July 9 (Reuters) - Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc ATDb.TO :
* ANNOUNCES ITS RESULTS FOR ITS FOURTH QUARTER AND FISCAL YEAR 2018
* Q4 EARNINGS PER SHARE $0.59 EXCLUDING ITEMS
* Q4 EARNINGS PER SHARE $0.70
* INC QTRLY SAME-STORE MERCHANDISE REVENUES INCREASED BY 1.8% IN THE U.S., BY 4.3% IN EUROPE AND BY 3.6% IN CANADA
* INC QTRLY TOTAL ROAD TRANSPORTATION FUEL VOLUMES GREW BY 33.8%
* Q4 REVENUE $13.6 BILLION, UP 41.5 PERCENT
* QTRLY SAME-STORE ROAD TRANSPORTATION FUEL VOLUMES FELL 0.1% IN U.S. AND BY 2.9% IN CANADA, INCREASED BY 0.1% IN EUROPE
* INC - RESULTS FOR Q4 OF FISCAL 2018 WERE AFFECTED BY A NET TAX BENEFIT OF $69.7 MILLION
* INC - ESTIMATES ADJUSTED NET EPS, BASED ON EQUIVALENT NUMBER OF WEEKS, WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT $0.64 FOR QUARTER
* INC - INCREASE OF CA 1.0 CENT OF QUARTERLY DIVIDEND, A GROWTH OF 11.1%
* INC - DECLARED A QUARTERLY DIVIDEND OF CA 10.0 CENTS PER SHARE FOR Q4 OF FISCAL 2018