Taiheiyo Cement <5233.T>-2008/09 parent results

May 15 (Reuters) -

TAIHEIYO CEMENT CORP

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 316.95 310.09 307.00 152.00

(+2.2 pct) (-1.1 pct) (-3.1%) (-3.4%)
Operating loss 6.90 prft 7.87 prft 8.50 prft 1.00

(-64.8 pct)
Recurring loss 2.96 prft 12.96 prft 9.50 prft 3.00

(-50.9 pct)
Net loss 55.14 prft 2.23 prft 6.00 prft 1.00

(-60.3 pct)
EPS loss Y58.22 prft Y2.35 prft Y6.34 prft Y1.06
EPS Y2.20
Annual div Y2.00 Y5.00
-Q2 div Y2.00 Y2.00
-Q4 div nil Y3.00

NOTE - Taiheiyo Cement Corp is a major cement maker created through merger between Onoda Cement and Chichibu Cement.

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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