£50m for the full year
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Commenting on the results,
David Squires, Group Chief Executive Officer of Senior plc, said: Our performance in the first half of 2021 has, once again, demonstrated the resilience of Senior. While the global pandemic is not over, we are encouraged to see the clear signs of recovery in our end markets, which gives renewed confidence in our ability to create enhanced value for our investors over the medium term. As we said in our
9 July 2021 Post-Close Trading Update, for 2021, despite the well-publicised headwinds associated with freight and commodity costs; semiconductor supply chain challenges for our land vehicle customers; as well as the divestment of our Senior Aerospace Connecticut business, we expect overall Group performance for 2021 to be slightly ahead of our previous expectations. In relative terms, H1 2021 is likely to be slightly stronger than H2 2021 due to reduced defence sales in H2 2021, which, based on delivery profiles,
o Revenue down 12% underlying o Cash operating income² down 13% underlying; 11% margin o Adjusted³ operating profit down 19% underlying; 9% margin o Adjusted profit before tax down 20% underlying o Adjusted EPS up 12% · Interim dividend increased +1% to 7.6p · Statutory · Active portfolio management strategy delivering value creation: o Increased investment in Cazoo in October 2020; proposed transaction values stake at c.US$1.35bn
5 vs £117m total investment o Disposal of EdTech (Hobsons) for c.US$410m in March 2021 o Acquisition of New Scientist for £67m in March 2021 · Strong financial position maintained: pro forma net cash £293m
6 and £362m of committed undrawn bank facilities; statutory net cash £199m