The Manager - Listings
Australian Securities Exchange Limited Exchange Centre
20 Bridge Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000
Via electronic lodgement
Dear Sir / Madam
Brambles Limited
ABN 89 118 896 021
Level 40 Gateway 1 Macquarie Place Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
GPO Box 4173 Sydney NSW 2001
Tel +61 2 9256 5222 Fax +61 2 9256 5299
www.brambles.com
At 10.15am AEDT today, Tom Gorman, Chief Executive Officer and Zlatko Todorcevski, Chief Financial Officer, will webcast a presentation of Brambles' results for the half-year ended 31 December 2015. The slides for that webcast presentation are enclosed.
The slides and webcast will be available on the Brambles' website at www.brambles.com.
Yours faithfully
Brambles LimitedGroup Company Secretary
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22 February 2016
Tom Gorman, CEO
2
25
Brambles Injury Frequency Rate
(per million man hours)
20
15
10
5
0
FY11
FY12
FY13
FY14
FY15
1H16
Continuing businesses1 Reported 2
1 Operations owned continuously throughout FY11 to 1H16, excluding businesses acquired or divested during that period.
2 Includes restatements in FY12 to incorporate acquired operations and, in FY13 and FY14, the demerged Recall business.
3
FY16 sales and Underlying Profit guidance raised to 8-10% growth (constant FX) Guidance translates to US$1,015-1,035M Underlying Profit (30 June 2015 FX) FY19 financial performance objectives reaffirmed
1H16 sales growth of 8% driven by new business and organic growth in Pallets, strong expansion in European RPCs
1H16 Underlying Profit growth of 10% reflects Pallets margin improvements Interim dividend increased by half a cent to 14.5 AU cents per share
Non-underwritten Dividend Reinvestment Plan retained at 1.5% discount
Growth capex primarily supporting expansion of established businesses Focus on all business units' ability to deliver satisfactory scale and returns
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