Nippon Ceramic : Jan 1, 2023 – June 30, 2023

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August 4, 2023

Consolidated financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2023

〔Japan GAAP〕
Company name:	Nippon Ceramic Co., Ltd.
Exchange listed on:	First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Securities code:	6929
URL:	https://www.nicera.co.jp/
Representative:	Shinichi Taniguchi, President & CEO
Contact:	Kiyoshi Honjo, Executive Officer
	Accounting department
	TEL [phone]
Scheduled date of quarterly report submission:	August 10, 2023
Scheduled date to commence dividend payments:	-
Preparation of quarterly supplementary explanatory material:	Yes
Quarterly results briefing held:	Yes(for analysts)

(Amounts rounded down to the nearest millions of yen.)

1. Consolidated financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2023 (From January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023)

(1) Consolidated operating results						(Y.O.Y changes represented by %)
							Net income
	Net sales		Operating income	Ordinary income	attributable to
							owners of parent
	¥ million	%	¥ million	%	¥ million	%	¥ million	%
Six months ended June 30, 2023	11,889	8.3	2,225	13.5	2,752	8.4	1,961	△37.8
Six months ended June 30, 2022	10,976	5.7	1,961	1.2	2,538	13.1	3,153	100.4

	Note: Comprehensive income For the six months ended June 30, 2023	¥	2,929 million ［△44.2%］
	For the six months ended June 30, 2022	¥	5,254 million ［93.1%］
	Net income per	Diluted net income
		share		per share
			¥			¥
	Six months ended June 30, 2023	83.13			-
	Six months ended June 30, 2022	127.60			-
(2)	Consolidated financial positions
	Total assets		Net assets	Equity ratio
		¥ million			¥ million		%
	As of June 30, 2023	56,423			50,717		86.1
	As of December 31, 2022	59,003			50,869		82.7
	Reference: Equity As of June 30, 2023	¥48,584	million
	As of December 31, 2022	¥48,774	million
2.	Dividends
						Annual dividends
	End of Q1		End of Q2		End of Q3	End of Q4	Total
		¥			¥		¥	¥	¥
	Fiscal year 2022	-		0.00	-		125.00	125.00
	Fiscal year 2023	-		0.00
	Fiscal year 2023(expected)					-		100.00	100.00

Note: Revision to the most recently disclosed dividend forecasts: No

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3. Consolidated earnings forecasts for the fiscal year 2023 (from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023)

(Y.O.Y changes represented by %)

							Net income	Net
	Net sales		Operating income	Ordinary income	attributable to	income
							owners of parent	per share
	¥ million	%	¥ millio	%	¥ millio	%	¥ millio	%	¥
Full year	24,800	6.6	4,800	14.9	5,300	7.1	3,750	△25.3	158.94
Note: Revision to the most recently disclosed consolidated earnings forecasts: No

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