The company said the impact of the coronavirus outbreak remained uncertain, but added it saw reduced footfall in Hong Kong, Singapore and Macau in February.

Inchcape, which has built up operations across parts of Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa and Australia through a mix of acquisitions and direct investment, said adjusted pretax profit for the year ended Dec. 31, fell to 326.3 million pounds.

(Reporting by Yadarisa Shabong in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)