Revenue Growth and Profit Decline in the Manufacturing Business Due to Group Expansion and Higher Raw Material Costs

「Net sales amounted to ¥8,897.393 million, up 15.5% year on year, due in part to the contribution to earnings from 株式会社ヤマニ野口水産, JSTT SINGAPORE PTE.LTD., which became a Group company in the second half of the previous consolidated fiscal year, and 株式会社おむすびころりん本舗 and 株式会社まるかわ食品, which became Group companies during the current period. Although net sales increased due to the expansion of the Group and other factors, profit was significantly affected by a higher cost ratio resulting from soaring raw material prices and other factors, amounting to ¥270.275 million, down 41.3% year on year.」