Highlights: Interim results for the 26 weeks ended 29 October 2016
• Group H1 like-for-like revenue up 4%; Q2 like-for-like up 4%; statutory revenue for H1 up 11%
• Market share gains across all markets
• Group Headline PBT of £144 million (2015/16: £121 million), up 19%
• Group Headline EBIT of £153 million (2015/16: £135 million)
• Group Headline basic EPS from continuing operations 10.9p (2015/16: 7.5p)
• Statutory profit before tax of £104 million (2015/16: £78 million) after non-Headline charges of £40 million (2015/16: £43 million), statutory basic EPS of 8.1p (2015/16: 4.8p)
• Interim dividend of 3.5p, payable in January 2017, an increase of 8%
• Free cash flow(8) of £65 million (2015/16: £64 million) and net debt of £285 million (2015/16: £378 million)
• CWS: Announcement of connected home partnership with SSE
