Jardine Lloyd increases its 2015 full year dividend by 6%

DividendMax Ltd.

Jardine Lloyd increases its 2015 full year dividend by 6%

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

• Revenue growth of 5% to £1,155.1m

• Organic revenue growth of 2%

• Strong 5% organic revenue growth in Risk & Insurance

• Organic revenue declined by 6% in Employee Benefits due to specific challenges within UK & Ireland. International Employee Benefits organic revenue growth of 7%.

• Underlying profit before tax of £170.1m, down 7%, reflecting planned US investment*

• Underlying profit before tax, excluding US investment*, up 3% to £190.6m

• Reported profit before tax down 3% to £155.0m

• Underlying profit margin down 160bp to 16.2%

• Underlying profit margin, excluding US investment*, increased by 10bp to 18.4%

• Reported diluted EPS down 2% to 47.0p

 Total cash dividend of 30.6p up 6%, reflecting the Board's confidence in the Group's underlying trading performance

* Net investment in JLT USA in 2015 was £20.5m (2014: £2.7m)

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