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Marubeni's Full-Year Profit Increases 8.1%

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-- Marubeni's (TYO:8002) profit attributable to owners of the parent rose 8.1% to 543.85 billion yen for the fiscal year ended March 31 from 503.00 billion yen a year earlier.

The general trading conglomerate's earnings per share increased to 330.09 yen from 302.51 yen a year ago, according to a Tokyo bourse filing on Friday.

Revenue increased 6.1% to 8.266 trillion yen from 7.79 trillion yen in the prior year.

The company declared a final dividend of 57.50 yen per share, payable from June 1.

For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027, the company expects attributable profit of 580 billion yen and basic EPS of 354.67 yen.

Marubeni plans to pay interim and year-end dividends of 57.50 yen per share each for the year, which is higher than the year-ago period.

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