Change in the Period for Recognizing Retirement Benefit Expenses

「For the retirement benefit accounting of certain consolidated subsidiaries, actuarial differences and past service costs had previously been amortised over a specified number of years within the average remaining service period of employees, namely 11 years. As the average remaining service period fell below this period, the amortisation period was changed to 9 years from the current fiscal year. As a result, ordinary profit and profit before income taxes for the current fiscal year decreased by ¥301 million compared with the amounts that would have resulted under the previous amortisation period.」