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 3.                                                                                                                                                                            Segment information continued                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Thermal          Molten Metal  Electrical         Seals and  Technical         Composites and                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Ceramics         Systems       Carbon             Bearings   Ceramics          Defence Systems  Consolidated    
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Year             Year          Year               Year       Year              Year             Year            
                                                                                                                                                                                                              2015             2015          2015               2015       2015              2015             2015            
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Restated         Restated      Restated           Restated   Restated          Restated         Restated        
                                                                                                                                                                                                              £m               £m            £m                 £m         £m                £m               £m              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 Revenue from external customers                                                                                                                                               372.4                                    39.7   145.6                     88.6   237.8                 27.7   911.8                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 Divisional EBITA 1                                                                                                                                                            55.2                                     5.3    19.3                      9.9    26.1                  (1.0)  114.8                          
 Corporate costs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             (5.2)                          
 Group EBITA 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               109.6                          
 Restructuring costs and other one-off items                                                                                                                                   (0.1)                                    -      (0.7)                     (0.7)  (0.4)                 (0.3)  (2.2)                          
 Unallocated restructuring costs and other one-off items                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     (1.4)                          
 Group underlying operating profit 3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         106.0                          
 Amortisation of intangible assets                                                                                                                                             (1.8)                                    (0.2)  (0.3)                     (0.2)  (2.7)                 (1.9)  (7.1)                          
 Operating profit before specific adjusting items                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            98.9                           
 Specific adjusting items included in operating profit 4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     (16.0)                         
 Operating profit                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            82.9                           
 Finance income                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2.5                            
 Finance expense                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             (20.6)                         
 Loss on disposal of business                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                (6.1)                          
 Share of profit of associate (net of income tax)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            0.3                            
 Profit before taxation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      59.0                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 Segment assets                                                                                                                                                                359.4                                    38.1   132.4                     74.0   169.4                 22.6   795.9                          
 Unallocated assets                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          61.1                           
 Total assets                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                857.0                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 Segment liabilities                                                                                                                                                           74.6                                     6.0    27.4                      16.0   35.0                  9.4    168.4                          
 Unallocated liabilities: employee benefits                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  204.5                          
 Other unallocated liabilities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               297.7                          
 Total liabilities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           670.6                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 1. Segment profit is defined as Divisional EBITA which is segment operating profit before restructuring costs, other one-off items and amortisation of intangible assets.                                                                                                                                                  
 2. Group EBITA is defined as operating profit before specific adjusting items, restructuring costs, other one-off items and amortisation of intangible assets.                                                                                                                                                                           
 3. Underlying operating profit is defined as operating profit before specific adjusting items and amortisation of intangible assets.                                                                         
 4. Details of 'specific adjusting items' are given in note 4 to the financial statements                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 The above measures of profit are shown because the Directors use them to measure the underlying performance of the business, as referred to throughout the half-year report.                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 
 
 NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS                                                                              
                                                                                                                                         
 4.                                                        Specific adjusting items                                                      
                                                                                                                                         
                                                           In the condensed consolidated income                  
                                                           statement the Group presents specific                 
                                                           adjusting items separately. In the                    
                                                           judgment of the Directors, due to the                 
                                                           nature and value of these items they                  
                                                           should be disclosed separately from the               
                                                           underlying results of the Group to allow              
                                                           the reader to obtain a proper                         
                                                           understanding of the financial information             
                                                           and the best indication of underlying                 
                                                           performance of the Group.                             
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                     Six months  Six months  Year        
                                                                                                     2016        2015        2015        
                                                                                                     £m          £m          £m          
                                                           Specific adjusting items:                                                     
                                                                                                                                         
                                                           - Restructuring costs                     -           -           (1.5)       
                                                           - Net pension settlement credit           3.8         -           -           
                                                           - Business exit costs                     -           -           (2.8)       
                                                           - Impairment of property, plant and       -           -           (5.9)       
                                                           equipment                                                                     
                                                           - Impairment of intangible assets         -           -           (5.8)       
                                                           - Net loss on disposal of businesses      -           -           (6.1)       
                                                           Total specific adjusting items before     3.8         -           (22.1)      
                                                           income tax credit                                                             
                                                           - Income tax credit from specific         (1.5)       -           3.3         
                                                           adjusting items                                                               
                                                           Total specific adjusting items after      2.3         -           (18.8)      
                                                           income tax credit                                                             
                                                                                                                                         
                                                           Half year ended 30 June 2016                                                  
                                                           Net pension settlement credit                                                 
                                                           During the half year ended 30 June 2016                           
                                                           the Group has completed the final                                 
                                                           termination and payment of all earned                             
                                                           benefits for one of its North American                            
                                                           Defined Benefit Plans. As a result of this                         
                                                           termination the Group has recognised a net                         
                                                           pension settlement credit of £3.8 million.                         
                                                           An income tax credit of £1.5 million was                          
                                                           recognised in respect of this item.                               
                                                                                                                                       
                                                           Year ended 31 December 2015                                                 
                                                           Restructuring costs                                                         
                                                           The strategic objective to drive the                              
                                                           performance of the Electrical Carbon and                          
                                                           Seals and Bearings businesses to mid-teen                         
                                                           margins and beyond has resulted in the                            
                                                           Group undertaking a significant                                   
                                                           rationalisation of the carbon material                            
                                                           footprint.  This started in 2014 with the                         
                                                           downsizing of activities at the Swansea,                          
                                                           UK site.  This footprint rationalisation                          
                                                           continued in 2015 with the decision to and                         
                                                           the announcement of the cessation of                              
                                                           carbon material manufacturing at the                              
                                                           Shanghai, China site.  These operations                           
                                                           will be consolidated into other Group                             
                                                           locations, mainly the USA.  This decision                         
                                                           resulted in a charge of £1.5 million in                           
                                                           the year ended 31 December 2015, £0.7                             
                                                           million of which relates to the impairment                         
                                                           loss on plant and equipment and the                               
                                                           balance to site clean-up costs and other                          
                                                           write-offs.  An income tax credit of £0.2                         
                                                           million was recognised in respect of these                         
                                                           restructuring costs.  The £0.7 million of                         
                                                           impairment loss formed part of the total                          
                                                           plant and equipment impairment loss of                            
                                                           £6.6 million recognised in the year ended                         
                                                           31 December 2015.                                                 
                                                                                                                                       
                                                           Business exit costs                                                         
                                                           The business exit costs in the year ended                         
                                                           31 December 2015 related to the                                   
                                                           deconsolidation of Morgan Thermal Ceramics                         
                                                           Sukhoy Log Limited Liability Company                              
                                                           ("Sukhoy") and the subsequent                                     
                                                           remeasurement to fair value of the                                
                                                           retained investment.                                              
                                                           In April 2006 the Group acquired a 51%                            
                                                           shareholding in Sukhoy, a fibre business                          
                                                           based near Yekaterinburg, Russia.  The                            
                                                           results and assets of Sukhoy have                                 
                                                           previously been consolidated on the basis                         
                                                           that the Group was satisfied that it                              
                                                           exercised management control.  During 2015                         
                                                           there was a deterioration in the                                  
                                                           relationship between Morgan and the                               
                                                           minority partner, exacerbated by the                              
                                                           increasingly difficult market conditions                          
                                                           in Russia. As a result, it became clear to                         
                                                           the Group towards the end of 2015 that it                         
                                                           no longer had effective control of the                            
                                                           business and that it was no longer                                
                                                           appropriate to consolidate.  Based on the                         
                                                           recent financial performance and the                              
                                                           Group's view of the future prospects of                           
                                                           the business it was concluded that the                            
                                                           value of the Group's investment in Sukhoy                         
                                                           was nil. As a result the Group recognised                         
                                                           a £2.8 million charge in business exit                            
                                                           costs in the year ended 31 December 2015.                         
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                   
 
 
                                                                                                                                 
 NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS                                                                        
                                                                                                                                 
 4.                                                        Specific adjusting items continued                                      
                                                                                                                                   
                                                           Impairment of property, plant and equipment                             
                                                           The impairment of property, plant and equipment for the year        
                                                           ended 31 December 2015 was as a result of a review of the           
                                                           carrying value of assets that support the Group's North America     
                                                           vehicle and personal protection and high-temperature furnace        
                                                           -lining businesses.  Both of these businesses saw significant       
                                                           growth and investment in previous years but more recently they      
                                                           have been in decline.  The Group compared its expected future       
                                                           cash flows from these businesses with the book value of the         
                                                           property, plant and equipment that is dedicated to them and         
                                                           determined that a total impairment charge of £5.9 million was       
                                                           required.  An income tax credit of £2.1 million was recognised      
                                                           in respect of the impairment charge. The £5.9 million of            
                                                           impairment loss forms part of the total plant and equipment         
                                                           impairment loss of £6.6 million recognised in the year ended 31     
                                                           December 2015.                                                      
                                                                                                                                   
                                                           Impairment of intangible assets                                         
                                                           As a result of the continued reduction in demand on C&DS from UK     
                                                           MoD, the review of the carrying value of the remaining              
                                                           intangible assets of C&DS resulted in a further impairment          
                                                           charge of £5.8 million in the year ended 31 December 2015,          
                                                           relating to a full impairment of the customer relationships.        
                                                           Following this impairment charge, the carrying value of the C&DS     
                                                           intangibles was £9.8 million, all in respect of technology and      
                                                           trademarks.  This was supported by the current expectations of      
                                                           the future trading performance of the C&DS business.  An income     
                                                           tax credit of £1.0 million was recognised in respect of the         
                                                           impairment charge.                                                  
                                                                                                                                   
                                                           Net loss on disposal of business                                        
                                                           On 30 January 2015 the Group completed the sale of a Thermal        
                                                           Ceramics business in Wissembourg, France.  This business            
                                                           manufactures low-temperature fibre boards used mainly in the        
                                                           building industry.  The Group incurred a loss on the disposal of     
                                                           this business of £6.1 million in the year ended 31 December         
                                                           2015, in addition to the £1.9 million of business exit costs        
                                                           recognised in the year ended 31 December 2014.                      
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                       
 
 
 5.                                                                    Net finance income and expense                                        
                                                                                                               Six months  Six months  Year  
                                                                                                               2016        2015        2015  
                                                                                                               £m          £m          £m    
 Amounts derived from financial instruments                                                            0.2     1.0         1.0         
 Interest income on bank deposits measured at amortised cost                                           0.5     0.9         1.5         
 Finance income                                                                                        0.7     1.9         2.5         
                                                                                                                                             
 Interest expense on financial liabilities measured at amortised cost                                  (6.9)   (7.0)       (13.7)      
 Net interest on IAS 19 obligations                                                                    (3.6)   (3.4)       (6.9)       
 Finance expense                                                                                       (10.5)  (10.4)      (20.6)      
 Net financing costs recognised in profit or loss                                                      (9.8)   (8.5)       (18.1)      
                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                               
 
 
 6.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Taxation - income tax expense                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Six months  Six months  Year      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2016        2015        2015      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              £m          £m          £m        
 Tax on profit                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          14.2  14.5        20.9                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 The Group's consolidated effective tax rate for the six months ended 30 June 2016 is based on the Directors' best estimate of the effective tax rate for the year excluding specific adjusting items.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 Following a review of the presentation of tax balances the deferred tax asset and liability balances at 30 June 2015 have been re-presented to reflect management's view of a more likely basis for recovery of the assets and settlement of the liabilities. The re-presentation results in a decrease of the deferred tax asset at 30 June 2015 of £31.0 million and an equal decrease to the deferred tax liability. Therefore there is no effect on the prior year                                       
 net asset position.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 
 
 NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 7.                                                                                                                                                                                         Earnings per share                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 Earnings per share from continuing operations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 The calculation of basic/diluted earnings per share from continuing operations at 30 June 2016 was based on the following:                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Six months           Six months         Year     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 2016                 2015               2015    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Basic       Diluted              Basic  Diluted         Basic  Diluted  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                £m          £m                   £m     £m              £m     £m       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 Profit attributable to equity holders of the Company from           continuing operations                                                                                                  29.0                29.0                 32.4        32.4            33.9   33.9   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 Weighted average number of Ordinary shares                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 Issued Ordinary shares at the beginning of the period (millions)                                                                                                                           285.4               285.4                285.4       285.4           285.4  285.4  
 Effect of shares issued in period and shares held by The     Morgan General Employee Benefit Trust (millions)                                                                              (0.6)               (0.6)                (0.3)       (0.3)           (0.3)  (0.3)  
 Dilutive effect of share options/incentive schemes (millions)                                                                                                                              n/a                 0.1                  n/a         0.5             n/a    0.4    
 Basic/diluted weighted average number of Ordinary shares    during the period (millions)                                                                                                   284.8               284.9                285.1       285.6           285.1  285.5  
 Earnings per share from continuing operations (pence)                                                                                                                                      10.2p               10.2p                11.4p       11.3p           11.9p  11.9p  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 Underlying earnings per share                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 The calculation of basic/diluted underlying earnings per share at 30 June 2016 was based on the following:                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Six months           Six months         Year     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 2016                 2015               2015    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Basic       Diluted              Basic  Diluted         Basic  Diluted  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                £m          £m                   £m     £m              £m     £m       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 Underlying operating profit and share of profit of associate before specific adjusting items and amortisation, less net financing costs, income tax expense and non-controlling interests  30.0                30.0                 36.0        36.0            59.4   59.4   
 Basic/diluted weighted average number of Ordinary shares    during the period - calculated as above (millions)                                                                             284.8               284.9                285.1       285.6           285.1  285.5  
 Earnings per share before specific adjusting items and amortisation of intangible assets (pence)                                                                                           10.5p               10.5p                12.6p       12.6p           20.8p  20.8p  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 
 
                                                                                                                                                         
 NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 8.   Cash and cash equivalents                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                        30 June          30 June     31 December                  
                                                                                                                                        2016             2015        2015                         
                                                                                                                                        £m               £m          £m                           
 Bank balances                                                                                                                          44.4             43.8        38.8                         
 Cash deposits                                                                                                                          12.8             8.6         11.0                         
 Cash and cash equivalents                                                                                                              57.2             52.4        49.8                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 Reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents to net debt*                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                        Six months       Six months  Year                         
                                                                                                                                        2016             2015        2015                         
                                                                                                                                        £m               £m          £m                           
 Opening borrowings                                                                                                                     (265.8)          (270.0)     (270.0)                      
 (Increase)/decrease in borrowings                                                                                                      (12.1)           (6.6)       8.5                          
 Payment of finance lease liabilities                                                                                                   0.2              0.1         0.2                          
 Effect of movements in foreign exchange on borrowings                                                                                  (21.1)           7.0         (4.5)                        
 Closing borrowings                                                                                                                     (298.8)          (269.5)     (265.8)                      
 Cash and cash equivalents                                                                                                              57.2             52.4        49.8                         
 Closing net debt                                                                                                                       (241.6)          (217.1)     (216.0)                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 * Net debt is defined as interest-bearing loans and borrowings, bank overdrafts less cash and cash equivalents.                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 9.   Financial risk management                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                        
 Fair Values                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 The fair values of financial assets and liabilities, together with the carrying amounts shown in the balance sheet, are as follows:    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                        Carrying amount  Fair value  Carrying amount  Fair value  Carrying amount  Fair value     
                                                                                                                                        30 June          30 June     30 June          30 June     31 December      31 December    
                                                                                                                                        2016             2016        2015             2015        2015             2015           
                                                                                                                                        £m               £m          £m               £m          £m               £m             
 Financial assets and liabilities at amortised cost                                                                                                                                                                
 4.32% Euro Senior Notes 2017                                                                                                           (16.9)           (17.4)      (14.3)           (15.1)      (14.9)           (15.5)         
 6.12% US Dollar Senior Notes 2017                                                                                                      (131.6)          (138.2)     (111.5)          (119.6)     (118.8)          (125.5)        
 6.26% US Dollar Senior Notes 2019                                                                                                      (56.4)           (62.7)      (47.7)           (52.8)      (50.9)           (56.0)         
 Bank and other loans                                                                                                                   

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