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Life's Profit Rises 4.9% in Fiscal 2025

-- Life Corporation's (TYO:8194) profit attributable to owners of the parent rose 4.9% to 18.8 billion yen in the fiscal year 2025 from 17.9 billion yen a year earlier.

The supermarket chain operator's basic earnings per share increased to 217.56 yen from 195.11 yen a year ago, according to a Tokyo bourse filing on Friday.

Operating revenue climbed 3.6% to 881.3 billion yen in the year ended Feb. 28 from 850.5 billion yen in the prior year.

Life declared a final dividend of 33 yen per share for the fiscal year 2025, payable from May 29.

For the fiscal year ending Feb. 28, the company expects attributable profit of 19 billion yen, EPS of 218.86 yen, and operating revenue of 922.5 billion yen.

Life plans to pay interim and year-end dividends of 35 yen per share each for the current fiscal year, which is higher than the 32.50 yen interim and 33 yen final dividends paid in the year-ago period.

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