Operational and financial highlights:
- Sales pipeline: £7.0 billion annual contract value
- Revenue +6.2%a with growth across all regions except Middle East & India
- Operating cash flowa,c £192 million (2016: £277 million); weighted to H2 2017 in line with guidance
- Net debt to EBITDA improved to 2.7x (30 June 2016: 3.3x); expect 2.5x or lower by year end
- Continuing EPS 8.3p +7.8% (2016: 7.7p); statutory EPS 9.7p +115.6% (2016: 4.5p)
- Interim dividend 3.59p (2016: 3.59p)
