Highlights

• A solid operating performance in the first half with results in line with expectations


• North America, Customer Solutions & Support and Commercial Aerospace businesses have continued to perform well


• Good cash performance with net debt at the end of the period better than expectations


• Decisive steps taken to ensure best practice programme management is applied consistently across the company


• Interim dividend maintained at 3.7p per share

Order book 1	£46.4 billion
Sales	£5,682 million
Profit before interest 2	£465 million
Earnings per share 2	7.2p
Dividend per share	3.7p
Operating cash inflow	£273 million
Net debt	£1,254 million

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