Investors

DISCO Corporation today released a preliminary report of non-consolidated sales figures for the first quarter (1Q) of fiscal year 2008.
The official financial results for fiscal year 2008 will be reported on August 8, 2008 to the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Non-consolidated sales of 14,084 million yen for the first quarter of 2008 were down 22.6% from the fourth quarter of 2007 and down 8.4% from the first quarter of 2007. The achievement ratio of sales against the forecast sale amount (36,000 million yen for 1H), announced on May 12th, 2008, is 39.1%. The sales of precision processing equipment maintained a sluggish pace because our customers, mainly memory manufacturers and sub-contractors, have slowed down their capital investment influenced by the stagnated semiconductor market. Consumable sales remained at the same level as the previous quarter mainly due to customers’ production adjustment. On the other hand, shipment of our laser saw, which is in our strategic product area, has been steady especially to LED manufacturers.

There is currently no revision to the annual sales forecast for fiscal year 2008. The next preliminary report for individual earnings and consolidated sales for the first quarter will be released on July 29, 2008.

Contact: Keizo Sekiya Phone: 81-3-4590-1099