Partial Revision of the Nine-month Consolidated Financial Report forthe Fiscal Year ending October 31, 20092009/12/18 in Japan | Page 1/1

Friday, December 18, 2009For Immediate Release
Kanamoto Company, Limited
Stock Code 9678
Tokyo Stock Exchange 1st Section; Sapporo Stock Exchange
Nobuhito Utatsu
Director and Corporate Officer, Division Manager, Accounting Division< Contact for inquiries concerning this material >Yuichi Takayama
IR & Public Relations Section Manager, Office of the President
Telephone: + 81 – 11 – 209 – 1631

(Correction) Notification Concerning Partial Revision of theNine-month Consolidated Financial Report for the Fiscal
Year ending October 31, 2009
Kanamoto Company, Limited (Kanchu Kanamoto, President; Head Office: Sapporo, Japan), Japan’s leading construction
equipment rental company, has revised several errors in the Nine-month Consolidated Financial Report for the Fiscal YearEnding October 31, 2009 released on September 4, 2009. Details are provided below.
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The items requiring revision and the revised text are indicated by an underline (【Page 7: 4. Other Matters; (3) Changes in accounting principles, procedures and reporting methods pertaining to preparationof the quarterly consolidated financial statements; c) Changes in accounting standards used for normal accounting treatment;“Change in depreciation methods for principal depreciable assets”】
Before revision

After revision④Change in depreciation methods for principal depreciable
assetsTangible fixed assets(Preceding text omitted)
As a result, the cost of revenues from operations
decreased by ¥1,660 million, and gross profit, operating
income, ordinary income and income before taxes andadjustments increased by the same amount, respectively,
compared to what they otherwise would have been had theaccounting standards used in past periods been applied.
(Following text omitted)④Change in depreciation methods for principal depreciable
assetsTangible fixed assets(Preceding text omitted)
As a result, the cost of revenues from operations
decreased by ¥1,906 million, and gross profit, operating
income, ordinary income and income before taxes andadjustments increased by the same amount, respectively,
compared to what they otherwise would have been had theaccounting standards used in past periods been applied.
(Following text omitted)【Page 13: 5. Consolidated Financial Statements; (5) Business Segment Information; Changes in accounting method; “2.
Change in depreciation method for depreciable assets”】
Before revision

After revision

2. Change in depreciation method for depreciable assets
As described in Section 4. (3) c) under Qualitative
Information and Financial Statements, beginning from thefirst quarter consolidated accounting period under review
the Company and its domestic subsidiaries have changed
the method for depreciation of rental equipment from thedeclining balance method to the straight-line depreciation
method.
In conjunction with this change, the operating income of
the Company’s construction-related business increased by¥1,660,568 thousands compared with what it otherwise
would have been had the accounting standard used in past
periods been applied.

2. Change in depreciation method for depreciable assets
As described in Section 4. (3) c) under Qualitative
Information and Financial Statements, beginning from thefirst quarter consolidated accounting period under review
the Company and its domestic subsidiaries have changed
the method for depreciation of rental equipment from thedeclining balance method to the straight-line depreciation
method.
In conjunction with this change, the operating income of
the Company’s construction-related business increased by¥1,906,532 thousands compared with what it otherwise
would have been had the accounting standard used in past
periods been applied.
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