RE: 5%24 Nov 2016 09:41
If you read the footnotes of the Aquilant section in the RNS, it states a few times that real performance was behind that of last year, i can only imagine that it's profit taking or that news:
"(2) Underlying growth adjusts for the impact of currency movements and any acquisition, closure or disposal activity.
Revenue was 8% behind the prior year, however, adjusting for the closure of Aquilant's UK laboratory distribution business in February 2015 and negative currency movements, underlying revenue was in line with the prior year.
Reported operating profit was 14% behind the prior year, primarily due to adverse currency movements and the timing of capital sales activity. Underlying operating profit was 2% (c. EUR0.2 million) behind the prior year."