March 14 (Reuters) - North West Company Inc NWC.TO :
* THE NORTH WEST COMPANY INC. ANNOUNCES FOURTH QUARTER EARNINGS AND AN INCREASE IN THE QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
* Q4 SALES C$532.5 MILLION VERSUS REFINITIV IBES ESTIMATE OF C$526.9 MILLION
* Q4 EARNINGS PER SHARE C$0.27
* Q4 EARNINGS PER SHARE ESTIMATE C$0.48 -- REFINITIV IBES DATA
* INCREASES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND BY 3.1 PERCENT TO C$0.33PER SHARE