Revise forecast

Konami Corporation 12 May 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 12, 2006 KONAMI CORPORATION 2-4-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan Kagemasa Kozuki Representative Director and CEO Stock code number: 9766 at TSE1 Contact: Noriaki Yamaguchi Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Tel: +81-3-5220-0573 News Release: Revision of Consolidated Results Forecast for the Year Ended March 31, 2006 We hereby announce the revision of our consolidated results forecast for the year ended March 31, 2006, which was previously released on May 10, 2005. 1. Revision of Consolidated Results Forecast (US GAAP) (Millions of yen) Year ended March 31, 2006 (from April 1, 2005, to March 31, 2006) Net revenues Operating Income before Net income income income taxes Previous forecast (A) 270,000 28,500 34,000 18,000 Released on May 10, 2005 Revised forecast (B) 262,100 2,400 8,400 23,000 Change (B - A) -7,900 -26,100 -25,600 5,000 Percentage Change (%) -2.9 -91.6 -75.3 27.8 Results for the year ended March 31, 2005 260,691 28,136 27,442 10,486 < For reference : Revised forecast> Disclosed under 262,100 23,000 8,400 23,000 Japanese GAAP There are no changes to the year end cash dividend forecast, which previously have been announced as 27.00 Japanese yen per share. (Including interim dividend, dividend for the year is 54.00 Japanese yen.) 2. Reason for the revision In our Health & Fitness business, we have appropriate accelerated depreciation of assets, approximately 10.5 billion yen, such as the buildings for our fitness facilities where the book value of such assets has exceeded expected future cash flow. In order to achieve a more fair measurement of the asset valuation, we have also revalued our intangible fixed assets and posted an approximately 9.2 billion yen of accelerated depreciation in addition to the accelerated depreciation of tangible fixed assets. As a result of adopting accounting for the impairment of assets, we wrote off an approximately 19.7 billion yen of impairment loss and have adjusted our forecast of operating income for the year ended March 31, 2006, downward to 2.4 billion yen. As we adopted the US GAAP after listing on the New York Stock Exchange in 2002, we are accounting for this lump sum depreciation expense as an operating expense. (it would be treated as an extraordinary loss under Japanese GAAPj We are revising our forecast of Consolidated Net Income for the year ended March 31, 2006, upward to 23 billion yen due to an approximately 17 billion yen reversal of tax liabilities accrued for tax benefits that we had our assets re- appraised under US GAAP in connection with the impairment of goodwill, which originally accrued when shares of common stock of the former PEOPLE CO., LTD. were acquired in the year 2001. 3. Outlook for Health & Fitness Business Konami has been undertaking a group reorganization since last year, and has aimed to enhance the corporate value of our businesses through a holding company structure which we implemented in March 2006. In our Health & Fitness business, we have aimed to offer safe, clean, comfortable fitness facilities, in response to the aging of Japanese society and a rising awareness of health issues, improve our efficiency and strengthen our earnings base. In addition, we are concentrating on creating new health-related services that are distinct from those in the conventional fitness business. We believe we will improve our operating income margin by our fitness facility unit starting with the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007, as there has been a trend of increasing members for our fitness facilities, and by posting the accelerated depreciation of assets in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, will have assets that are more fairly valued in relation to our operating revenues. Improving our profitability by our fitness facility unit, expanding new businesses for seniors and health promotion businesses (expansion of our lifestyle disease prevention business through alliances with medical institutions), we aim to achieve operating income of 5 billion yen and 10 billion yen in our Health & Fitness business (with an operating income margin of 10%) for the years ending March 31, 2007, and 2009, respectively. 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 on managementfs 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) our ability to successfully expand internationally with a focus on our video game software business, card game business and gaming machine business; (v) our ability to successfully expand the scope of our business and broaden our customer base through our exercise entertainment business; (vi) regulatory developments and changes and our ability to respond and adapt to those changes; (vii) our expectations with regard to further acquisitions and the integration of any companies we may acquire; and (viii) the outcome of contingencies. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
UK 100

Latest directors dealings