Maruya <9975.T>-1qtr parent results

July 4 (Reuters) -

MARUYA CO LTD

PARENT-ONLY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(in billions of yen unless specified)

3 months ended 3 months ended 6 months to Year to

May 20, 2008 May 20, 2007 Aug 20, 2008 Feb 20, 2009

LATEST YEAR-AGO H1 LATEST

RESULTS RESULTS FORECAST FORECAST
Revenues 7.64 9.02 16.00 32.00

(-15.4 pct) (-2.1 pct)
Operating loss 312 mln loss 386 mln loss 140 mln prft 50 mln
Recurring loss 295 mln loss 366 mln loss 140 mln prft 50 mln
Net loss 302 mln loss 569 mln loss 160 mln prft 10 mln
EPS loss Y13.03 loss Y31.88 loss Y6.90 prft Y0.43

NOTE - Maruya Co Ltd is a supermarket 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.

For latest earnings estimates made by Toyo Keizai, please
double click on 9975.TK1.