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• Overall Financial Results

  • King Jim achieved revenue growth and profit increase in FY2025 June, returning to net positive profitability after a net loss in FY2024 June. Total consolidated revenue was 39.639 billion yen, a 0.2% increase year-over-year, but missed the internal plan by 3.3%. Operating profit was 537 million yen, recurring profit was 836 million yen, and net profit was 424 million yen, with operating and recurring profit meeting internal plans. Profit growth came from a 1.3 percentage point improvement in gross margin (driven by price adjustments, lower valuation allowances) and improved SG&A expense ratio.
  • The balance sheet shows total assets increased by 488 million yen year-over-year, total liabilities increased by 737 million yen, and net assets decreased by 249 million yen. Equity ratio fell to 67.5%, still maintaining strong financial health. Operating cash flow was positive 1.468 billion yen, investing cash flow was negative 825 million yen (driven by fixed asset purchases including a new logistics management system), and financing cash flow was positive 175 million yen.
  • The company plans a full-year dividend of 14 yen per share (7 yen interim, 7 yen year-end), in line with its 40% payout ratio target and stable dividend priority.

• 11th Medium-Term Management Plan First Year Progress

  • The plan targets 52 billion yen consolidated revenue, 2.8 billion yen recurring profit, 5.4% recurring profit margin, and 8.0% ROE by FY2027 June. For the stationery and office supplies segment, the company targets 5 billion yen incremental revenue from FY2024 June, split between 2.5 billion yen from overseas business, 1 billion yen from EC business, and 1.5 billion yen from service business.
  • Core growth strategies focus on three expansion areas: category expansion (lifestyle goods), geographic expansion (overseas), and service expansion (shift from products to solutions). The company maintains stable stationery revenue while growing lifestyle goods and electronic/living environment products.
  • Product development progress: Launched the new dedicated disaster preparedness brand KOKOBO in August 2025, with user-friendly replacement-ready disaster supply kits. B2C products like the King Mini miniature stationery series have strong consumer demand. Established a president-led Creative Center to improve design capability and brand building.
  • Sales strategy progress: Expanded the industrial channel for electrical/network products, and launched the new Demand Chain Creation (DCC) integrated sales and development department to build customer/Product-aligned channel strategies. Launched the third year of the large-scale Tepra promotion campaign "Look Up! TEPRA", expanding the target market from offices to worksites to grow core use cases.
  • Lifestyle business expansion: Launched the group synergy promotion project to share know-how across group companies, leverage existing manufacturing bases for cross-company product development and mutual sales, and actively pursue M&A to expand into new categories.
  • Overseas business progress: Prioritizes China, Vietnam and ASEAN countries, building local development teams to deliver localized products. China-localized stationery lines and the BAOMe plush pouch series have performed well; Vietnam is developing products matching local market needs, and the US version of Pomera digital memo has launched. Actively exploring strategic M&A to strengthen overseas sales channels.
  • Cross-segment synergy: Leverages overseas factory resources for group-wide production: Indonesia manufactures wood furniture for Bon Furniture, and Vietnam produces kitchen goods for Radonna plus new non-file products for King Jim.
  • New service business: Preparing to launch a new visual communication service business (utilizing design, digital and AI technology) in 2026, shifting the company positioning from "Tepra King Jim" to "Visual Communication King Jim".
  • Stakeholder and operational initiatives: Expanded direct fan communication via events including the 2025 King Jim Fan Meeting and the 5-year return to the Tokyo Stationery Girls Expo. Implemented human capital management initiatives including engagement surveys, DEI promotion, and reported 2.96% disabled employment rate and 13.80% female manager ratio as of June 2025. Follows four core priorities for capital and share price-conscious management: improve profitability via medium-term plan execution, strategic investment, shareholder returns and IR promotion, and capital efficiency improvement.

• For the full FY2026 June fiscal year, King Jim guides 42 billion yen consolidated revenue, 1.5 billion yen operating profit, 1.6 billion yen recurring profit, and 1 billion yen net profit, calculated based on an internal exchange rate of 151 JPY/USD. This represents a 2.36 billion yen (6.0%) revenue increase and 962 million yen (182.7%) operating profit increase year-over-year.
• The second quarter (first half) guidance expects a temporary loss for the stationery and office supplies segment, which is normal due to the segment's demand concentration in the second half (around fiscal year end/start).
• The revenue increase is split as 1.121 billion yen for the stationery and office supplies segment (driven by new domestic product launches, EC expansion, Tepra promotions, and localized overseas products) and 1.238 billion yen for the lifestyle goods segment (driven by strong kitchen goods and seasonal products, new product launches, and new sales channel expansion across group companies).
• Profit improvement is guided as 487 million yen for the stationery and office supplies segment and 488 million yen for the lifestyle goods segment. While SG&A expenses are expected to rise with revenue growth, the company will continue ongoing cost reduction initiatives.
• ROE recovered to 1.8% after FY2025 black ink turnaround, but still has not exceeded the 3-4% estimated cost of equity, so continued profitability improvement remains a core management priority.

1. Stationery and Office Supplies Segment: Revenue reached 25.178 billion yen, a 0.6% decrease year-over-year, accounting for 63.5% of total consolidated revenue. Despite sales growth for core product Tepra and expanded disaster preparedness goods, this growth was offset by declining sales of traditional stationery such as thick files. Operating profit hit 382 million yen, an 849 million yen increase year-over-year, returning to profitability. Profit growth came from improved gross margin due to price adjustments and lower valuation allowances, plus reduced selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses from the logistics cost reduction project. The segment missed its profit target by 1.9%.
2. Lifestyle Goods Segment: Revenue reached 14.461 billion yen, a 1.7% increase year-over-year, accounting for 36.5% of total consolidated revenue. Growth was driven by strong performance from Life On Products Co., Ltd. and Asuka Shokai Co., Ltd., plus significant sales expansion of Radonna Co., Ltd.'s Toffy brand new collections and seasonal appliances such as handheld fans. Operating profit was 131 million yen, a 32.3% decrease year-over-year. Profit decline was caused by lower gross margin from yen depreciation and rising raw material prices, plus increased SG&A expenses from Bon Furniture Co., Ltd.

• The lifestyle goods segment faces ongoing pressure from yen depreciation and high raw material prices, which compressed gross margin and reduced profit in FY2025, and may continue to impact performance in coming periods.
• Consolidated revenue missed the internal plan by 3.3% in FY2025, and the stationery and office supplies segment missed its operating profit target by 1.9%, showing execution risk against internal growth and profit plans.
• The company's current ROE of 1.8% remains below the estimated 3-4% cost of equity, creating pressure to improve profitability and meet capital cost return requirements.

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