The financial forecast announced on May 13, 2008 has been revised based on recent business trend as follows.



Consolidated financial forecast revision for the first six months of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009 (April 1, 2008 - September 30, 2008)

	Net sales (Millions of yen)	Operating income (Millions of yen)	Ordinary income (Millions of yen)	Net income (Millions of yen)	Net income per share (yen)
Previous forecast (A)	300,000	26,000	28,000	17,000	95.01
Revised forecast (B)	301,500	22,500	25,000	15,000	83.83
Change (B-A)	1,500	△3,500	△3,000	△2,000	-
Change ratio (%)	0.5	△13.5	△10.7	△11.8	-
Results for the six months ended September 30, 2007	476,377	95,005	95,795	62,463	349.19

Consolidated financial forecast revision for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009 (April 1, 2008 - March 31, 2009)

	Net sales (Millions of yen)	Operating income (Millions of yen)	Ordinary income (Millions of yen)	Net income (Millions of yen)	Net income per share (yen)
Previous forecast (A)	700,000	84,000	88,000	55,000	307.38
Revised forecast (B)	630,000	51,000	55,000	33,000	184.43
Change (B-A)	△70,000	△33,000	△33,000	△22,000	-
Change ratio (%)	△10.0	△39.3	△37.5	△40.0	-
Results for the year ended March 31, 2008	906,091	168,498	172,713	106,271	594.01

Reason for revision

Since the DRAM and flash memory chip market conditions remain sluggish, there is the prospect that capital investments by semiconductor manufacturers will recover later than initially forecast. Given these circumstances, sales of semiconductor production equipment––the Company’s key segment––are expected to be lower than initially projected. For this reason, we have revised our forecast of consolidated financial results for the first six months of the current fiscal year and for the full year.
Note: The content of the financial forecast as described in this financial statement is based on certain reasonable assumptions, drawing on the information currently available such as the economic situation in Japan and throughout the world and other variable factors that have impact on the financial results of the Company.
These assumptions may be influenced by market conditions, competitive conditions, the introduction of new products and their success or failure, the global condition of the semiconductor industry and other uncertainties. Therefore, actual sales and profit may differ significantly from the forecasts.