May 27, 2016
Metal One Corporation

Metal One Corporation and Subsidiaries Consolidated Financial Results for FY2015
Outline of Consolidated Results for FY2015	

Income Statements	
Performance inFY2015

Performance inFY2014

Sales

19,74024,216Gross profit(Gross profit ratio)

1,045

1,177-132(5.3%)(4.9%)(0.4%)

Operating expenses
Provision for doubtful receivables-848-2-2-910-5-1

62
3-1

Operating income

192262-70Interest income

6-33-27

7-38-32-1
55

Equity in earnings of affiliated companies

171
1915
962-813

Ordinary income

203259-56Extraordinary gain and loss

8584

1

Income before income taxes

288343-55

Income taxes
Noncontrolling interests-110-11-94-22-16
11

Net income

167

227-60(In ¥100 million)

Amortization of goodwill

Interest expense
Interest expense–net
Dividend income
Non-operating income and expenses

Business environment

Percentage ofvariance

Variance-4,476In the global economy the U.S. remained bullish, underpinned by firm consumer spending, and Europe made continuing moves toward an economic rally. On
the other hand, there was uncertainty about the prospects of China and some emerging economies due to their economic slowdown, the slump in crude oil prices
and turmoil in the international financial markets. Growth in the global economy therefore remained moderate overall this fiscal year. In the Japanese economy,
growth remained sluggish, partly due to slump in consumer spending against the backdrop of lower real income in conjunction with the consumption tax hike.

(-18.5%)Business performance
Regarding the business environment confronting our group, the gap between supply and demand continued overseas due to slack steel consumption as a result of
the Chinese economy’s slowdown and excess production. Steel prices continued to decline worldwide.
In the domestic market, the consumption tax increase has had a lingering impact, and there was no an uptick in capital expenditures. Increased taxes on compact
cars delayed the rebound of domestic car sales. Those factors left domestic consumption stagnant overall.
In terms of external demand, the environment also remains tough. Supply continued to outpace demand globally as China exported at a high pace, generating
trade problems all over.
In the midst of these business conditions, the Metal One Group divided the six-year period from FY2015 to 2020 into three stages as part of efforts to achieve
our vision, mission and goals for 2020 outlined in its Mid-term Consolidated Management Plan—New Management Plan 2016. In the plan, the 2015–16 period
was designated as “years of change,” 2017–18 as “years of ascension” and 2019–20 as “years of success.” During FY2015, the initial years of change, the groupprioritized efforts on five core concepts in New Management Plan 2016: reconstruction of our earnings base through a revival of trading operations, a thoroughreshuffling of the portfolio and effective utilization of HR and assets, reform of the business model, strengthening of the workforce, and upgrading theconsolidated management platform.
Despite these efforts, and responding to a business environment that deteriorated even more than anticipated, the Metal One Group’s consolidated performancefor the fiscal year fell below the previous year’s results, with ¥1.974 trillion in sales (down 18.5 percent), ordinary income of ¥20.3 billion (down 21.5 percent),and ¥16.7 billion in net income (down 26.3 percent).

(-26.4%)(-21.5%)Situation with main items
1. Sales and gross profit(-16.1%)

We merged our domestic structural steel and metal scrap operations during the previous fiscal year to create MM&KENZAI Corporation (as of November 1,2014). This required applying the equity method, and negatively affected the Group’s performance. In addition, the business environment had worsened asmentioned before. These are the primary factors in the ¥447.6 billion decline to ¥1.974 trillion in sales and the ¥13.2 billion decline to ¥104.5 billion in grossprofit.

2. Operating expenses
The MM&KENZAI Corporation merger and other factors caused our operating expenses to drop by ¥6.2 billion, to ¥84.8 billion.

(-26.3%)

3. Extraordinary gain and loss

205

Basic earnings capabilities

255-50The company’s extraordinary gains exceeded extraordinary losses by ¥8.5 billion, mainly due to profits from the sales of securities and fixed assets.

(-19.7%)

Basic earnings capabilities = Operating income (less provision for doubtful receivables) + Interest expense–net + Dividend income + Equity in earnings of affiliated companies

Viewed by type of transaction, sales in Japan’s domestic market accounted for ¥1.0939 trillion (55 percent of the whole; down ¥341.6 billion compared to thefiscal year before), and overseas ventures for ¥880.1 billion (45 percent; down ¥106 billion).

Consolidated Balance Sheet	
March 31, 2016

Current assets
Cash and deposits
Accounts receivable
Inventories
Other current assets

6,739
214
4,147
1,964
414

Variance fromMarch 31, 2015

-1,427 Current liabilities-70

Accounts payable-554

Short-term debt

-495

Other current liabilities-308 Non-current liabilitiesLong-term debt
Other

Non-current assets
Tangible and intangible non-current assets

Investments and other assets

2,441
1,129
1,312-356

Total liabilities-147 Common stock and additional paid-in capital-209 Retained earnings, etc.
Assets and liabilities valuation andtranslation adjustments
Total net assets excluding noncontrolling interests

Noncontrolling interests
Total net assets
Total assets

9,180

5. Total assets and shareholders’ equity

March 31, 2016

Variance fromMarch 31, 2015

(In ¥100 million)

4. Business results by transaction type-1,783

Total liabilities and net assets

4,662
2,413
1,934
315
928
757
171
5,590
1,507
1,647
120
3,274
316
3,590
9,180

-1,251
-433
-815
-3
-262

Declines in accounts receivable and inventories were the main factors causing total assets to fall by ¥178.3 billion, to ¥918 billion.
Furthermore, net assets excluding noncontrolling interests fell ¥14.9 billion to ¥327.4 billion, the outcome of a decrease in valuation and translation adjustments
arising from falling stock prices and the strong yen. This meant our shareholders’ equity ratio rose 4.5 percent to 35.7 percent, strengthening the company’ssolid financial condition.

6. Interest-bearing debt
Pushed by a worldwide drop in steel prices, China’s economic slowdown and accompanying slack exports from Japan, a decline in energy-related transactionsin North America, sell-offs of listed shares in Japan and the yen’s strength, the net D/E ratio fell by 0.3 to 0.8 as the consolidated debt balance declined by¥102.9 billion, to ¥269.1 billion.

Status of affiliates
There were no items meriting special mention this fiscal year.

-213-49-1,513
745

Consolidated Financial Indicators	

Number of Group Companies	

-201
-149
-121
-270-1,783

March 31, 2016 March 31, 2015

Subsidiaries

Affiliates

Total (consolidated)101(-1)43(-3)

144(-4)

Note: Figures in parentheses ( ) show changes from the previous year.

Shareholders’ equity ratio

35.7%

31.2%

Net D/E ratio

0.8

1.1

Shareholders’ equity ratio =Total net assets excluding noncontrolling interests ÷ Total assets
Net D/E ratio =(Short-term and long-term debt + Securitized receivables − Cash and deposit) ÷ Total net
assets (excluding noncontrolling interests)