Nigerian conglomerate UAC said on Thursday its 2014 pretax profit rose marginally to 14.09 billion naira ($71 million) from 13.93 billion naira a year earlier.
The company’s revenue also increased to 85.65 billion naira from 78.71 billion naira in the previous year, the company said in a statement, and proposed a dividend of 1.75 naira per share, unchanged from the previous year.