** Shares in van rental company Northgate Plc fallas much as 8 pct after co reports full-year earnings thatgarners mixed market reaction
** Stock top loser on the FTSE-250 Midcap Index
** Brokerage Numis cuts rating on the stock to "hold" from"add" citing slightly slower growth in the UK, three yearunwinding of the depreciation change, and the forex headwind
** Numis says upside risk exists from faster fleet on hiregrowth, but downside risk also exist from a potential more rapidfall in UK residual prices
** Jefferies says co's headline FY15 numbers look to be atthe upper end of its expectations forecasts. However, notes thesubdued number of vehicles on hire compared with a year earlier
** Co reports vehicles on hire at 48,600 in the UK up 1,000year-on-year including 1,900 from the new sites and up 900year-on-year in Spain at 35,600
** Jefferies had estimated 51,958 vehicles on hire in the UKand 37,500 in Spain
** Co, however, reports pretax profit jump to 83 mln stg vs51.2 mln stg a year earlier, and declares dividend of 10.2 p/shcompared with 6.8 p last year (aashika.jain@thomsonreuters.com)
