Informa plc have announced full year results for the Year Ended 31 December 2012.
Key highlights below
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Highlights
- Academic publishing unit saw a 2.4 per cent increase in revenues
- Sales dropped 4.4 per cent at the business information unit
- Sales dropped 3% at the events and training unit
- Total revenues £1232.5 million, a drop of 3.4%
- Emerging market growth – now 18% of Group revenue (2011: 14%)
- Core revenue stream – 67% of publishing revenues from subscriptions
- Digital revenue strew – 74% of publishing revenues fully digitised
- Diluted EPS 15p, a drop of 20%
- Adjusted diluted EPS 40.7p, up 7.7%
- Full year dividend 18.5p, up 10.1%
- Profit before tax £67 million, a drop of 24.4%
- Adjusted operating profit of £349.7 million, up 4.0%
- Adjusted operating margin of 28.4%
- Adjusted profit before tax of £317.4 million, up 7.3%
- Statutory profit after tax of £90.7 million
- Operating cash flow £329 million, up 5.7%
- Balance sheet – net debt/EBITDA ratio of 2.1 times
Peter Rigby, Chief Executive, said:
“Informa has performed strongly once again in 2012, delivering earnings ahead of market expectations and strong cashflow, despite what have remained very challenging market conditions. This is testament to the resilience of our businesses, underpinned by strong brands, leading market positions, digital excellence and a growing presence in emerging markets. Our performance has enabled us to keep investing in our business, while maintaining our progressive dividend policy, with 10.1% growth in the total payout in 2012, underlining our commitment to delivering attractive returns to our shareholders.
Commenting on acquisitions and disposals, Peter Rigby said:
We were very proactive in managing our portfolio in 2012. This was evident through the acquisitions of Zephyr, which bolstered our digital subscription base, and MMPI, which expanded our portfolio of large exhibitions, as well as the disposals of Robbins Gioia and some small European local language Conference businesses. Internally, our focus on operating excellence also led us to proactively exit a number of lower quality publishing products and events, cutting out over £25m of revenue. This has impacted top-line growth trends but leaves the group in a stronger position going forward, with a higher underlying quality of earnings.
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