The Informa Board has declared an interim dividend of 7.0p per share (H1 2024: 6.4p per share). The interim dividend will be paid on 19 September 2025 to ordinary shareholders registered as at the close of business on 8 August 2025. The Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) will be available for the interim dividend and the last date for receipt of elections for the DRIP will be 29 August 2025.
Other financial highlights include:
Double-digit reported growth: Informa delivered 20%+ growth in Revenues (+20.1% to £2,035.9m), Adjusted Operating Profit (24.0% to £578.9m), Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share (+25.2% to 29.8p) and Free Cash Flow (+25.0% to £356.9m), reflecting strong underlying growth and the benefit of last year's portfolio expansion;
Strong underlying growth: Underlying revenues +7.8% and underlying adjusted operating profit +9.2% in H1 2025, reflecting further strong growth in Live B2B Events and Academic Markets;
Revenue visibility and quality: c.£3.1bn, representing c.80% of 2025 revenue, is committed or visible through subscriptions, forward bookings and contracts, up from c.£2.7bn at H1 2024; A further £0.5bn+ of revenue is booked and committed for 2026, up c.15% year-on-year;
Upgraded 2025 guidance: Group underlying revenue growth guidance increased from 5%+ to 6%±, including 8%+ in Live B2B Events; Reported revenue guidance maintained at £4bn± and adjusted earnings growth increased to 10%+, despite further weakening of US dollar (2025 average GBP/USD 1.33 versus 1.32 at the AGM Trading Update);
Higher operating margin: Adjusted Operating Margin increased to 28.4% (H1 2024: 27.5%), underpinned by further underlying profit growth and ongoing AI Data Licencing Agreements;
Statutory performance: H1 2025 statutory revenue of £2,035.9m (H1 2024: £1,695.3m), statutory operating loss of £137.0m (H1 2024: £262.9m profit) and statutory diluted EPS of (5.9)p (H1 2024: 10.8p), reflecting Informa TechTarget non-cash impairment (£484.2m) based on current US public market valuation of Informa TechTarget and its US trading performance;
Balance sheet strength: €700m bond issue completed, extending pro-forma average debt maturity to 4.5 years and securing long-term financing flexibility.
