imi plc said friday that pretax profit fell slightly despite revenue rising in the first half as sales grew 18 the uk specialist engineering company said that for the six months ended june 30 pretax profit was 1209 million pounds 1472 million compared with gbp1228 million a year earlier adjusted pretax profita key metric which strips out exceptional and other oneoff itemswas gbp154 million compared with gbp137 million a year earlier the board proposed an interim dividend of 83 pence a share compared with 79 pence a year earlier based on the strong first half result and current market conditions we continue to expect 2022 full year adjusted eps to exceed 100 pence chief executive roy twite said it remains on track to deliver sustainable profitable growth and achieve the 20 margin target he added