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09/05/2024 08:00

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RNS Number : 7668N  Konami Group Corporation  09 May 2024

 

 Consolidated Financial Results
 for the Year Ended March 31, 2024
 (Prepared in Accordance with IFRS)
 May 9, 2024

 

 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)
 Date of General                                     Beginning date of dividend

 Shareholders Meeting:    June 26, 2024              payment:                    June 5, 2024

 

(Amounts are rounded to the nearest million, except percentages and per share
amounts)

1. Consolidated Financial Results for the Year Ended March 31, 2024

 (1) Consolidated Results of Operations  (Millions of Yen, except percentages and per share amounts)

 

                                                                                                Profit

                                                                                                attributable to

                                        Business   Operating   Profit before   Profit for the   owners of the

                              Revenue   profit     profit      income taxes    year             parent
 Year ended March 31, 2024    360,314   88,212     80,262      82,685          59,172           59,171
 % change from previous year  14.6%     55.8%      73.8%       75.5%           69.6%            69.6%
 Year ended March 31, 2023    314,321   56,611     46,185      47,120          34,895           34,895
 % change from previous year  4.9%      (29.5)%    (38.0)%     (37.3)%         (36.3)%          (36.3)%

 

 Total comprehensive income for the year:  Year ended March 31, 2024: 67,917 million yen; 70.5%
                                           Year ended March 31, 2023: 39,834 million yen; (32.9)%

 

 Note)  Business profit is calculated by deducting "cost of revenue" and "selling,

      general and administrative expenses" from "revenue."

 

                                               Diluted earnings

                            Basic earnings     per share

                            per share          (attributable to   Return on profit   Ratio of profit

                            (attributable to   owners of the      attributable to    before income     Ratio of

                            owners of the      parent) (yen)      owners of the      taxes to total    operating profit

                            parent) (yen)                         parent             assets            to revenue
 Year ended March 31, 2024  436.50             436.50             14.7%              14.3%             22.3%
 Year ended March 31, 2023  258.81             257.49             9.6%               8.8%              14.7%

 

 Reference: Profit from investments accounted for using the equity method
     Year ended March 31, 2024: 274 million yen
     Year ended March 31, 2023: 137 million yen

 

 (2) Consolidated Financial Position  (Millions of Yen, except percentages and per share amounts)

 

                                               Total equity      Ratio of equity   Equity attributable

                                               attributable to   attributable to   to owners of the

                                               owners of the     owners of the     parent per share

                 Total assets   Total equity   parent            parent            (yen)
 March 31, 2024  605,850        427,378        427,362           70.5%             3,152.62
 March 31, 2023  547,223        376,279        376,264           68.8%             2,775.65

 

 

 (3) Consolidated Cash Flows  (Millions of Yen)

 

                            Net cash provided by (used in)         Cash and

                                                                   cash equivalents at the

                                                                   end of year
                            Operating    Investing    Financing

                            activities   activities   activities
 Year ended March 31, 2024  103,061      (29,216)     (24,199)     273,747
 Year ended March 31, 2023  36,098       (42,786)     (27,467)     219,263

 

2. Cash Dividends

 Record Date            Cash dividends per share (yen)                   Total cash       Payout ratio     Cash dividend

                                                                         dividends        (consolidated)   rate for equity

                                                                         (annual)                          attributable to

                                                                                                           owners of the

                                                                                                           parent

                                                                                                           (consolidated)
                        First     Second    Third     Year end  Annual

                        quarter   quarter   quarter

                        end       end       end
 Year ended March 31,   -         62.00     -         62.00     124.00   Y16,805 million  47.9%            4.6%

 2023
 Year ended March 31,   -         62.00     -         69.00     131.00   Y17,758 million  30.0%            4.4%

 2024
 Year ending March 31,  -         66.00     -         66.00     132.00                    30.1%

 2025 (Forecast)

 

3. Consolidated Earnings Forecast for the Year Ending March 31, 2025

 (Millions of Yen, except percentages and per share amounts)

 

                                                                                                 Basic earnings

                                                                                                 per share

                                                                               Profit            (attributable

                                                                               attributable to   to owners of

                                        Business   Operating   Profit before   owners of the     the parent) (yen)

                              Revenue   profit     profit      income taxes    parent
 Year ending March 31, 2025   380,000   92,500     84,500      84,500          59,500            438.93
 % change from previous year  5.5%      4.9%       5.3%        2.2%            0.6%

 

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, 2024       143,500,000         shares
     As of March 31, 2023       143,500,000         shares
 2.  Number of treasury shares:
     As of March 31, 2024       7,942,166           shares
     As of March 31, 2023       7,941,177           shares
 3.  Average number of shares outstanding:
     Year ended March 31, 2024  135,558,384         shares
     Year ended March 31, 2023  134,830,397         shares

 

(Reference) Summary of Non-consolidated Financial Results

Results for the Year Ended March 31, 2024

 (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, 2024    36,686               31,119             32,673            32,115
 % change from previous year  (24.5)%              (28.8)%            (27.4)%           (27.5)%
 Year ended March 31, 2023    48,576               43,677             44,997            44,322
 % change from previous year  146.8%               171.8%             170.3%            169.9%

 

                            Basic net income  Diluted net income

                            per share (yen)   per share (yen)
 Year ended March 31, 2024  236.92            236.92
 Year ended March 31, 2023  328.73            326.95

 

 (2) Non-consolidated Financial Position  (Millions of Yen, except percentages)

 

                                                                  Net assets

                 Total assets   Total net assets   Equity ratio   per share (yen)
 March 31, 2024  366,557        303,183            82.7%          2,236.56
 March 31, 2023  351,413        287,842            81.9%          2,123.38

 

 Reference: Total Stockholders' equity
     Year ended March 31, 2024: 303,183 million yen
     Year ended March 31, 2023: 287,842 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, 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 8 to 10 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 May 9,
2024.

 

As for the full text of the earnings release, please refer to the attached PDF
File as below.

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(http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7668N_1-2024-5-9.pdf)

 

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