2 listed makers of electronic terminals saw 7-month EPS of over NT$2

Taipei, Aug. 26, 2003 (CENS)--K. S. Terminals Inc. and Gem Terminal Industry Co., Ltd., two main local producers of connector terminals listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, witnessed earnings per share (EPS) of NT$2.45 and NT$2.03, respectively, for the January-July period this year.

K. S. Terminals reaped pretax profit of NT$21.9 million in July this year, rising by 20% from the same month of last year. The company raked in cumulative pretax profit of NT$177 million in the January-July period this year, growing by 23.34% from the same period of 2002 and fulfilling 68.41% of the goal for this year.

K. S. Terminals' seven-month pretax profit, based on the expanded capital, was equivalent to EPS of NT$2.45. The company now expects EPS of NT$4 for this year, higher than the NT$3.59 originally projected for this year.

Gem Terminal garnered pretax profit of NT$20.31 million in July, jumping by 38.2% from a year earlier. The company brought in pretax profit of NT$142 million in the first seven months of the year, a large year-on-year rise of 55.4% and attaining 55.08% of the projection for this year. Based on the capital after ex-right, the company's seven-month EPS stood at NT$2.03.