Preliminary results, year ended 30 June 2006Download file

The second half of the financial year has seen continued strong growth by the global priority brands, in particular Johnnie Walker and Smirnoff.  Consistent delivery by these key growth drivers together with stronger performance in International, partly driven by innovation successes, has resulted in further improvement in the rate of organic top line growth. For the full year organic net sales growth is expected to be 6%.