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Obic Business Consultants <4733.T>-6mth parent

Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:31am EDT
   Oct 27 (Reuters) -
                OBIC BUSINESS CONSULTANTS LTD
                PARENT-ONLY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 (in billions of yen unless specified)
            6 months ended  6 months ended  Full year to    Full year ended
               Sep 30, 2009    Sep 30, 2008    Mar 31, 2010    Mar 31, 2009
               LATEST          YEAR-AGO        COMPANY         YEAR-AGO  
               H1 RESULTS      H1 RESULTS      FORECAST        RESULTS   
 Sales               7.56            7.66           15.80                   
                 (-1.4 pct)                         (-2.9%)              
 Operating           2.64            1.74            5.50                   
                (+51.4 pct)                        (+20.7%)              
 Recurring           2.89            3.70            6.10                   
                (-21.9 pct)                        (+15.0%)              
 Net                 1.64            1.94            3.60                   
                (-15.3 pct)                        (+38.0%)              
 EPS                   Y87.15          Y97.13         Y191.09               
 Shares                20 mln          20 mln                               
 Annual div                                            Y80.00          Y80.00
  -Q2 div              Y40.00          Y40.00                               
  -Q4 div                              Y40.00          Y40.00               
 NOTE - Obic Business Consultants Ltd sells computer software mainly for small businesses.
 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 4733.TK1.

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