Subsidiary's Revised Forcast

Konami Corporation 25 February 2003 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 25, 2003 KONAMI CORPORATION 2-4-1 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, Japan Kagemasa Kozuki Chairman of the Board and CEO Ticker 9766 at TSE1 Contact: Noriaki Yamaguchi Executive Vice President and CFO Tel: +81-3-5220-0573 Subsidiary's Revised Forecast of Japanese GAAP Earnings and Dividends for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2003 (Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc.) Konami Corporation hereby announces that its subsidiary, Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. (the Company), revised its Japanese GAAP earnings forecast and dividend forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2003, which were previously released on November 13, 2002. 1. Earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2003 (April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2003) (Millions of yen) Net Revenues Ordinary Income Net Income Year-end Dividend per Share Previous forecast (A) 11,000 3,050 1,750 49.00 yen Revised forecast (B) 13,300 4,300 2,450 85.50 yen Change (B)-(A) 2,300 1,250 700 36.50 yen Change (Percentage) 20.9% 41.0% 40.0% - 2. Reasons for the revision During the fiscal year ending March 31, 2003, sales of Pro Evolution Soccer 2 and WORLD SOCCER WINNING ELEVEN 6:Final Evolution for the PlayStation 2, and sales of the Dance Dance Revolution series for the overseas market have been stronger than expected. As a result, net revenues, ordinary income and net income are expected to surpass the previous forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2003, and the Company revised its earnings forecast upwards as shown above. Cash dividends had been based on the goal of paying out 40% of net income. However, from the fiscal year ending March 31, 2003, the Company set a goal for cash dividends equivalent to 50% of net income to return more profit to shareholders. Accordingly, cash dividends per share for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2003 have been revised from 49.00 yen to 85.50 yen. 3. Reference: Financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002 (April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2002) (Millions of yen) Net Revenues Ordinary Income Net Income Year-end Dividend per Share Financial results for the 8,118 1,870 1,066 32.50 yen year ended March 31, 2002 Cautionary Statement with Respect to Forward-Looking Statements: Statements made in this press release with respect to Konami's current plans, estimates, strategies and beliefs, including the above forecasts regarding the Company, are forward-looking statements about the future performance of Konami. 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) 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 health and fitness 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
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