3rd Quarter Results

RNS Number : 3660X

Konami Corporation

07 February 2013

 



Consolidated Financial Results
for the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2012
(Prepared in Accordance with U.S. GAAP)
February 7, 2013
KONAMI CORPORATION
Address:	7-2, Akasaka 9-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Stock code number, TSE:	9766
Ticker symbol, NYSE:	KNM
URL:	http://www.konami.co.jp/en
Shares listed:	Tokyo Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, and London Stock Exchange
Representative:	Takuya Kozuki, Representative Director, President
Contact:	Yasuyuki Yamaji, Corporate Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning (Phone: [phone])
Beginning date of dividend payment:	-
Adoption of U.S. GAAP:	Yes

(Amounts are rounded to the nearest million)
1. Consolidated Financial Results for the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2012
(1) Consolidated Results of Operations                             (Millions of yen, except percentages and per share amounts)
		Net revenues	Operating income			Income before income taxes and equity in net income of affiliated company		Net income attributable to KONAMI CORPORATION
Nine months ended December 31, 2012   Year-on-year changes (%)		160,151 (17.7)%	14,920 (51.7)%			14,672 (51.1)%		8,821 (48.3)%
Nine months ended December 31, 2011   Year-on-year changes (%)		194,522 3.3%	30,921 86.9%			30,018 97.2%		17,046 77.3%
Note:	Comprehensive income
	Nine months ended December 31, 2012:				Y10,248 million		a year-on-year decrease of 33.3%
	Nine months ended December 31, 2011:				Y15,361 million		-%

	Basic net income attributable to KONAMI CORPORATION per share (yen)	Diluted net income attributable to KONAMI CORPORATION per share (yen)
Nine months ended December 31, 2012	63.63	63.63
Nine months ended December 31, 2011	123.19	123.19

(2) Consolidated Financial Position                                                                     (Millions of yen, except percentages)
	Total assets	Total equity	KONAMI CORPORATION stockholders' equity	KONAMI CORPORATION stockholders' equity ratio
December 31, 2012	314,284	219,157	218,772	69.6%
March 31, 2012	328,006	215,720	215,458	65.7%

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, 2012			-	25.00	-	25.00	50.00
Year ending March 31, 2013			-	25.00	-
Year　ending March 31, 2013 -Forecast-						25.00	50.00
Note:		Recently announced change in dividend forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013 during the nine months ended December 31, 2012: None

3. Consolidated Earnings Forecast for the Year Ending March 31, 2013
(Millions of Yen, except percentages and per share data)
			Net revenues	Operating income	Income before income taxes and equity in net income of affiliated company	Net income attributable to KONAMI CORPORATION	Net income attributable to KONAMI CORPORATION per share (yen)
Year ending March 31, 2013  % change from previous year			228,000 (14.2)%	23,000 (43.8)%	22,500 (43.8)%	13,500 (41.3)%	97.39
Note:		Recently announced change in earnings forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013 during the nine months ended December 31, 2012: Yes

4. Other

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

(2)   Adoption of simplified methods in accounting principles for quarterly consolidated financial statements: None

(3)   Changes in accounting principles, procedures and reporting policies for consolidated financial statements

1.     Changes accompanying amendment of accounting standard: Yes

2.     Other: None

Note: Please refer to page 12 for details.

(4)   Number of shares issued (Common Stock)

1.	Number of shares issued: (Treasury stock included)
	As of December 31, 2012	143,500,000	shares
	As of March 31, 2012	143,500,000	shares
2.	Number of Treasury Stock:
	As of December 31, 2012	4,881,361	shares
	As of March 31, 2012	4,879,848	shares
3.	Average number of shares outstanding:
	Nine months ended December 31, 2012	138,619,373	shares
	Nine months ended December 31, 2011	138,377,599	shares

Information Regarding the Quarterly Review Procedures:

This report is outside the scope of the procedures for review of quarterly consolidated financial statements as required under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan. The aforementioned procedures have not been completed for the quarterly financial statements included in this document as of the time of disclosure of this document.

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 9, 10 and 11 for further information regarding our business forecasts.

The Company disclosed the supplemental data for the consolidated financial statements via the Company's website on February 7, 2013.

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