By Jaime Llinares Taboada 



  DCC PLC on Tuesday posted a lower profit for fiscal 2020, as revenue declined over the period and the company booked higher exceptional charges. 


  The U.K. marketing and support-services company made a pretax profit of 311.5 million pounds ($378.4 million) for the year ended March 31, down from GBP327.4 million in fiscal 2019 and below the market consensus of GBP353.8 million--taken from FactSet and based on three analysts' forecasts. Net attributable profit was GBP245.5 million. 


  Net exceptional charges of GBP63.0 million were largely driven by losses on disposals and restructuring costs. 


  Revenue fell 3.1% to GBP14.75 billion, but remained above the GBP14.48 billion consensus taken from FactSet and also based on three analysts' estimates. 


  Operating profit excluding exceptionals and amortization of intangible assets--one of the company's preferred metrics--increased 7.3% to GBP494.3 million, reflecting growth across all four divisions. 


  The company declared a final dividend of 95.79 pence a share, bringing the full-year payout to 145.27 pence--up from 138.35 pence in fiscal 2019. 


  DCC said it will be affected by the coronavirus pandemic in the near-term, but also noted that it is well positioned to continue growing in the future due to its business model, leading market positions, and strong balance sheet. 


  Write to Jaime Llinares Taboada at jaime.llinares@wsj.com; @JaimeLlinaresT