Yamane Medical <2144.OJ>-2007/08 parent results

May 12 (Reuters) -

YAMANE MEDICAL CO LTD

PARENT-ONLY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(in billions of yen unless specified)

Year ended Year ended Year to Six months to

Mar 31, 2008 Mar 31, 2007 Mar 31, 2009 Sep 30, 2008

LATEST YEAR-AGO COMPANY COMPANY

RESULTS RESULTS FORECASTS H1 FORECASTS
Sales 3.89 3.16 4.87 2.35

(+23.2 pct) (+12.9 pct) (+25.1%) (+26.7%)
Operating 642 mln 490 mln 794 mln 383 mln

(+31.1 pct) (+51.6 pct) (+23.6%) (+9.4%)
Recurring 622 mln 440 mln 780 mln 375 mln

(+41.4 pct) (+53.7 pct) (+25.4%) (+10.8%)
Net 347 mln 209 mln 429 mln 206 mln

(+65.7 pct) (-33.6 pct) (+23.6%) (+11.9%)
EPS Y3,072.71 Y10,027.11 Y3,797.13 Y1,823.33
Annual div Y900.00 Y1,000.00 Y1,000.00
-Q4 div Y900.00 Y1,000.00 Y1,000.00

NOTE - Yamane Medical 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.

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