Hoya <7741.T>-2008/09 parent results

April 30 (Reuters) -

HOYA CORP

PARENT-ONLY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(in billions of yen unless specified)

Year ended Year ended

Mar 31, 2009 Mar 31, 2008

LATEST YEAR-AGO

RESULTS RESULTS
Sales 279.62 258.01

(+8.4 pct) (-6.2 pct)
Operating loss 5.73 prft 19.29

(-32.2 pct)
Recurring 8.97 35.44

(-74.7 pct) (-9.1 pct)
Net loss 16.95 prft 31.55

(+6.0 pct)
EPS loss Y39.17 prft Y72.96
EPS Y72.87
Annual div Y65.00 Y65.00
-Q2 div Y30.00 Y30.00
-Q4 div Y35.00 Y35.00

NOTE - Hoya Corp makes optical glasses and photomask blanks,
a key component in chip-making equipment.

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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