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Consolidated Financial Results | |
for the Six Months Ended September 30, 2022 | |
(Prepared in Accordance with IFRS) | |
November 2, 2022 | |
KONAMI GROUP CORPORATION | |
Address: | 11-1, Ginza 1-chome, Chuo-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: | Kimihiko Higashio, Representative Director, President |
Contact: | Junichi Motobayashi, Corporate Officer, General Manager, Finance Division (Phone: +81-3-6636-0573) |
Beginning date of dividend payment: | November 25, 2022 |
(Amounts are rounded to the nearest million, except percentages and per share amounts) |
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1. Consolidated Financial Results for the Six Months Ended September 30, 2022 |
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(1) Consolidated Results of Operations (Millions of Yen, except percentages and per share amounts) |
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Revenue | Business profit | Operating profit | Profit before income taxes | Profit for the period | Profit attributable to owners of the parent | ||||
Six months ended September 30, 2022 % change from previous year | 148,359 6.4% | 25,611 (33.7)% | 25,396 (35.1)% | 27,479 (28.9)% | 19,847 (28.0)% | 19,847 (28.0)% | |||
Six months ended September 30, 2021 % change from previous year | 139,486 20.2% | 38,639 50.2% | 39,110 83.0% | 38,673 91.3% | 27,559 99.9% | 27,558 99.8% | |||
Total comprehensive income for the period: | Six months ended September 30, 2022: Y28,269 million; 1.9% | ||||||||
Six months ended September 30, 2021: Y27,737 million; 106.2% | |||||||||
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Basic earnings per share (attributable to owners of the parent) (yen) | Diluted earnings per share (attributable to owners of the parent) (yen) | |
Six months ended September 30, 2022 | 147.87 | 146.48 |
Six months ended September 30, 2021 | 206.79 | 203.47 |
(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 | |
September 30, 2022 | 534,981 | 372,847 | 372,832 | 69.7% |
March 31, 2022 | 528,613 | 348,076 | 348,061 | 65.8% |
2. Cash Dividends | ||||||
Record Date | Cash dividends per share (yen) | |||||
First quarter end | Second quarter end | Third quarter end | Year end | Annual | ||
Year ended March 31, 2022 | - | 36.50 | - | 87.00 | 123.50 | |
Year ending March 31, 2023 | - | 62.00 | ******* | ******* | ******* | |
Year ending March 31, 2023 (Forecast) | ******* | ******* | - | 62.00 | 124.00 | |
Note) | Recently announced change in dividend forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023 during the three months ended September 30, 2022: No | |||||
3. Consolidated Earnings Forecast for the Year Ending March 31, 2023 | ||||||||
(Millions of Yen, except percentages and per share amounts) | ||||||||
Revenue | Business profit | 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, 2023 % change from previous year | 320,000 6.8% | 81,000 0.9% | 76,500 2.8% | 76,500 1.8% | 55,000 0.4% | 411.74 | ||
Note) | Recently announced change in earnings forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023 during the three months ended September 30, 2022: No |
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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 September 30, 2022 | 143,500,000 | shares |
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As of March 31, 2022 | 143,500,000 | shares |
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2. | Number of treasury shares: | |||
As of September 30, 2022 | 8,004,425 | shares |
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As of March 31, 2022 | 9,919,591 | shares |
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3. | Average number of shares outstanding: | |||
Six months ended September 30, 2022 | 134,224,059 | shares |
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Six months ended September 30, 2021 | 133,265,479 | shares |
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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, Amusement, and Gaming & Systems businesses; (vi) our ability to successfully expand the scope of our business and broaden our customer base through our Sports 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 from 9 to 11 for further information regarding our business forecasts.
KONAMI GROUP CORPORATION (the "Company") disclosed the supplemental data for the consolidated financial statements via the Company's website on November 2, 2022.
As for the full text of the earnings release, please refer to the attached PDF File as below.
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/0679F_1-2022-11-2.pdf