Financial Results 03 2015 (IFRS)

RNS Number : 4903R

Konami Corporation

29 June 2015

 

Consolidated Financial Results
for the Year Ended March 31, 2015
(Prepared in Accordance with IFRS)
June 29, 2015
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KONAMI CORPORATION
Address:	7-2, Akasaka 9-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Stock code number, TSE:	9766
Ticker symbol, LSE:	KNM
URL:	http://www.konami.co.jp/en
Shares listed:	Tokyo Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange
Representative:	Takuya Kozuki, Representative Director, President
Contact:	Junichi Motobayashi, General Manager, Finance and Accounting (Phone: [phone])

(Amounts are rounded to the nearest million, except percentages and per share amounts)
1. Consolidated Financial Results for the Year Ended March 31, 2015
(1) Consolidated Results of Operations
	Revenue	Operating profit	Profit before income taxes	Profit for the year	Profit attributable to owners of the parent	Total comprehensive income for the year
Year ended March 31, 2015   % change from previous year	218,157 0.3%	15,305 95.7%	16,960 80.9%	9,969 119.1%	9,918 122.1%	13,202 109.4%
Year ended March 31, 2014   % change from previous year	217,595 -	7,823 -	9,377 -	4,550 -	4,465 -	6,304 -

			Basic earnings per share (attributable to owners of the parent) (yen)	Diluted earnings per share (attributable to owners of the parent) (yen)			Return on profit attributable to owners of the parent		Ratio of profit　before income taxes to total assets	Ratio of operating profit to revenue
Year ended March 31, 2015			71.55	-			4.7%		5.5%	7.0%
Year ended March 31, 2014			32.21	-			2.1%		3.1%	3.6%
Reference:		Profit from investments accounted for using the equity method
	Year ended March 31, 2015:					154 million yen
	Year ended March 31, 2014:					22 million yen

(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	Equity attributable to owners of the parent per share (yen)
March 31, 2015	311,592	218,499	217,789	69.9%	1,571.25
March 31, 2014	300,592	208,839	208,180	69.3%	1,501.89

(3) Consolidated Cash Flows						(Millions of Yen)
		Net cash provided by (used in)				Cash and cash equivalents at the end of year
		Operating activities	Investing activities		Financing activities
Year ended March 31, 2015		45,254	(24,495)	(6,807)		64,654
Year ended March 31, 2014		29,709	(47,416)	3,448		50,024

2. Cash Dividends
Record Date	Cash dividends per share (yen)					Total cash dividends (annual)		Payout ratio (consolidated)		Cash dividend rate for equity attributable to owners of the parent (consolidated)
	First quarter end	Second quarter end	Third quarter end	Year end	Annual
Year ended March 31, 2014	-	17.00	-	17.00	34.00	4,713 million yen		105.5%		2.3%
Year ended March 31, 2015	-	8.50	-	12.50	21.00	2,912 million yen		29.3%		1.4%
Year　ending March 31, 2016 -Forecast-	-	10.50	-	10.50	21.00			30.6%

3. Consolidated Earnings Forecast for the Year Ending March 31, 2016
(Millions of Yen, except percentages and per share data)
	Revenue	Operating profit	Profit before income tax	Profit attributable to owners of the parent	Basic earnings per share (attributable to owners of the parent) (yen)
Year ending March 31, 2016  % change from previous year	228,000 4.5%	17,000 11.1%	16,000 (5.7)%	9,500 (4.2)%	68.54

Information regarding the audit review procedure:

These Consolidated Results for the Year Ended March 31, 2015 are not subject to the auditing procedure pursuant to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law. At the time of disclosing these Consolidated Results for the Year Ended March 31, 2015, the auditing procedure for financial statements pursuant to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law have been completed.

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

KONAMI CORPORATION ("the Company") adopted International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") for the consolidated financial statements incorporated in the annual report under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan with a first IFRS reporting period ended March 31, 2015. This report is voluntary disclosure that provides selected IFRS financial data from the Company's annual report filed on June 29, 2015. Please note that the Company previously reported consolidated financial results based on U.S. GAAP for the year ended March 31, 2015 on May 8, 2015.

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 information available to the Company as of May 8, 2015. 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. 

 

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