Jan 11 (Reuters) - Nikkei -
* Obic Co Ltd is likely to hike its annual dividend by 5 yen
per share for fiscal 2016, anticipating a record profit for the
year ending in March - Nikkei
* Obic Co Ltd's pretax profit for the April-December period
is projected at just over 23 billion yen ($197 million), up 4%
on the year - Nikkei
* Obic is expected to maintain FY 2016 guidance when it
announces its three-quarter results Jan. 27 - Nikkei
* Obic Co Ltd's sales rose 4% to roughly 45 billion yen,
according to projections for the April-December period - Nikkei
Source text : (http://s.nikkei.com/2iGycyQ)
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