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December 8, 2021 | |
Company name: | Hakudo Co., Ltd. |
Name of representative: | Koji Tsunoda, President |
(Securities code: 7637; 1st Section | |
of the Tokyo Stock Exchange) | |
Inquiries: | Akihiro Taniguchi, |
Executive General Manager | |
Administration Division | |
(Telephone: +81-3-6212-2811) |
Notice Concerning Revisions to Financial Results Forecasts and Dividend Forecasts
Hakudo Co., Ltd. (the "Company") hereby announces, in light of the most recent financial results and operating trends, that it has revised the financial results forecasts announced on August 10, 2021, as well as dividend forecasts announced on November 10, 2021, as described below.
1. Revisions to the full-year consolidated financial results forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022 (April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022)
Profit attributable | |||||
Net sales | Operating profit | Ordinary profit | to owners of | Earnings per share | |
(Millions of yen) | (Millions of yen) | (Millions of yen) | parent | (Yen) | |
(Millions of yen) | |||||
Previously announced | 52,000 | 3,420 | 3,500 | 2,400 | 211.61 |
forecasts (A) | |||||
Revised forecasts (B) | 54,300 | 4,070 | 4,170 | 2,850 | 251.28 |
Change (B-A) | 2,300 | 650 | 670 | 450 | |
Change (%) | 4.4% | 19.0% | 19.1% | 18.8% | |
(Reference) | |||||
Actual consolidated results | 39,219 | 1,981 | 2,083 | 1,281 | 113.01 |
for the previous fiscal year | |||||
(Fiscal year ended March 31, | |||||
2021) |
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2. Revisions to the full-yearnon-consolidated financial results forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022 (April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022)
Net sales | Ordinary profit | Profit | Earnings per share | |
(Millions of yen) | (Millions of yen) | (Millions of yen) | (Yen) | |
Previously announced | 49,000 | 3,250 | 2,220 | 195.73 |
forecasts (A) | ||||
Revised forecasts (B) | 51,300 | 3,920 | 2,650 | 233.65 |
Change (B-A) | 2,300 | 670 | 430 | |
Change (%) | 4.7% | 20.6% | 19.4% | |
(Reference) | ||||
Actual non-consolidated | ||||
results for the previous fiscal | 37,017 | 2,011 | 1,226 | 108.12 |
year | ||||
(Fiscal year ended March 31, | ||||
2021) |
- Reason for revisions to the financial results forecasts
The Company expects to exceed the previously announced forecast based on forecasted sales increases that exceed expectations for the robust semiconductor manufacturing equipment industry, and the impact of rising prices in the raw materials market. Therefore, the Company has revised net sales, operating profit, ordinary profit and profit attributable to owners of parent, which were announced on August 10, 2021, for the full-year consolidated and non-consolidated financial results forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. - Details of revisions to dividend forecasts
(Yen) | |||
Annual dividends | |||
Second quarter- | Fiscal-year end | Total | |
end | |||
Previous forecasts announced | 48.00 | 96.00 | |
on November 10, 2021 | |||
Revised forecasts | 62.00 | 110.00 | |
Actual results for the current | 48.00 | ||
fiscal year | |||
Actual results for the | |||
previous fiscal year | 0.00 | 58.00 | 58.00 |
(Fiscal year ended March 31, | |||
2021) |
Note: Previous forecasts and revised forecasts for the year-end dividend include 90th anniversary memorial dividend of ¥9.00.
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5. Reason for revisions to the dividend forecasts
In light of the revisions to the consolidated and non-consolidated financial results forecasts for the full year (April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022), the Company has revised the year-end dividend from the previously forecasted ¥48.00 per share to ¥62.00 per share.
Note: The forecasts contained in the above are based on information currently available to the Company as of the date of release of this document and include a considerable number of uncertain factors. Accordingly, actual results may differ from the forecasted values due to changes in the business conditions.
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