Highlights:
· Base business delivered a solid end to the year with +2% like-for-like net revenue growth in Q4, driven by +5% growth in Health. MJN acquisition means more than 50% of revenue comes from higher margin consumer health brands.
· MJN integration is firmly on track. Growth has returned after nine quarters without growth, $25m of synergies have been delivered earlier than planned, and today we are raising our synergy expectations to around $300m, up from $250m announced at the time of the acquisition.
· RB has created two business units to drive long term growth -Health and Hygiene Home. New structure in place from January 2018.
And later;
Dividends. The Board of Directors recommends a final dividend of 97.7 pence (2016: 95.0 pence), to give a full year dividend of 164.3 pence (2016: 153.2 pence). The dividend, if approved by shareholders at the AGM on 3 May 2018, will be paid on 24 May 2018 to shareholders on the register at the record date of 13 April 2018. The ex-dividend date is 12 April 2018. The final dividend will be accrued once approved by Shareholders.
Full item here;
https://www.investegate.co.uk/reckitt-b ... 00042044F/
The CEO is being interviewed on Bloomberg TV at 0730hrs (UK) today if you're interested.