1st Quarter Results

RNS Number : 4149M

Konami Holdings Corporation

28 July 2017

 

Consolidated Financial Results
for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2017
(Prepared in Accordance with IFRS)
July 28, 2017
KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Address:	7-2, Akasaka 9-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Stock code number, TSE:	9766
Ticker symbol, LSE:	KNM
URL:	https://www.konami.com/
Shares listed:	Tokyo Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange
Representative:	Takuya Kozuki, Representative Director, President
Contact:	Junichi Motobayashi, Corporate Officer, General Manager, Finance and Accounting (Phone: [phone])
Beginning date of dividend payment:	-

(Amounts are rounded to the nearest million, except percentages and per share amounts)
1. Consolidated Financial Results for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2017
(1) Consolidated Results of Operations                  　 (Millions of Yen, except percentages and per share amounts)
	Revenue	Operating profit	Profit before income taxes	Profit for the period	Profit attributable to owners of the parent	Total comprehensive income for the period
Three months ended June 30, 2017   % change from previous year	55,743  12.8%	12,196 34.2%	12,068 43.3%	8,514 46.2%	8,511 46.4%	8,664 208.5%
Three months ended June 30, 2016   % change from previous year	49,417 (3.5)%	9,089 40.2%	8,419 22.7%	5,822 35.8%	5,814 35.8%	2,808 (42.8)%

	Basic earnings per share (attributable to owners of the parent) (yen)	Diluted earnings per share (attributable to owners of the parent) (yen)
Three months ended June 30, 2017	62.94	61.99
Three months ended June 30, 2016	42.99	42.37

(2) Consolidated Financial Position             (Millions of Yen, except percentages and per share amounts)
	Total assets	Total equity	Total equity attributable to owners of the parent	Ratio of equity attributable to owners of the parent
June 30, 2017	336,067	238,304	237,550	70.7%
March 31, 2017	337,144	235,192	234,441	69.5%

2. Cash Dividends
Record Date			Cash dividends per share (yen)
			First quarter end	Second quarter end	Third quarter end	Year end	Annual
Year ended March 31, 2017			-	17.00	-	41.00	58.00
Year ending March 31, 2018			-
Year ending March 31, 2018 -Forecast-				30.00	-	30.00	60.00
Note:		Recently announced change in dividend forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018 during the three months ended June 30, 2017: No

3. Consolidated Earnings Forecast for the Year Ending March 31, 2018
(Millions of Yen, except percentages and per share data)
			Revenue	Operating profit	Profit before income taxes	Profit attributable to owners of the parent	Basic earnings per share (attributable to owners of the parent) (yen)
Year ending March 31, 2018  % change from previous year			245,000 6.6%	40,000 10.0%	39,000 9.8%	27,000 4.0%	199.65
Note:		Recently announced change in earnings forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018 during the three months ended June 30, 2017: No

Noted Items

(1)  Changes in significant consolidated subsidiaries during the period (status changes of subsidiaries due to changes in the scope of consolidation): None

(2)  Changes in accounting policies and accounting estimate

1.      Changes in accounting policies required by IFRS: No

2.      Other changes: No

3.      Changes in accounting estimate: No

(3)  Number of shares issued (Share capital)

1.	Number of shares issued: (Treasury shares included)
	As of June 30, 2017	143,500,000	shares
	As of March 31, 2017	143,500,000	shares
2.	Number of treasury shares:
	As of June 30, 2017	8,264,720	shares
	As of March 31, 2017	8,263,356	shares
3.	Average number of shares outstanding:
	Three months ended June 30, 2017	135,236,131	shares
	Three months ended June 30, 2016	135,240,272	shares

Earnings release (Kessan Tanshin) regarding these consolidated financial results is not subject to auditing procedures.

Cautionary statement with respect to forward-looking statements and other matters:

Statements made in this document with respect to our current plans, estimates, strategies and beliefs, including the above forecasts, are forward-looking statements about our future performance. These statements are based on management's assumptions and beliefs in light of information currently available to it and, therefore, you should not place undue reliance on them. A number of important factors could cause actual results to be materially different from and worse than those discussed in forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: (i) changes in economic conditions affecting our operations; (ii) fluctuations in currency exchange rates, particularly with respect to the value of the Japanese yen, the U.S. dollar and the Euro; (iii) our ability to continue to win acceptance of our products, which are offered in highly competitive markets characterized by the continuous introduction of new products, rapid developments in technology and subjective and changing consumer preferences; (iv) the timing of the release of new game titles and products, especially game titles and products that are part of historically popular series; (v) our ability to successfully expand internationally with a focus on our Digital Entertainment business and Gaming & Systems business; (vi) our ability to successfully expand the scope of our business and broaden our customer base through our Health & Fitness business; (vii) regulatory developments and changes and our ability to respond and adapt to those changes; (viii) our expectations with regard to further acquisitions and the integration of any companies we may acquire; and (ix) the outcome of existing contingencies.

Please refer to pages 10, 11 and 12 for further information regarding our business forecasts.

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KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION (the "Company") disclosed the supplemental data for the consolidated financial statements via the Company's website on July 28, 2017.

 

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