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The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.Revenue increased on steady growth in existing businesses and the contribution from M&A completed in the previous fiscal year. Factors reducing profit included the reversal of one-time gains recorded in the same period of the previous year, goodwill amortisation and PMI costs, strategic investments, and extraordinary losses in the first half.