Hokkoku <2906.Q>-2008/09 parent results

Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:11am EDT 

   June 26 (Reuters) -
                HOKKOKU CO LTD
                PARENT-ONLY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 (in billions of yen unless specified)
               Year ended      Year ended      Year to        Six months to
               Mar 31, 2009    Mar 31, 2008    Mar 31, 2010    Sep 30, 2009
               LATEST          YEAR-AGO        COMPANY         COMPANY   
               RESULTS         RESULTS         FORECASTS       H1 FORECASTS
 Sales               3.31            2.36            5.32            2.46   
                (+39.9 pct)      (-2.6 pct)        (+61.2%)       (+107.9%)
 Operating        prft 20 mln     loss 54 mln     prft 76 mln     prft 16 mln
                                                  (+380.0%)              
 Recurring       prft 153 mln     loss 28 mln    prft 105 mln     prft 40 mln
                                                   (+68.6%)              
 Net            prft 1.03        loss 208 mln     prft 54 mln     prft 18 mln
 EPS              prft Y73.65     loss Y16.92      prft Y3.91      prft Y1.30
 Annual div             Y3.00           Y3.00           Y3.00               
  -Q2 div               Y1.50           Y1.50           Y1.50               
  -Q4 div               Y1.50           Y1.50           Y1.50               
 NOTE - Hokkoku Co Ltd supplies foods to noodle franchise shops.
 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 2906.TK1.
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