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KIRIN BREWERY COMPANY, LIMITED
SUMMARY OF NON-CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF JUNE 30, 2002 (UNAUDITED)

(English Translation)
Fiscal year ending December 31, 2002
KIRIN BREWERY COMPANY, LIMITED
10-1, Shinkawa 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan (URL http://www.kirin.co.jp )
August 9, 2002
  Code No.: 2503
  Shares Listed: Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sapporo,
  Interim dividend plan: Yes
  Minimumnumbers of shares to have voting rights : 1,000shares
  For further information, please contact: Mr. Sumio Nagata, General Manager,
    Communications Dept.
    Telephone: 81- 3- 5540- 3450 from overseas
Date of the Board of Directors' Meeting for the semi-annual operation results:August 9, 2002
Date of commencement of payment of interim dividend: September 12, 2002

1. Business results for the first half of the current fiscal year  
   (January 1, 2002 - June 30, 2002) [Unit: Japanese yen (¥) ]
(1) Results of operations : (Fraction less than ¥1 million have been omitted.)
  Sales
(¥millions)
Percentage
change
(%)
Operating
Income
(¥millions)
Percentage
change
(%)
Income before
Special
items
(¥millions)
Percentage
change
(%)
6 months ended June 30, 2002
459,422
(7.0)
12,917
(21.7)
19,285
(20.7)
6 months ended June 30, 2001
493,751
1.4
16,493
(27.6)
24,324
(26.8)
Year ended December 31, 2001
1,028,403
 
34,965
 
44,580
 

  Net income
(¥millions)
Percentage
Change
(%)
Net income
per share
(¥)
6 months ended June 30, 2002
10,857
(24.2)
11.04
6 months ended June 30, 2001
14,320
(23.3)
14.55
Year ended December 31, 2001
19,382
 
19.69

Notes : 1 Average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period:
  June 30, 2002 983,440,362
  June 30, 2001 984,508,387
  December 31, 2001 984,485,996
  2 Change in accounting policies: None
  3 Percentage change means the ratio of increase or decrease in each item of business results for the 6 months ended June 30, 2002 to those for the 6 months ended June 30, 2001.
(2)Dividends;
 
Interim dividend
per share
(¥)
Dividend per share
for the year
(¥)
6 months ended June 30, 2002
6.00
-
6 months ended June 30, 2001
6.00
-
Year ended December 31, 2001
-
12.00

(3) Financial positions:
 
Total assets
(¥millions)
Shareholders'
equity
(¥millions)
Ratio of shareholders'
equity to total assets
(%)
Shareholders'
equity per share
(¥)
June 30, 2002 1,297,890 692,995 53.4 707.76
June 30, 2001 1,247,119 712,297 57.1 723.51
December 31, 2001 1,251,755 691,878 55.3 702.83

Notes : 1 Number of shares of common stock issued and outstanding: June 30, 2002
979,140,556
    June 30, 2001
984,508,387
    December 31, 2001
984,417,871
  2 Number of treasury stocks held: June 30, 2002
5,367,831
    June 30, 2001
7,813
    December 31, 2001
90,516

2. Forecast of business results for the current fiscal year (January 1, 2002-December 31, 2002)
 

Sales
(¥ million)
Income before
special
items
(¥ million)


Net income
(¥ million)
Dividend
per share
for the year
(¥)
Including final
dividend per
share
(¥)
Year ending December 31, 2002 1,010,000 46,000 22,000 6.00 12.00
Note: Forecasted net income per share ¥22.47
Refer to Page 9-10 for the assumptions and other matters related to the above forecast.

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