supreme plc said tuesday that its pretax profit for the first half of fiscal 2022 has increased backed by higher revenue and it declared a dividend payout the consumergoods distributor posted a pretax profit in the half year ended sept 30 of 85 million pounds 113 million compared with gbp68 million for the same period a year earlier revenue increased to gbp611 million from gbp563 million boosted by higher margin categories supremewhich distributes batteries lighting vaping devices sports nutrition and wellness productssaid that net debt reduced 60 to gbp84 million the company said it had a good start to the second half of fiscal 2022 and it is confident in delivering a good performance for the next period and beyond supreme which floated on the london stock exchanges junior aim in february said it expects its adjusted earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortizationwhich strips out exceptional and other oneoff itemsto be at least in line with market expectations the combination of supremes extensive retail relationships combined with our high volume great value product proposition continued to underpin our strong profit performance in the first six months of trading in the current financial year it said the board has proposed an interim dividend of 22 pence a share