LONDON (Dow Jones)--James Cropper PLC (CRPR.LN), a specialist paper and materials group, Tuesday reported full year pretax profit of GBP2.4 million, compared with GBP0.9 million a year earlier. MAIN FACTS: -Turnover for the year ended March 27 GBP76.2 million (2009: GBP74.8 million) -Pretax profit -EPS 21.1 pence (2009: loss 1.0 pence) -Dividend per share 7.5 pence (2009: 5.1 pence) -Shares closed Monday at 127.5 pence. -By Tommy Stubbington, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9268; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 22, 2010 02:42 ET (06:42 GMT)