But its statement added: In 2013 Amec expects low-to-mid digit revenue growth for the group on an underlying basis, excluding procurement.
For the first quarter, Polo expects sales to grow at a low-to-mid-digit rate.
"Profit before tax for the group is expected to grow at a mid single digit rate.
Foster's said on Aug. 23 that its financial objectives included "mid single digit sales growth" and its earnings per share to increase faster than operating profit.
Online advertising revenues were down 3percentt (at least that was better than Yahoo's 12percentt decline), and search ads from Bing saw a "mid single digit" increase.
The company reaffirmed its previous full-year outlook of mid single-digit sales growth and high single-digit earnings-per-share growth for 2008.
"We now expect the PC market to decline in the high single digits in 2016 versus our prior forecast of mid single-digit decline," Smith said.
Sales are expected to fall in the low- to mid-single digit percentage range, while operating margin is expected to be in the low- to mid-single digit range.
It had previously forecast low- to mid-single digit growth there.
Income in the first half of 2014 will be lower than a year ago, by a "mid single-digit" percentage.
On our base case assumption of £25m synergies in 2013, the deal is mid single-digit earnings accretive next year.
