PLDT earnings results (TABLE)

INQ7 MONEY - BREAKING NEWS

August 08, 2006
Updated 12:18:23 (Mla time)

Xinhua Financial News Service

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.'s second quarter to June results (annualized):

Service revenues - 30.66 billion pesos vs 30.27 billion

Non-service revenues - 674 million pesos vs 607 million

Other income - 206 million pesos vs 119 million

Expenses - 24.19 billion pesos vs 21.67 billion

Core net profit - 7.64 billion pesos vs 7.19 billion

Net profit - 6.73 billion pesos vs 7.30 billion

Earnings per share - 36.28 pesos vs 40.51

First half to June results:

Service revenues - 60.64 billion pesos vs 59.54 billion

Non-service revenues - 1.38 billion pesos vs 1.42 billion

Other income - 338 million pesos vs 173 million

Expenses - 43.74 billion pesos vs 39.10 billion

Core net profit - 15.21 billion pesos vs 13.69 billion

Net profit - 15.31 billion pesos vs 16.52 billion

Earnings per share - 83.02 pesos vs 92.44

Core profit strips out the impact of foreign exchange gains or losses and derivative transactions.

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