(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - Milano, 24 mar - The UK home improvement group Kingfisher said that in the full year ended January 31 adjusted basic earnings per share rose 14.9% to 23.8 pence and adjusted pretax profit grew 6.0% to 560 million pounds.

Total sales came in at 12.945 billion pounds, up a reported 1.3% year on year and 0.2% at constant exchange rates.

Underlying like-for-like sales advanced 1.4%.

Free cash flow inched up 0.1% to 512 million pounds.

Kingfisher plans to pay a final dividend per share of 8.60 pence, in line with the previous year, resulting in full year dividend of 12.40 pence per share, unchanged from a year earlier.

For 2026-2027, the group expects adjusted pretax profit of 565-625 million pounds and a free cash flow of 450-510.

million.

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