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Petronas Dagangan Bhd net profit rose 26% to RM236.2mil in the third quarter ended Dec 31, 2010 from RM187.2mil in the same period last year on lower operating expenditures.

 

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IOI Corp Bhd’s net profit rose 12.8% to RM520.2mil in the second quarter ended Dec 31, 2010 compared with RM461.2mil in the previous corresponding period mainly on higher contribution from its plantation and property divisions. Revenue was RM3.97 billion compared to RM3.06 billion in 2009, while earnings per share was 8.15 sen. Net assets per share was RM1.73. IOI Corp declared an interim single tier tax-exempt dividend of 80% or 8.0 sen per ordinary share of 10 sen each in respect of the financial year ending June 30, 2011. In the 2Q ended Dec 31, 2010, total fair value losses on derivative contracts recognised were about RM73 million. For the six months ended Dec 31, IOI Corp net profit rose to RM1.02 billion from RM939.59 million, on the back of revenue RM7.49 billion. IOI Corp’s plantation segment reported a 14% increase in operating profit to RM363.7 million for 2QFY2011 as compared to RM319.9 million a year ago.

Dialog’s earnings rose 25.7% to RM35.99 million in the second quarter ended Dec 31, 2010 from RM28.63 million a year ago, due mainly to higher contribution from its engineering and CONSTRUCTION [] and plant maintenance activities in Malaysia and Singapore. Revenue slipped 2.5% to RM268.53 million from RM275.57 million in 2009. Earnings per share were 1.84 sen while net assets per share were 26.3 sen.

For the six months, earnings rose 24.3% to RM69.09 million from RM55.56 million. Revenue declined 8.9% to RM532.33 million from RM584.42 million.

Amway’s net profit rose 12.5% to RM18.32 million in the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2010 from RM16.28 million a year ago, year mainly due to the increase in sales revenue. Revenue rose to RM184.1 million from RM171.89 million mainly due to an increase in the distributors’ productivity after implementing the sales and marketing programme, effort index adjustment and the distributor price increase implemented in first half of the year. Earnings per share were 11.14 sen while net asset per share was RM1.28. It declared a fourth interim single tier dividend of 9.0 sen net per share. For the financial year ended Dec 31, 2010, it posted net profit RM78.32 million on the back of revenue RM719.41 million.

Green Packet Bhd posted net loss of RM77.68 million in the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2010, which was lower compared with the RM100.71 million a year ago. Revenue rose 58% to RM116.25 million from RM73.54 million, loss per share was 11.8 sen compared with 15.3 sen. However, the loss from continuing operations were RM100.11 million compared with RM103.82 million a year ago. For FY10, it managed to reduce its net loss to RM134.97 million from RM182.64 million in FY09, while revenue increased 80.8% to RM393.97 million from RM217.81 million. Loss from continuing operations increased to RM209.67 million from RM187.41 million in FY09. Green Packet’s total group accumulated losses increased to RM274.67 million as at Dec 31, 2010 from RM196.53 million as at Sept 30, 2010.

Airports operator Malaysia Airports Holding Bhd’s net profit fell 29% to RM100.04 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2010 from RM140.97 million a year ago. MAHB said the decline was mainly due to the adoption of FRS 139 resulting in the higher share of losses in an associate company. However, the concession payable by the associate company was recognised at fair value and subsequently at amortised cost. Gains and losses arising from the changes in the fair value were recognised in the income statement.

Its 4Q revenue rose to RM494.37 million from RM476.84 million a year ago, while earnings per share were 9.15 sen. Net assets per share was RM2.99.

ZELAN BHD  recorded negative revenue from its continuing operations in Indonesia totaling RM39.2 million in the third quarter ended Dec 31, 2010 and warned of more losses in the current fourth quarter.

Explaining the negative revenue, Zelan said this was due to a reversal made on the revenue recognised earlier as a result of additional foreseeable losses for the Indonesian project. It said net losses for the 3Q were RM41.29 million compared with RM60.38 million. Loss per share was 7.33 sen versus 10.72 sen.

“The group recorded a loss after tax from continuing operations of RM40.5 million as compared to RM64.4 million losses in the preceding year’s quarter,” it said.

Tambun Indah had proposed to acquire three companies for RM11.6 million, which would increase the group’s GDV by RM245 million to RM1.4 billion to last till 2016. “The group expects contributions of RM38.7 million in pre-tax profits over development period from FY2011 to FY2014,” it said.