Askul <2678.T>-2008/09 parent results

July 2 (Reuters) -

ASKUL CORP

PARENT-ONLY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(in billions of yen unless specified)

Year ended Year ended Year to

May 20, 2009 May 20, 2008 May 20, 2010

LATEST YEAR-AGO COMPANY

RESULTS RESULTS FORECASTS
Sales 189.61 189.10

(+0.3 pct) (+7.6 pct)
Operating 8.69 9.89

(-12.1 pct) (+18.7 pct)
Recurring 8.72 9.99

(-12.7 pct) (+18.1 pct)
Net 4.66 5.03

(-7.3 pct) (+13.1 pct)
EPS Y118.07 Y118.42
Diluted
EPS Y118.01 Y118.16
Annual div Y30.00 Y20.00 Y30.00
-Q4 div Y30.00 Y20.00 Y30.00

NOTE - Askul Corp is a delivery service company of office supplies.

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 2678.TK1.