THK Company Limited 29 November 2004 PRESS RELEASE November 18, 2004 Company Name: THK Co., Ltd. Representative: Akihiro Teramachi President and CEO Code No: 6481, TSE 1stSection Inquiries: Kotaro Yoshihara Director/General Manager Corporate Strategy Department (Tel: +81-3-5434-0300) Announcement of Revision of the Fiscal Year-End Dividend Projection for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2005 (35th Term) THK Co., Ltd. hereby announces that it's Board of Directors at today's meeting resolved to revise upward the projection for per-share dividend payments for the fiscal year-end. 1.Reasons for Revision During the fiscal half-year that ended September 30, 2004, sales to all of the company's main users, including machine tool makers, general machinery makers, and electronics makers have continued to be strong, as a result of which the company marked its highest earnings on record. Since earnings for the full fiscal year are also expected to be high, the company plans to pay a per-share dividend of Y 18.00, an increase of Y3.00 from the initial plan, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005 (the 35th term). For the interim dividend, however, the company plans to pay Y7.50 per share, instead of Y9.00, up Y1.50 from the previous interim period, because it should comply with the provisions concerning interim dividend payments specified in the stock swap agreement entered into with Daito Seiki Co., Ltd. on July 26, 2004. Meanwhile, the company intends to pay Y10.50 per share as the fiscal year-end dividend, up Y3.00 from the previous fiscal year, although this is subject to the resolution of an ordinary general shareholders' meeting scheduled for June 2005. 2.Details of Revision Interim per-share Fiscal year-end Yearly per-share dividend per-share dividend dividend Previous projection(Announced on Y7.50 Y7.50 Y15.00 May 20, 2004) Revised Projection Y7.50 Y10.50 Y18.00 (For reference)Dividend paid for Y7.50 Y7.50 Y15.00 the previous period This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange