Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Millions of yen)

  Year ended
March 31, 2021
Year ended
March 31, 2022
Year ended
March 31, 2023
Year ended
March 31, 2024
Year ended
March 31, 2025
Year ended
March 31, 2026
Cash flows from operating activities
Profit for the period 30,995 92,302 75,051 52,620 55,181 18,206
Depreciation and amortization 69,852 64,595 68,696 68,682 72,142 77,417
Impairment loss and reversal of impairment loss 7,823 1,460 1,966 1,339 1,256 29,238
Finace (income) costs 2,820 (2,569) (6,604) (12,537) (3,280) (479)
Share of (profit) loss of investments accounted for using the equity method (99) (113) (105) (23) (7) 14
Loss (gain) on sales and disposal of property, plant and equipment, intangible assets and investment property 316 232 (716) 532 92 681
Income taxes 13,937 4,859 28,703 17,473 23,214 31,817
Decrease (increase) in trade receivables (1,004) 3,006 (22,131) 4,370 3,500 (13,737)
Decrease (increase) in inventories (12,865) (28,230) (60,253) 71,097 (15,780) 2,546
Increase (decrease) in trade payables 13,151 2,175 (1,645) (7,921) 2,562 (967)
Increase (decrease) in net defined benefit liabilities 2,888 1,532 (799) 663 1,648 60
Other 14,779 (6,428) 11,100 (10,957) 16,985 165
Subtotal 142,595 132,823 93,260 185,340 157,517 144,962
Interest and dividend income received 1,365 1,470 3,339 4,931 6,187 4,611
Interest expenses paid (1,111) (1,071) (1,208) (1,821) (1,543) (2,389)
Proceeds from insurance income 339 - - - 255 2,023
Income taxes paid (9,966) (22,420) (34,080) (22,879) (24,341) (36,836)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 133,222 110,801 61,311 165,570 138,075 112,372
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of investment securities (297) (747) (827) (1,371) (1,092) (1,916)
Proceeds from sales of investment securities 26 622 154 1,004 5,708 2,615
Purchase of property, plant and equipment (47,504) (38,602) (50,551) (49,570) (59,369) (54,615)
Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment 467 245 1,058 404 621 727
Purchase of intangible assets (8,371) (5,242) (8,545) (7,023) (10,897) (6,234)
Proceeds from sales of intangible assets 21 33 21 15 13 -
Proceeds from sales of investment property - 352 1,985 - 88 131
Purchase of investments in subsidiaries - - - - (85,483) (2,053)
Other (1,790) (746) (4,897) (2,440) (375) (4,215)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities (57,448) (44,083) (61,602) (58,981) (150,787) (65,561)
Cash flows from financing activities
Net increase (decrease) in current borrowings (889) - 9 502 (567) 36,096
Proceeds from non-current borrowings - 500 - - - 30,000
Repayments of non-current borrowings (14,000) (500) (18,000) - (9,000) (30,000)
Proceeds from issuance of bonds issued 69,676 - - - 39,823 -
Redemption of bonds issued - (20,000) - (30,000) (10,000) (40,000)
Payments of lease obligations (9,667) (8,275) (10,003) (10,033) (10,989) (11,990)
Dividends paid (21,449) (21,451) (21,313) (25,862) (24,372) (23,708)
Dividends paid to non-controlling interests (519) (394) (0) (0) (0) 0
Payments for purchase of subsidiaries' equity from non-controlling interests - (1,648) - - - -
Purchase of treasury shares (1) (1) (30,042) (1) (30,022) (1)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 23,150 (51,771) (79,349) (65,395) (45,129) (39,604)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 8,837 16,285 11,781 19,907 (3,640) 14,376
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 107,761 31,232 (67,859) 61,100 (61,481) 21,581
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 196,245 304,007 335,239 267,380 328,481 267,000
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 304,007 335,239 267,380 328,481 267,000 288,582

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