Greencore Group plc announced unaudited consolidated earnings results for the first half year ended March 29, 2013. For the period, the company’s revenue increased in the period by 0.9% to £572,886,000 with growth in the convenience foods division of 1.8% to £542,100,000, compared to £567,681,000 for the half year ended March 30, 2012. Operating profit before acquisition related amortization was £25,552,000 against £28,253,000 a year ago. Group operating profit was £21,424,000 against £23,436,000 a year ago. Profit before taxation was £14,081,000 against £15,836,000 a year ago. Profit for the financial period attributable to equity shareholders was £21,641,000 or 5.4 pence per diluted share against £15,417,000 or 4.0 pence per diluted share a year ago. Net cash inflow from operating activities before exceptional items was £23,664,000 against £25,087,000 a year ago. Net cash inflow from operating activities was £5,334,000 against £7,795,000 a year ago. The modest reduction in inflow was primarily due to a larger seasonal working capital outflow in the half than in first half year of 2012 which benefitted from reductions of working capital in the former Uniq businesses. Purchase of property, plant and equipment was £17,309,000 against £11,531,000 a year ago. Purchase of intangible assets was £856,000 against £1,188,000 a year ago. Adjusted earnings were £23,800,000 in the period were 12.9% ahead of the prior year. Adjusted earnings per share were 10.9% higher at 6.1 pence as a result of the growth in operating profit combined with lower year-on-year financing costs and a continued low effective tax rate due to historic tax losses. The group's net debt at March 29, 2013 was £272,600,000, an increase of £14,600,000 from September 28, 2012. This increase was driven by the seasonal working capital outflow and higher capital expenditure, together with an adverse movement in the translation of US dollar debt of £5,000,000.

The board of directors of Greencore Group plc announced an interim dividend of 1.90 pence (2012: 1.75 pence) per share is payable on October 3, 2013 to the shareholders on the register of members as of June 7, 2013. The ordinary shares will be quoted ex-dividend from June 5, 2013. The dividend will be subject to dividend withholding tax, although certain classes of shareholders may qualify for exemption.

Greencore Group plc announced the appointment of Ms. Sly Bailey as Non-Executive Director, with effect from, May 17, 2013. Ms. Bailey (51) is currently a Non-Executive Director of Ladbrokes plc and a Governor of the English National Ballet School. She was previously Chief Executive of Trinity Mirror plc and was also a Non- Executive Director of the Press Association, Littlewoods plc and EMI plc, where she served as Senior Independent Director.