Matsumoto <7901.Q>-2008/09 parent results

Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:01am EDT 

   June 10 (Reuters) -
                MATSUMOTO INC
                PARENT-ONLY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 (in billions of yen unless specified)
               Year ended      Year ended      Year to        Six months to
               Apr 30, 2009    Apr 30, 2008    Apr 30, 2010    Oct 31, 2009
               LATEST          YEAR-AGO        COMPANY         COMPANY   
               RESULTS         RESULTS         FORECASTS       H1 FORECASTS
 Sales               2.73            2.86            2.80             780 mln
                 (-4.6 pct)      (-8.4 pct)         (+2.5%)         (-4.8%)
 Operating        loss 88 mln      loss 8 mln    loss 110 mln    loss 500 mln
 Recurring        loss 74 mln      prft 7 mln    loss 100 mln    loss 500 mln
                                (-90.6 pct)                              
 Net             loss 221 mln    loss 207 mln    loss 130 mln    loss 520 mln
 EPS              loss Y58.49     loss Y54.83     loss Y34.39    loss Y137.56
 Shares                 4 mln           4 mln                               
 Annual div            Y10.00          Y10.00          Y10.00               
  -Q2 div                  nil             nil             nil              
  -Q4 div              Y10.00          Y10.00          Y10.00               
 NOTE - Matsumoto Inc makes albums for schools and universities.
 If there is no Q1 or Q3 dividend, Q2 will in most cases
correspond to the first-half dividend and Q4 to the second-half
dividend announced before a new corporate law in 2006 allowed
companies to pay and report dividends on a quarterly basis.
 For latest earnings estimates made by Toyo Keizai, please
double click on 7901.TK1.
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