Financial Highlights
Total sales £2.5bn, +13%
Booker like-for-like non tobacco sales up 0.1% and tobacco sales down 5.6% due to the "display ban"
Operating profit £81.4m, +9%
Profit before tax £81.0m, +9%
Profit after tax £67.8m, +12%
Basic earnings per share up 11% at 3.83 pence
Net cash of £105.7m
Interim dividend of 0.63 pence per share, up 11%
As previously indicated, we intend to make a special return to shareholders in July 2017
