RELX Plc (REL) Q4 2024 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.115 -- 00:00:05.864 Good morning, everybody. Thank you for taking the time to join us today. 00:00:05.864 -- 00:00:11.453 As you may have seen from our press release this morning, we delivered strong financial 00:00:11.453 -- 00:00:16.801 results in 2024 and we made further operational and strategic 00:00:16.801 -- 00:00:18.801 progress. 00:00:19.806 -- 00:00:23.271 Underlying revenue growth was 7%. 00:00:23.271 -- 00:00:27.858 Underlying adjusted operating profit growth was 10%. 00:00:27.858 -- 00:00:33.786 Adjusted earnings per share growth was 9% at constant currency. 00:00:33.786 -- 00:00:39.013 And we are proposing a 7% increase in the pound sterling full year 00:00:39.013 -- 00:00:41.013 dividend. 00:00:41.857 -- 00:00:46.664 All four business areas continued to perform well. 00:00:46.664 -- 00:00:51.851 And on this chart, you can also see the relative sizes of the segments within each 00:00:51.851 -- 00:00:54.252 business area. 00:00:54.795 -- 00:00:59.933 In risk, Underlying revenue growth was 8%, and 00:00:59.933 -- 00:01:03.457 underlying adjusted operating profit growth was 9%. 00:01:03.457 -- 00:01:05.457 Strong 00:01:06.241 -- 00:01:12.649 growth continues to be driven across segments by our deeply embedded AI-enabled 00:01:12.649 -- 00:01:17.916 analytics and decision tools, with over 90% of divisional revenue coming 00:01:17.916 -- 00:01:20.963 from machine-to-machine interactions. 00:01:20.963 -- 00:01:26.190 Business services continued to be driven by financial crime compliance and digital 00:01:26.190 -- 00:01:28.753 fraud and identity solutions 00:01:28.753 -- 00:01:31.557 with strong new sales. 00:01:31.557 -- 00:01:37.605 Insurance was driven by further extension of solution sets across markets, 00:01:37.605 -- 00:01:42.749 contin...