Shiseido <4911.T>-2008/09 parent results

May 7 (Reuters) -

SHISEIDO CO LTD

PARENT-ONLY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(in billions of yen unless specified)

Year ended Year ended Year to

Mar 31, 2009 Mar 31, 2008 Mar 31, 2010

LATEST YEAR-AGO COMPANY

RESULTS RESULTS FORECASTS
Sales 264.51 273.16

(-3.2 pct) (-3.2 pct)
Operating 8.58 16.26

(-47.2 pct) (+4.0 pct)
Recurring 26.56 31.03

(-14.4 pct) (+7.4 pct)
Net 16.29 23.82

(-31.6 pct) (+42.2 pct)
EPS Y40.41 Y58.42
Diluted
EPS Y40.34 Y58.21
Annual div Y50.00 Y34.00 Y50.00
-Q2 div Y25.00 Y17.00 Y25.00
-Q4 div Y25.00 Y17.00 Y25.00

NOTE - Shiseido Co Ltd is a major cosmetics manufacturer.

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
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