TABLE-Townnews-sha <2481.Q>-1qtr parent results

Oct 30 (Reuters) -

TOWNNEWS-SHA CO LTD

PARENT-ONLY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(in billions of yen unless specified)

3 months ended 3 months ended 6 months to Year to

Sep 30, 2009 Sep 30, 2008 Dec 30, 2009 Jun 30, 2010

LATEST YEAR-AGO H1 LATEST

RESULTS RESULTS FORECAST FORECAST
Sales 720 mln 709 mln 1.46 2.95

(+1.7 pct)
Operating 57 mln 46 mln 106 mln 214 mln

(+23.6 pct)
Recurring 60 mln 48 mln 108 mln 217 mln

(+23.2 pct)
Net 31 mln 25 mln 59 mln 119 mln

(+21.8 pct)
EPS Y5.67 Y4.61 Y10.77 Y21.68

NOTE - Townnews-sha Co Ltd is the full company name.

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 2481.TK1.