The company said full-year adjusted pretax profit is now expected to be 70 million pounds ($92.1 million), down from 80.1 million pounds a year earlier. PZ Cussons also said adjusted pretax profit for the half year declined 1.5 percent to 32.8 million.

($1 = 0.7601 pounds)

(Reporting by Sangameswaran S in Bengaluru; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier)