The hall demand for new machines is favourable
The manufacturers supply system is back on track since the supply chain affected by the earthquake recovered earlier than expected. The hall demand for new machines was invigorated due to release of major titles from various manufacturers. Considering the market changes, the Company is strategically shifting to launch major pachinko and pachislot titles in Q4.
Will acquire and own 49% of shares in Mizuho Corp.
Agreed with Universal Entertainment Corporation (UEC) to embark on a joint venture via Mizuho Corp., a 100% owned UEC subsidiary and to explore potential joint businesses in a wide variety of entertainment fields.
Major pachinko and pachislot titles to be launched
As for Q4, regarding main pachinko and pachislot business, both pachinko and pachislot "Evangelion" series will be released and another major pachislot title will be launched in March 2012.
Group business is expected to make steady progress
The film "BERSERK", produced by our subsidiary Lucent Pictures will be premiered in February 2012. The film "Ultraman Saga" from Tsuburaya Production will be premiered in March 2012.
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3.2012
(Unit: Billion yen) 3.2011 E YoY Q3 YTD --------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- Net Sales 103.5 100.0 96.5% 43.0 43.0% PS (Pachinko/Pachislot ) 94.1 -- -- 38.0 -- Mobile 2.0 -- -- 1.5 -- Sports Entertainment 2.1 -- -- 1.4 -- Other 5.8 -- -- 2.9 -- (Adjustments) (0.6) -- -- (0.9) -- SG&A Expenses 21.9 24.0 109.1% 16.3 67.9% --------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- Operating Income 13.1 14.0 106.6% 0.02 0.1% PS (Pachinko/Pachislot ) 12.8 -- -- 0.2 -- Mobile 0.2 -- -- 0.04 -- Sports Entertainment (0.2) -- -- (0.03) -- Other 0.3 -- -- (0.1) -- (Adjustments) 0.008 -- -- (0.03) -- --------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- Ordinary Income 13.6 14.0 102.3% 0.1 0.7% --------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- Net Income 7.5 8.0 106.4% 1.1 13.8% --------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- Total Asset 78.9 -- -- 61.8 -- Net Asset 47.0 -- -- 46.4 -- Net Income per share (Yen) 22,643 -- -- 3,410 -- --------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- CF from Operating Activities 8.0 -- -- 3.6 -- CF from Investing Activities (4.3) -- -- (3.1) -- CF from Financing Activities (3.9) -- -- (2.3) -- Cash and Cash Equivalents 15.6 -- -- 13.8 -- --------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ -----
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ROE 9.2% 12.4% -3.5% 8.2% 17.1% ROA 12.0% 17.3% 1.6% 11.6% 17.1% ------------------------------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Shareholder' Equity (Billion yen) 41.1 44.4 39.4 41.0 46.7 Shareholder' Equity ratio 62.2% 64.3% 75.8% 50.5% 59.2% ------------------------------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Annual Dividend per share (Yen) 4,000 4,500 4,500 4,500 5,000 Payout ratio 37.4% 29.5% -- 45.9% 22.1% ------------------------------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Operating Income (Billion yen) 8.9 13.1 1.9 8.1 13.1 Net Income (Billion yen) 3.7 5.2 -1.4 3.2 7.5 ------------------------------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Pachinko Machine Sold 345 273 202 330 262 Pachislot Machine Sold (Thousand machine) 165 210 128 119 217 ------------------------------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- About Fields Fields Corporation and the Fields Group have a mission to provide "The Greatest Leisure for All People" in the form of products and services to meet the needs of a society with increasing leisure time. We are also identifying business opportunities through research, analysis and forecasting of lifestyle and environmental changes, and developing our business in a wide range of entertainment fields including the pachinko/pachislot field as well as video, mobile content, animation, publishing and sports. CONTACT: Fields Corporation Corporate Communications Office Our website: http://www.fields.biz/ir/e/ Tel.: +81-3-5784-2109 Mail: ir@fields.biz Person in charge: Kotaro Karino