micro focus international plc said tuesday that for fiscal 2021 its pretax loss narrowed as the previous year was hit by a large asset writedown though revenue fell the ftse 250 software group made a pretax loss for the year to oct 31 of 5178 million compared with a loss of 294 billion for fiscal 2020 adjusted earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortization for the year fell to 104 billion from 117 billion the company attributed the fall to a slip in revenue revenue from continuing operations for fiscal 2021 declined to 290 billion from 300 billion a year before though on a constant currency basis the rate of decline on year narrowed to 5 from 10 the board recommended a final dividend of 203 cents a share compared with 155 cents a year prior bringing the total dividend for fiscal 2021 to 291 cents the company said it was on track to deliver a flat or better revenue trajectory by the end of fiscal 2023 a reduced cost base and a run rate adjusted free cash flow of 500 million