Don <8216.OS>-1qtr parent results

July 6 (Reuters) -

DON CO LTD

PARENT-ONLY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(in billions of yen unless specified)

3 months ended 3 months ended 6 months to Year to

May 31, 2009 May 31, 2008 Aug 28, 2009 Feb 28, 2010

LATEST YEAR-AGO H1 LATEST

RESULTS RESULTS FORECAST FORECAST
Sales 6.72 7.33 14.31 29.13

(-8.3 pct) (-2.6 pct)
Operating loss 142 mln prft 198 mln loss 46 mln prft 607 mln
Recurring loss 202 mln prft 144 mln loss 168 mln prft 377 mln
Net loss 240 mln prft 39 mln loss 253 mln prft 75 mln
EPS loss Y5.60 prft Y0.91 loss Y5.89 prft Y1.75

NOTE - Don Co Ltd is a leading steak house chain operator.

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.

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double click on 8216.TK1.