Halma increases dividend despite profit warning

Halma has increased its final dividend despite the health and safety group warning that it expects profits in the current financial year to drop by up to 10 per cent because of the coronavirus pandemic. It anticipates that adjusted pre-tax profit in the year to March 2021 will be between 5 per cent and 10 per cent less than the previous year. The warning came as Halma, which makes health and safety, environmental monitoring and medical equipment, reported annual results.