Anthony John Habgood
Management
So, good morning everyone and welcome to RELX’s interim results presentation for 2017. [Technical Difficulty] as a whole with each of our four business areas, again, contributing positively to sales and profit growth. Adjusted earnings per share in constant currency, was again, 8%. Adjusted earnings per share in euros was also 8%. Sterling adjusted earnings per share, was up 19% reflecting the first half weakness of the pound relative to the first half of 2016. We have announced a dividend increase of 8% in euros and 14% in sterling, reflecting the spot exchange rates. I am also pleased to report that today we announced the appointment of Suzanne Wood to our Board subject to shareholder approval at the Netherlands EGM in late September. Suzanne has been Group Finance Director of Ashtead group PLC a mid- FTSE 100 international equipment rental company for 5 years. Prior to which, she was CFO of Ashtead’s largest subsidiary, Sunbelt Rentals in the U.S. A U.S. citizen who started her career with PriceWaterhouse, Suzanne brings over 20 years experience in Senior Finance roles, including as a CFO of two publicly listed U.S. companies prior to taking up her current roles at Ashtead. She will bring valuable and highly relevant experience to our boards as we continue to evolve and refresh them and I look forward to working with her. Thank you. Erik and Nick will now take you through the results in detail.