** Shares of Maggie Beer Holdings MBH.AX jump as much as
2.3% to A$0.220, their biggest intraday pct gain since Jan. 25
** The food and beverage firm says HY NPAT of cont ops was
A$7.2 mln ($5.08 mln), up by 10.3% on H1 FY22
** Posts HY statutory EBITDA of A$9.9 mln vs A$8.5 mln
** Says trading EBITDA of A$5.6 mln was achieved for H1 FY23
vs A$9.9 mln at H1 FY22
** Adds net sales in Q2 FY23 increased by 4.3% vs Q2 FY22
** Stock fell 59.2% in 2022
($1 = 1.4180 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Echha Jain in Bengaluru)
((Echha.jain@thomsonreuters.com))