Revised Re Alliance
Konami Corporation
08 March 2006
The following amendment has been made to the Re Alliance announcement released
on 07 March 2006 at 07:18 under RNS No 3985Z.
(DETAIL CHANGE).
5. Number of shares owned around the Time of the Sales and Sales Price
Corrected from (Acquisition price 59.93 million yen),
Corrected to (Acquisition price 5,993 million yen)
All other details remain unchanged.
The full amended text is shown below
March 7, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
KONAMI CORPORATION
Kagemasa Kozuki
Chairman of the Board and CEO
Ticker 9766 at TSE1
Contact: Noriaki Yamaguchi
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Tel: +81-3-5220-0573
Announcement on Acquisition of Resort Solution Shares and Business Alliance
KONAMI CORPORATION ('Konami') announced that, pursuant to resolutions adopted at
meeting of the Board of Directors of Konami, held on March 7, 2006, Konami
concluded a stock subscription agreement with Nomura Principal Finance Co., Ltd.
('Nomura') to acquire some of the shares of common stock of RESORT SOLUTION
CO.,LTD. ('Resort Solution') owned by Nomura. In addition to the share
acquisition, Konami concluded an alliance agreement to develop mutual businesses
for both Resort Solution and Konami Group as follows.
1. Objective of Acquiring shares and business alliance
Konami decided to acquire 11,329,000 shares of Resort Solution (Approximately
20% of outstanding shares of Resort Solution) for cash at March 10, 2006,
pursuant to the stock subscription agreement concluded between Nomura and
Konami. This share acquisition is aimed at achieving a smooth business alliance
between the Konami group and Resort Solution, and to contribute to the business
development of the two companies. Konami entered into the contracts to establish
the basic terms for a future business alliance. The detailed terms and content
of the business alliance going forward will be determined through additional
discussions between Konami and Resort Solution.
2. Outline of the business alliance
(1) The joint development of facilities by Konami Sports Corporation and Resort
Solution.
(2) The joint management of facilities or mutual consignment by both companies.
(3) Sharing facilities to allow members of either company's facilities to use
all facilities.
(4) Development of commodities and services for active seniors.
(5) Development of facilities reservation services on the Internet Revolution
Inc. portal site.
3. Summary of Resort Solution
(1) Registered name Resort Solution Co.,Ltd.
(2) Main Business Management and development, etc. of golf courses,
hotels, and resort facilities.
(3) Date of incorporation February 27, 1931
(4) Location of head office 6-24-1, Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
(5) Representative Hideaki Hirata, Representative Director and
President
(6) Securities exchange Listed in the 1st section of Tokyo Stock Exchange
(7) Sales revenue 21,636 million yen (Year ended March 31, 2005)
(8) Capital 3,948 million yen ( As of March 31st, 2005)
(9) Total asset 27,979 million yen (As of March 31st, 2005)
(10) Fiscal year end March 31
(11) Number of employees 342 ( As of March 31st, 2005)
(12) Major shareholders: Nomura Principal Finance Co., Ltd: 18.90
million shares (33.3%)
(before acquisition) Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. 18.79 million shares
(33.1%)
Misawa Capital Co., Ltd 3.31 million shares
(5.8%)
(13) Relation to Konami N/A
4. The counterparty the shares acquired from
(1) Registered name Nomura Principal Finance Co.,Ltd.
(2) Representative Akira Maruyama
(3) Location of head office Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
(4) Main business Investment company
(5) Relation to Konami N/A
5. Number of shares owned around the Time of the Sales and Sales Price
(1) Number of Shares Owned before the Acquisition
0 shares (Ownership ratio 0%)
(2) Number of Shares Acquired
11,329,000 shares (Acquisition price 5,993 million yen)
(3) Number of Shares Owned after the Acquisition
11,329,000 shares (Ownership ratio 20%)
6. Schedule of Acquisition
March 7, 2006 Signing share purchase agreement
March 10, 2006 Closing and settlement of sale
Results for the last three fiscal years
(1) KONAMI CORPORATION
(Unit: million yen)
Non-consolidated Consolidated (U.S.GAAP)
Fiscal Year March 31, March 31, March 31, September March 31, March 31, March 31, September
2003 2004 2005 30, 2005 2003 2004 2005 30, 2005
Net sales 130,186 146,654 134,117 51,016 253,657 273,412 260,691 111,870
Operating 11,577 13,303 4,261 5,179 (21,870) 40,713 28,136 7,462
income
Ordinary 13,068 16,910 13,447 9,408 (22,096) 40,107 27,442 14,335
Income*
Net income (11,284) 10,381 12,794 11,197 (28,519) 20,104 10,486 6,964
Net income (92.82) 83.71 105.33 85.93 (234.58) 166.86 87.41 53.45
per share
Annual dividend 54.00 54.00 54.00 27.00 - - - -
per share (interim)
Shareholders' 872.38 894.08 931.24 1,147.20 750.35 847.66 885.97 1,027.32
equity per share
* Net Income before income taxes with U.S GAAP
(2) RESORT SOLUTION CO.,LTD.
(Unit: million yen)
Non-consolidated Consolidated
Fiscal Year March 31, March 31, March 31, September March 31, March 31, March 31, September
2003 2004 2005 30, 2005 2003 2004 2005 30, 2005
Net sales 25,937 22,435 16,557 9,636 28,957 27,910 21,636 12,374
Operating 517 680 768 561 852 1,001 1,007 557
Income
Ordinary 495 605 753 556 709 901 958 575
income
Net income 62 477 300 282 216 500 446 261
Net income 1.44 8.25 5.13 4.99 4.98 8.66 7.71 4.63
per share
Annual dividend 3 5 5 - - - - -
per share
Shareholders' 113.56 121.89 119.17 119.15 91.68 100.42 100.28 100.04
equity per share
Future forecast
Resort Solution will be accounted for by the equity method after the share
acquisition. The influence on our operating results by the business alliance has
not been determined at the present stage.
Cautionary Statement with Respect to Forward-Looking Statements: 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) our ability to successfully expand internationally with a focus on our
video game software business, card game business and gaming machine business;
(v) our ability to successfully expand the scope of our business and broaden our
customer base through our exercise entertainment business; (vi) regulatory
developments and changes and our ability to respond and adapt to those changes;
(vii) our expectations with regard to further acquisitions and the integration
of any companies we may acquire; and (viii) the outcome of contingencies.
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