hilton food group plc said wednesday that its 2021 pretax profit slipped on exceptional items though revenue rose and named matt osborne as its new incoming chief financial officer the foodpacking business said that for the 52 weeks ended jan 2 2022 its pretax profit fell to 474 million pounds 620 million from gbp540 million the year prior the company attributed the slip to exceptional items of gbp82 million and adjusted pretax profit rose 13 to gbp672 million revenue however rose to gbp330 billion from gbp277 billion a year prior with volumes increasing 7 on year on a constant currency basis the board declared a final dividend of 215 pence taking the total dividend for 2021 to 297 pence up from 260 pence in 2020 hilton foods said it was confident in making further progress in 2022 despite a more challenging market environment and said its short and mediumterm growth prospects were underpinned by recent acquisitions and new opportunities across its markets the company also said mr osborne will replace current cfo nigel majewski following its annual general meeting on may 24 mr osborne has been financial controller for hilton since 2018