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About Panasonic

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Common Stock Information

(Years ended March 31)

(Yen)
  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Common stock price (High) 1,787 1,660 1,694 2,650 2,870
Common stock price (Low) 1,011 860 1,372 1,485 ,080
Trading volume
(Thousand shares)		 1,567,651 1,959,789 1,373,151 1,648,901 1,586,460
Cash dividends per share 10.00 12.50 15.25 17.50 25.00
Net income (loss) per share, basic -8.70 18.15 25.49 69.48 99.50
Payout ratio - 68.9% 59.8% 25.2% 25.1%
Common stock price range
Trading volume
  1. Common stock price range and trading volume of the Company are those at the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
  2. Cash dividends per share reflect those paid during each fiscal year.
  3. Payout ratio is calculated by dividing cash dividends per share by net income per share, basic.
(Yen)
  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Common stock price
(at year-end)		 1,013 1,608 1,580 2,615 2,375
Net cash provided by operating activities
(Millions of yen)		 688,910 473,226 464,562 575,418 532,557
Net cash provided by (used in) investing
activities (Millions of yen)		 -11,177 -85,445 -178,296 407,091 -567,808
Free cash flow (Millions of yen) 677,733 387,781 286,266 982,509 -35,251
Net income (loss) per share, diluted -8.70 18.00 25.49 69.48 99.50
Stockholders' equity per share 1,347.17 1,488.77 1,569.39 1,714.22 1,824.89
Cash flow per share, diluted 303.24 162.84 124.76 442.10 -16.15
Price Earning Ratio (PER) - 89.33 61.99 37.64 23.87
Price Book value Ratio (PBR) 0.75 1.08 1.01 1.53 1.30
Price Cash Flow Ratio (PCFR) 3.34 9.87 12.66 5.91 –

  1. The Company defines free cash flow as the sum of net cash provided by operating activities and net cash provided by (used in) investing activities.The Company has included the information concerning free cash flow because its management uses this indicator, and it believes that such indicator is useful to investors, to assess its cash availability after financing of its capital projects.
  2. The Company changed the presentation of “deposits and advances from customers“ from net cash used in financing activities to net cash provided by operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows for the year ended March 31, 2006 (fiscal 2006). In addition, the Company revised the corresponding prior year presentation.
  3. Regarding free cash flows, for the reasons mentioned in Note 2 above, results for previous years have been revised. For the description of free cash flow, see Note 1 above.
  4. Net income (loss) per share, diluted is calculated by dividing diluted net income (loss) by the average number of diluted shares outstanding. Net loss per share for fiscal 2003 is not adjusted for antidilutive shares, as the Company incurred net loss for this year.
  5. Stockholders' equity per share is calculated by dividing stockholders' equity at year-end by the number of common shares issued, after deducting treasury stock, at year-end.
  6. From fiscal 2005, cash flow per share, diluted is calculated by dividing free cash flow by the average number of diluted shares outstanding. Prior year figures have been restated to reflect this measure. For the description of free cash flow, see Note 1 above.
  7. PER is calculated as year-end stock price divided by diluted net income per share. PER for fiscal 2003 is omitted, as the Company recorded net loss for this year.
  8. PCFR is calculated as year-end stock price divided by diluted cash flow per share. Prior year figures have been restated to reflect this measure by restatement of cash flow per share, diluted. For the description of free cash flow, see Note 1 above.
    PCFR for fiscal 2007 is omitted, as free cash flow for this year was a minus.

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