Showa Shinku <6384.Q>-2008/09 parent results

May 19 (Reuters) -

SHOWA SHINKU CO 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 9.17 11.79 9.81 2.26

(-22.2 pct) (+15.3 pct) (+7.0%)
Operating prft 180 mln prft 697 mln prft 165 mln loss 365 mln

(-74.2 pct) (+10.7 pct) (-8.4%)
Recurring prft 189 mln prft 593 mln prft 129 mln loss 387 mln

(-68.0 pct) (+9.5 pct) (-32.0%)
Net prft 69 mln prft 295 mln prft 4 mln loss 266 mln

(-76.6 pct) (+32.2 pct) (-94.2%)
EPS prft Y11.16 prft Y47.27 prft Y0.65 loss Y43.19
EPS Y47.27
Annual div Y12.00 Y15.00 Y12.00
-Q2 div nil nil nil
-Q4 div Y12.00 Y15.00 Y12.00

NOTE - Showa Shinku Co Ltd commands a major share in crystal device manufacturing systems.

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.

For latest earnings estimates made by Toyo Keizai, please
double click on 6384.TK1.