(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - Milano, 19 mag - The Irish sales, marketing and support services group DCC said that in the full year ended March 31 total adjusted continuing operating profit increased 3.6% to 634.0 million pounds.

Adjusted earnings per share from continuing activities grew 9.9% to 438.1 pence.

The board is proposing a 5.0% increase in the final dividend to 147.22 pence per share, which, when added to the interim dividend of 69.50 pence per share, gives a total dividend for the year of 216.72 pence per share. This represents a 5.0% increase over the total prior year dividend of 206.40 pence per share.

"This has been a year of major strategic progress for DCC. We transformed the group through the disposals and provided shareholders with material capital returns. At the same time, the business performed, delivering good profit growth notwithstanding the volatile market context. This performance reflects the commitment and resilience of our teams, who have continued to deliver strongly through a period of significant transformation. With a simpler, more focused group, a strong financial platform, and a highcashgenerative Energy business with attractive organic growth prospects, our performance keeps us on track to deliver our 830 million pounds operating profit ambition by 2030. We see an exciting future as DCC.

Energy plc," said Donal Murphy, the chief executive.

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