Hunting plc announce an interim dividend of 4.5 cents per share declared in respect of H1 2022 (H1 2021 - 4.0 cents), absorbing cash of approximately $7.2m (H1 2021 - $6.4m), payable to shareholders on 28 October 2022, with a record date of 7 October 2022.
Other financial highlights include:
Revenue $336.1m (H2 2021 - $277.2m; H1 2021 - $244.4m)
Gross profit $75.8m (H2 2021 - $20.9m; H1 2021 - $44.0m)
Profit from operations $1.7m (H2 2021 - $53.2m loss; H1 2021 - $26.5m loss)
Diluted loss per share 2.4 cents (H2 2021 - 34.3 cents LPS; H1 2021 - 18.9 cents LPS)
EBITDA $20.6m (H2 2021 - $6.7m; H1 2021 - $3.6m loss)
Adjusting items totalling $nil (H2 2021 - $41.1m; H1 2021 - $3.5m)
Adjusted gross profit $75.8m (H2 2021 - $56.5m; H1 2021 - $44.1m)
Adjusted profit from operations $1.7m (H2 2021 - $12.1m loss; H1 2021 - $23.0m loss)
Adjusted diluted LPS per share 2.4 cents (H2 2021 - 11.0 cents LPS; H1 2021 - 16.1 cents LPS)
Total cash and bank of $85.6m (31 December 2021 - $114.2m)
Net assets per share 517.4 cents (31 December 2021 - 528.4 cents)