Rentokil Initial posts 3 % sales rise & strong cash flow; profit dips
H1 2025 highlights: Revenue from continuing operations grew 3.1 % YoY to $3.36 bn (1.6 % organic). Adjusted operating profit slipped 4.5 % to $511 m, cutting margin 120 bps to 15.2 %. Adjusted PBT was $418 m (-7.8 %) and adjusted EPS 12.46 c (-11 %). Statutory PBT fell 26 % to $216 m after a $79 m increase in the termite-damage provision.
Cash & capital: Free cash flow rose 31 % to $282 m with 93 % conversion (vs 80 % guidance). Net debt climbed to $4.22 bn, or 2.8× adjusted EBITDA, largely due to bond financing and FX; liquidity headroom is $2.0 bn. Interim dividend maintained at 4.15 c.
Operating trends: North America revenue +2.0 % (organic +1.1 %) but adjusted profit -7.3 % and margin 16.9 %. International revenue +5.1 %, adjusted profit +4.6 %, margin steady at 19.3 %. Group organic growth improved in Q2, with North America organic growth 1.4 % versus 0.7 % in Q1. Integration of Terminix continues; ~$100 m cost-reduction target and >20 % NA margin post-2026 reiterated. FY-25 outlook and technical guidance unchanged.
Positive
- Free cash flow up 31 % to $282 m with 93 % conversion, beating 80 % target
- $2.0 bn liquidity headroom; successful $1.25 bn bond issue refinanced 2025 term loan
- FY-25 guidance and ~$100 m cost-reduction synergy target reaffirmed
- International division delivered 5.1 % revenue growth and stable 19.3 % margin
Negative
- Adjusted operating margin compressed 120 bps to 15.2 %; North America margin 16.9 %
- Adjusted operating profit down 4.5 % and adjusted EPS down 11 %
- $79 m increase in termite damage provision highlights ongoing liability risk
- Net debt rose to $4.22 bn (2.8× EBITDA) following adverse FX and new bonds
Insights
TL;DR: Solid top-line and cash flow, but margin pressure and higher provisions keep outlook merely steady; guidance unchanged.
Revenue growth of 3 % met expectations and cash conversion was excellent (93 %), demonstrating disciplined working-capital control. However, operating leverage remains negative: adjusted operating profit declined 4.5 % and North American margin is now below 17 %, reflecting wage inflation and integration drag. The $79 m termite provision signals continuing liability risk. Net debt edged higher, yet leverage at 2.8× and $2 bn liquidity headroom look manageable. Dividend stability and reaffirmed FY-25 guidance limit downside, but catalysts for EPS upgrades are absent until NA integration benefits materialise. Overall neutral impact.
TL;DR: Execution on synergies progressing, organic growth stabilising, but competitive US market still weighs on profitability.
The pest-control market’s secular growth persists, and Rentokil’s International division is capturing price-led gains (5 % reported rev, 19 % margin). In North America, Q2 organic re-acceleration and lead-flow uptick are encouraging, aided by 100 satellite branches and data-driven marketing. Yet integration costs and labour inflation depressed profit by 7 %. Management’s unchanged ~$100 m cost-save target and >20 % NA margin after 2026 provide medium-term upside, although extended timelines temper near-term expectations. Bond refinancing extends maturities, but termite warranty liabilities remain a watch item. Net effect: strategically positive, tactically neutral.
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Half-year
Report dated 31 July 2025
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|
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Financial Results
6 months to 30 June 2025
Continuing Operations
|
Adjusted Results
|
|
Statutory Results
|
||||||
|
$m
|
H1
2025
$m
|
H1
2024
$m
|
Change(reported)
%
|
Change (constant currency)
%
|
|
H1 2025
$m
|
H1
2024
$m
|
Change (reported)
%
|
Change
(constant currency)
%
|
|
Revenue
|
3,364
|
3,266
|
3.0%
|
3.1%
|
|
3,364
|
3,266
|
3.0%
|
3.1%
|
|
EBITDA
|
686
|
707
|
(3.0)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Profit
|
511
|
537
|
(4.7)%
|
(4.5)%
|
|
304
|
380
|
(19.9)%
|
(19.7)%
|
|
Operating Profit margin
|
15.2%
|
16.4%
|
(120)bps
|
(120)bps
|
|
9.0%
|
11.6%
|
(260)bps
|
(260)bps
|
|
Profit before Tax
|
418
|
459
|
(8.7)%
|
(7.8)%
|
|
216
|
294
|
(26.5)%
|
(25.3)%
|
|
Free Cash Flow
|
282
|
215
|
31.2%
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic EPS
|
12.46c
|
14.00c
|
(11.0)%
|
(9.5)%
|
|
6.49c
|
9.09c
|
(28.6)%
|
(26.8)%
|
|
Dividend Per Share
|
4.15c
|
4.15c
|
-
|
-
|
|
4.15c
|
4.15c
|
-
|
-
|
|
Group (including discontinued operations)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
3,532
|
3,425
|
3.1%
|
3.2%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating profit
|
538
|
564
|
(4.5)%
|
(4.4)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit before tax
|
444
|
485
|
(8.4)%
|
(7.5)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic EPS
|
13.42c
|
14.76c
|
(9.1)%
|
(7.7)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net debt
|
(4,220)
|
(4,070)
|
(3.7)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
● Financial
performance in line with expectations
●
Group Revenue growth of 3.1% with International business growth of
5.1%
● Organic
Growth1 of
1.6%
○
North America organic growth 1.1%; International organic growth
2.7%
●
North America organic growth improvement in Q2: 1.4% (Q1:
0.7%)
● Group
adjusted operating margin2 of
15.2%, reduced North America margin of 16.9%
●
Strong cash flow performance; 93% FCF conversion, ahead of our
guidance of 80%
●
Interim dividend maintained at 4.15 cents per share
●
Net debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio of 2.8x, reflecting c.$175m
adverse foreign exchange impact on period end net debt
(31 December 2024: 2.7x)
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Driving the top line
●
North America RIGHT WAY 2 continued progress
○
Improved Colleague retention: 80.7% (H1 24: 77.8%)
○
Improved Customer retention: 80.5% (H1 24: 79.8%)
●
Refocusing of marketing budget towards organic lead
generation
●
100 satellite branches in operation (Q1: 36); 150 planned by end of
year
●
Recent improvement in residential and termite lead flow (up 6.6% in
June)
Integration
update
●
Integration activities in H2 will be focused on:
○
Migrating standalone businesses (mainly commercial businesses
already on Pestpac)
○
Detailed programme of work to make process, system and execution
improvements in previously migrated branches, where lead flow and
customer retention are not yet at their required
levels
○
Refining the end-to-end integration playbook for future branch
integration
●
Our expectations of the c.$100m cost reduction
opportunity from the integration and attaining an operating margin
in North America above 20% post 2026 remain unchanged, but our
refined timelines may mean not all branches are fully integrated by
that time
Ongoing focus on core areas
●
Sale of France Workwear business; transaction approved
by European Commission and on track to complete in late Q3/earlyQ4
2025
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●
Current trading is in line with expectations and our
outlook for the remainder of the year remains unchanged. We expect
to deliver FY25 financial results in line with market
expectations
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Investors / Analysts:
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Hugo Fisher
Morenike Ogunseye
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Rentokil Initial plc
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07920 714700
07818 883094
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Media:
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Malcolm Padley
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Rentokil Initial plc
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07788 978199
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Revenue
|
|
Adjusted Operating Profit
|
||
|
|
H1 2025
$m
|
Change
%
|
|
H1 2025
$m
|
Change
%
|
|
North America
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pest
Control
|
2,044
|
1.9%
|
|
348
|
(7.4)%
|
|
Hygiene
& Wellbeing
|
62
|
4.0%
|
|
8
|
(0.9)%
|
|
|
2,106
|
2.0%
|
|
356
|
(7.3)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
International
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pest
Control
|
747
|
5.7%
|
|
153
|
4.1%
|
|
Hygiene
& Wellbeing
|
504
|
4.3%
|
|
89
|
5.5%
|
|
|
1,251
|
5.1%
|
|
242
|
4.6%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Central
|
7
|
(9.2)%
|
|
(85)
|
(8.5)%
|
|
Restructuring costs
|
-
|
-
|
|
(2)
|
4.1%
|
|
Total
|
3,364
|
3.1%
|
|
511
|
(4.5)%
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
Adjusted Operating Profit
|
||
|
|
H1 2025
$m
|
Change
%
|
|
H1 2025
$m
|
Change
%
|
|
Pest Control
|
2,791
|
2.9%
|
|
501
|
(4.2)%
|
|
Hygiene & Wellbeing
|
566
|
4.3%
|
|
97
|
5.0%
|
|
Central
|
7
|
(9.2)%
|
|
(85)
|
(8.5)%
|
|
Restructuring costs
|
-
|
-
|
|
(2)
|
4.1%
|
|
Total
|
3,364
|
3.1%
|
|
511
|
|
|
Revenue ($m)
|
Q1
|
Q2
|
H1
|
|
Group
|
1,556
|
1,808
|
3,364
|
|
North America
|
951
|
1,155
|
2,106
|
|
International
|
601
|
650
|
1,251
|
|
Organic Revenue Growth
|
Q1
|
Q2
|
H1
|
|
Group
|
1.6%
|
1.6%
|
1.6%
|
|
North America
|
0.7%
|
1.4%
|
1.1%
|
|
International
|
3.2%
|
2.2%
|
2.7%
|
|
|
H1 2025
$m
|
H1 2024
$m
|
Change (reported)
%
|
Change (constant currency)
%
|
Organic Growth
|
|
Revenue
|
2,106
|
2,067
|
1.9%
|
2.0%
|
1.1%
|
|
Operating Profit
|
213
|
308
|
(30.8)%
|
(30.7)%
|
|
|
Adjusted Operating Profit
|
356
|
385
|
(7.3)%
|
(7.3)%
|
|
|
Adjusted Operating Margin
|
16.9%
|
18.6%
|
(1.7)%
|
(1.7)%
|
|
|
Organic Growth
|
Q1
|
Q2
|
H1 2025
|
|
North America
|
0.7%
|
1.4%
|
1.1%
|
|
North America Pest Control
|
0.5%
|
1.6%
|
1.1%
|
|
North America Pest Control Services
|
(0.2%)
|
0.3%
|
0.1%
|
|
|
H1 2025
$m
|
H1 2024
$m
|
Change (reported)
%
|
Change (constant currency)
%
|
Organic Growth
|
|
Revenue
|
1,251
|
1,192
|
4.9%
|
5.1%
|
2.7%
|
|
Operating Profit
|
214
|
194
|
10.0%
|
9.4%
|
|
|
Adjusted Operating Profit
|
242
|
231
|
4.9%
|
4.6%
|
|
|
Adjusted Operating Margin
|
19.3%
|
19.3%
|
-%
|
(0.1)%
|
|
|
Organic Growth
|
Q1
|
Q2
|
H1 2025
|
|
International
|
3.2%
|
2.2%
|
2.7%
|
|
|
H1 2025
$m
|
H1 2024
$m
|
Change (reported)
%
|
Change (constant currency)
%
|
Organic Growth
|
|
Revenue
|
2,791
|
2,717
|
2.7%
|
2.9%
|
1.8%
|
|
Operating Profit
|
329
|
415
|
(20.8)%
|
(21.0)%
|
|
|
Adjusted Operating Profit
|
501
|
522
|
(4.1)%
|
(4.2)%
|
|
|
Adjusted Operating Margin
|
18.0%
|
19.2%
|
(1.2)%
|
(1.3)%
|
|
|
Organic Growth
|
Q1
|
Q2
|
H1
|
|
Pest Control
|
1.7%
|
1.9%
|
1.8%
|
|
|
H1 2025
$m
|
H1 2024
$m
|
Change (reported)
%
|
Change (constant currency)
%
|
Organic Growth
|
|
Revenue
|
566
|
542
|
4.5%
|
4.3%
|
0.9%
|
|
Operating Profit
|
98
|
87
|
12.8%
|
12.9%
|
|
|
Adjusted Operating Profit
|
97
|
94
|
4.9%
|
5.0%
|
|
|
Adjusted Operating Margin
|
17.2%
|
17.2%
|
-
|
0.1%
|
|
|
Organic Growth
|
Q1
|
Q2
|
H1
|
|
Hygiene & Wellbeing
|
1.6%
|
0.4%
|
0.9%
|
|
$m at actual exchange rates
|
Year to Date
|
||
|
|
2025 HY
$m
|
2024 HY
$m
|
Change
$m
|
|
Adjusted Operating Profit
|
511
|
537
|
(26)
|
|
Depreciation
|
158
|
153
|
5
|
|
Other
|
17
|
17
|
-
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
686
|
707
|
(21)
|
|
One-off and adjusting items (non-cash)
|
(66)
|
5
|
(71)
|
|
Working capital
|
(51)
|
(115)
|
64
|
|
Movement on provisions
|
40
|
(41)
|
81
|
|
Capex - additions
|
(89)
|
(89)
|
-
|
|
Capex - disposals
|
1
|
2
|
(1)
|
|
Capital of lease payments and initial direct costs
incurred
|
(90)
|
(87)
|
(3)
|
|
Interest
|
(106)
|
(131)
|
25
|
|
Tax
|
(43)
|
(36)
|
(7)
|
|
Free Cash Flow - continuing operations
|
282
|
215
|
67
|
|
Free Cash Flow - discontinued operations
|
6
|
7
|
(1)
|
|
Free Cash Flow
|
288
|
222
|
66
|
|
Acquisitions
|
(70)
|
(96)
|
26
|
|
Dividends
|
(198)
|
(186)
|
(12)
|
|
Cash impact of one-off and adjusting items
|
(48)
|
(52)
|
4
|
|
Debt related cash flows
|
|
|
|
|
Cash inflow/(outflow) on settlement of debt related foreign
exchange forward contracts
|
30
|
(8)
|
38
|
|
Proceeds from issue of debt
|
1,232
|
-
|
1,232
|
|
Debt repayments
|
(700)
|
(5)
|
(695)
|
|
Debt related cash flows
|
562
|
(13)
|
575
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase/ (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
534
|
(125)
|
659
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
|
467
|
1,062
|
(595)
|
|
Exchange gains /(losses) on cash and cash equivalents
|
26
|
(31)
|
57
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the financial year
|
1,027
|
906
|
121
|
|
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
534
|
(125)
|
659
|
|
Debt related cash flows
|
(562)
|
13
|
(575)
|
|
IFRS 16 asset/ (liability) movement
|
5
|
(1)
|
6
|
|
Debt acquired
|
-
|
(5)
|
5
|
|
Bond interest accrual
|
16
|
44
|
(28)
|
|
Foreign exchange translation and other items
|
(197)
|
11
|
(208)
|
|
Increase in net debt
|
(204)
|
(63)
|
(141)
|
|
Opening net debt
|
(4,016)
|
(4,007)
|
(9)
|
|
Closing net debt
|
(4,220)
|
(4,070)
|
(150)
|
|
|
Current guidance*
|
Prior guidance**
(6 March 2025)
|
|
P&L
|
|
|
|
Restructuring
costs; and One-off/Adjusting items excl. Terminix
|
$10m;
$10m
|
$10m;
$15m
|
|
Terminix
integration Costs to Achieve***
|
c.$70-80m
|
c.$55-65m
|
|
P&L
adjusted interest costs (incl. hyperinflation)
|
c.$200-210m
(incl. $5-10m)
|
c.$190-200m
(incl. 5-10)
|
|
Estimated
Adjusted Effective Tax Rate (%)
|
25%-26%
|
25%-26%
|
|
Share
of Profits from Associates
|
c.$8-10m
|
c.$8-10m
|
|
Impact
of FX within range****
|
c.
-$10 to +$10m
|
c.
-$10 to -$20m
|
|
Intangibles
amortisation
|
$190-200m
|
$190-200m
|
|
|
||
|
Cash
|
|
|
|
One-off
and adjusting items
|
c.$80-90m
|
c.$70-80m
|
|
Working
Capital outflow; and provision payments
|
c.$75-85m
(outflow); c.$80-90m
|
c.$75-85m
(outflow); c.$80-90m
|
|
Capex
excluding ROU asset lease payments
|
$210-220m
|
$300-310m
|
|
Cash
interest
|
c.$190-200m
|
c.$185-195m
|
|
Cash
tax payments
|
$110-120m
|
$140-150m
|
|
Anticipated
spend on M&A in 2025
|
c.$200m
|
c.$250m
|
|
|
Note
|
Unaudited
6 months to
30 June 2025
$m
|
Unaudited / Represented
6 months to
30 June 20241
$m
|
|
Continuing operations
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
4
|
3,364
|
3,266
|
|
Operating expenses
|
|
(3,021)
|
(2,855)
|
|
Net impairment losses on financial assets
|
|
(39)
|
(31)
|
|
Operating profit
|
|
304
|
380
|
|
Finance income
|
|
24
|
31
|
|
Finance cost
|
|
(117)
|
(122)
|
|
Share of profit from associates net of tax
|
|
5
|
5
|
|
Profit before income tax
|
|
216
|
294
|
|
Income tax expense
|
5
|
(52)
|
(65)
|
|
Profit from continuing operations
|
|
164
|
229
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit from discontinued operations
|
6
|
24
|
19
|
|
Profit for the interim period
|
|
188
|
248
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit for the period attributable to:
|
|
|
|
|
Equity holders of the Company
|
|
188
|
248
|
|
Non-controlling interests
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive income:
|
|
|
|
|
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to the income
statement:
|
|
|
|
|
Re-measurement of net defined benefit liability
|
|
1
|
-
|
|
Net exchange adjustments offset in reserves
|
|
(182)
|
(18)
|
|
Net gain/(loss) on net investment hedge
|
|
165
|
(11)
|
|
Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow
hedge
|
|
(21)
|
6
|
|
Cost of hedging
|
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
|
Tax related to items taken to other comprehensive
income
|
|
12
|
2
|
|
Other comprehensive income for the period
|
|
(26)
|
(23)
|
|
Total comprehensive income for the period
|
|
162
|
225
|
|
Total comprehensive income for the period attributable
to:
|
|
|
|
|
Equity holders of the Company
|
|
162
|
225
|
|
Non-controlling interests
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
Total comprehensive income for the period arising
from:
|
|
|
|
|
Continuing operations
|
|
119
|
214
|
|
Discontinued operations
|
6
|
43
|
11
|
|
|
|
162
|
225
|
|
Earnings per share for profit from continuing operations
attributable to the Company's equity holders:
|
|
|
|
Basic (cents)
|
6.49
|
9.09
|
|
Diluted (cents)
|
6.47
|
9.06
|
|
Earnings per share attributable to the Company's equity
holders:
|
|
|
|
Basic (cents)
|
7.44
|
9.85
|
|
Diluted (cents)
|
7.41
|
9.81
|
|
|
Note
|
Unaudited
At 30 June2025
$m
|
Unaudited
At 31 December 2024
$m
|
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current assets
|
|
|
|
|
Intangible assets
|
|
8,957
|
8,899
|
|
Property, plant and equipment
|
|
434
|
628
|
|
Right-of-use assets
|
|
584
|
577
|
|
Investments in associated undertakings
|
|
54
|
46
|
|
Other investments
|
|
26
|
26
|
|
Deferred tax assets
|
5
|
51
|
43
|
|
Contract costs
|
|
296
|
298
|
|
Retirement benefit assets
|
|
12
|
4
|
|
Trade and other receivables
|
|
59
|
71
|
|
Derivative financial instruments
|
11
|
113
|
8
|
|
Total non-current assets
|
|
10,586
|
10,600
|
|
Current assets
|
|
|
|
|
Other investments
|
|
2
|
1
|
|
Inventories
|
|
281
|
287
|
|
Trade and other receivables
|
|
1,180
|
1,137
|
|
Current tax assets
|
|
14
|
28
|
|
Derivative financial instruments
|
11
|
68
|
-
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
1,689
|
1,158
|
|
Total current assets excluding assets classified as held for
sale
|
|
3,234
|
2,611
|
|
Assets classified as held for sale
|
6
|
413
|
-
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
3,647
|
2,611
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
Trade and other payables
|
|
(1,371)
|
(1,400)
|
|
Current tax liabilities
|
|
(54)
|
(53)
|
|
Provisions for liabilities and charges
|
13
|
(158)
|
(144)
|
|
Bank and other short-term borrowings
|
|
(1,309)
|
(1,460)
|
|
Lease liabilities
|
|
(166)
|
(163)
|
|
Derivative financial instruments
|
11
|
(7)
|
(4)
|
|
Total current liabilities excluding liabilities classified as held
for sale
|
|
(3,065)
|
(3,224)
|
|
Liabilities classified as held for sale
|
6
|
(202)
|
-
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
(3,267)
|
(3,224)
|
|
Non-current liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
Other payables
|
|
(64)
|
(86)
|
|
Bank and other long-term borrowings
|
|
(4,178)
|
(3,127)
|
|
Lease liabilities
|
|
(388)
|
(394)
|
|
Deferred tax liabilities
|
5
|
(598)
|
(638)
|
|
Retirement benefit obligations
|
|
(31)
|
(32)
|
|
Provisions for liabilities and charges
|
13
|
(404)
|
(381)
|
|
Derivative financial instruments
|
11
|
(36)
|
(36)
|
|
Total non-current liabilities
|
|
(5,699)
|
(4,694)
|
|
Net assets
|
|
5,267
|
5,293
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
|
|
Capital and reserves attributable to the Company's equity
holders
|
|
|
|
|
Share capital
|
|
41
|
41
|
|
Share premium
|
|
20
|
20
|
|
Other reserves
|
|
(971)
|
(932)
|
|
Retained earnings
|
|
6,179
|
6,166
|
|
|
|
5,269
|
5,295
|
|
Non-controlling interests
|
|
(2)
|
(2)
|
|
Total equity
|
|
5,267
|
5,293
|
|
|
Attributable to equity holders of the Company
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Share capital
$m
|
Share premium
$m
|
Other reserves
$m
|
Retained earnings
$m
|
Non-controlling interests
$m
|
Total equity
$m
|
|
At 1 January 2024
|
41
|
19
|
(903)
|
6,053
|
(2)
|
5,208
|
|
Profit for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
248
|
-
|
248
|
|
Other comprehensive income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net exchange adjustments offset in reserves
|
-
|
-
|
(18)
|
-
|
-
|
(18)
|
|
Net loss on net investment hedge
|
-
|
-
|
(11)
|
-
|
-
|
(11)
|
|
Net gain on cash flow hedge1
|
-
|
-
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
6
|
|
Cost of hedging
|
-
|
-
|
(2)
|
-
|
-
|
(2)
|
|
Tax related to items taken directly to other comprehensive
income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
|
Total comprehensive income for the period
|
-
|
-
|
(25)
|
250
|
-
|
225
|
|
Transactions with owners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends paid to equity shareholders
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(186)
|
-
|
(186)
|
|
Cost of equity-settled share-based payment plans
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
14
|
-
|
14
|
|
Tax related to items taken directly to equity
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1)
|
-
|
(1)
|
|
At 30 June 2024 (unaudited)
|
41
|
19
|
(928)
|
6,130
|
(2)
|
5,260
|
|
At 1 January 2025
|
41
|
20
|
(932)
|
6,166
|
(2)
|
5,293
|
|
Profit for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
188
|
-
|
188
|
|
Other comprehensive income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Remeasurement of net defined benefit liability
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
Net exchange adjustments offset in reserves
|
-
|
-
|
(182)
|
-
|
-
|
(182)
|
|
Net gain on net investment hedge
|
-
|
-
|
165
|
-
|
-
|
165
|
|
Net loss on cash flow hedge1
|
-
|
-
|
(21)
|
-
|
-
|
(21)
|
|
Cost of hedging
|
-
|
-
|
(1)
|
-
|
-
|
(1)
|
|
Tax related to items taken directly to other comprehensive
income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
12
|
-
|
12
|
|
Total comprehensive income for the period
|
-
|
-
|
(39)
|
201
|
-
|
162
|
|
Transactions with owners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends paid to equity shareholders
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(198)
|
-
|
(198)
|
|
Cost of equity-settled share-based payment plans
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
12
|
-
|
12
|
|
Tax related to items taken directly to equity
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(3)
|
-
|
(3)
|
|
Movement in the carrying value of put options
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
At 30 June 2025 (unaudited)
|
41
|
20
|
(971)
|
6,179
|
(2)
|
5,267
|
|
|
Capital reduction reserve
$m
|
Merger relief reserve
$m
|
Cash flow hedge reserve
$m
|
Translation reserve
$m
|
Cost of hedging
$m
|
Total
$m
|
|
At 1 January 2024
|
(3,146)
|
3,327
|
9
|
(1,099)
|
6
|
(903)
|
|
Net exchange adjustments offset in reserves
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(18)
|
-
|
(18)
|
|
Net loss on net investment hedge
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(11)
|
-
|
(11)
|
|
Net gain on cash flow hedge1
|
-
|
-
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
6
|
|
Cost of hedging
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(2)
|
(2)
|
|
Total comprehensive income for the period
|
-
|
-
|
6
|
(29)
|
(2)
|
(25)
|
|
At 30 June 2024 (unaudited)
|
(3,146)
|
3,327
|
15
|
(1,128)
|
4
|
(928)
|
|
At 1 January 2025
|
(3,146)
|
3,327
|
44
|
(1,156)
|
(1)
|
(932)
|
|
Net exchange adjustments offset in reserves
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(182)
|
-
|
(182)
|
|
Net gain on net investment hedge
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
165
|
-
|
165
|
|
Net loss on cash flow hedge1
|
-
|
-
|
(21)
|
-
|
-
|
(21)
|
|
Cost of hedging
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
|
Total comprehensive income for the period
|
-
|
-
|
(21)
|
(17)
|
(1)
|
(39)
|
|
At 30 June 2025 (unaudited)
|
(3,146)
|
3,327
|
23
|
(1,173)
|
(2)
|
(971)
|
|
|
Note
|
6 months to
30 June 2025
$m
|
6 months to
30 June 2024
$m
|
|
Cash flows from operating activities
|
|
|
|
|
Operating profit from:
|
|
|
|
|
- Continuing operations
|
|
304
|
380
|
|
- Discontinued operations
|
6
|
35
|
27
|
|
Operating profit including discontinued operations
|
|
339
|
407
|
|
Adjustments for:
|
|
|
|
|
- Depreciation and impairment of property, plant and
equipment
|
|
95
|
98
|
|
- Depreciation and impairment of leased assets
|
|
80
|
79
|
|
- Amortisation and impairment of intangible assets (excluding
computer software)
|
|
97
|
110
|
|
- Amortisation and impairment of computer software
|
|
18
|
16
|
|
- Other non-cash items
|
|
13
|
17
|
|
Changes in working capital (excluding the effects of acquisitions
and exchange differences on consolidation):
|
|
|
|
|
- Inventories
|
|
2
|
7
|
|
- Contract costs
|
|
(9)
|
(7)
|
|
- Trade and other receivables
|
|
(47)
|
(89)
|
|
- Trade and other payables and provisions
|
|
34
|
(75)
|
|
Interest received
|
|
81
|
24
|
|
Interest paid1
|
|
(188)
|
(156)
|
|
Income tax paid
|
5
|
(46)
|
(39)
|
|
Net cash flows from operating activities
|
|
469
|
392
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
|
|
(108)
|
(106)
|
|
Purchase of intangible fixed assets
|
|
(28)
|
(27)
|
|
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
|
|
1
|
2
|
|
Acquisition of companies and businesses, net of cash
acquired
|
8
|
(70)
|
(96)
|
|
Net cash flows from investing activities
|
|
(205)
|
(227)
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends paid to equity shareholders
|
7
|
(198)
|
(186)
|
|
Capital element of lease payments
|
|
(94)
|
(91)
|
|
Cash inflow/(outflow) on settlement of debt-related foreign
exchange forward contracts
|
|
30
|
(8)
|
|
Proceeds from new debt
|
|
1,232
|
-
|
|
Debt repayments
|
|
(700)
|
(5)
|
|
Net cash flows from financing activities
|
|
270
|
(290)
|
|
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
534
|
(125)
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
|
467
|
1,062
|
|
Exchange gain/(loss) on cash and cash equivalents
|
|
26
|
(31)
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the financial
period
|
|
1,027
|
906
|
|
Principal risk
|
Summary of risk
|
|
Failure to integrate acquisitions and execute disposals from
continuing business
|
The Group has a strategy that includes growth by acquisition, and
has acquired 18 businesses in H1 2025. These companies need to be
integrated quickly and efficiently to minimise potential impact on
the acquired business and the existing business.
|
|
Failure to develop products and services that are tailored and
relevant to local markets and market conditions
|
The Group operates across markets that are at different stages in
the economic cycle, at varying stages of market development and
have different levels of market attractiveness. We must be
sufficiently agile to develop and deliver products and services
that meet local market needs which allows us to meet our growth
objectives and stay ahead in a highly competitive
industry.
|
|
Failure to grow our business profitably in a changing
macro-economic environment
|
The Group's two core categories (Pest Control and Hygiene &
Wellbeing) operate in a global macro-economic environment that is
subject to uncertainty and volatility.
|
|
Failure to mitigate against financial market risks
|
Our business is exposed to foreign exchange risk, interest rate
risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk and settlement
risk.
|
|
Breaches of laws or regulations (including tax, competition and
anti-trust laws)
|
As a responsible company we aim to comply with all laws and
regulations that apply to our businesses across the
globe.
|
|
Failure to ensure business continuity in case of a material
incident
|
The Group needs to have resilience to ensure business can continue
if impacted by external events, e.g. cyber attack, hurricane or
terrorism.
|
|
Fraud, financial crime and loss or unintended release of personal
data
|
Collusion between individuals, both internal and external, could
result in fraud if internal controls are not in place and working
effectively. The business holds personal data on colleagues, some
customers and suppliers; unintended loss or release of such data
may result in sanctions, fines and reputational risk.
|
|
Safety, health and the environment (SHE) and
sustainability
|
The Company is responsible for minimising its environmental impact
and ensuring the health and safety of its employees, customers, and
other stakeholders in the workplace.
|
|
Failure to deliver consistently high levels of service to the
satisfaction of our customers
|
Our business model depends on servicing the needs of our customers
in line with internal high standards and to levels agreed in
contracts.
|
|
●
|
assets and liabilities denominated in non-US dollar currencies were
translated into US dollar at the relevant closing rates of
exchange;
|
|
●
|
the trading results of subsidiaries whose functional currency was
other than US dollar were translated into US dollar at the average
rates of exchange for the relevant period, with material items
translated at the rate on the dates of transaction;
|
|
●
|
share capital, share premium, capital reduction reserve, and merger
relief reserve were translated at the historic rates prevailing on
the date of each transaction; and
|
|
●
|
the cumulative translation reserve balance was set to nil on 1
January 2004, the date of transition to IFRS, and has been
represented on the basis that the Group has reported in US dollar
since that date.
|
|
●
|
Termite damage claim provisions - Note 13
|
|
●
|
Amendments to IAS 21 - Lack of exchangeability
|
|
Continuing operations
|
Revenue
30 June 2025
$m
|
Revenue
30 June 2024
$m
|
Operatingprofit
30 June 2025
$m
|
Operatingprofit
30 June 2024
$m
|
|
North America
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pest Control
|
2,044
|
2,007
|
348
|
377
|
|
Hygiene & Wellbeing
|
62
|
60
|
8
|
8
|
|
|
2,106
|
2,067
|
356
|
385
|
|
International
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pest Control
|
747
|
710
|
153
|
145
|
|
Hygiene & Wellbeing
|
504
|
482
|
89
|
86
|
|
|
1,251
|
1,192
|
242
|
231
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
3,357
|
3,259
|
598
|
616
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Central and regional overheads
|
7
|
7
|
(85)
|
(77)
|
|
Restructuring costs
|
-
|
-
|
(2)
|
(2)
|
|
Revenue and Adjusted Operating Profit
|
3,364
|
3,266
|
511
|
537
|
|
One-off and adjusting items
|
|
|
(110)
|
(47)
|
|
Amortisation and impairment of intangible assets
|
|
|
(97)
|
(110)
|
|
Operating profit
|
|
|
304
|
380
|
|
Continuing operations
|
Revenue
30 June 2025
$m
|
Revenue
30 June 2024
$m
|
|
Contract service revenue
|
2,371
|
2,312
|
|
Job work
|
730
|
705
|
|
Sales of goods
|
263
|
249
|
|
Total
|
3,364
|
3,266
|
|
Continuing operations
|
Amortisation andimpairment of intangibles
30 June 2025
$m
|
Amortisation andimpairment of intangibles
30 June 2024
$m
|
|
North America
|
66
|
74
|
|
International
|
26
|
31
|
|
Central and regional
|
5
|
5
|
|
Total
|
97
|
110
|
|
|
6 months to
30 June 2025
$m
|
6 months to
30 June 2024
$m
|
|
UK corporation tax at 25.0% (2024: 25.0%)
|
4
|
5
|
|
Overseas taxation
|
52
|
53
|
|
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
|
(1)
|
8
|
|
Total current tax
|
55
|
66
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax expense
|
(3)
|
8
|
|
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
|
-
|
(9)
|
|
Total deferred tax
|
(3)
|
(1)
|
|
Total income tax expense
|
52
|
65
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax expense for discontinued operations
|
9
|
7
|
|
|
6 months to
30 June 2025
$m
|
6 months to
30 June 2024
$m
|
|
At 1 January
|
(597)
|
(604)
|
|
Exchange differences
|
(5)
|
3
|
|
Acquisitions of companies and businesses
|
(2)
|
(10)
|
|
Charged to the income statement
|
-
|
(1)
|
|
Credited/(charged) to other comprehensive income
|
12
|
(1)
|
|
Charged to equity
|
(3)
|
(1)
|
|
At 30 June
|
(595)
|
(614)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred taxation for continuing operations has been presented on
the balance sheet as follows:
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax asset within non-current assets
|
51
|
61
|
|
Deferred tax liability within non-current liabilities
|
(598)
|
(675)
|
|
|
(547)
|
(614)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred taxation for discontinued operations has been presented on
the balance sheet as follows:
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax liability within liabilities classified as held for
sale
|
(48)
|
-
|
|
|
(48)
|
-
|
|
|
|
Unaudited
6 months to
30 June 2025
$m
|
Unaudited
6 months to
30 June2024
$m
|
|
Revenue
|
|
168
|
159
|
|
Operating expenses
|
|
(133)
|
(131)
|
|
Net impairment losses on financial assets
|
|
-
|
(1)
|
|
Operating profit
|
|
35
|
27
|
|
Finance cost
|
|
(2)
|
(1)
|
|
Profit before income tax
|
|
33
|
26
|
|
Income tax expense
|
|
(9)
|
(7)
|
|
Profit from discontinued operations
|
|
24
|
19
|
|
Profit for the period attributable to:
|
|
|
|
|
Equity holders of the Company
|
|
24
|
19
|
|
Non-controlling interests
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other comprehensive income:
|
|
|
|
|
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to the income
statement:
|
|
|
|
|
Net exchange adjustments offset in reserves
|
|
19
|
(8)
|
|
Other comprehensive income for the period
|
|
19
|
(8)
|
|
Total comprehensive income for the period
|
|
43
|
11
|
|
Total comprehensive income for the period attributable
to:
|
|
|
|
|
Equity holders of the Company
|
|
43
|
11
|
|
Non-controlling interests
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings per share attributable to the Company's equity
holders:
|
|
|
|
|
Basic (cents)
|
|
0.95
|
0.76
|
|
Diluted (cents)
|
|
0.94
|
0.75
|
|
Net cash generated from operating activities
|
57
|
55
|
|
Net cash flows from investing activities
|
(47)
|
(44)
|
|
Net cash flows from financing activities
|
(4)
|
(4)
|
|
Net increase in cash generated by discontinued
operations
|
6
|
7
|
|
|
At 30 June 2025
$m
|
|
Assets held for sale
|
|
|
Intangible assets
|
7
|
|
Property, plant and equipment
|
265
|
|
Right-of-use assets
|
21
|
|
Contract costs
|
20
|
|
Inventories
|
12
|
|
Trade and other receivables
|
75
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
13
|
|
|
413
|
|
Liabilities held for sale
|
|
|
Trade and other payables
|
(109)
|
|
Lease liabilities
|
(21)
|
|
Deferred and current tax
|
(54)
|
|
Retirement benefit obligations
|
(7)
|
|
Provisions
|
(11)
|
|
|
(202)
|
|
Net assets held for sale
|
211
|
|
|
6 months to
30 June 2025
$m
|
6 months to
30 June 2024
$m
|
|
2023 final dividend paid - 7.41 cents per share1
|
-
|
186
|
|
2024 final dividend paid - 7.91 cents per share1
|
198
|
-
|
|
Total
|
198
|
186
|
|
|
6 months to
30 June 2025
$m
|
6 months to
30 June 2024
$m
|
|
Purchase consideration
|
|
|
|
- Cash paid
|
55
|
74
|
|
- Deferred and contingent consideration
|
13
|
69
|
|
Total purchase consideration
|
68
|
143
|
|
Provisional fair value of net assets acquired
|
(19)
|
(50)
|
|
Goodwill from current-period acquisitions
|
49
|
93
|
|
|
6 months to
30 June 2025
$m
|
6 months to
30 June 2024
$m
|
|
Non-current assets
|
|
|
|
- Intangible assets1
|
19
|
56
|
|
- Property, plant and equipment
|
2
|
6
|
|
Current assets
|
3
|
16
|
|
Current liabilities
|
(2)
|
(10)
|
|
Non-current liabilities
|
(3)
|
(18)
|
|
Net assets acquired
|
19
|
50
|
|
|
At 30 June 2025
$m
|
At 31 December 2024
$m
|
|
Current
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents in the Consolidated Balance
Sheet
|
1,689
|
1,158
|
|
Other investments
|
2
|
1
|
|
Fair value of debt-related derivatives
|
61
|
(4)
|
|
Bank and other short-term borrowings¹
|
(1,309)
|
(1,460)
|
|
Lease liabilities
|
(166)
|
(163)
|
|
|
277
|
(468)
|
|
Non-current
|
|
|
|
Fair value of debt-related derivatives
|
77
|
(28)
|
|
Bank and other long-term borrowings²
|
(4,178)
|
(3,127)
|
|
Lease liabilities
|
(388)
|
(394)
|
|
|
(4,489)
|
(3,549)
|
|
Total net debt
|
(4,212)
|
(4,017)
|
|
Level 1 -
|
unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or
liabilities;
|
|
Level 2 -
|
inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset
or liability either directly as prices or indirectly through
modelling based on prices; and
|
|
Level 3 -
|
inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable
market data.
|
|
Financial instrument
|
Hierarchy level
|
Valuation method
|
|
Financial assets traded in active markets
|
1
|
Current bid price
|
|
Financial liabilities traded in active markets
|
1
|
Current ask price
|
|
Listed bonds
|
1
|
Quoted market prices
|
|
Money market funds
|
1
|
Quoted market prices
|
|
Interest rate/currency swaps
|
2
|
Discounted cash flow based on market swap rates
|
|
Forward foreign exchange contracts
|
2
|
Forward exchange market rates
|
|
Borrowings not traded in active markets (term loans and uncommitted
facilities)
|
2
|
Nominal value
|
|
Money market deposits
|
2
|
Nominal value
|
|
Trade payables and receivables
|
2
|
Nominal value less estimated credit adjustments
|
|
Contingent consideration (including put option
liability)
|
3
|
Discounted cash flow using WACC
|
|
|
Fair value assets
30 June 2025
$m
|
Fair value assets
31 December 2024
$m
|
Fair value liabilities
30 June 2025
$m
|
Fair value liabilities
31 December 2024
$m
|
|
Interest rate swaps (level 2):
|
|
|
|
|
|
- cash flow hedge
|
16
|
29
|
(22)
|
(24)
|
|
- net investment hedge
|
168
|
1
|
(6)
|
(34)
|
|
- fair value hedge
|
-
|
-
|
(25)
|
-
|
|
Foreign exchange swaps (level 2):
|
|
|
|
|
|
- non-hedge
|
8
|
-
|
(1)
|
(4)
|
|
|
192
|
30
|
(54)
|
(62)
|
|
Analysed as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current portion
|
71
|
-
|
(10)
|
(4)
|
|
Non-current portion
|
121
|
30
|
(44)
|
(58)
|
|
Derivative financial instruments
|
192
|
30
|
(54)
|
(62)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contingent consideration (including put option liability) (level
3)1
|
(83)
|
(107)
|
||
|
Analysed as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current portion
|
|
|
(47)
|
(43)
|
|
Non-current portion
|
|
|
(36)
|
(64)
|
|
Other payables
|
|
|
(83)
|
(107)
|
|
|
Contingent
consideration
30 June 2025
$m
|
Contingent
consideration
30 June 2024
$m
|
|
At 1 January
|
94
|
97
|
|
Exchange differences
|
4
|
(2)
|
|
Acquisitions
|
7
|
32
|
|
Payments
|
(11)
|
(19)
|
|
Unused amounts reversed
|
(10)
|
-
|
|
Revaluation of put option through equity
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
|
|
83
|
107
|
|
|
Facility amount at
30 June 2025
$m
|
Drawn at period end
at 30 June 2025
$m
|
Headroom
at 30 June 2025
$m
|
Interest rateat period end
at 30 June
2025%
|
|
Non-current
|
|
|
|
|
|
$1.0bn RCF due October 2029
|
1,000
|
-
|
1,000
|
0.14
|
|
|
Facility amount
at 31 December 2024
$m
|
Drawn at period end
at 31 December 2024
$m
|
Headroom
at 31 December 2024
$m
|
Interest rateat period end
at 31 December 2024
%
|
|
Current
|
|
|
|
|
|
$700m term loan due October 2025
|
700
|
700
|
-
|
5.94
|
|
Non-current
|
|
|
|
|
|
$1.0bn RCF due October 2029
|
1,000
|
-
|
1,000
|
0.14
|
|
|
Bond interest
coupon
2025
|
Effective hedged
interest rate
2025
|
|
Current
|
|
|
|
€500m bond due May 2026
|
Fixed 0.875%
|
Fixed 2.73%
|
|
Non-current
|
|
|
|
€850m bond due June 2027
|
Fixed 3.875%
|
Fixed 4.74%
|
|
€600m bond due October 2028
|
Fixed 0.500%
|
Fixed 2.17%
|
|
$750m bond due April 2030
|
Fixed 5.000%
|
Fixed 5.20%
|
|
€600m bond due June 2030
|
Fixed 4.375%
|
Fixed 4.41%
|
|
£400m bond due June 2032
|
Fixed 5.000%
|
Fixed 5.19%
|
|
$500m bond due April 2035
|
Fixed 5.625%
|
Fixed 5.73%
|
|
Average cost of bond debt at period-end rates
|
|
4.33%
|
|
|
Termite damage claims
$m
|
Self insurance
$m
|
Environmental
$m
|
Other
$m
|
Total
$m
|
|
At 31 December 2024
|
266
|
231
|
17
|
11
|
525
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 1 January 2025
|
266
|
231
|
17
|
11
|
525
|
|
Exchange differences
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
|
Additional provisions
|
79
|
52
|
-
|
4
|
135
|
|
Used during the period
|
(52)
|
(37)
|
(1)
|
(5)
|
(95)
|
|
Unused amounts reversed
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
|
Unwinding of discount on provisions
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6
|
|
Transferred to liabilities held for sale
|
-
|
-
|
(11)
|
-
|
(11)
|
|
At 30 June 2025
|
299
|
247
|
6
|
10
|
562
|
|
|
At 30June 2025
Total
$m
|
At 31 December 2024
Total
$m
|
|
Analysed as follows:
|
|
|
|
Non-current
|
404
|
381
|
|
Current
|
158
|
144
|
|
Total
|
562
|
525
|
|
●
|
Discount rate - The exposure to termite damage claims is largely
based within the United States, therefore measurement is based on a
seven-year US bond risk-free rate. During the period, interest
rates (and therefore discount rates) have decreased. Rates could
move in either direction and management has modelled that an
increase/decrease of 50bps in yields would decrease/increase the
provision by $7m (2024: $6m). Over the 6 months to 30 June 2025,
seven-year risk-free rate yields have decreased from 4.48% to
3.98%.
|
|
●
|
Claim value - Claim value forecasts have been based on the latest
available historical settled Terminix claims. Claims values are
dependent on a range of inputs including labour cost, materials
costs (e.g. timber), whether a claim becomes litigated or not, and
specific circumstances including contributory factors at the
premises. Management has used an average of claim costs for the
last 12 months for non-litigated claims and 24 months for litigated
claims, adjusted where necessary to account for ageing of claims,
to determine an estimate for costs per claim. Recent fluctuations
in input prices (e.g. timber prices) means that there is potential
for volatility in claim values and therefore future material
changes in provisions. Management has modelled that an
increase/decrease of 5% in litigated claim values would
increase/decrease the provision by c.$5m (2024: $4m) and an
increase/decrease of 5% in non-litigated claim values would
increase/decrease the provision by c.$8m (2024: $8m). Over the 6
months to 30 June 2025, costs per litigated claim rose by c.18%
(2024: 8%) and non-litigated costs rose by 13% (2024: 45%). Actual
value of claims settled in the period to June 2025 has been at a
combined cost per claim 9% higher than that seen throughout 2024.
This is not representative of management's expectation of future
costs as ageing of claims, which drives an increased cost per
claim, has reduced in recent months and is expected to continue to
improve.
|
|
●
|
Claim rate - Management has estimated claim rates based on
statistical historical incurred claims. Data has been captured, to
establish incidence curves that can be used to estimate likely
future cash outflows. Changes in rates of claim are largely outside
the Group's control and may depend on litigation trends within the
US, and other external factors such as how often customers move
property and how well they maintain those properties. This causes
estimation uncertainty that could lead to material changes in
provision measurement. Management has modelled that an
increase/decrease of 5% in litigated claim rates would
increase/decrease the provision by c.$5m (2024: $4m) and an
increase/decrease of 5% in non-litigated claim rates would
increase/decrease the provision by c.$8m (2024: $8m) accordingly.
Over the 6 months to 30 June 2025,the assumption for litigated
claim rates rose by 43% (2024: fell 52%) and non-litigated claim
rates fell by 5% (2024: rose 7%).
|
|
●
|
Customer churn rate - If customers choose not to renew their
contracts each year, then the assurance warranty falls away. As
such there is sensitivity to the assumption on how any customers
will churn out of the portfolio of customers each year. Data has
been captured and analysed to establish incidence curves for
customer churn, and forward-looking assumptions have been made
based on these curves. Changes in churn rates are subject to
macroeconomic factors and to the performance of the Group. A 1%
movement in customer churn rates, up or down, would change the
provision by c.$13m up or down (2024: $9m), accordingly. On average
over the last 10 years churn rates have moved by +/- c.2.0% per
annum.
|
|
Continuing operations
|
North America
$m
|
International
$m
|
Central
$m
|
Total
$m
|
|
2024 Revenue
|
2,067
|
1,192
|
7
|
3,266
|
|
2024 Exchange differences
|
(2)
|
(2)
|
-
|
(4)
|
|
2024 Revenue (at CER)
|
2,065
|
1,190
|
7
|
3,262
|
|
2024 Revenue from closed businesses1
|
(18)
|
-
|
-
|
(18)
|
|
Normalised 2024 Revenue (at CER) - base for Organic Revenue Growth
percentage
|
2,047
|
1,190
|
7
|
3,244
|
|
Revenue from 2025 acquisitions²
|
4
|
4
|
-
|
8
|
|
Revenue from 2024 acquisitions (at CER)³
|
33
|
26
|
-
|
59
|
|
Organic Revenue Growth 2025
|
22
|
31
|
-
|
53
|
|
2025 Revenue (at AER)
|
2,106
|
1,251
|
7
|
3,364
|
|
Organic Revenue Growth
%4
|
1.1%
|
2.7%
|
(9.2)%
|
1.6%
|
|
Continuing operations
|
North America
$m
|
International
$m
|
Central
$m
|
Total
$m
|
|
2023 Revenue
|
2,044
|
1,103
|
7
|
3,154
|
|
2023 Exchange differences
|
(2)
|
(10)
|
-
|
(12)
|
|
2023 Revenue (at CER)
|
2,042
|
1,093
|
7
|
3,142
|
|
2023 Revenue from closed businesses1
|
(17)
|
-
|
-
|
(17)
|
|
Normalised 2023 Revenue (at CER) - base for Organic Revenue Growth
percentage
|
2,025
|
1,093
|
7
|
3,125
|
|
Revenue from 2024 acquisitions²
|
2
|
19
|
-
|
21
|
|
Revenue from 2023 acquisitions (at CER)³
|
14
|
22
|
|
36
|
|
Organic Revenue Growth 2024
|
24
|
56
|
-
|
80
|
|
Exchange differences
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
4
|
|
2024 Revenue (at AER)
|
2,067
|
1,192
|
7
|
3,266
|
|
Organic Revenue Growth %4
|
1.3%
|
4.9%
|
8.0%
|
2.6%
|
|
Continuing operations
|
6 months to
30 June 2025
$m
|
6 months to
30 June 2024
$m
|
|
Finance cost
|
117
|
122
|
|
Finance income
|
(24)
|
(31)
|
|
Add back:
|
|
|
|
Amortisation on discount of legacy provisions
|
(6)
|
(5)
|
|
Foreign exchange and hedge accounting ineffectiveness
|
11
|
(3)
|
|
Adjusted Interest
|
98
|
83
|
|
Continuing operations
|
6 months to
30 June 2025
$m
|
6 months to
30 June 2024
$m
|
|
Operating profit
|
304
|
380
|
|
Add back:
|
|
|
|
One-off and adjusting items
|
110
|
47
|
|
Amortisation and impairment of intangible assets
|
97
|
110
|
|
Adjusted Operating Profit
|
511
|
537
|
|
6 months to 30 June 2025
|
|
|||||
|
Continuing operations
|
IFRS measures
$m
|
Net interest adjustments
$m
|
One-off and adjusting
items
$m
|
Amortisation and impairment of intangibles
$m
|
Non-IFRS
measures
$m
|
|
|
Profit before income tax
|
216
|
(5)
|
110
|
97
|
418
|
Adjusted Profit Before Tax
|
|
Income tax expense
|
(52)
|
1
|
(28)
|
(25)
|
(104)
|
Tax on Adjusted Profit
|
|
Profit for the period
|
164
|
(4)
|
82
|
72
|
314
|
Adjusted Profit After Tax
|
|
6 months to 30 June 2024
|
|
|||||
|
Continuing operations
|
IFRSmeasures$m
|
Net interestadjustments$m
|
One-offandadjustingitems$m
|
Amortisationandimpairment ofintangibles$m
|
Non-IFRSmeasures$m
|
|
|
Profit before income tax
|
294
|
8
|
47
|
110
|
459
|
Adjusted Profit Before Tax
|
|
Income tax expense
|
(65)
|
(2)
|
(12)
|
(27)
|
(106)
|
Tax on Adjusted Profit
|
|
Profit for the period
|
229
|
6
|
35
|
83
|
353
|
Adjusted Profit After Tax
|
|
Continuing operations
|
6 months to
30 June 2025
$m
|
6 months to
30 June 2024
$m
|
|
Profit for the period
|
164
|
229
|
|
Add back:
|
|
|
|
Finance income
|
(24)
|
(31)
|
|
Finance cost
|
117
|
122
|
|
Share of profit from associates net of tax
|
(5)
|
(5)
|
|
Income tax expense
|
52
|
65
|
|
Depreciation
|
158
|
153
|
|
Other non-cash expenses
|
17
|
17
|
|
Amortisation and impairment of intangible assets
|
97
|
110
|
|
EBITDA
|
576
|
660
|
|
One-off and adjusting items
|
110
|
47
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
686
|
707
|
|
|
|
|
|
EBITDA attributable to discontinued operations
|
70
|
67
|
|
EBITDA for the Group
|
646
|
727
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA attributable to discontinued
operations
|
70
|
67
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA for the Group
|
756
|
774
|
|
Continuing operations
|
6 months to
30 June 2025
$m
|
6 months to
30 June 2024
$m
|
|
Profit attributable to equity holders of the Company
|
164
|
229
|
|
Add back:
|
|
|
|
Net interest adjustments
|
(5)
|
8
|
|
One-off and adjusting items
|
110
|
47
|
|
Amortisation and impairment of intangibles1
|
97
|
110
|
|
Tax on above items2
|
(51)
|
(41)
|
|
Adjusted profit attributable to equity holders of the
Company
|
315
|
353
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue
(million)
|
2,522
|
2,521
|
|
Adjustment for potentially dilutive shares (million)
|
9
|
9
|
|
Weighted average number of ordinary shares for diluted earnings per
share (million)
|
2,531
|
2,530
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic Adjusted Earnings Per Share (cents)
|
12.46
|
14.00
|
|
Diluted Adjusted Earnings Per Share (cents)
|
12.41
|
13.95
|
|
Continuing operations
|
6 months to
30 June 2025
$m
|
6 months to
30 June 2024
$m
|
|
Net cash flows from operating activities
|
412
|
337
|
|
Purchase of property, plant, equipment
|
(62)
|
(62)
|
|
Purchase of intangible assets
|
(27)
|
(27)
|
|
Capital element of lease payments and initial direct costs
incurred
|
(90)
|
(87)
|
|
Proceeds from sale of property, plant, equipment and
software
|
1
|
2
|
|
Cash impact of one-off and adjusting items
|
48
|
52
|
|
Free Cash Flow
|
282
|
215
|
|
|
|
|
|
Free Cash flow attributable to discontinued operations
|
6
|
7
|
|
Free Cash Flow for the Group including discontinued
operations
|
288
|
222
|
|
Continuing operations
|
6 months to
30 June 2025
$m
|
6 months to
30 June 2024
$m
|
|
Free Cash Flow
|
282
|
215
|
|
Product development additions
|
6
|
6
|
|
Net investment hedge cash interest through Other Comprehensive
Income
|
3
|
8
|
|
Adjusted Free Cash Flow (a)
|
291
|
229
|
|
Adjusted Profit After Tax (b)
|
314
|
353
|
|
Free Cash Flow conversion (a/b)
|
92.6%
|
64.8%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Free Cash Flow conversion attributable to discontinued
operations
|
31.58%
|
35.00%
|
|
Free Cash Flow conversion for the Group
|
89.1%
|
63.2%
|
|
Continuing operations
|
6 months to
30 June 2025
$m
|
6 months to
30 June2024
$m
|
|
Net cash flows from operating activities (a)
|
412
|
337
|
|
Profit attributable to equity holders of the Company
(b)
|
171
|
229
|
|
Cash Conversion (a/b)
|
240.94%
|
147.16%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Conversion attributable to discontinued
operations
|
237.50%
|
289.47%
|
|
Cash Conversion for the Group
|
240.51%
|
157.00%
|
|
Continuing operations
|
6 months to
30 June 2025
$m
|
6 months to
30 June 2024
$m
|
|
Income tax expense
|
52
|
65
|
|
Tax adjustments on:
|
|
|
|
Amortisation and impairment of intangible assets (excluding
computer software)
|
25
|
27
|
|
Net interest adjustments
|
(1)
|
2
|
|
One-off and adjusting items
|
28
|
12
|
|
Adjusted income tax expense (a)
|
104
|
106
|
|
Adjusted profit before tax (b)
|
418
|
459
|
|
Adjusted effective tax rate (a/b)
|
25.0%
|
23.1%
|
|
●
|
the condensed set of financial statements prepared in accordance
with IAS 34, 'Interim Financial Reporting', as adopted in the UK
(IAS 34), gives a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities,
financial position and profit or loss of the Company and its
subsidiaries included in the consolidation as a whole as required
by DTR 4.2.4R; and
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|
●
|
the interim management report includes a fair review of the
information required by DTR 4.2.7R of the Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules, being an indication of important events that
have occurred during the first six months of the financial year and
their impact on the condensed set of financial statements; and a
description of the principal risks and uncertainties for the
remaining six months of the year.
|
|
Date:
31 July 2025
|
RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC
|
|
|
/s/
Rachel Canham
|
|
|
Name:
Rachel Canham
|
|
|
Title:
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
|
|
|
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