Graham Mackay, Chief Executive of SABMiller, said:
"Top and bottom line growth has been strong in most of our developing market businesses, propelled by our continued investment in brands, sales and marketing capability and production capacity. Market conditions have remained challenging in the USA and much of Europe and increases in input costs have continued, as expected. We have taken further steps to extend our global portfolio: our planned alliance with Anadolu Efes and recommended proposal to acquire Foster's both represent strategically important moves into attractive markets."
The dividend is increased by 10% to US21.5 cents
