Server: Microsoft-IIS/3.0 Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 05:58:17 GMT Content-Type: text/html Accept-Ranges: bytes Last-Modified: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 17:26:39 GMT Content-Length: 6837 2nd Quarter Earnings Release July 30/96
 
2nd Quarter Earnings Release
July 30, 1996

Shawnee Mission, Kansas

The following is a report of earnings for Seaboard Corporation (9000 West 67th Street, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66202) for the twelve and twenty-four weeks ended June 15, 1996, and June 17, 1995, in thousands of dollars except per share amounts.

    Twelve weeks ended
June 15,
- June 17
Thirty-Six weeks ended
June 15,
-June 17
    1996 ----- 1995 1996 ------1995
       
Net sales   330,503- 255,402 628,134 -491,325
       
Net earnings   (4,339) 6,764 (15,454) 14,804
       

Earnings per common share
on 1,487,520 shares $(2.92) $4.55 $(10.39) $9.95