Changes to the fiscal year-ends of consolidated subsidiaries and nine-month consolidation

「From the current interim consolidated accounting period, the Company has changed the consolidation method for 384 consolidated subsidiaries whose fiscal year-end had been 31 December in the previous consolidated fiscal year. Their fiscal year-ends have been changed to 31 March, or provisional accounts have been prepared for consolidation in accordance with the annual closing of accounts on 31 March, the consolidated fiscal year-end. As a result of this change in fiscal year-ends, the current interim consolidated accounting period includes nine months, from 1 January 2026 to 30 September 2026, for these subsidiaries, and the effects of the change in fiscal year-ends have been adjusted through the interim consolidated income statement.」