Support Services
Activities	Speciality plastic, fibre, foam and packaging products supplier

Results for year ended 31 December 2018

	FY 2018	FY 2017	% change Actual FX	% change Constant FX
Revenue – cont.¹	£1,026m	£1,027m	+0	+2
Adjusted²operating profit - cont.¹	£91m	£85m	+7	+9
Adjusted²pre-tax profit - cont.¹	£80m	£74m	+8	+10
Adjusted²net income⁵– cont.¹	£64m	£59m	+8	+6
Adjusted²basic earnings per share – cont.¹	23.1p	22.1p	+5	+2
Dividend per share	20.7p	20.7p	-

Reported operating profit – cont.¹	£47m	£6m	n / m	n / m
Reported pre-tax profit / (loss) – cont.¹	£36m	£(5)m	n / m	n / m
Reported net income^{3, 4}– total	£28m	£116m	n / m	n / m
Reported basic earnings⁴per share – total	9.3p	43.7p	n / m	n / m

¹ Continuing operations, excluding Porous Technologies, in light of the divestment on 6 March 2017
² Before amortisation of acquired intangible assets and exceptional and other adjusting items
³ Net income is defined as profit after tax, before minority interests
⁴ FY 2017 net income and basic earnings per share reflect the exceptional gain on the divestment of Porous Technologies

Annual Report

Annual Report 2018 PDF 14.60MB