Feb 24 (Reuters) - Asciano Ltd AIO.AX :
* 2016 half year financial results AIO.AX
* HY statutory npat after minority interests $199.8 million versus $189.7
million
* HY statutory revenue and other income $1.86 billion versus $1.95 billion last
year
* Asciano continues to expect to report flat to low single digit EBIT growth in
FY 2016
* Says fully franked interim dividend of 13 cents per share
* Says expects to report a significant increase in the material items cost in
FY 2016
* Expects cash flow to continue to grow at materially faster rate than EBIT,
expects free cash flow after capex to be in excess of $400M in FY 2016
* Final reported material items will include break fee of $88M recently paid to
Brookfield infrastructure limited
* Forecast capital expenditure range for FY 2016 has been reduced from a range
of $390- 440M to approximately $350M
* Cash capital expenditure in FY 2016 is expected to be approximately $390M
reflecting capital expenditure accrued in FY 2015
* Source text for Eikon ID:nASXbKMnP5