Konami Holdings Corporation Results Dec 2015 (4079N)

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RNS Number : 4079N

Konami Holdings Corporation

29 January 2016

 
              Consolidated Financial Results 
        for the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2015 
            (Prepared in Accordance with IFRS) 
                                           January 29, 2016 
 
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, 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 Nine Months 
 Ended December 31, 2015 
(1) Consolidated Results of Operations 
                                                                           -------------- 
                                                               Profit          Total 
                                         Profit              attributable  comprehensive 
                                          before   Profit     to owners        income 
                              Operating   income   for the      of the        for the 
                     Revenue    profit    taxes    period       parent         period 
-------------------  -------  ---------  -------  --------  -------------  -------------- 
Nine months ended 
 December 31, 2015   179,251   17,423    17,142    6,275        6,262          5,948 
  % change from 
  previous year       15.0%     62.3%     33.6%    (19.5)%     (19.1)%         (49.2)% 
Nine months ended 
 December 31, 2014 
 % change from       155,889   10,732    12,831    7,792        7,740          11,705 
 previous year          -         -         -         -           -               - 
-------------------  -------  ---------  -------  --------  -------------  -------------- 
 
 
 
                     Basic earnings   Diluted earnings 
                        per share         per share 
                      (attributable     (attributable 
                        to owners         to owners 
                      of the parent)   of the parent) 
                          (yen)             (yen) 
-------------------  ---------------  ---------------- 
Nine months ended 
 December 31, 2015             45.28             45.22 
Nine months ended 
 December 31, 2014             55.84             55.84 
-------------------  ---------------  ---------------- 
 
 
(2) Consolidated Financial Position (Millions 
 of Yen, except percentages and per share amounts) 
                                            Total equity         Ratio of 
                                            attributable    equity attributable 
                                              to owners          to owners 
               Total assets  Total equity   of the parent      of the parent 
-------------  ------------  ------------  --------------  -------------------- 
December 31, 
 2015             329,444       211,499        210,776             64.0% 
March 31, 
 2015             311,592       218,499        217,789             69.9% 
-------------  ------------  ------------  --------------  -------------------- 
 
 
2. Cash Dividends 
----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      Record Date                Cash dividends per share (yen) 
-----------------------  ---------------------------------------------- 
                          First     Second    Third    Year end  Annual 
                          quarter   quarter   quarter 
                            end       end       end 
---------------------    --------  --------  --------  --------  ------ 
Year ended March 31, 
 2015                           -      8.50         -     12.50   21.00 
Year ending March 
 31, 2016                       -     10.50         - 
-----------------------  --------  --------  --------  --------  ------ 
Year ending March 
 31, 2016 -Forecast-                                      10.50   21.00 
-----------------------  --------  --------  --------  --------  ------ 
                 Note:   Recently announced change in dividend 
                          forecasts for the fiscal year ending 
                          March 31, 2016 during the nine months 
                          ended December 31, 2015: None 
 
 
 
3. Consolidated Earnings Forecast for the Year Ending 
 March 31, 2016 
                            (Millions of Yen, except percentages and per share 
                                                                         data) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
                                                                    Basic 
                                                                   earnings 
                                                                   per share 
                                                    Profit       (attributable 
                                        Profit    attributable     to owners 
                                         before    to owners        of the 
                             Operating   income      of the         parent) 
                    Revenue    profit    taxes       parent          (yen) 
------------------  -------  ---------  -------  -------------  -------------- 
Year ending March 
 31, 2016           243,000     24,000   23,500          9,500      68.71 
  % change from 
  previous year       11.4%      56.8%    38.6%         (4.2)% 
------------------  -------  ---------  -------  -------------  -------------- 
           Note:    Recently announced change in earnings forecasts 
                     for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016 during 
                      the three months ended December 31, 2015: Yes 
 

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 December 31,    143,500,000   shares 
         2015 
        As of March 31, 2015  143,500,000   shares 
 2.  Number of treasury shares: 
        As of December 31,      8,257,947   shares 
         2015 
        As of March 31, 2015    4,890,951   shares 
 3.  Average number of shares outstanding: 
        Nine months ended     138,271,153   shares 
         December 31, 2015 
        Nine months ended     138,611,422   shares 
         December 31, 2014 
 

Information regarding the audit review procedure:

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 from 11 to 14 for further information regarding our business forecasts.

The Company disclosed the supplemental data for the consolidated financial statements via the Company's website on January 29, 2016.

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