Earnings Announcements

ALLEGAN, Mich.-- Perrigo Co.' s fiscal second quarter earnings climbed 6 percent in a performance that topped Wall Street expectations, as revenue gains from acquisitions and the over-the-counter drugmaker's consumer health care segment countered rising expenses.

*TNK-BP's $55 bln takeover to be closed in H1. MOSCOW, Feb 1- Rosneft came in slightly below forecasts with a 7 percent rise in 2012 net profit on Friday while free cash flow halved ahead of its $55 billion takeover of TNK-BP, sending shares in Russia's top oil producer lower.

NEW YORK-- Ingersoll-Rand's net income dropped 3 percent in the fourth quarter, hurt in part by a larger provision for income taxes. That compares with $242.2 million, or 76 cents per share, in the final period of 2011.. Shares of Ingersoll-Rand gained 35 cents to $51.74 in morning trading.

Feb 1- Beam Inc reported a smaller-than-expected decline in fourth-quarter earnings and gave an optimistic 2013 forecast as it benefits from strong demand for bourbon and growth in emerging markets.

*Q4 earnings per share ex-items $3.27 vs Street view $3.03. The second-largest U.S. oil producer said fourth-quarter net income rose to $7.2 billion, or $3.70 per share, from $5.1 billion, or $2.58 per share, a year earlier.

The company earned $126.3 million, or 79 cents per share, up from $88.5 million, or 56 cents per share, in the same quarter last year. Revenue excluding excise taxes rose 11 percent to $709.1 million, from $637.5 million, beating Wall Street predictions of $706.2 million.

Feb 1- Exxon Mobil Corp, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, on Friday reported a higher-than-expected 6 percent increase in quarterly profit on stronger results at its chemical and refining businesses.

Feb 1- Money manager Franklin Resources Inc, which runs the Franklin and Templeton funds, said on Friday that its quarterly profit rose 7 percent, even though additional customer investments slowed.

Feb 1- Chevron Corp posted a rise in quarterly profit on Friday as its refining arm managed to improve earnings despite the crippling of the company's oldest refinery last August by a fire. The second-largest U.S. oil producer said fourth-quarter net income rose to $7.2 billion, or $3.70 per share, from $5.1 billion, or $2.58 per share, a year earlier.

Net income for Franklin's fiscal first quarter ended Dec. 31 totaled $516.1 million, or $2.42 per share, compared with $480.8 million, or $2.20 per share, for the same period a year earlier, the San Mateo, California- based firm said.

Feb 1- Exxon Mobil Corp, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, on Friday reported a higher-than-expected 6 percent increase in quarterly profit, helped by its chemical and refining businesses.

Feb 1- Ingersoll-Rand Plc reported better-than-expected fourth- quarter profit and said 2013 earnings could jump as much as 11 percent, boosted by an improving U.S. housing market. That figure excludes 40 cents to 60 cents per share of charges related to the spinoff, coming after pressure from activist investor Nelson Peltz.

Feb 1- Exxon Mobil Corp, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, on Friday reported a 6 percent increase in quarterly profit, partly due to higher refining margins. The Irving, Texas company said profit in the fourth quarter was $9.95 billion, or $2.20 per share, compared with $9.4 billion, or $1.97 per share, in the same period a year earlier.

Feb 1- Merck& Co Inc's quarterly results beat estimates, helped by strong sales of its Januvia diabetes drug and Gardasil vaccine against cervical cancer, but the company forecast 2013 profit at the low end of expectations. The No. 2 U.S. drugmaker said it earned $1.4 billion, or 46 cents per share, in the fourth quarter.

Feb 1- Beam Inc reported a smaller-than-expected decline in fourth-quarta9742reuff. On a net basis, the maker of Jim Beam, Maker's Mark and Knob Creek bourbons said on Friday that earnings were $126.3 million, or 79 cents per share, in the fourth quarter, up from $88.5 million, or 56 cents per share, a year earlier.

Feb 1- Beam Inc reported lower quarterly earnings, excluding items, due to a 20 percent increase in how much it spent to advertise its alcoholic drinks during the key holiday season.