Kusuri No Aoki <3398.T>-2007/08 parent results

July 4 (Reuters) -

KUSURI NO AOKI CO LTD

PARENT-ONLY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(in billions of yen unless specified)

Year ended Year ended Year to Six months to

May 20, 2008 May 20, 2007 May 20, 2009 Nov 20, 2008

LATEST YEAR-AGO COMPANY COMPANY

RESULTS RESULTS FORECASTS H1 FORECASTS
Sales 44.45 38.63 50.15 24.70

(+15.1 pct) (+16.1 pct) (+12.8%) (+12.8%)
Operating 1.49 1.42 1.62 756 mln

(+5.0 pct) (+27.3 pct) (+8.7%) (+14.5%)
Recurring 1.59 1.48 1.66 775 mln

(+7.0 pct) (+31.2 pct) (+4.7%) (+9.5%)
Net 883 mln 782 mln 900 mln 400 mln

(+12.9 pct) (+40.2 pct) (+2.0%) (+4.0%)
EPS Y113.85 Y100.82 Y116.08 Y51.66
Annual div Y16.00 Y14.00 Y16.00
-Q2 div Y8.00 Y6.00 Y8.00
-Q4 div Y8.00 Y8.00 Y8.00

NOTE - Kusuri No Aoki Co Ltd runs a pharmacy store chain.

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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