Final Results

RNS Number : 6610N

Konami Holdings Corporation

10 May 2018

 

Consolidated Financial Results
for the Year Ended March 31, 2018
(Prepared in Accordance with IFRS)
May 10, 2018
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])
Date of General Shareholders Meeting:	June 27, 2018	Beginning date of dividend payment:	June 6, 2018

(Amounts are rounded to the nearest million, except percentages and per share amounts)
1. Consolidated Financial Results for the Year Ended March 31, 2018
(1) Consolidated Results of Operations             　 (Millions of Yen, except percentages and per share amounts)
	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, 2018   % change from previous year	239,497 4.2%	45,181 24.3%	44,709 25.9%	30,506 17.4%	30,507 17.6%	28,959 12.6%
Year ended March 31, 2017   % change from previous year	229,922 (8.0)%	36,359 47.3%	35,521 49.5%	25,977 146.7%	25,951 146.8%	25,727 224.6%

			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, 2018			225.59	222.21			12.5%		12.8%	18.9%
Year ended March 31, 2017			191.89	189.08			11.6%		10.7%	15.8%
Reference:		Profit from investments accounted for using the equity method
	Year ended March 31, 2018:					292 million yen
	Year ended March 31, 2017:					268 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, 2018	363,108	254,539	253,782	69.9%	1,876.62
March 31, 2017	337,144	235,192	234,441	69.5%	1,733.57

(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, 2018		53,980	(18,484)	(14,798)		154,485
Year ended March 31, 2017		43,759	(13,615)	(9,420)		134,743

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, 2017		-	17.00	-	41.00	58.00	7,844 million yen		30.2%		3.5%
Year ended March 31, 2018		-	30.00	-	38.00	68.00	9,196 million yen		30.1%		3.8%
Year ending March 31, 2019 (Forecast)							------------				------------
Regular dividends		-	35.50	-	35.50	71.00			30.0%
Commemorative dividends (note)		-	25.00	-	25.00	50.00			21.1%
Total		-	60.50	-	60.50	121.00			51.1%
Note)	To celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding on March 21, 2019 (the 35th anniversary of its listing in the same year), KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION intends to award commemorative dividends in addition to regular dividends for the year ending March 31, 2019.　Please refer to "Notice on Commemorative Dividend for 50th Anniversary of Founding" announced on May 10, 2018, for further details.

3. Consolidated Earnings Forecast for the Year Ending March 31, 2019
(Millions of Yen, except percentages and per share amounts)
	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, 2019  % change from previous year	250,000 4.4%	50,000 10.7%	49,000 9.6%	32,000 4.9%	236.63

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 March 31, 2018	143,500,000	shares
	As of March 31, 2017	143,500,000	shares
2.	Number of treasury shares:
	As of March 31, 2018	8,266,259	shares
	As of March 31, 2017	8,263,356	shares
3.	Average number of shares outstanding:
	Year ended March 31, 2018	135,234,933	shares
	Year ended March 31, 2017	135,238,663	shares

(Reference) Summary of Non-consolidated Financial Results

Results for the Year Ended March 31, 2018

(1) Non-consolidated Results of Operation     (Millions of Yen, except percentages and per share amounts)
	Operating revenues	Operating income	Ordinary income	Net income
Year ended March 31, 2018  % change from previous year	16,443 (3.3)%	13,469 (8.4)%	13,590 (8.3)%	13,710 38.2%
Year ended March 31, 2017  % change from previous year	17,010 17.2%	14,700 26.2%	14,813 24.9%	9,921 (14.2)%

	Basic net income per share (yen)	Diluted net income  per share (yen)
Year ended March 31, 2018	101.38	99.71
Year ended March 31, 2017	73.36	72.15

(2) Non-consolidated Financial Position                     (Millions of Yen, except percentages)
				Total assets	Total net assets			Equity ratio		Net assets per share (yen)
March 31, 2018				241,536	215,475			89.2%		1,593.36
March 31, 2017				239,500	211,362			88.3%		1,562.91
	Reference:		Total Stockholders' equity
		Year ended March 31, 2018:					215,475 million yen
		Year ended March 31, 2017:					211,362 million yen

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 9, 10, 11, and 12 for further information regarding our business forecasts.

KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION (the "Company") disclosed the supplemental data for the consolidated financial statements via the Company's website on May 10, 2018.

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