Financial Forecast Revision

Nov 8, 2002

Financial Forecast Revision

The financial forecast for the fiscal year (full year) ending March 31, 2003 announced on August 2, 2002 has been revised as follows;

Consolidated financial forecast revision

1. Financial forecast revision for fiscal year (full year) ending March 31, 2003

(April 1, 2002 - March 31, 2003)

(Millions of Yen, %)

Net sales

Ordinary income

Income before income taxes

Net income

Previous forecast

(A)

(August 2, 2002)

453,000

3,000

2,000

Revised forecast

(B)

450,000

2,000

1,500

500

Amount of increase/decrease

(B-A)

(3,000)

(1,000)

(1,500)

Percent increase/decrease

(0.7)

(33.3)

(50.0)

(75.0)

Results for fiscal year

ended March 31, 2002

417,825

(19,464)

(22,919)

(19,938)

Non-consolidated financial forecast revision

2. Financial forecast revision for fiscal year (full year) ending March 31, 2003

(April 1, 2002 - March 31, 2003)

(Millions of Yen, %)

Net sales

Ordinary income

Income before income taxes

Net income

Previous forecast

(A)

(August 2, 2002)

365,000

(9,000)

(5,400)

Revised forecast

(B)

361,000

(10,000)

(13,000)

(7,000)

Amount of increase/decrease

(B-A)

(4,000)

(1,000)

(4,000)

(1,600)

Percent increase/decrease

(1.1)

Results for fiscal year

ended March 31, 2002

332,573

(9,564)

(12,462)

(6,836)

3. Reason for revision

The results for the six months ended September 30, 2002 exceeded the previous forecast announced in August, however, considering increased uncertainty due to the slow down of the semiconductor market this summer, the Company revised the previous forecast for the fiscal year (full year) ending March 31, 2003.