Fields Corporation
01.11.2011 08:00
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TOKYO, 2011-11-01 08:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Fields Corporation today announces financial information and business results
for the Q2 of the year ending March 31, 2012.
The Company's core business, pachinko and pachislot sales is heavily
concentrated in the second half of the fiscal year. The Company is therefore
aiming for it's highest ever profit.
As for the market, the section of the supply chain which was affected by the
earthquake has recovered and the pachinko halls sales made a steady progress
despite beliefs that the sales figure would show a decline due to emphasis on
reducing power consumption etc. this summer. In this term, the Company released
a big pachinko title, deploying Japanese superstar, Ayumi Hamasaki, and sold
about 70,000 units throughout Japan.
As for the group business, a monthly comic magazine 'Hero's', recognized as the
core of the Company's contents development will be issued in November 2011. And
the film, 'BERSERK', produced by the Company's subsidiary Lucent Pictures will
be premiered in January 2012.
*'BERSERK' is a manga series and has sold 24 million volumes in Japan and 7
million overseas.
Financial Results and Forecast (Consolidated) ?Japan GAAP?
(Unit: Billion yen) 3.2011 3.2012 E YoY H1 YTD
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Net Sales 103.5 100.0 96.5% 33.3 33.3%
PS(Pachinko/Pachislot) 94.1 -- -- 29.5 --
Mobile 2.0 -- -- 1.1 --
Sports Entertainment 2.1 -- -- 1.0 --
Other 5.8 -- -- 2.2 --
(Adjustments) (0.6) -- -- (0.6) --
SG&A Expenses 21.9 24.0 109.1% 10.4 43.3%
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Operating Income 13.1 14.0 106.6% 1.5 10.7%
PS(Pachinko/Pachislot) 12.8 -- -- 1.7 --
Mobile 0.2 -- -- 0.06 --
Sports Entertainment (0.2) -- -- (0.03) --
Other 0.3 -- -- (0.1) --
(Adjustments) 0.008 -- -- (0.01) --
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Ordinary Income 13.6 14.0 102.3% 1.7 12.1%
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Net Income 7.5 8.0 106.4% 2.4 30.0%
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Total Asset 78.9 -- -- 63.1 --
Net Asset 47.0 -- -- 48.6 --
Net Income per share (Yen) 22,643 -- -- 7,313 --
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CF from Operating Activities 8.0 -- -- 5.3 --
CF from Investing Activities (4.3) -- -- (1.9) --
CF from Financing Activities (3.9) -- -- (1.2) --
Cash and Cash Equivalents 15.6 -- -- 17.7 --
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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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
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Pachinko Machine Sold 345 273 202 330 262
Pachislot Machine Sold(Thousand machine) 165 210 128 119 217
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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
News Source: NASDAQ OMX
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