Dec 13 (Reuters) - OVS on Wednesday proposed paying an extraordinary dividend of up to 8.7 million euros ($9.4 million) after the Italian clothing retailer posted a 2% drop in adjusted core earnings in the nine months to Oct. 30.

Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) fell to 121.5 million euros ($131 million) in the February-October period, from 124.1 million in the same period a year earlier.

OVS confirmed its annual forecast for year-on-year EBITDA growth in 2023, without providing detailed estimates. Its annual adjusted EBITDA was 180.2 million euros in 2022. ($1 = 0.9269 euros) (Reporting by Alessandro Parodi Editing by Mark Potter)