Informa PLC said its board recommended an interim dividend of 7.05 pence per share for the first half 2018, up 6% from 6.65 pence per share a year earlier.

The interim dividend will be paid Sept. 14 to ordinary shareholders on the register at close of business Aug. 10.

The U.K.-based events and publishing company reported unaudited first-half profit attributable to equity holders of the parent of £88.9 million, down from £116.1 million in the same period in 2017.