smiths news plc on thursday reported a morethandoubled pretax profit for fiscal 2021 but warned that inflationary pressures are likely to hurt fiscal 2022 ebitda by 2 million pounds 27 million the newspaper and magazine wholesaler made a pretax profit of gbp306 million for the year ended aug 28 compared with gbp148 million for the yearearlier period revenue fell to gbp111 billion from gbp116 billion the company said margins benefited from englands run to the final of the uefa championship together with an increase in pokemon stickers as children went back to school adjusted earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortizationa metric that strips out exceptional and other oneoff items and excludes ifrs 16was gbp426 million compared with gbp391 million smiths news said its performance for the new year to date is in line with managements expectations although some uncertainty remains the immediate outlook for our markets suggests a continued stabilization of sales and a gradual improvement to the prospects of those retailers most affected by the pandemic the company said the board has declared a final dividend of 1 pence a share bringing the fullyear payout to 15 pence no dividends were declared for fiscal 2020 shares at 0858 gmt were up 06 pence or 15 at 3950 pence