Aug 17 (Reuters) - Sonic Healthcare Ltd SHL.AX :
* Preliminary final report SHL.AX
* FY revenue from ordinary activities $5.05 billion, up 20.3%
* Final dividend 44 cents per share
* FY statutory NPAT from ordinary activities $451.4 million up 29.8 percent
* Sonic expects EBITDA growth of approximately 5% for 2017 on a constant currency basis
* The effective tax rate is expected to be approximately 25% in 2017
* FY 2017 net interest expense is expected to increase by 5-10% from 2016 level of A$63M on constant currency basis
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