Article: Hero Honda FY06 net up 20pc, declares 1,000 pc dividend.

Hero Honda FY06 net up 20pc, declares 1,000 pc dividend

New Delhi, May 30 (PTI) Riding high on a 20 per cent jump in net profit, bike market leader Hero Honda Motors today doled out a lucrative 1,000 per cent dividend for the third year in a row and announced that it would set up its third plant in Jaipur at an investment of Rs 550 crore.

Hero Honda, which also announced that it was working for a fourth new plant, said profits for 2005-06 were up 20 per cent at Rs 971.3 crore against Rs 810.4 crore in the previous year.

"Operating margins in the current fiscal would be under tremendous pressure due to steep rise in input costs," Hero Honda ...

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