Maxell : Summary of Consolidated Financial Results for the Third Quarter ended December 31, 2021

Summary of Consolidated Financial Results for the Third Quarter ended December 31, 2021

(Japan GAAP)

			January 27, 2022
Listed company:	Maxell, Ltd.	Stock exchange: Tokyo (first section)
Code number:	6810	URL: https://www2.maxell.co.jp/ir/
Representative:	Keiji Nakamura (President)
Contact person:	Seiji Takahashi (General Manager)
Planned date of submittal of	February 10, 2022	Planned date of beginning	―
financial statement report	payment of dividends

(Figures are rounded off to the nearest 1 million yen)

1. Consolidated Business Results and Financial Position for the Third Quarter ended December 31, 2021 (April 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021)

(1) Consolidated Operating Results			(% change compared with the same term of the previous year)
		Net sales			Operating profit	Ordinary profit	Profit attributable to
				owners of parent
		Millions of yen		%	Millions of yen	%	Millions of yen	%	Millions of yen	%
	December 31, 2021	104,553		1.2	8,571	200.8	8,854	239.8	5,322	―
	December 31, 2020	103,336	(7.2)	2,849	102.1	2,606	79.2	(1,144)	―
Note:	Comprehensive income: December 31, 2021		7,094 millions of yen (increased by 506.8%)
		December 31, 2020 1,169 millions of yen (decreased by 26.7%)
		Net profit			Net profit
				per share
		per share
				(Diluted)
		Yen		Yen
	December 31, 2021	107.60			―
	December 31, 2020	(23.13)			―

Note 1: The Company has introduced "performance-linkedshare-based remuneration system". And the shares of the Company held by the trust are included in the treasury shares deducted in the calculation of the average number of the shares during the term used in the calculation of "Net profit per share" of the quarter.

1. 1. From the beginning of the First Quarter ended June 30, 2021, the Company has applied "Accounting Standard for Revenue Recognition" (ASBJ Statement No. 29 of March 31, 2020), etc. The numbers relating to the third quarter ended December 31, 2021 are after application of the Accounting Standard for Revenue Recognition, etc.
2. Consolidated Financial Position

	Total assets	Net assets		Shareholders' equity
		ratio
	Millions of yen	Millions of yen		％
December 31, 2021	185,560	89,690		46.9
March 31, 2021	176,807	83,597		45.9
References: Shareholders' equity: December 31, 2021 86,995 millions of yen; March 31, 2021	81,162 millions of yen

Note: The Company has introduced "performance-linkedshare-based remuneration system". And the shares of the Company held by the trust are recorded as treasury shares.

2. Dividend

					Dividend per share
		1Q		2Q	3Q	Year end	Full year
			Yen	Yen	Yen	Yen	Yen
	March 31, 2021		-	0.00	-	0.00	0.00
	March 31, 2022		-	20.00	-
	March 31, 2022					20.00	40.00
	(Forecast)
Note:	Revision of the latest dividend forecast:		None

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3. Consolidated Business Forecast for the year ending March 31, 2022 (April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022)

(% change from the previous year)

	Net sales		Operating profit	Profit attributable		Net profit
		to owners of parent		per share
	Millions of yen	%	Millions of yen	%	Millions of yen	%	Yen
Full year	136,500	(1.8)	9,500	149.6	5,700	-	115.25
Note 1: Revision of the latest consolidated financial forecast:	None

1. The Company has introduced "performance-linkedshare-based remuneration system". And the shares of the Company held by the trust are included in the treasury shares deducted in the calculation of the average number of the shares during the term used in the calculation of "Net profit per share" of the year.

Notes

(1) Changes in significant subsidiaries during the period:	Yes
(Changes in specified subsidiaries resulting in changes in the scope of consolidation)
Exclusion:	1 company	(Name)	Maxell, Ltd.

The Company has executed the absorption-type merger wherein the Company was the surviving company, and Maxell, Ltd. used to be a consolidated subsidiary of the Company was the absorbed company. And the Company has dissolved the holding company structure and changed the corporate name of the Company from Maxell Holdings, Ltd. to Maxell, Ltd., as of October 1, 2021.

Also, Maxell, Ltd. absorbed in the absorption-type merger has been classified as a specified subsidiary of the Company. For the details, please refer to the announcements "Notice regarding Absorption-type Merger of Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Change of Corporate Name and Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation" on April 28, 2021 and "Notice regarding Completion of Absorption-type Merger of Wholly Owned Subsidiary and Corporate Name Change" on October 1, 2021.

(2) Application of special accounting method:	Yes
Standard used to calculate income taxes

Tax expenses are calculated by making a reasonable estimation of the effective tax rate on income before income taxes for the fiscal year including the third quarter after the application of deferred tax accounting and applying the estimated effective tax rate to the quarterly income before income taxes. However, when an estimated effective tax rate is unreasonable, the effective statutory tax rate shall be applied.

(3) Changes in accounting policies, accounting estimates and restatement

1)	Changes as a result of revision of accounting standards:	Yes
Application of Accounting Standard for Revenue Recognition
	The Company has applied "Accounting Standard for Revenue Recognition" (ASBJ Statement No. 29 of March 31,
	2020), etc. from the beginning of the first quarter ended June 30, 2021 and revenue is recognized when control of
	promised goods or services are transferred to customers in the amount expected to be received in exchange for those
	goods or services.
	As a result, in the third quarter ended December 31, 2021, net sales decreased by 2,602 million yen, cost of sales
	decreased by 2,430 million yen, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by 124 million yen and
	non-operating expenses decreased by 46 million yen. Also, operating profit decreased by 48 million yen, and ordinary
	profit and profit before income taxes decreased by 2 million yen each. There is no influence to the balance of retained
	earnings at the beginning of the period.
2)	Changes other than 1):	None
3)	Changes in accounting estimates:	None
4)	Restatement:	None

1. Number of shares issued (common stock)
2. 1. Number of shares issued at end of period (including treasury share):

	December 31, 2021	53,341,500 shares
	March 31, 2021	53,341,500 shares
2)	Number of shares of treasury share at end of period:
	December 31, 2021	3,882,195 shares
	March 31, 2021	3,882,166 shares
3)	Average number of shares during the term:
	December 31, 2021	49,459,332 shares
	December 31, 2020	49,458,930 shares

Note 1: The number of shares of treasury share at end of period includes the shares of the Company held by the trust relating to "performance-linkedshare-based remuneration system" (18,600 shares, for the previous consolidated fiscal year ended March 31, 2021 and 18,600 shares, for the third quarter ended December 31, 2021).

• 1. The average number of shares during the term is calculated by deducting the treasury shares and the shares of the Company held by the trust relating to "performance-linkedshare-based remuneration system" (19,004 shares, for the third quarter ended December 31, 2020 and 18,600 shares, for the third quarter ended December 31, 2021).
• Explanation regarding the appropriate use of forecasts of business results and other special instructionsForecasts of business results and other forward-lookingstatements in this document are based on information currently

available to the Company and certain assumptions that the Company deems to be reasonable. Actual business results may differ significantly due to a variety of factors. For further information on the above-mentioned forecast preconditions and other related matters, please see page 4, "3. Qualitative Information relating to Projections of Consolidated Business Results".

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[Qualitative Information / Financial Statements]

1. Qualitative Information relating to Consolidated Business Results

(Unless otherwise stated, all comparisons are with operating results in the Third Quarter of the previous fiscal year, from April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020.)

In the global economy in this third quarter period, there was a gradual resumption of economic and social activities as the increase in the number of people who newly infected by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) was suppressed. However, there were concerns about the impact on the economy in the future, such as respread of COVID-19 associated with the emergence of the new variant, mainly in the U.S. and Europe. In addition, despite of an economic recovery in the markets such as automotive and semiconductors, that are important to business performance of the Company, situation remained uncertain due to the large impact of shortages of semiconductors, soaring raw material prices, and stagnant logistics.

Under these circumstances, in this third quarter period, total sales increased by 1.2% (1,217 million yen) to 104,553 million yen due to the recovering demand in automotive and semiconductor markets, despite of negative factors such as sluggishness in the consumer market and the shrinkage of projector business, etc. In terms of profitability, mainly due to the effect of business reforms conducted in the previous fiscal year and the downsizing of unprofitable businesses as well as the increase in profits following the recovery in sales, operating profit increased by 200.8% (5,722 million yen) to 8,571 million yen. Ordinary profit increased by 239.8% (6,248 million yen) to 8,854 million yen and profit attributable to owners of parent increased by 6,466 million yen to 5,322 million yen.

The average foreign exchange rate over this third quarter period under review was US$1=111 yen.

The Company has applied "Accounting Standard for Revenue Recognition" (ASBJ Statement No. 29 of March 31, 2020), etc. from the beginning of the first quarter period ended June 30, 2021.

Operating results by segment are as follows. The Company has changed its business segment from first quarter of this fiscal year, and the analysis and comparisons are made based on the new segment.

Energy

Sales of lithium ion battery for consumer decreased due to a decline in orders as a result of production delay at customers caused by the supply shortage of semiconductors. However, supported by increased sales of heat resistant coin type lithium battery following recovery of demand in automotive market, cylindrical type lithium batteries mainly for smart meters, and coin type lithium rechargeable batteries mainly for hearing aids, sales for Energy segment increased by 3.8% (1,088 million yen) to 29,976 million yen. In terms of profitability, all batteries were affected by soaring raw material prices. Although profit of lithium ion battery for consumer decreased due to decrease of sales in addition to soaring raw material prices, operating profit of the segment increased by 45.2% (1,065 million yen) to 3,419 million yen due to the effect of cost reduction measures and increase in sales of heat resistant coin type lithium batteries, etc.

Functional Materials

Although sales of coated separator decreased due to the application of the Accounting Standard for Revenue Recognition, etc., sales for Functional Materials segment increased by 3.3% (669 million yen) to 20,732 million yen due to sales increase of adhesive tapes and industrial rubber products. Operating profit increased by 119.9% (886 million yen) to 1,625 million yen due to increase of profit by sales increase of industrial rubber products and adhesive tapes, as well as profit increase of coated separator.

Optics & Systems

Although sales of projector decreased due to termination of sales in Americas, Europe and Asia (excluding China and South Korea), sales for Optics & Systems segment increased by 4.1% (1,167 million yen) to 29,497 million yen due to sales increase of semiconductor related embedded systems, optical components for automotive market such as in-car camera lens unit and head up displays. Operating profit increased by 4,758 million yen to 2,799 million yen due to effect

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of business reform for projectors and improvement in profitability of optical components for automotive market and head up displays and profit increase by sales increase of semiconductor related embedded systems, etc.

Life Solution

In addition to decrease in sales of health related products due to a slowdown in sales of anti-bacterial deodorizer, for which demand had been increasing due to the spread of COVID-19, the impact of business transfer of part of health product and sales decrease of other consumer products such as beauty equipment and optical disks, sales for Life Solution segment decreased by 6.6% (1,707 million yen) to 24,348 million yen. Operating profit decreased by 57.6% (987 million yen) to 728 million yen, due to decrease of profit for health related and beauty care products.

2. Qualitative Information relating to Consolidated Financial Position

Assets

As of December 31, 2021, total assets amounted 185,560 million yen, increased by 5.0% from the previous consolidated fiscal year (as of March 31, 2021). Among this, current assets amounted 97,601 million yen, increased by 14.3%, mainly by increase of cash and deposits, as well as inventories. And the ratio of current assets among total assets has changed to 52.6% from 48.3% of the previous consolidated fiscal year. On the other hand, non-current assets amounted 87,959 million yen, decreased by 3.8% mainly by decrease of investment securities, and the ratio of non-current assets among total assets has changed to 47.4% from 51.7% of the previous consolidated fiscal year.

Liabilities

As of December 31, 2021, total liabilities amounted 95,870 million yen, increased by 2.9% from the previous consolidated fiscal year. Among this, current liabilities amounted 53,864 million yen, increased by 10.0%, mainly by increase of other current liabilities. And the current ratio became 1.8 times, and the cash on hand which is the balance between current liabilities and current assets, became 43,737 million yen. On the other hand, non-current liabilities amounted 42,006 million yen, decreased by 5.0%, mainly by payment of long-term loans payable.

Net Assets

As of December 31, 2021, total net assets amounted 89,690 million yen, increased by 7.3% from the previous consolidated fiscal year, mainly by record of profit attributable to owners of parent amounted 5,322 million yen. And the equity ratio has changed to 46.9% from 45.9% of the previous consolidated fiscal year.

3. Qualitative Information relating to Projections of Consolidated Business Results

Business performance in this third quarter was higher compared to the previous fiscal year, as the sales of products for automotive and semiconductor markets were stronger and there were also effects coming from business reforms. On the other hand, in the global economic environment, the spread of COVID-19 accompanying the emergence of new variant is rapidly advancing, and the impact on economic and social activities is becoming a concern again from the fourth quarter onwards. In addition, rising raw material costs, stagnant logistics conditions, and a shortage in the supply of semiconductors and other components and materials are becoming increasingly serious, and the Company thinks that the business environment will continue to be uncertain, such as revisions of production plans by customers. In this environment, the Company is working to minimize opportunity losses by responding flexibly to the changes, and is steadily passing on rising raw material costs to selling prices. However, it is difficult to avoid the time lag between implementing measures to deal with rapid increases in costs, including logistics costs, and obtaining the benefits of these measures. Therefore, the Company thinks that the negative impact on its business performance will expand temporarily in the fourth quarter. Considering the above conditions, the Company has not changed the business forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2022 from the revised forecast announced on October 28, 2021.

The Company is aiming to realize profit re-growth in this fiscal year ending March 2022 which is the first year of the Mid-Term Plan MEX23, and for the first quarter of fiscal year ending March 2023 onwards, the Company will take measures firmly to solve these issues, and continue to promote business reform and strive to strengthen our growing businesses to achieve MEX23 targets for the year ending March 2024 (Operating profit: 12,500 million yen, operating profit margin: 10% or more and ROIC: over 7%).

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Supplementary information

Consolidated Financial Results and Forecast

					(Millions	of yen)
		Third Quarter ended:	Third Quarter ended:	Change*	March 31, 2022		Change*
		December 31, 2020	December 31, 2021	(%)	Forecast		(%)
	Net sales	103,336	104,553	1.2	136,500		(1.8)
	Operating income	2,849	8,571	200.8	9,500		149.6
	Profit attributable to	(1,144)	5,322	―	5,700		―
	owners of parent
* % change from the same term of the previous year

Sales and Operating Income by Segment

	December 31, 2020	December 31, 2021		March 31, 2022
	Change*	Forecast	Change*
	Millions of yen	Millions of	Composition	(%)	Millions of	Composition	(%)
	yen	(%)		yen	(%)
Net sales	103,336	104,553	100.0	1.2	136,500	100.0	(1.8)
Energy	28,888	29,976	28.7	3.8	37,400	27.4	(1.1)
Functional Materials	20,063	20,732	19.8	3.3	27,300	20.0	(1.3)
Optics & Systems	28,330	29,497	28.2	4.1	40,000	29.3	3.6
Life Solution	26,055	24,348	23.3	(6.6)	31,800	23.3	(9.1)
Operating income	2,849	8,571	100.0	200.8	9,500	100.0	149.6
Energy	2,354	3,419	39.9	45.2	3,300	34.7	(0.3)
Functional Materials	739	1,625	18.9	119.9	2,000	21.1	81.8
Optics & Systems	(1,959)	2,799	32.7	―	3,300	34.7	―
Life Solution	1,715	728	8.5	(57.6)	900	9.5	(61.4)
* % change from the same term of the previous year

Sales by Regional Segment

	December 31, 2020	December 31, 2021	Change*
	Millions of yen	Millions of	Composition	(%)
	yen	(%)
Overseas sales	37,998	44,017	42.1	15.8
America	8,857	10,099	9.7	14.0
Europe	6,284	8,584	8.2	36.6
Asia and other	22,857	25,334	24.2	10.8
Domestic sales	65,338	60,536	57.9	(7.3)
Total	103,336	104,553	100.0	1.2

* % change from the same term of the previous year

Capital investment, Depreciation, R&D expenses

				(Millions	of yen)
	December 31, 2020	December 31, 2021	Change*	March 31, 2022		Change*
	(%)	Forecast		(%)
Capital investment	6,344	2,508	(60.5)	6,000		(25.9)
Depreciation	4,067	3,343	(17.8)	4,800		(11.9)
R&D expenses	5,901	4,613	(21.8)	6,800		(14.3)

* % change from the same term of the previous year

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