November 9, 2021

Summary of Consolidated Financial Results

for the Second Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2022

(Six Months Ended September 30, 2021)

[Japanese GAAP]

Company name: KI-STAR REAL ESTATE CO., LTD.

Listing: Tokyo Stock Exchange, First Section

Securities code:

3465

URL: https://www.ki-group.co.jp/

Representative:

Keiji Hanawa, President and CEO

Contact:

Osamu Matsuzawa, Executive Officer, General Manager of Accounting & Finance Division

Tel: +81-(0)495-27-2525

Scheduled date of filing of Quarterly Report:

November 12, 2021

Scheduled date of payment of dividend:

December 6, 2021

Preparation of supplementary materials for quarterly financial results: Yes

Holding of quarterly financial results meeting:

Yes (for institutional investors and analysts)

(All amounts are rounded down to the nearest million yen)

1. Consolidated Financial Results for the First Six Months (April 1, 2021 - September 30, 2021) of the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2022

(1) Consolidated results of operations

(Percentages represent year-on-year changes)

Net sales

Operating profit

Ordinary profit

Profit attributable to

owners of parent

Million yen

%

Million yen

%

Million yen

%

Million yen

%

Six months ended Sep. 30, 2021

91,487

38.6

12,413

227.8

12,247

228.7

7,764

251.5

Six months ended Sep. 30, 2020

65,990

14.3

3,786

14.4

3,725

19.2

2,209

16.7

Note: Comprehensive income (million yen)

Six months ended Sep. 30, 2021:

8,413

(up 240.7%)

Six months ended Sep. 30, 2020:

2,469

(up 16.1%)

Net income per share

Diluted net income per share

Yen

Yen

Six months ended Sep. 30, 2021

539.57

539.19

Six months ended Sep. 30, 2020

155.68

-

Notes: 1. Diluted net income per share for the six months ended September 30, 2020 is not presented because there were no potential shares with dilutive effects.

  1. 2. KI-STAR REAL ESTATE CO., LTD. ("the Company") has established a performance-linked stock compensation plan for directors. Shares for this plan held by the trust are recorded as treasury shares in the quarterly consolidated balance sheet and included in treasury shares for calculating the average number of shares during the period for determining net income per share.

  2. Consolidated financial position

Total assets

Net assets

Equity ratio

Million yen

Million yen

%

As of Sep. 30, 2021

138,900

43,466

28.0

As of Mar. 31, 2021

110,127

29,218

22.3

Reference: Shareholders' equity (million yen)

As of Sep. 30, 2021: 38,904

As of Mar. 31, 2021: 24,528

Note: The Company has established a performance-linked stock compensation plan for directors. Shares for this plan held by the trust are recorded as treasury shares in the quarterly consolidated balance sheet.

2. Dividends

Dividend per share

1Q-end

2Q-end

3Q-end

Year-end

Total

Yen

Yen

Yen

Yen

Yen

Fiscal year ended Mar. 31, 2021

-

44.00

-

95.00

139.00

Fiscal year ending Mar. 31, 2022

-

115.00

Fiscal year ending Mar. 31, 2022 (forecasts)

-

130.00

245.00

Note: Revisions to the most recently announced dividend forecast: Yes

3. Consolidated Forecast for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2022 (April 1, 2021 - March 31, 2022)

(Percentages represent year-on-year changes)

Net sales

Operating profit

Ordinary profit

Profit attributable to

Net income per share

owners of parent

Million yen

%

Million yen

%

Million yen

%

Million yen

%

Yen

Full year

190,000

22.0

24,300

93.4

24,000

87.8

15,000

96.9

993.31

Notes: 1. Revisions to the most recently announced consolidated forecast: Yes

2. Net income per share is calculated based on assumptions for the average number of shares during the period, taking into account the capital increase in the first six months of the fiscal year ending March. 31, 2022.

* Notes

  1. Changes in significant subsidiaries during the period (changes in specified subsidiaries resulting in changes in the cope of consolidation): None

Newly added: -

Excluded: -

  1. Application of special accounting methods for presenting quarterly consolidated financial statements: None
  2. Changes in accounting policies and accounting estimates, and restatements

1)

Changes in accounting policies due to revisions in accounting standards, others:

Yes

2)

Changes in accounting policies other than 1) above:

None

3)

Changes in accounting estimates:

None

4)

Restatements:

None

(4) Number of issued shares (common shares)

1) Number of shares issued at the end of the period (including treasury shares)

As of Sep. 30, 2021:

15,856,400 shares

As of Mar. 31, 2021:

14,232,500 shares

2) Number of treasury shares at the end of the period

As of Sep. 30, 2021:

41,433 shares

As of Mar. 31, 2021:

41,392 shares

3) Average number of shares during the period

Six months ended Sep. 30, 2021:

14,390,683 shares

Six months ended Sep. 30, 2020:

14,191,143 shares

Note: The Company has established a performance-linked stock compensation plan for directors. Shares for this plan held by the trust are included in treasury shares for calculating the number of treasury shares at the end of the period and the average number of shares during the period.

  • The current quarterly financial report is not subject to quarterly review by certified public accountants or auditing firms.
  • Cautionary statement with respect to forward-looking statements, and other special items

Cautionary statement with respect to forecasts

Forecasts of future performance in this report are based on assumptions judged to be valid and information currently available to the Company. Actual results may differ significantly from these forecasts for a number of factors.

KI-STAR REAL ESTATE CO., LTD. (3465) Financial Results for the Second Quarter of FY3/22

Contents of Attachments

1. Qualitative Information on Quarterly Consolidated Financial Performance

2

(1)

Explanation of Results of Operations

2

(2)

Explanation of Financial Position

4

(3)

Explanation of Consolidated Forecast and Other Forward-looking Statements

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2. Quarterly Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes

5

(1)

Quarterly Consolidated Balance Sheet

5

(2)

Quarterly Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income

7

Quarterly Consolidated Statement of Income

For the Six-month Period

7

Quarterly Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

For the Six-month Period

8

(3)

Notes to Quarterly Consolidated Financial Statements

9

Going Concern Assumption

9

Significant Changes in Shareholders' Equity

9

Changes in Accounting Policies

9

Segment and Other Information

10

Additional Information

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KI-STAR REAL ESTATE CO., LTD. (3465) Financial Results for the Second Quarter of FY3/22

1. Qualitative Information on Quarterly Consolidated Financial Performance

(1) Explanation of Results of Operations

In the first half of the current fiscal year, the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics did not make the originally anticipated contribution to the Japanese economy due to the decision to hold these events with no spectators. In addition, economic activity in Japan was held down by the continuing impact of the pandemic, including states of emergency and other measures in response to a sharp increase in the number of infections.

In the Japanese housing sector, where the KI-STAR Group operates, interest in owning a home continues to climb due to a rising global demand linked to the need to stay home for safety during the pandemic and the establishment of new lifestyles such as working from home and home learning . However, the strong demand for houses in Japan and other countries has created a global shortage of lumber. In Japan, there is an insufficient supply of imported lumber and prices of this lumber have increased sharply. This so-called "wood shock" has even created turmoil in the housing market at times.

By supplying design houses with outstanding quality at low prices, the Group continued to concentrate on the growth strategy for its core homebuilding and sales business. Activities are guided by the management philosophy of "creating lives that are fulfilling, enjoyable and pleasant." For more progress with combining real estate and IT, we conducted research involving the use of IT and created s ystems for many of our operations. The objective is to build houses incorporating concepts that look into the future in order to provide outstanding comfort and convenience to residents.

Our highest priority is improving inventory turnover, which is the ti me from purchasing land to the sale of a house on that land, in order to properly manage and improve the level of financial soundness. By using the recently launched KEIAI Platform, a system for optimizing every step from purchasing land to the sale of hou ses to consumers, we are working on making the inventory turnover even shorter.

The Group is continuing to take many actions to contribute to achieving the SDGs. To lower carbon emissions generated during the transport of lumber, we switched to using only lumber produced in Japan for some of our products. In addition, KI-STAR and two other homebuilding companies established the Japan Wood-housing Association. Two central goals of the association are increasing the construction of quality wood houses at low prices where people can live with confidence and increasing the use of lumber produced in Japan for building houses. The aim is the preservation and recovery of the ability of forests in Japan to fulfill multiple roles.

First half sales increased 25,497 million yen (38.6%) to 91,487 million yen, which was a record-high for first-half sales. Operating profit increased 8,627 million yen (227.8%) to 12,413 million yen. The 6.9 percentage point increase from one year earlier in the gross profit margin to 22.7% backed by rising demand for detached houses was a major reason for the higher earnings. Ordinary profit increased 8,521 million yen (228.7%) to 12,247 million yen even though non-operating expenses increased 174 million yen primarily due to commission expenses associated with a new syndicated loan to give group companies quick access to funds required for initiatives for growth and share issuance costs because of capital increase. Profit attributable to owners of parent was up 5,555 million yen (251.5%) to 7,764 million yen.

Results of operations by business segment are as follows:

Beginning with the first quarter of the current fiscal year, the pre -owned home business segment has been included in others. This change was made because the pre-owned home business is no longer a significant component of consolidated results of operations as the Group has terminated purchases in this business in order to focus resources on the homebuilding and sales business. Segment information for the first half of the previous fiscal year has been revised for consistency with this change.

In addition, the Fresco business segment has been deleted because the Company sold all of its holding of Fresco Inc. stock in the first quarter of the current fiscal year and this company is no longer included in the consolidated financial statements.

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KI-STAR REAL ESTATE CO., LTD. (3465) Financial Results for the Second Quarter of FY3/22

i) Homebuilding and sales business

In this business, there were many activities during the first half involving the market share growth strategy, primarily in the Tokyo area. Backed by marketing activities that link the KEIAI brand with outstanding designs, we continued to supply design houses with outstanding quality at low prices. Prices of houses are set at a level that makes the monthly mortgage payments less expensive than renting a residen ce. We placed priority on the turnover ratio by shortening the time between the purchase of land and sale of houses. Building houses faster and improving construction processes also contributed to lowering expenses in this business. In addition, we continued to upgrade our sales capabilities by building stronger ties with real estate brokers throughout Japan, increasing purchases of land and increasing the use of outsourced sales activities.

During the first half, 1,832 houses (including land sale) were sold, up 457 from one year earlier. Sales increased 21,716 million yen to 64,396 million yen. Although earnings were negatively affected by higher brokerage commissions (increase of the variable cost) as sales increased, segment profit was up 7,202 million yen to 11,233 million yen.

ii) Custom-built housing business

This custom-built housing business is concentrating on increasing the number of orders from real estate companies for its Fit-Procustom-built houses. Increasing orders for the single-storyIKI semi custom-built

houses is another priority.

The number of houses sold during the first half increased by 17 from one year earlier to 49. Sales were up 607 million yen to 1,003 million yen. There was segment profit of 23 million yen, down 32 million yen one year earlier. The profit was primarily attributable to up-front selling, general and administrative expenses incurred because of the increasing number of orders for the single-story IKI semi custom-built houses

iii) Yokatown business

Subsidiary Yokatown Co., Ltd. sells built-for-sale houses, land and custom-built houses mainly in Fukuoka prefecture. Yokatown has been working on strengthening its built -for-sale house sales business.

The number of built-for-sale houses sold during the first half increased by 61 to 406 (including land sale). The number of custom-built houses sold decreased by 15 to 33 because built-for-sale houses are the main activity of this business. Sales increased 2,197 million yen to 11,611 million yen and segment profit increased 801 million yen to 1,390 million yen.

iv) Asahi Housing business

Subsidiary Asahi Housing Co., Ltd. sells built-for-sale houses mainly in Kanagawa prefecture. There have been many activities at this company involving development projects for the built-for-sale house sales business.

The number of built-for-sale houses sold during the first half increased by 22 to 135 (including land sale). Sales increased 1,456 million yen to 5,772 million yen and segment profit increased 693 million yen to 971 million yen.

v) Kensin business

Subsidiary Kensin Construction inc. primarily sells built -for-sale houses, land and custom-built houses and performs building site preparation work mainly in Kanagawa prefecture. The company has been involved with many real estate development projects that required the preparation of building sites at locations with big differences between high and low areas. Kensin plans to strengthen its built-for-sale house sales business.

The number of built-for-sale houses sold during the first half increased by 29 to 115 (including land sale) and custom-built houses sold decreased by three to 62. Sales increased 2,169 million yen to 6,114 million yen and segment profit increased 405 million yen to 436 million yen.

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