UEX <9888.Q>-2008/09 parent results

May 19 (Reuters) -

UEX LTD

PARENT-ONLY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(in billions of yen unless specified)

Year ended Year ended Year to Six months to

Mar 31, 2009 Mar 31, 2008 Mar 31, 2010 Sep 30, 2009

LATEST YEAR-AGO COMPANY COMPANY

RESULTS RESULTS FORECASTS H1 FORECASTS
Sales 52.89 69.70 42.70 18.80

(-24.1 pct) (+15.7 pct) (-19.3%) (-37.6%)
Operating prft 24 mln prft 4.00 loss 910 mln loss 1.03

(-99.4 pct) (-9.1 pct)
Recurring loss 96 mln prft 3.88 loss 1.02 loss 1.07

(-11.6 pct)
Net loss 114 mln prft 2.19 loss 840 mln loss 880 mln

(-1.8 pct)
EPS loss Y9.50 prft Y182.93 loss Y70.13 loss Y73.47
Annual div Y6.00 Y57.50 Y2.00
-Q2 div Y4.00 Y30.00 nil
-Q4 div Y2.00 Y27.50 Y2.00

NOTE - UEX Ltd is a wholesaler specialising in stainless steel materials.

If there is no Q1 or Q3 dividend, Q2 will in most cases
correspond to the first-half dividend and Q4 to the second-half
dividend announced before a new corporate law in 2006 allowed
companies to pay and report dividends on a quarterly basis.

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