Konami Grp Corp Regulatory News (KNM)

5 Feb 2008 08:34

Konami Corporation05 February 2008 Consolidated Financial Results for the Third Quarter Ended December 31, 2007 (Prepared in Accordance with U.S. GAAP) February 5, 2008 KONAMI CORPORATION Address: 7-2, Akasaka 9-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan Stock code number, TSE: 9766 Ticker symbol, NYSE: KNM URL: www.konami.net Shares listed: Tokyo Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange and Singapore Exchange Representative: Kagemasa Kozuki, Representative Director and Chief Executive Officer Contact: Noriaki Yamaguchi, Representative Director and Chief Financial Officer (Phone: +81-3-5771-0222) 1. Consolidated Financial Results for the Third Quarter Ended December 31, 2007 and for the Nine Months Ended December31, 2007 (Amounts are rounded to the nearest million) (1) Consolidated Results of Operations (Millions of Yen, except per share data) Net revenues Income before Net income Operating income income taxes Third quarter ended December 31, Y 95,987 Y 19,112 Y 18,859 Y 11,6222007 % change from previous period 3.4 15.3 13.0 22.7 Third quarter ended December 31, 92,838 16,583 16,688 9,4732006 % change from previous period 15.1 1.2 7.0 (2.1) Nine months ended December 31, Y 229,730 Y 32,154 Y 31,934 Y 17,9102007 % change from previous period 8.1 20.4 20.2 22.8 Nine months ended December 31, 212,437 26,698 26,572 14,5872006 % change from previous period 10.3 12.0 (11.2) (12.3) Year ended March 31, 2007 280,279 28,145 27,567 16,211 Basic net Diluted net income income per share per share Third quarter ended December 31, 2007 Y 84.64 Y 84.62 Third quarter ended December 31, 2006 69.03 69.00 Nine months ended December 31, 2007 Y 130.46 Y 130.43 Nine months ended December 31, 2006 106.33 106.27 Year ended March 31, 2007 118.15 118.09 (2) Consolidated Financial Position (Millions of Yen, except per share data) Total assets Total Equity-assets Stockholders' stockholders' ratio equity per share equity December 31, 2007 Y 319,902 Y 185,167 57.9% Y 1,348.54 December 31, 2006 300,434 172,707 57.5% 1,258.34 March 31, 2007 304,657 174,662 57.3% 1,272.54 (3) Consolidated Cash Flows (Millions of Yen) Net cash provided by (used in) Cash and cash Operating Investing Financing equivalents, activities activities activities end of period Nine months ended December 31, 2007 Y 19,560 Y (13,487) Y (14,601) Y 49,403 Nine months ended December 31, 2006 15,471 (9,536) (31,966) 43,745 Year ended March 31, 2007 31,824 (11,098) (33,212) 57,333 2. Cash Dividends Record Date Cash dividends per share (yen) Interim Year end Annual Year ended March 31, 2007 27.00 27.00 54.00 Year ending March 31, 2008 27.00 - -Forecast- - 27.00 54.00 3. Consolidated Financial Forecast for the Year Ending March 31, 2008 (Millions of Yen, except per share data) Net revenues Operating Income Basic net income income before per share income Net income taxes Year ending March 31, Y 295,000 Y 33,000 Y 32,500 Y 18,300 Y 133.33 2008 % change from previous 5.3% 17.3% 17.9% 12.9% year Note: There has been no change in our forecast since we originally announced iton May 22, 2007. 4. Other (1) Changes to principal subsidiaries during the period (status changes of specified subsidiaries due to changes in the scope of consolidation): None (2) Adoption of simplified methods in accounting policies: None (3) Changes in accounting principles from the nearest consolidated fiscal year ended: None 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 onmanagement's assumptions and beliefs in light of information currently available to it and, therefore, you should not place undue reliance on them. Anumber of important factors could cause actual results to be materiallydifferent 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 exchangerates, 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 ourproducts, which are offered in highly competitive markets characterized by thecontinuous introduction of new products, rapid developments in technology andsubjective and changing consumer preferences; (iv) our ability to successfullyexpand internationally with a focus on our digital entertainment business andgaming & system business; (v) our ability to successfully expand the scope ofour business and broaden our customer base through our health & fitnessbusiness; (vi) regulatory developments and changes and our ability to respondand adapt to those changes; (vii) our expectations with regard to furtheracquisitions and the integration of any companies we may acquire; and (viii)the outcome of existing contingencies. 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