Konami Holdings Corporation 3rd Quarter Results (4586D)

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RNS Number : 4586D

Konami Holdings Corporation

31 January 2018

 
               Consolidated Financial Results 
         for the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2017 
             (Prepared in Accordance with IFRS) 
                                             January 31, 2018 
 
KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION 
Address:             7-2, Akasaka 9-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 
                      Japan 
Stock code number, 
 TSE:                9766 
Ticker symbol,       KNM 
 LSE: 
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]) 
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, 2017 
(1) Consolidated Results of Operations (Millions of 
 Yen, except percentages and per share amounts) 
                                                                           -------------- 
                                                               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, 2017   178,668   38,532    38,133    26,043      26,034          26,814 
  % change from 
  previous year        9.0%     30.2%     32.1%     26.0%       26.1%           24.9% 
Nine months ended 
 December 31, 2016             29,587    28,861    20,674      20,651          21,476 
  % change from      163,941 
  previous year       (8.5)%    69.8%     68.4%    229.5%       229.8%         261.1% 
-------------------  -------  ---------  -------  --------  -------------  -------------- 
 
 
 
                     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, 2017            192.50            189.60 
Nine months ended 
 December 31, 2016            152.70            150.45 
-------------------  ---------------  ---------------- 
 
 
(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, 2017        352,108       252,390         251,630                 71.5% 
March 31, 
 2017            337,144       235,192         234,441                 69.5% 
----------  ------------  ------------  --------------  -------------------- 
 
 
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, 2017                -         17.00             -         41.00         58.00 
Year ending 
 March 31, 2018                -         30.00             -  ------------  ------------ 
------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------ 
Year ending 
 March 31, 2018 
 - Forecast         ------------  ------------  ------------         35.00         65.00 
------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------ 
            Note:   Recently announced change in dividend 
                     forecasts for the fiscal year ending 
                     March 31, 2018 during the three months 
                     ended December 31, 2017: Yes 
 
 
 
3. Consolidated Earnings Forecast for the Year Ending 
 March 31, 2018 
                              (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, 2018             240,000     45,000   44,000         29,000      214.44 
  % change from 
  previous year          4.4%      23.8%    23.9%          11.7% 
--------------------  -------  ---------  -------  -------------  -------------- 
       Note:          Recently announced change in earnings forecasts 
                       for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018 
                       during the three months ended December 31, 
                       2017: 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 
         2017 
        As of March 31, 2017  143,500,000   shares 
 2.  Number of treasury shares: 
        As of December 31,      8,265,874   shares 
         2017 
        As of March 31, 2017    8,263,356   shares 
 3.  Average number of shares outstanding: 
        Nine months ended     135,235,259   shares 
         December 31, 2017 
        Nine months ended     135,239,156   shares 
         December 31, 2016 
 

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, Gaming & Systems, and Amusement businesses; (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 page 9 to 13 for further information regarding our business forecasts.

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KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION (the "Company") disclosed the supplemental data for the consolidated financial statements via the Company's website on January 31, 2018.

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