Change to Income Tax Expense Calculation Based on an Estimated Effective Tax Rate After Applying Tax-Effect Accounting

「For income tax expense of the Group, we reasonably estimate the effective tax rate after applying tax-effect accounting to pretax net income for the consolidated fiscal year, including the current interim consolidated accounting period, and calculate income tax expense by multiplying pretax interim net income by that estimated effective tax rate.」

「Previously, income tax expense was calculated using the same method as for the annual financial statements. To further improve the efficiency of the closing process, from the current interim accounting period we changed to a method that reasonably estimates the effective tax rate after applying tax-effect accounting to pretax net income for the fiscal year, and calculates pretax interim net income multiplied by that estimated effective tax rate.」