Financial key points
‑ Sales increased by 1%
‑ Underlying EBITA decreased by 6%. Deferred recognition of sales and profit relating to the formalisation of price escalation on the Salam Typhoon programme
‑ Underlying earnings per share decreased by 4%
‑ Order backlog increased to £43.1bn
‑ Non-UK and US order intake of £4.8bn in the period
‑ Interim dividend increased by 3% to 8.0p per share
‑ Operating business cash outflow of £815m
