Interim Results

Man Group PLC 7 November 2002 7 November 2002 UNAUDITED INTERIM RESULTS FOR HALF YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2002 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS â€¢ Funds under management of $22.1 billion at 30 September 2002, including $9.4 billion from RMF Investment Group, which was acquired on 30 May 2002. Excluding RMF, funds under management were $12.7 billion, up 19% from 31 March 2002 â€¢ Recurring net management fee income up 63% to Â£80.1 million â€¢ Brokerage profits up 8% to Â£20.2 million â€¢ Diluted underlying earnings per share* up 36% to 27.0 pence â€¢ Net performance fee income up 7% to Â£35.9 million â€¢ Diluted earnings per share before goodwill amortisation and exceptional items* up 23% to 37.2 pence â€¢ Total diluted earnings per share* up 18% to 32.8 pence â€¢ Dividend up 65% to 9.1 pence (which includes the effect of a rebalancing between interim and final dividend in the current year) â€¢ New Board policy on share repurchases â€¢ Continued development in the second half: - GNI Holdings Limited acquired on 6 November 2002 - Man IP 220 Series 4 launch closed in October raising a record $686 million of client money - Funds under management at 31 October 2002 were $23.1 billion, which includes $10.0 billion from RMF * A reconciliation of earnings per share is shown in note 7 Stanley Fink, Chief Executive said: 'The Man Group has enjoyed a successful first half of the year both in terms of strong profits growth and business development. We have seen growth in all our earnings streams particularly in recurring net management fee income, which is up 63%. Strong demand for our products has seen funds under management reach $22.1 billion at the end of the first half and rise further to $23.1 billion as at the end of October. With the integration of RMF which was acquired in May of this year and the completion yesterday of the GNI acquisition, we have added further strength and depth to both our businesses. Given all these developments, the Board is very confident of the outlook for the year.' Analyst Presentation The analyst presentation will take place today at 9.15am at King Edward Hall, Merrill Lynch Financial Centre, 2 King Edward Street, London EC2A 1HQ. For those analysts unable to attend, there is a dial-in facility: Dial in number 020 8896 4357 Access code C501776 Playback number 01296 618700 Replay passcode 549863 Enquiries Man Group plc 020 7285 3000 Stanley Fink Peter Clarke David Browne Gavin Anderson 020 7554 1400 Chris Salt Lindsey Harrison About the Man Group Man Group plc is a leading global provider of alternative investment products and solutions as well as one of the world's largest futures brokers. The Group employs over 1,900 people in 15 countries, with key centres in London, Pfaffikon (Switzerland), Chicago, New York, Paris, Singapore and Sydney. Man Group plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange (EMG.L) in 1994 and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 index. Man Investment Products, the Asset Management division, is a world leader in the fast growing field of alternative investment products and solutions where it has a strong market presence. Man offers a comprehensive range of multi-style, single and multi-manager products with a broad range of money management expertise, great depth of structuring skills and a powerful distribution capability. Man has an investment management track record dating back to 1983 and provides a wide range of fund styles together with worldwide distribution to private clients and institutional investors. Man Financial, the Brokerage division, is one of the world's leading providers of brokerage services. It acts as a broker of futures, options and other equity derivatives for both institutional and private clients and an intermediary in the world's metals, energy and foreign exchange markets with offices in key financial centres. Man has consistently achieved a leading position on the world's largest futures and options exchanges, with particular strengths in financial futures and the energy markets. UNAUDITED INTERIM RESULTS FOR HALF YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2002 Half year to Half year to Year to 30 September 2002 30 September 31 March 2001 2002 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Funds under management $22.1bn $8.9bn $10.7bn Â£14.0bn Â£6.1bn Â£7.5bn ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Asset Management net management fee income+ Â£80.1m Â£49.0m Â£117.6m Asset Management net performance fee income+ Â£35.9m Â£33.5m Â£55.2m Brokerage+ Â£20.2m Â£18.7m Â£38.3m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Financial Services Â£136.2m Â£101.2m Â£211.1m Sugar Australia Â£1.8m Â£0.5m Â£2.1m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Profit before tax, goodwill amortisation and exceptional items Â£138.0m Â£101.7m Â£213.2m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Diluted earnings per share * Underlying++ 27.0p 19.8p 45.7p Before goodwill amortisation and exceptional items 37.2p 30.2p 63.2p Total operations 32.8p 27.7p 56.8p ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dividends per share 9.1p 5.5p 18.6p ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Post-tax return on equity - before exceptional items (annualised) 24.1% 33.6% 33.2% ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Equity shareholders' funds Â£914.3m Â£477.3m Â£531.5m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ + Before goodwill amortisation * A reconciliation of earnings per share is shown in note 7 ++ Underlying earnings per share represents earnings from net management fee income in Asset Management plus Brokerage net income HALF YEAR REVIEW to 30 September 2002 Group strategy and overview The Man Group has enjoyed a successful first half of the year both in terms of continued strong profits growth and business development. We have seen growth in all our earning streams, particularly in recurring net management fee income. Funds under management as at 30 September 2002 stood at $22.1 billion. There has also been significant development in both of our core businesses. In the first half of the year we acquired RMF Investment Group (RMF). Further business development in the second half has taken place through the acquisition of GNI Holdings Limited (GNI) in Brokerage. Profit before tax, goodwill amortisation and exceptional items increased 36% to Â£138.0 million, after the impact of a negative currency translation of approximately Â£5.3 million, due to the US dollar weakening against sterling. Diluted earnings per share before goodwill amortisation and exceptional items increased 23% to 37.2 pence. Further significant progress has been made towards achieving our key financial and strategic objectives: â€¢ Deliver significant growth in underlying earnings per share (which excludes performance fee income). Driven by strong growth in funds under management, net management fee income (before goodwill amortisation) is up 63% to Â£80.1 million in the first half. This, together with continued growth in our Brokerage business, has resulted in diluted underlying earnings per share increasing by 36% to 27.0 pence. â€¢ Maintain high levels of return on capital. The acquisition of RMF has had the effect of almost doubling the Group's capital base in the current period, but post-tax return on capital in the current period was nevertheless 24.1%. Last year the Group's post-tax return on capital before exceptional items on an annualised basis for the first half was 33.6%. â€¢ Double the level of funds under management within three years from its level of $6.7 billion at 31 March 2001. At 30 September 2002, excluding RMF, funds under management had increased to $12.7 billion, well ahead of the required growth run-rate to meet our target. RMF's funds under management were $9.4 billion at 30 September, having increased from $8.7 billion in the four months since acquisition. We acquired RMF, a major European provider of alternative investment strategies, at the end of May. This opportunity has provided the Group with a broadened range of investment management content, enhanced strength in tailored solutions and access to other asset classes including private equity and high yield. The transaction significantly diversified our customer base through RMF's leading position as a provider of alternatives solutions to European institutions. The full integration of the two firms will position Man as a market-leading provider of a wide range of alternative strategies to all classes of investor. We aim to complete this exercise in the second half of the financial year and have already secured important benefits from bringing the two businesses together. Since acquisition, RMF's hedge fund products have continued to see positive performance and the business has achieved further new sales. RMF's funds under management are up 8% in the four months to 30 September 2002 and its management fee income continues to grow. We have continued to enhance our sales and marketing presence in North America and progress continues to be made in developing distribution channels in that region. Agreements have been made with a number of intermediaries for distributing both locally branded products and for a US-registered product that is currently under construction. We are confident that this market will become a significant source of demand for the Group's structured and other products over the coming years, with some sales being achieved in the second half of this year. On 6 November 2002 we completed the acquisition of GNI Holdings Limited (GNI) from Old Mutual plc for a cash consideration of Â£100 million. GNI is a leading broker of futures and options, foreign exchange and equity derivative products. The combination will create the world's largest independent futures broker, with GNI's European focus providing a natural complement to our existing strength in Europe, the US and the Far East. The acquisition will strengthen our position as the number one European participant in the institutional financial futures market and also enhance our leading position on LIFFE, Eurex, IPE and LME. We will also have the opportunity to build on GNI's strong position in the European equity contract for differences market - one of the fastest growing equity products in recent years. The acquisition is likely to generate cost savings of at least Â£8 million per annum and is expected to be earnings enhancing, after the amortisation of goodwill, in the first full financial year to 31 March 2004. In the six months to 30 June 2002, GNI made profits before tax of Â£5 million. FINANCIAL SUMMARY Asset Management Asset Management increased pre-tax profits, before goodwill amortisation, for the first half by 41% to Â£116.0 million. Recurring net management fee income increased 63% to Â£80.1 million as a result of the growth in funds under management. The acquisition of RMF added $8.7 billion of funds under management as at the completion of the transaction. Private clients accounted for 64% of first half sales. The global launches of Man AP Strategic Series 1 Ltd and Man AP Strategic Series 2 Ltd together raised $426 million of client money. Joint venture sales, including OM-IP 220 Series 7, raised $298 million, other launches amounted to $445 million and open-ended funds a further $807 million. We have continued to build out our distribution platform by increasing both the number and quality of our intermediaries. The number of intermediaries now stands at 1,148, up 14% from 31 March 2002. The additions since the year-end include a number of well-established international financial institutions. Investment movement was positive in the first half at $1.1 billion. As illustrated in the performance table below, this strong out-performance has been achieved in a period in which the performance of traditional investment strategies was dominated by volatile and negative conditions in the major asset classes, particularly equities. In Man-AHL, developing trends in all the major markets gave rise to profitable trading opportunities. Excellent profits were produced mainly from our short stock, long bond and short dollar positions. The last two months saw more range bound movements in currencies, which implied lower profit potential, although, this was offset by clearer trends in the energy sector. Man-Glenwood saw a small negative performance in the first half. Equity based strategies suffered the most as the equity markets reacted unfavourably to concerns surrounding corporate scandals, mediocre corporate profits and the weakening of the US dollar. The merger arbitrage environment began to show some signs of improvement during the period, as some small deals were announced in August and September. In RMF, performance was positive overall, with diversified multi-manager asset allocation products, such as Swiss Life Absolute Return Strategies, recording returns of between 3% and 5% in the first half. 6 months to 30 12 months to 30 September 2002 September 2002 AHL Diversified Programme* 30.3% 10.5% Man-IP # 25.2% 7.7% Man-Glenwood @ -4.0% -2.0% RMF ^ 3.2% 5.3% CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index 0.2% 3.1% S&P 500 -28.4% -20.5% FTSE 100 -28.2% -21.6% * AHL Diversified: represented by Athena Guaranteed Futures Limited # Man-IP: represented by Man-IP 220 Limited @ Man-Glenwood: represented by Man-Glenwood Multi-Strategy Fund Limited ^ RMF: represented by Swiss Life Absolute Return Strategies fund Note: All figures are shown net of fees and commissions, where applicable. S&P 500 and FTSE 100 figures include gross dividends reinvested into the index. Redemption levels in the first half were similar to last financial year, being at the lower end of the range that we have experienced over the long term. Other movements principally reflect foreign exchange translation adjustments. We continue to see developments in our new manager initiative. The largest of these, Marin Capital Partners, a convertible bond arbitrage manager, continues to grow and now has funds under management of $1.4 billion. During the first half we allocated assets to five new managers, bringing the number of managers developed under this programme to 12. Brokerage Brokerage had a good first half with pre-tax profits, before goodwill amortisation, of Â£20.2 million, an increase of 8%. This was achieved despite a significant reduction in the level of net trading interest income. Our institutional businesses continued to increase their market share and enjoy the benefits of active markets. Specifically, our metals business has doubled its market share in the last two years. Our financial futures teams have continued to recruit producers and increase business, with the strongest growth arising in North America. We have successfully begun the process of changing the profile of our energy business from a customer base that was clearing focused to one which is more execution oriented. This change has resulted in a reduction in the capital requirements to support the business coupled with an increase in profitability. Our foreign exchange business has benefited from a very active customer base trading in volatile markets. The profitability of our retail businesses has improved over the first half of last year in spite of the low interest rate environment. Our US retail teams have been refocused and consolidated, resulting in an increase in new customers and a decrease in overall costs. In the UK, our retail teams have enjoyed considerable growth in electronic futures trading. Segmental profit and loss account Further details of the segmental results for the first half are given in the table below: 6 months to 30 September 2002 Asset Management Brokerage Sugar Group Total Australia ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Â£m Â£m Â£m Â£m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fees and commissions receivable 194.5 183.9 - 378.4 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fees and commissions payable (28.9) (131.5) - (160.4) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Net trading interest income 2.8 10.7 - 13.5 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Other operating income 4.8 19.2 - 24.0 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Total operating income 173.2 82.3 - 255.5 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Operating expenses (60.1) (68.2) (0.2) (128.5) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Operating profit 113.1 14.1 (0.2) 127.0 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Associates and JVs 2.2 - 2.2 4.4 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Net interest income 0.7 6.1 (0.2) 6.6 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Profit before tax and goodwill amortisation 116.0 20.2 1.8 138.0 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dividend and share repurchase activities In light of the continued strong growth in both the Group's earnings and financial position the Board has reviewed the Company's distribution policy with regard to dividends and share repurchases. Over recent years, the Group has paid an interim dividend equal to around 30% of the total dividend for the year. The Board has decided to provide a more equal balance between the Group's interim and final dividend from this year onwards. Given the Group's strong performance in the first half, the Board's confidence for the current year and reflecting some rebalancing between interim and final dividend, the interim dividend is being increased by 65% to 9.1 pence. The Board already has the power to repurchase shares in the market for cancellation and has used this power to a modest extent both last year and in the first half of this year (in the first half, 900,000 shares were repurchased at an average price of 980 pence per share). In addition, the Board intends to enhance the existing repurchase activity by using an amount of up to the Group's post-tax performance fee income in the repurchase of its own shares on a continuing basis. Other financial items As mentioned in the overview section, the result for the first half, when translated into sterling, suffered by Â£5.3 million in comparison to the comparative period, due to the weakening of the US dollar against sterling. Most of the Group's revenues arise in US dollars as the majority of transactions are priced in that currency. In general the Group does not hedge its US dollar earnings into sterling. In addition, the majority of the Group's net assets are in US dollars and in currencies other than sterling, with the result that the Group's sterling balance sheet can be, and has been in the first half, affected by currency movements. We completed the acquisition of RMF at the end of May for a consideration of Â£571.8 million ($836.5 million) in cash and shares. The acquisition was funded by the issue of 23.3 million Ordinary Shares issued to the vendors, valued at Â£221.8 million ($324.4 million), Â£178.1 million ($260.6 million) in cash from the proceeds of a placing of 20.3 million new Ordinary Shares and Â£170.9 million ($250.0 million) in cash from existing resources. Acquisition costs of Â£1.0 million ($1.5 million) were incurred. Issue costs relating to the placing of Â£3.8 million ($5.5 million) have been debited to the share premium account. This gave rise to goodwill on the acquisition of Â£483.9 million ($707.9 million), which will be amortised over 15 years, consistent with the Group's existing accounting policies. In the four months post acquisition, RMF has contributed Â£9.0 million and Â£2.4 million to Asset Management's net management fee income and net performance fee income respectively. The tax charge for the first half amounted to Â£25.8 million (2001: Â£19.4 million) with an effective tax rate of 21.0%, compared with 20.0% for the previous year. There was a small net cash inflow in the first half before the impact of the purchase of RMF. Loans to funds decreased by Â£57.1 million from 31 March 2002, as a number of significant external financings were completed with third party providers for several composite fund products. These refinanced both scheduled maturing external financings and loans the Group made to several of the composite fund products at their launch. At 30 September, shareholders' equity was Â£914.3 million, up 72% since the year-end, and net debt was Â£177.4 million, resulting in gearing of 19%. Including Â£42.4 million of balances with counterparties whereby commodities are bought under financing arrangements on deferred terms, gearing would be 24%. The Group has total facilities of $2.0 billion; the largest of these being a $1.5 billion committed revolving credit facility, with half of the facility rolling on a 364 day basis and the remainder maturing in July 2004. Outlook The strong level of sales achieved in the six months to 30 September 2002 has continued into the second half of the financial year with both retail and institutional investors displaying an increasing awareness of the benefits of alternative investments as part of a balanced portfolio. The Asset Management division, enhanced by the acquisition of RMF, is well positioned to benefit from continued demand and further growth in assets under management will support increased management fee income. The latest global product launch, Man IP 220 Series 4 Ltd, closed in October raising a record $686 million of client money and the latest Australian launch, OM-IP 220 Series 8, also closed in October raising $116 million of client money. Funds under management at 31 October had risen to $23.1 billion (Â£14.8 billion), which includes $10.0 billion (Â£6.4 billion) from RMF. The Brokerage division continues to benefit from strong demand for futures and options products worldwide and from consolidation in the industry. The acquisition of GNI represents a major step forward in the development of the business and significantly strengthens its position in a variety of markets. Given the recent strategic developments in both of the Group's businesses, and the continued strong sales momentum in Asset Management, the Board is very confident of the outlook for the year. Stanley Fink Peter Clarke Chief Executive Finance Director 7 November 2002 GROUP PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT Half year to 30 September 2002 Before acquisitions, Good goodwill will and excep exceptional Acquisi tional items tions* items Total Note Â£m Â£m Â£m Â£m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Net operating income 2,3 231.8 23.7 - 255.5 Operating expense (116.2) (12.3) (14.3) (142.8) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Group operating profit - continuing 115.6 11.4 (14.3) 112.7 operations Share of operating profit/(loss) from joint ventures and associates 4.4 - (0.7) 3.7 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Total operating profit: Group and share of joint ventures and associates 120.0 11.4 (15.0) 116.4 Exceptional items - discontinued operations Loss on sale of Agricultural Products businesses 4 - - - - Net interest income 5 6.3 0.3 - 6.6 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Profit on ordinary activities before 3 126.3 11.7 (15.0) 123.0 taxation Taxation (26.0) (1.6) 1.8 (25.8) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Profit on ordinary activities after taxation 100.3 10.1 (13.2) 97.2 Ordinary dividends 6 (33.3) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Retained profit for the period 63.9 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Earnings per share before goodwill and exceptional items 7 Basic 38.4p Diluted 37.2p ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Underlying earnings per share 7 Basic 27.9p Diluted 27.0p ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Earnings per share on total operations 7 Basic 33.8p Diluted 32.8p ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dividends per share 6 9.1p ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Historical cost profits and losses are not materially different from those shown above. * The acquisitions column relates principally to the RMF Investment Group. The balance relates to a small Brokerage acquisition, whose numbers are not significant. Half year to 30 September 2001+ Note Before goodwill and exceptional items Goodwill and Total Â£m exceptional items Â£m Â£m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Net operating income 2,3 198.1 - 198.1 Operating expense (108.4) (3.2) (111.6) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Group operating profit - continuing 89.7 (3.2) 86.5 operations Share of operating profit/(loss) from 3.8 (1.5) 2.3 joint ventures and associates ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Total operating profit: Group and share of joint ventures and associates 93.5 (4.7) 88.8 Exceptional items - discontinued operations Loss on sale of Agricultural Products businesses 4 - (3.6) (3.6) Net interest income 5 8.2 - 8.2 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Profit on ordinary activities before taxation 3 101.7 (8.3) 93.4 Taxation (20.9) 1.5 (19.4) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Profit on ordinary activities after taxation 80.8 (6.8) 74.0 Ordinary dividends 6 (14.6) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Retained profit for the period 59.4 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Earnings per share before goodwill and exceptional items 7 Basic 31.2p Diluted 30.2p ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Underlying earnings per share 7 Basic 20.5p Diluted 19.8p ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Earnings per share on total operations 7 Basic 28.6p Diluted 27.7p ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dividends per share 6 5.5p ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Historical cost profits and losses are not materially different from those shown above. + In accordance with the change made in the 2002 Annual Report, there has been a change in the presentation of the comparative figures for the half year to 30 September 2001 as detailed in the basis of preparation note (note 1). Year to 31 March 2002 Note Before goodwill and exceptional items Goodwill and Total Â£m exceptional items Â£m Â£m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Net operating income 2,3 406.1 - 406.1 Operating expense (220.4) (5.8) (226.2) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Group operating profit - continuing operations 185.7 (5.8) 179.9 Share of operating profit/(loss) from joint ventures and associates 7.8 (2.2) 5.6 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Total operating profit: Group and share of joint ventures and associates 193.5 (8.0) 185.5 Exceptional items - discontinued operations Loss on sale of Agricultural Products businesses 4 - (12.1) (12.1) Net interest income 5 19.7 - 19.7 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Profit on ordinary activities before 3 213.2 (20.1) 193.1 taxation Taxation (43.9) 2.9 (41.0) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Profit on ordinary activities after 169.3 (17.2) 152.1 taxation Ordinary dividends 6 (48.4) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Retained profit for the period 103.7 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Earnings per share before goodwill and exceptional items 7 Basic 65.5p Diluted 63.2p ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Underlying earnings per share 7 Basic 47.3p Diluted 45.7p ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Earnings per share on total operations 7 Basic 58.8p Diluted 56.8p ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dividends per share 6 18.6p ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Historical cost profits and losses are not materially different from those shown above. GROUP BALANCE SHEET At 30 At 30 At 31 September September March 2002 2001+ 2002 Note Â£m Â£m Â£m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fixed assets Intangible assets - goodwill 506.5 69.5 67.7 Tangible assets 26.5 22.1 24.1 Investments _____________________________________ Investments in joint ventures 18.0 18.1 20.4 Investments in associates 19.5 17.2 18.4 Other investments 68.8 52.2 59.1 _____________________________________ 106.3 87.5 97.9 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 639.3 179.1 189.7 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Current assets Debtors 8 932.1 974.7 944.7 Securities purchased under agreements to resell 1.6 20.2 21.0 Investments 117.0 97.2 86.9 Cash at bank and in hand 350.9 264.9 416.9 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1,401.6 1,357.0 1,469.5 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 9 (913.0) (738.9) (833.5) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Net current assets 488.6 618.1 636.0 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Total assets less current liabilities 1,127.9 797.2 825.7 Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year 9 (206.9) (315.0) (288.5) Provisions for liabilities and charges (6.2) (4.9) (5.7) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Net assets 914.8 477.3 531.5 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Capital and reserves Called up share capital 31.0 26.8 26.7 Share premium account 507.9 111.6 111.5 Capital reserve 1.6 1.5 1.6 Profit and loss account 373.8 337.4 391.7 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Equity shareholders' funds 914.3 477.3 531.5 Equity minority interests 0.5 - - ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 914.8 477.3 531.5 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ + In accordance with the change made in the 2002 Annual Report, there has been a change in the presentation of the comparative figures for the half year to 30 September 2001 as detailed in the basis of preparation note (note 1). GROUP CASH FLOW STATEMENT Half year Half year Year to 30 September to 30 September to 31 2002 2001+ March 2002 Note Â£m Â£m Â£m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities 11 90.8 (2.7) 52.7 Dividends from joint ventures 2.2 4.7 3.8 Dividends from associates 0.7 1.2 4.1 Returns on investments and servicing of finance 3.7 4.2 19.7 Taxation paid (32.8) (20.7) (23.8) Capital expenditure and financial investment (20.2) (16.2) (33.9) Acquisitions and disposals (316.5) 18.4 18.6 Equity dividends paid (39.8) (28.3) (42.6) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Net cash outflow (311.9) (39.4) (1.4) Management of liquid resources 1.8 34.3 16.9 Financing 282.5 180.1 286.0 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (Decrease)/increase in cash (27.6) 175.0 301.5 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ RECONCILIATION OF NET CASH FLOW TO MOVEMENT IN NET DEBT Half year Half year Year to 30 September to 30 September to 31 2002 2001 March 2002 Note Â£m Â£m Â£m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (Decrease)/increase in cash (27.6) 175.0 301.5 Cash inflow from movement in debt (104.7) (180.0) (289.9) Cash inflow from movement in liquid resources (1.8) (34.3) (16.9) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Change in net debt resulting from cash flows (134.1) (39.3) (5.3) Debt acquired with businesses and subsidiaries (12.7) - - Currency translation difference 10.1 2.2 (0.2) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Movement in net debt (136.7) (37.1) (5.5) Opening net debt (40.7) (35.2) (35.2) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Closing net debt 12 (177.4) (72.3) (40.7) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GROUP STATEMENT OF TOTAL RECOGNISED GAINS AND LOSSES Half year Half year Year to 30 September to 30 September to 31 March 2002 2001 2002 Â£m Â£m Â£m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Profit for the period 97.2 74.0 152.1 Currency translation differences taken directly to reserves (73.0) (15.7) (2.5) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Total recognised gains and losses relating to the period 24.2 58.3 149.6 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ RECONCILIATION OF MOVEMENTS IN SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS Half year Half year Year to 30 to 30 September to 31 March September 2001 2002 2002 Â£m Â£m Â£m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Profit for the period 97.2 74.0 152.1 Ordinary dividends (33.3) (14.6) (48.4) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Retained earnings 63.9 59.4 103.7 Other recognised gains and losses relating to the period (73.0) (15.7) (2.5) Issue of ordinary share capital 400.7 0.2 0.1 Purchase and cancellation of own shares (8.8) - (4.0) Adjustment to goodwill written off on acquisitions - - 0.8 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Net increase in shareholders' funds 382.8 43.9 98.1 Opening shareholders' funds 531.5 433.4 433.4 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Closing shareholders' funds 914.3 477.3 531.5 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTES TO THE INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1. Basis of preparation The unaudited results for the half year to 30 September 2002 have been prepared in accordance with UK generally accepted accounting principles. The accounting policies applied are those set out in the Group's Annual Report for the year to 31 March 2002. In accordance with the changes in presentation made in the 2002 Annual Report, the presentation of the comparative figures for September 2001 has been changed as follows: (1) goodwill amortisation and exceptional items are shown in a separate column in the Group profit and loss account and as such the alternative earnings per share measure has been amended so that it is based on earnings per share before goodwill amortisation and exceptional items; (2) goodwill amortisation has been split between operating expense and share of operating profit/(loss) from joint ventures and associates on the face of the Group profit and loss account; and (3) on the Group balance sheet and cash flow statement, ordinary shares in the Company held by the employee trusts have been reclassified from current asset investments to fixed asset investments. The reasons for these changes are discussed in the Accounting Policies note in the 2002 Annual Report. 2. Net operating income Half year Half year Year to 30 to 30 September to 31 September 2001 March 2002 2002 Â£m Â£m Â£m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Continuing operations Fees and commissions receivable 378.4 285.7 570.7 Fees and commissions payable (160.4) (128.0) (245.9) Net trading interest income 13.5 20.4 34.5 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 231.5 178.1 359.3 Other operating income 24.0 20.0 46.8 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Net operating income 255.5 198.1 406.1 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Segmental analysis (a) Segmental analysis of net operating income Half year Half year Year to 30 to 30 September to 31 September 2001 March 2002 2002 Â£m Â£m Â£m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Business segment Continuing operations Asset Management 173.2 120.3 252.1 Brokerage 82.3 77.8 154.0 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 255.5 198.1 406.1 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) Segmental analysis of profit on ordinary activities before taxation Half year Half year Year to 30 to 30 to 31 September September March 2002 2001 2002 Â£m Â£m Â£m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Business segment Continuing operations Asset Management - management fee income* 80.1 49.0 117.6 Asset Management - performance fee income* 35.9 33.5 55.2 Asset Management - goodwill amortisation (13.5) (3.5) (6.6) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Asset Management total 102.5 79.0 166.2 Brokerage - before goodwill amortisation 20.2 18.7 38.3 Brokerage - goodwill amortisation (1.5) (1.2) (1.4) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Brokerage total 18.7 17.5 36.9 Sugar Australia 1.8 0.5 2.1 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 123.0 97.0 205.2 Discontinued operations - (3.6) (12.1) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 123.0 93.4 193.1 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ * For the half year to 30 September 2002, RMF Investment Group, which was acquired on 30 May 2002, contributed Â£9.0 million to management fee income and Â£2.4 million to performance fee income. 4. Exceptional items For the half year to 30 September 2001 the loss on sale of the Agricultural Products business of Â£3.6 million (Â£3.6 million net of tax) represents an adjustment to the loss on sale reported in March 2000, incurred in accordance with the provisions of the management buyout disposal documentation. For the year to 31 March 2002 the loss on sale of the Agricultural Products businesses of Â£12.1 million (Â£12.1 million net of tax) represents an adjustment to the loss on sale reported in March 2000. The adjustments are the net effect of claims made under limited warranties given to the management buyout group. 5. Net interest income Half year Half year Year to 30 to 30 to 31 September September March 2002 2001 2002 Â£m Â£m Â£m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Interest receivable 17.8 24.3 51.6 Interest payable (11.2) (16.1) (31.9) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6.6 8.2 19.7 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Dividends Half year to Half year to Year to 30 September 2002 30 September 31 March 2001 2002 Â£m Â£m Â£m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ordinary shares Interim - 9.1 pence (2002: 5.5 pence) 27.4 14.6 14.6 Final - (2002: 13.1 pence) - - 33.8 Under accrual of 2002 Final 5.9 - - ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 33.3 14.6 48.4 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ An interim dividend of 9.1p per share will be paid on 31 December 2002 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 15 November 2002. The shares will be quoted ex-dividend from 13 November 2002. The final election date for participation in the Group's Dividend Reinvestment Plan in relation to the interim dividend is 3.00pm on 13 December 2002. The 2002 final dividend was under accrued principally as a result of the issue of 43,621,216 shares at the end of May 2002, in connection with the RMF acquisition. 7. Earnings per share The calculation of basic earnings per ordinary share is based on a profit for the period of Â£97.2 million (30 September 2001: Â£74.0 million, 31 March 2002: Â£152.1 million) and on 287,282,883 (30 September 2001: 258,582,429, 31 March 2002: 258,439,772) ordinary shares, being the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the period after excluding the shares owned by the Man Group plc employee trusts. The diluted earnings per share is based on a profit for the period of Â£97.2 million (30 September 2001: Â£74.0 million, 31 March 2002: Â£152.1 million) and on 296,598,037 (30 September 2001: 267,583,560, 31 March 2002: 267,656,898) ordinary shares, calculated as follows: 30 September 30 September 31 March 2002 2001 2002 Number Number Number ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Basic weighted average number of shares 287,282,883 258,582,429 258,439,772 Dilutive potential ordinary shares Share awards under incentive schemes 9,085,040 9,001,131 9,123,962 Employee share options 230,114 - 93,164 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 296,598,037 267,583,560 267,656,898 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The following tables reconcile the earnings per share on the total result with the earnings per share before goodwill and exceptional items and underlying earnings per share: Half year to 30 September 2002 Basic earnings Diluted per share earnings per Earnings pence share Â£m pence ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Earnings per share on total operations 97.2 33.8 32.8 Exceptional items - - - Goodwill amortisation 13.2 4.6 4.4 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Earnings per share - before goodwill and exceptional items 110.4 38.4 37.2 Performance related income (28.8) (10.0) (9.7) Sugar Australia (1.5) (0.5) (0.5) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Underlying earnings per share 80.1 27.9 27.0 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Half year to 30 September 2001+ Basic earnings Diluted per share earnings Earnings pence per share Â£m pence ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Earnings per share on total operations 74.0 28.6 27.7 Exceptional items 3.6 1.4 1.3 Goodwill amortisation 3.2 1.2 1.2 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Earnings per share - before goodwill and exceptional items 80.8 31.2 30.2 Performance related income (27.5) (10.6) (10.3) Sugar Australia (0.3) (0.1) (0.1) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Underlying earnings per share 53.0 20.5 19.8 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ + In accordance with the change made in the 2002 Annual Report, there has been a change in the presentation of the comparative figures for the half year to 30 September 2001 as detailed in the basis of preparation note (note 1). Year to 31 March 2002 Basic earnings Diluted per share earnings Earnings pence per share Â£m pence ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Earnings per share on total operations 152.1 58.8 56.8 Exceptional items 12.1 4.7 4.5 Goodwill amortisation 5.1 2.0 1.9 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Earnings per share - before goodwill and exceptional items 169.3 65.5 63.2 Performance related income (45.3) (17.5) (16.9) Sugar Australia (1.6) (0.7) (0.6) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Underlying earnings per share 122.4 47.3 45.7 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Debtors At 30 At 30 September At 31 September 2001 March 2002 2002 Â£m Â£m Â£m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Trade debtors Amounts owed by broker dealers on secured stock lending and borrowing 0.6 58.7 89.6 Securities transactions in the course of settlement 87.4 43.2 65.2 Futures transactions 182.4 256.3 125.1 Other trade 103.3 94.3 59.9 Amounts owed by funds 362.1 333.7 419.2 Other categories of debtors 196.3 188.5 185.7 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 932.1 974.7 944.7 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Creditors At 30 At 30 September At 31 September 2001 March 2002 2002 Â£m Â£m Â£m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Amounts falling due within one year Bank loans and overdrafts 353.6 31.2 180.2 Trade creditors Amounts owed to broker dealers on secured stock lending and borrowing - 40.9 70.1 Securities transactions in the course of settlement 138.5 175.4 152.7 Futures transactions 122.7 166.7 115.0 Other trade 57.5 47.6 37.4 Other categories of creditors 240.7 277.1 278.1 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 913.0 738.9 833.5 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Other categories of creditors includes Â£42.4 million relating to commodity financing transactions (30 September 2001: Â£106.4 million, 31 March 2002: Â£80.5 million). At 30 At 30 September At 31 September 2001 March 2002 2002 Â£m Â£m Â£m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Amounts falling due after more than one year Loans Bank loans 165.2 295.8 266.9 Private placement notes 9.5 10.2 10.5 Other creditors 32.2 9.0 11.1 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 206.9 315.0 288.5 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Segregated funds As required by the United Kingdom Financial Services and Markets Act and by the US Commodity Exchange Act, the Group maintains certain balances on behalf of clients with banks, exchanges, clearing houses and brokers in segregated accounts totalling Â£2,455.5 million (30 September 2001: Â£2,345.7 million, 31 March 2002: Â£2,258.7 million). These amounts and the related liabilities to clients, whose recourse is limited to the segregated accounts, are not included in the Group balance sheet. 11. Cash flow from operating activities Half year Half year Year to 30 September to 30 to 31 2002 September March 2001+ 2002 Â£m Â£m Â£m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Operating profit 112.7 86.5 179.9 Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 4.3 4.2 9.0 Amortisation of goodwill 14.3 3.2 5.8 Amortisation of fixed asset investments 7.9 6.1 10.6 Profit on sale of fixed asset investments - (0.3) (0.5) Increase in debtors (70.0) (312.7) (269.6) Decrease in securities purchased under agreements to resell 18.2 82.8 82.4 Decrease in short-term investments 39.5 27.3 42.2 (Decrease)/increase in creditors (36.1) 100.2 (9.9) Costs in relation to exceptional items - - 2.8 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities 90.8 (2.7) 52.7 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ + In accordance with the change made in the 2002 Annual Report, there has been a change in the presentation of the comparative figures for the half year to 30 September 2001 as detailed in the basis of preparation note (note 1). 12. Analysis of net debt At At At 30 September 30 31 2002 September March 2001 2002 Â£m Â£m Â£m ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Cash at bank and in hand 350.9 264.9 416.9 Overdrafts (2.6) (2.3) (0.7) Loans due within one year (351.0) (28.9) (179.5) Loans due after one year Bank loans (165.2) (295.8) (266.9) Private placement notes (9.5) (10.2) (10.5) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Closing net debt (177.4) (72.3) (40.7) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. Post balance sheet events The Group completed the acquisition of GNI Holdings Limited on 6 November 2002 for a cash consideration of Â£100 million. The acquisition will form part of the Group's Brokerage business. 14. Exchange rates The following US dollar exchange rates have been used in the preparation of this financial information: 30 September 30 September 2001 31 March 2002 2002 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Average exchange rate 1.51 1.43 1.43 Period end exchange rate 1.57 1.47 1.42 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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