KONAMI GROUP CORPORATION

Earnings Release • May 8, 2025

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RNS Number : 8686H

Konami Group Corporation

08 May 2025

Consolidated Financial Results
for the Year Ended March 31, 2025
(Prepared in Accordance with IFRS)
May 8, 2025

KONAMI GROUP CORPORATION
Address:	11-1, Ginza 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Stock code number, TSE:	9766
Ticker symbol, LSE:	KNM
URL:	https://www.konami.com/
Shares listed:	Tokyo Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange
Representative:	Kimihiko Higashio, Representative Director, President
Contact:	Junichi Motobayashi, Corporate Officer, General Manager, Finance Division (Phone: +81-3-6636-0573)
Date of General Shareholders Meeting:	June 26, 2025	Beginning date of dividend payment:	June 5, 2025

(Amounts are rounded to the nearest million, except percentages and per share amounts)

1. Consolidated Financial Results for the Year Ended March 31, 2025

(1) Consolidated Results of Operations	(Millions of Yen, except percentages and per share amounts)

	Revenue	Business profit	Operating profit	Profit before income taxes	Profit for the year	Profit attributable to owners of the parent
Year ended March 31, 2025	421,602	109,117	101,944	104,008	74,692	74,692
% change from previous year	17.0%	23.7%	27.0%	25.8%	26.2%	26.2%
Year ended March 31, 2024	360,314	88,212	80,262	82,685	59,172	59,171
% change from previous year	14.6%	55.8%	73.8%	75.5%	69.6%	69.6%

Total comprehensive income for the year:	Year ended March 31, 2025: 72,804 million yen; 7.2%
	Year ended March 31, 2024: 67,917 million yen; 70.5%

Note)	Business profit is calculated by deducting "cost of revenue" and "selling, general and administrative expenses" from "revenue."

	Basic earnings per share (attributable to owners of the parent) (yen)	Diluted earnings per share (attributable to owners of the parent) (yen)	Return on profit attributable to owners of the parent	Ratio of profit before income taxes to total assets	Ratio of operating profit to revenue
Year ended March 31, 2025	551.00	551.00	16.4%	16.4%	24.2%
Year ended March 31, 2024	436.50	436.50	14.7%	14.3%	22.3%

Reference: Profit from investments accounted for using the equity method
	Year ended March 31, 2025: 321 million yen
	Year ended March 31, 2024: 274 million yen

(2) Consolidated Financial Position	(Millions of Yen, except percentages and per share amounts)

	Total assets	Total equity	Total equity attributable to owners of the parent	Ratio of equity attributable to owners of the parent	Equity attributable to owners of the parent per share (yen)
March 31, 2025	665,040	481,868	481,852	72.5%	3,554.61
March 31, 2024	605,850	427,378	427,362	70.5%	3,152.62

(3) Consolidated Cash Flows	(Millions of Yen)

	Net cash provided by (used in)			Cash and cash equivalents at the end of year
	Operating activities	Investing activities	Financing activities
Year ended March 31, 2025	114,620	(67,885)	(25,784)	294,216
Year ended March 31, 2024	103,061	(29,216)	(24,199)	273,747

2. Cash Dividends

Record Date	Cash dividends per share (yen)					Total cash dividends (annual)	Payout ratio (consolidated)	Cash dividend rate for equity attributable to owners of the parent (consolidated)
First quarter end	Second quarter end	Third quarter end	Year end	Annual
Year ended March 31, 2024	-	62.00	-	69.00	131.00	17,758 million yen	30.0%	4.4%
Year ended March 31, 2025	-	66.00	-	99.50	165.50	22,435 million yen	30.0%	4.9%
Year ending March 31, 2026 (Forecast)	-	83.00	-	83.00	166.00	*********	30.0%	*********

3. Consolidated Earnings Forecast for the Year Ending March 31, 2026

(Millions of Yen, except percentages and per share amounts)

	Revenue	Business profit	Operating profit	Profit before income taxes	Profit attributable to owners of the parent	Basic earnings per share (attributable to owners of the parent) (yen)
Year ending March 31, 2026	430,000	114,000	106,000	106,000	75,000	553.27
% change from previous year	2.0%	4.5%	4.0%	1.9%	0.4%

Noted Items

(1)  Significant changes in the scope of consolidation during the period: None

(2)  Changes in accounting policies and changes in accounting estimates

1.	Changes in accounting policies required by IFRS: None
2.	Changes in accounting policies due to other reasons: None
3.	Changes in accounting estimates: None

(3)  Number of shares issued (Share capital)

1.	Number of shares issued: (Treasury shares included)
	As of March 31, 2025	143,500,000	shares
	As of March 31, 2024	143,500,000	shares
2.	Number of treasury shares:
	As of March 31, 2025	7,943,186	shares
	As of March 31, 2024	7,942,166	shares
3.	Average number of shares outstanding:
	Year ended March 31, 2025	135,557,371	shares
	Year ended March 31, 2024	135,558,384	shares

(Reference) Summary of Non-consolidated Financial Results

Results for the Year Ended March 31, 2025

(1) Non-consolidated Results of Operation	(Millions of Yen, except percentages and per share amounts)

	Operating revenues	Operating income	Ordinary income	Net income
Year ended March 31, 2025	53,540	47,458	48,473	48,026
% change from previous year	45.9%	52.5%	48.4%	49.5%
Year ended March 31, 2024	36,686	31,119	32,673	32,115
% change from previous year	(24.5)%	(28.8)%	(27.4)%	(27.5)%

	Basic net income per share (yen)	Diluted net income per share (yen)
Year ended March 31, 2025	354.29	354.29
Year ended March 31, 2024	236.92	236.92

(2) Non-consolidated Financial Position	(Millions of Yen, except percentages)

	Total assets	Total net assets	Equity ratio	Net assets per share (yen)
March 31, 2025	395,635	332,939	84.2%	2,456.09
March 31, 2024	366,557	303,183	82.7%	2,236.56

Reference: Total Stockholders' equity
	Year ended March 31, 2025: 332,939 million yen
	Year ended March 31, 2024: 303,183 million yen

Earnings release (Kessan Tanshin) regarding these consolidated financial results is not subject to auditing procedures.

Cautionary statement with respect to forward-looking statements and other matters:

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 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) the timing of the release of new game titles and products, especially game titles and products that are part of historically popular series; (v) our ability to successfully expand internationally with a focus on our Digital Entertainment, Amusement, and Gaming & Systems businesses; (vi) our ability to successfully expand the scope of our business and broaden our customer base through our Sports business; (vii) regulatory developments and changes and our ability to respond and adapt to those changes; (viii) our expectations with regard to further acquisitions and the integration of any companies we may acquire; and (ix) the outcome of existing contingencies.

Please refer to page from 8 to 10 for further information regarding our business forecasts.

KONAMI GROUP CORPORATION (the "Company") disclosed the supplemental data for the consolidated financial statements via the Company's website on May 8, 2025.

As for the full text of the earnings release, please refer to the attached PDF File as below.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8686H_1-2025-5-8.pdf

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