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Overall Consolidated Performance

• Consolidated revenue increased 10.5% YoY to 23.039 billion yen, with all profit items turning to net profit for the quarter.
• Consolidated operating profit reached 1.202 billion yen including a 570 million yen special factor from prior-year raw material price adjustments; core operating profit excluding the special factor was just over 600 million yen.
• Consolidated ordinary profit was 1.003 billion yen, and net profit attributable to parent company shareholders was 925 million yen, which included a 170 million yen special gain from selling policy-owned shares as part of capital efficiency improvement efforts.
• Regional performance: Japan +6.5% YoY, North America +7.3% YoY, China +7.4% YoY (driven by orders for BEV shock absorber parts), Southeast Asia +35.7% YoY (driven by the new Thailand second facility).

Strategic Transformation Priorities

• Operating in a high-uncertainty environment amid the automotive industry's transition, the company is currently in a reform phase focused on rebuilding the financial base, strengthening near-term profitability, and laying groundwork for future growth.
• Management Base Rebuilding & Profit Structural Reform: Improving pricing for low-volume unprofitable products, and boosting productivity/reducing fixed costs via domestic facility restructuring.
• Business Portfolio Transformation: Focusing on corporate value improvement through targeted initiatives:
  • Expand electric vehicle-related magnetic material products and increase added value via in-house designed units
  • Expand hydraulic equipment sales via establishing a North American sales base
  • Expand sales and improve profitability for the railway business

Cash Allocation & Shareholder Returns

• Near-term cash allocation prioritizes growth investment (including mass production of reactor assemblies scheduled for next year) and balance sheet improvement.
• Interim dividend is maintained at 10 yen per share, and full-year dividend is maintained at 25 yen per share (15 yen year-end dividend). Future dividends will be evaluated based on a balance between balance sheet strengthening, future growth/human capital investment, and shareholder returns.
• Introduction of a shareholder benefit system is under consideration, and will be announced separately once finalized.

• Full-year FY2026 (April 1 2025 - March 31 2026) guidance is upward revised from the prior forecast, driven by strong global production/sales at major customers, and the inclusion of prior-year raw material price adjustment impacts.
• Revenue is revised upward from 42.0 billion yen to 44.0 billion yen.
• Operating profit is revised upward from 0.9 billion yen to 1.5 billion yen.
• Forecast ordinary profit is 1.1 billion yen, and forecast net profit attributable to parent company shareholders is 950 million yen.
• The year-end dividend forecast is maintained at 15 yen per share, keeping full-year annual dividend at 25 yen per share unchanged.

1. Automotive Sintered Products: 12.5% YoY revenue growth, driven by increased sales volume from the newly launched Thailand second facility and new production lines for hybrid vehicle inverter parts. Segment profit increased approximately 1.5 billion yen YoY, supported by higher sales volume, pass-through of higher labor costs, price correction for unprofitable products, and special factors related to prior-year pricing issues. This segment accounts for the majority of the company's total revenue. 2. Railway Sintered Products: 10.8% YoY revenue decrease, as orders returned to normal levels from an elevated prior-year period. Despite the revenue decline, segment profit increased 55 million yen YoY due to successful pass-through of higher raw material procurement costs to selling prices. 3. Hydraulic Equipment Products: 0.2% YoY revenue growth, where reduced sales to China due to US tariffs was offset by increased sales to North America. Segment profit decreased 11 million yen YoY due to temporary fixed cost increases from factory environmental compliance measures.

• US tariffs caused just over 37 million yen in increased procurement costs at the US subsidiary in the second quarter, with limited impact overall: only partial impact on the hydraulic business with no material impact on group performance.
• Management is monitoring US tariff developments closely, and is already negotiating price pass-through with customers for the additional costs.
• The automotive industry is in a period of transformation with rising market uncertainty, creating operational and demand volatility risk for the company's core automotive segment.

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