July 26 (Reuters) - ALS Ltd ALQ.AX :
* Chairman elect's agm address (inc. first half FY 2017 guidance) ALQ.AX
* Board expects first half underlying after tax profit to be in the range of $50 to $55 million
* Current expectation for underlying profit after tax for the full year to March 2017 is broadly in line with analyst consensus
* Seeing growth in our environmental, food, pharmaceutical, geochemistry and tribology businesses"
* Profits from coal and asset care business units remain flat"
* Is likely the co's future dividend payout ratio will be in the range of 50% to 60% of underlying net profit"
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