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Galliford Try Holdings PLC

15 July 2021

GALLIFORD TRY HOLDINGS PLC TRADING UPDATE

THURSDAY 15 JULY 2021

Galliford Try Holdings plc, the UK construction group, today provides an update on trading for the year ended 30 June 2021. The Group expects to announce its results for the full year on 16 September 2021.

Highlights

   --    Strong performance resulting in improved profitability and high quality order book. 

-- Good progress against our margin improvement target, with full year profit before tax expected to be towards the upper end of the analysts' current range (1) .

-- Well-capitalised, with circa GBP215m of cash at 30 June 2021 (2020: GBP197.2m) and average month-end cash during the financial year of circa GBP164m.

-- All our construction sites are fully operational since the start of the financial year and progressing in line with our medium term margin targets.

-- Positive outlook, with a high quality order book, in our chosen sectors, of GBP3.3bn (2020: GBP3.2bn). 90% of revenue for the new financial year secured (2020: 90%) and strong pipeline of future orders.

-- Published commitment to achieve net zero(2) across the Group's own operations by 2030 and across all activities by 2045, validated by Science Based Targets.

Current Trading

In March 2021 we announced a return to profitability and resumption of dividends and are pleased to confirm that we have made further good operational progress. We expect to report full year profit before tax towards the upper end of the analysts' current range. (1)

We continue to prioritise the health, safety and wellbeing of everyone on our sites and in our offices. All the Group's construction sites are operating in accordance with strict Covid safety procedures with productivity at normal levels.

Our disciplined approach to bidding and active engagement with our supply chain have proved particularly important during the current period of materials shortages and inflation. We have successfully managed and mitigated these challenges without any material impact on trading. Our continuing investment in modern construction practices and digitalisation enables us to deliver quality to our customers and further improve our operational performance.

Balance Sheet

The Group's strong balance sheet continues to be a differentiator for our clients and supports our ability to win high quality contracts and framework positions. Our financial strength also provides confidence to our supply chain, and we have further improved our prompt payment performance during the financial year. The average month-end cash for the financial year to 30 June 2021 was circa GBP164m and, in addition, the Group has a portfolio of PPP assets, no pensions liabilities and no debt or associated covenants.

Order Book

Throughout the financial year we have been successful in winning key projects and positions on strategic frameworks. We are encouraged by the pipeline of new opportunities across our chosen sectors, which align to our disciplined approach to risk management and contract selection.

Our focus on the public and regulated sectors makes us well placed to benefit from increasing Government investment in economic and social infrastructure, and our pipeline of work with high quality private sector clients continues to be robust. Major contract wins during the period, included in our GBP3.3bn order book, include:

- in Environment, for Scottish Water, the GBP350m SR21 Non-Infrastructure framework and the GBP350m Delivery Vehicle 2 programme;

- in Highways, our involvement in the GBP400m NEPO Civil Works framework and for Leicestershire County Council the GBP48m Grantham Southern Relief Road; and

   -      in Building the GBP41m Wallyford School for East Lothian Council and Hub South East. 

Bill Hocking, Chief Executive, commented:

"We are pleased with the good progress we have made. Our people, working off firm foundations of risk management and contract discipline, have delivered strong financial results. We are meeting our objectives of operating sustainably and delivering controlled growth, cash generation and improved margins. The Group has an excellent order book and is strongly positioned to contribute to the UK's economic recovery.

We were pleased to publish our net zero carbon targets recently, which build on our successful track record of reducing carbon emissions over the last decade. Operating sustainably is fully integrated into our strategy, and we will provide further details of our sustainability commitments with our annual results in September.

I am grateful for the dedication and resilience of all our people, which has contributed to the Group's strong performance. We start the new financial year in an excellent position. The quality of our people, our balance sheet and our order book mean that I look forward to the new financial year with confidence."

A conference call for Analysts and Investors will be held at 09:00am BST today, Thursday 15 July 2021:

Dial-in: +44 20 3936 2999

Access code: 394407

For further enquiries please contact:

 
                           Bill Hocking, Chief Executive 
                            Andrew Duxbury, Finance 
 Galliford Try              Director                        01895 855001 
                           James Macey White 
 Tulchan Communications     Giles Kernick                   020 7353 4200 
 

Note to Editors

Galliford Try is a leading UK construction group listed on the London Stock Exchange. Operating as Galliford Try and Morrison Construction, the group carries out building and infrastructure projects with clients in the public, private and regulated sectors across the UK.

(1) The range of analysts' estimates for profit before tax for the year ending 30 June 2021 is GBP9.0m to GBP11.2m based on forecasts at 1 July 2021.

(2) Galliford Try has committed to achieving net zero carbon across its own operations (Scope 1 and 2 and operational Scope 3) by 2030 and has already reduced emissions by 62% since 2012. The group is additionally targeting net zero emissions across all activities by 2045 at the latest.

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