Major U.S. customer declines to renew license agreement
First written in FY2018-Q1. 6 of 16 entries say "Materialised", first in FY2018-Q2. Latest entry: 2026-11-13.
Wilson Learning Worldwide moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2017.
0 other companies' latest entry also says "Mitigated".
- FY2025WorsenedAnnual report
「In the United States, projects showed a tendency to become smaller.」
The risk associated with large, highly profitable licensing projects materialized as a tendency for projects themselves to become smaller, following the continued failure to secure large projects. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「As a result, the company had not secured a large project contract by the end of the cumulative third quarter of the fiscal year.」
In North America, as companies became more cautious about investing in human resources and training projects became smaller, the company continued to be unable to secure large project contracts through the cumulative third quarter. - FY2020WorsenedAnnual report
「In the United States, the impact of lower revenue from the suspension and termination of a major customer's license agreement continued.」
The revenue decline caused by the suspension and expiration of a major customer's licensing contract continued throughout the fiscal year, resulting in a 29.8% decline in North American revenue and a shift to an operating loss. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the United States, the impact of lower revenue from the suspension and termination of a major customer's license agreement continued.」
The revenue impact of the suspension and expiration of a major customer's licensing contract continued from the previous quarter. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In the United States, the impact of lower revenue caused by the suspension of a major customer's licensing contract has continued.」
The revenue impact of the suspension of a major U.S. customer's licensing contract continued from the previous quarter. - FY2020-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「In the United States, revenue fell below the same period of the previous year due to the impact of lower revenue following the suspension of a licensing contract with a major customer.」
A major customer's licensing contract was suspended again this quarter, resulting in lower North American revenue and a wider operating loss. - FY2019MitigatedAnnual report
「During the fourth quarter of the consolidated fiscal year, the company successfully won a large license-based project from an existing customer that had previously been proposed, and the cost ratio improved substantially from the third quarter.」
The impact of the shortage of contracts was partly mitigated when a large license-based project was won from an existing customer as a replacement for the large licensing contract that had ended. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Proposals for license-based projects remained solid, but they did not lead to orders or deliveries, resulting in a year-on-year decline in revenue.」
In North America, proposals for license-based projects remained solid, but orders and deliveries continued not to materialize, and the impact of the shortage of large licensing projects persisted. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Revenue declined because the execution of large licensing contracts remained sluggish during the cumulative second quarter of the fiscal year.」
In North America, following the expiration of large licensing contracts and the lack of replacements, the execution of new large licensing contracts remained sluggish, and the revenue decline and operating deficit continued. - FY2019-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「Revenue fell sharply year on year, as a large licensing contract ended and the company was unable to close a large replacement project during the cumulative first quarter of the fiscal year.」
The revenue decline caused by the expiration of an existing large licensing contract continued this quarter, while no large replacement project was closed during the period. - FY2018MaterialisedAnnual report
「Because contracts for several continuing projects ended at the end of the previous fiscal year, sales and operating profit were below the previous fiscal year through the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, however, the company successfully secured multiple large, multi-year, license-based projects with strong margins, including projects from liquor wholesalers, focused on strengthening sales capabilities.」
The termination of contracts for existing continuing projects was confirmed as a factor weighing on full-year results. Although substitute large, multi-year projects were secured in the fourth quarter, full-year North American sales fell 4.0% year on year. - FY2018-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「The company is working to acquire new major customers following the termination of a major license agreement with an existing customer, but sales are below those of the same period of the previous year.」
The impact of the termination of the major U.S. customer’s license agreement continued, and North American sales fell below the same period of the previous year because a substitute new major customer had not yet been acquired. - FY2018-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「Revenue declined because the company did not secure a new large project to offset the revenue loss resulting from the termination of a major license agreement with an existing customer.」
The major U.S. customer’s decision, reported in the previous quarter, not to renew its license agreement resulted in lower revenue and an operating loss due to the termination of the major license agreement with the existing customer and the failure to secure a substitute large project. - FY2018-Q1First statedAnnual report
「A major customer in the United States declined to renew its license agreement, and」
A major U.S. customer declined to renew its license agreement, which was cited as a factor behind the decline in North American sales in local-currency terms.