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Information services company Experian reported a fall in profit as a weakness in the UK and Ireland and EMEA/Asia Pacific held back revenue in the first half of the year.
For the six months ended 30 September 2020, pre-tax profit fell 5% to $458 million year-on-year as revenue was flat at $2.49m.
Organic first-half revenue in UK and Ireland and EMEA/Asia Pacific fell 12% and 18% respectively.
Organic revenue in the Q2 was 5%, at the top end of its guidance range, the company said, driven by growth in North America and Brazil which had offset COVID-19 related declines in other territories.
The company declared an unchanged first interim dividend of 14.5 US cents per ordinary share.
For Q3, the company said it expected organic revenue growth in the range of 3% to 5%.
At 9:08am: (LON:EXPN) Experian PLC share price was 0p at 3068p