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Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:10pm EDT

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 April 24 (Reuters) - Three months to March 31, 2009
                              (in trillions of won)
                        Q1 2009     Q4 2008     Q1 2008
 NET PROFIT                   0.62       -0.02        2.19
 OPERATING PROFIT             0.15       -0.94        2.15
Semiconductors            -0.65       -0.56        0.19
LCD                       -0.31       -0.35        1.01
Telecommunications         0.94        0.16        0.93
Digital media              0.15       -0.17        0.04
 REVENUE                     18.57       18.45       17.11
Semiconductors             3.74        3.92        4.39
LCD                        3.75        4.21        4.34
Telecommunications         8.06        7.73        5.99
 (Cell phones)             6.83        6.98        5.18
Digital media              2.93        2.41        2.23
 * Note: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) of South Korea is
the world's top maker of memory chips and liquid crystal display
(LCD) panels. It is also the world's second-biggest mobile phone
maker.
Result of Samsung's appliances division is included in Digital
Media.
 (Reporting by Shin Jieun; editing by Ken Wills)



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