Overview of Business Results

for the 1st Half of Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2024

(April 2023 → September 2023)

October 31, 2023

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Table of Contents

1. FY2023 1st Half Results and FY2023 Forecast

Outline of Statements of Income

Business Environment

Business Forecast for FY2023

Interim Dividend and Dividend Forecast for FY2023

  1. Achieving Carbon Neutrality (CN) by 2050
  2. Details of Results and Forecast for FY2023

Net Sales and Income (Quarterly),

Earnings by Business Segment, Balance Sheets (Consolidated), Statements of Cash Flows (Consolidated) Ordinary Income Variance Analysis (FY2022/1H → FY2023/1H, FY2023/1Q → FY2023/2Q,

FY2022 → FY2023 Revised Forecast, FY2023/1H → FY2023/2H Revised Forecast,

FY2023 Previous Forecast → FY2023 Revised Forecast) Review of Performance; OVAKO and SSMI

  1. Topics
  2. Reference

Achieving Carbon Neutrality (CN) by 2050

Trends in Main Market

Net Sales and Income (Fiscal), Capital Expenditure and Depreciation, D/E Ratio

Details of Statements of Income, etc.

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1. FY2023 1st Half Results

and FY2023 Forecast

Business Results

Outline of Statements of Income

Ordinary Income : 7.8 billion yen (Compared to FY2022/1H : -5.9 billion yen)

Revenue and profit decreased due to decline in sales volume and decrease of positive OVAKO's transient factors.

  • Although sales prices increased through applying energy surcharge, etc. revenue and profit declined due to drop in sales volume, rising raw material and fuel prices and inflation impact of other materials. Decrease of positive OVAKO's transient factors affected us as well.

(Unit: Billion yen)

FY2023/1H (A)

FY2022/1H (B)

Change (B) → (A)

Amount

Ratio (%)

Amount

Ratio (%)

Amount

Ratio (%)

Net Sales

185.3

100.0

195.4

100.0

-10.2

-5.2

Operating Income

7.3

4.0

13.2

6.7

-5.9

-44.4

Ordinary Income

7.8

ROS 4.2

13.7

ROS

7.0

-5.9

-43.1

(Sanyo)

6.9

7.2

7.0

7.2

-0.1

-0.8

(OVAKO)

5.1

6.8

8.9

10.4

-3.9

-43.2

(SSMI)

0.3

2.8

-0.2

－

+0.5

－

(Amortization of goodwill)

-1.6

－

-1.4

－

-0.2

－

Net Income

*1

5.2

2.8

9.9

5.1

-4.6

-47.0

Net Income

6.8

3.7

11.3

5.8

-4.5

-39.6

before amortization of goodwill

Sales Volume (Thousand tons)

739

(per month) 123.2

812

(per month) 135.3

-73

(per month) -12.1

(Sanyo)

427

71.2

458

76.3

-30

-5.0

(OVAKO)

256

42.6

303

50.5

-48

-7.9

(SSMI)

56

9.4

51

8.5

+5

+0.8

*1 Profit attributable to owners of parent

*2 The consolidated accounting period for SSMI is Jan. to Jun.

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Business Results

Business Environment

Demand

Trends

Raw Material and Fuel Prices

Although shortage of semiconductors have resolved, recovery of auto production is still gradual. Demand for construction and industrial machineries has remained stagnant. Economic uncertainty in Europe and continuous deceleration of Chinese economy is becoming a concern.

Prices trend of raw material, such as iron scrap and fuel, remains still to be robust and inflation on other materials has also emerged. Energy prices will bottom out and may slightly rebound in FY2023/2H.

１．Volume of order booked (Specialty steel products)

(Thousand tons）

Source: The Japan Iron and Steel Federation

6,000

Exports

Domestic

Year-on-year rate

200%

5,000

150%

4,000

100%

3,000

50%

2,000

0%

1,000

-50%

0

-100%

* FY2023/2Q: Sanyo calculated at 1.5 times the total of Jul. and Aug.

2．Units of automobile sales

(Thousand units）

Source: MarkLines Co., Ltd., ACEA

25,000

Japan

India

Europe(EU+UK)

150%

20,000

U.S.

China

Year-on-year rate

100%

15,000

50%

10,000

0%

5,000

-50%

0

-100%

3. Raw Material and Fuel Prices (FY2020/1Q＝100)

350

Scrap iron (market)

Chromium

300

Nickel

297

Electricity

283

LNG

264

250

245

231 227

200

186

211

150

154

129

100

* Based on purchase price

50

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Business Forecast

Business Forecast for FY2023 (announced on October 31, 2023)

Ordinary Income in FY2023 Forecast : 20.0 billion yen (Same level as previous forecast)

・FY2023/1H result was in line with previous forecast, although sales volume was lower than forecast.

・Sales volume in FY2023/2H, excluding OVAKO's seasonal factors, is expected to be in same level as FY2023/1H, due to continued supply chain adjustments in the construction and industrial machinery industries, uncertainty of European economy and deceleration of Chinese economy, despite gradual improvements in global automobile industry.

・We intend to achieve same level of ordinary income as previous forecast mainly by implementing cost control and reduction measures.

(Reference) Sales Volume (Thousand tons/Q)

392

347

385

411

27

30

30

36

159

152

103*

145

213

215

210

216

FY2023/1Q

FY2023/2Q

FY2023/3Q

FY2023/4Q

Foercast

Foercast

SSMI

OVAKO

Sanyo

  • Impact of OVAKO's seasonal factors

(Unit: Billion yen)

Revised Forecast (A)

Previous Forecast (B)

Change

(Announced on Oct. 31, 2023)

(Announced on Jul. 28, 2023)

(B) → (A)

1H Result

2H

FY

1H

2H

FY

1H

2H

FY

Net Sales

185.3

194.7

380.0

185.0

201.0

386.0

+0.3

-6.3

-6.0

Operating Income

7.3

12.7

20.0

7.5

12.5

20.0

-0.2

+0.2

－

Ordinary Income

7.8

12.2

20.0

8.0

12.0

20.0

-0.2

+0.2

－

(Sanyo)

6.9

6.4

13.3

7.0

8.0

15.0

-0.1

-1.6

-1.7

(OVAKO)

5.1

5.9

11.0

4.7

5.3

10.0

+0.4

+0.6

+1.0

(SSMI)

0.3

0.4

0.7

0.3

0.4

0.7

－

－

－

(Amortization of goodwill)

-1.6

-1.6

-3.2

-1.6

-1.6

-3.1

－

－

-0.1

Net Income*1

5.2

8.8

14.0

5.0

9.0

14.0

+0.2

-0.2

－

ROE (%)

6.3

6.4

-0.1

Net Income

6.8

10.4

17.2

6.5

10.6

17.1

+0.3

-0.2

+0.1

before amortization of goodwill

ROE (%)

7.8

7.8

－

*1 Profit attributable to owners of parent

Major assumptions after October 2023

*2 The consolidated accounting period for SSMI is Jan. to Dec.

・Scrap iron 50,000 yen/t (H2 market price in Himeji area)

・Crude oil (Dubai) 90$/BL ･Exchange rate 145 yen/US$, 154 yen/€

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Interim Dividend and Dividend Forecast for FY2023

Business Forecast

(announced on October 31, 2023)

Previous Forecast (B)

Revised Forecast (A)

Change

(Announced on Oct. 31, 2023)

(Announced on Jul. 28, 2023)

(B) → (A)

1H Result

2H Forecast

FY

1H

2H

FY

1H

2H

FY

Earnings Per Share

A

Yen/share

96.1

257.0

91.8

257.0

+4.3

－

Earnings Per Share

before amortization

B

Yen/share

125.3

315.7

119.3

313.8

+6.0

+1.9

of goodwill

Dividend

C

Yen/share

35.0

65.0

100.0

35.0

65.0

100.0

－

－

－

Payout Ratio

C/A

%

36.4

38.9

38.1

38.9

-1.7

－

C/B

%

27.9

31.7

29.3

31.9

-1.4

-0.2

125

100

75

50

25

0

Record high dividend

for full year

Year-end dividend (Yen/share)

Interim dividend (Yen/share)

90.0

100.0

100.0

60.0

62.5

58.5

69.0

45.0

50.0

45.0

65.0

24.0

25.0

30.0

37.5

25.0

35.0

15.5

10.0

10.0

30.0

25.0

33.5

45.0

0.0

45.0

55.0

35.0

10.0

15.0

15.0

15.5

FY2012

FY2013

FY2014

FY2015

FY2016

FY2017

FY2018

FY2019

FY2020

FY2021

FY2022

FY2023

Forecast

＜Dividend Policy＞

Comprehensively considering dividend payout ratio, dividend per share and necessary funds for

future investment, etc.

Consolidated dividend payout ratio:(In principle) approx. 35%,

(Excluding goodwill amortization) approx. 30%

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2. Achieving Carbon Neutrality (CN)

by 2050

Achieving CN

Sanyo's Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality by 2050

【CO₂ emissions of Sanyo*】

Steady

FY2013

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

progress

FY2030

FY2050

(Plan)

Approx. 15%

50% or more reduction

Carbon Neutrality

reduction by

0.84

-process", etc.

in CO2 emissions

0.77

(VS. FY2013)

0.57

0.71

Approx. 35% reduction by

Further promotion of "Eco-process"

0.49

0.54

"Green energy utilization"

Utilization of cost-effective "Green energy"

0.42

Utilization of CCUS, etc.

(Million tons)

Contribution to CO2 reduction

through "Eco-products" and

"Eco-solutions"

In FY2030, contribution to CO2 reduction equivalent to approx.

40% of emissions in FY2013

(previously 20%)

Achieving zero emissions

  • Scope1＋Scope2 of Sanyo
  • Calculated from the green house gas emissions factors of contracting electric power companies.

Energy-saving heating furnace that uses regenerative burners

Eco-process

Company-wideenergy-saving measures mainly in production

Development of manufacturing technology to improve energy efficiency

*Introduced internal carbon pricing from FY2023.

Green energy utilization

Utilization of carbon free electricity/fuels and natural energy

*Commenced to utilize renewable energy sources from FY2022.

Developing long-life bearing steel for wind power generation

Eco-products

Promoting R&D and supply of special steel products that contribute to reducing CO2 emissions in the supply chain and final usage

Eco-solutions

Sharing our energy-saving technologies and productivity improvements among all Sanyo Group members including OVAKO and SSMI

Sharing technologies among group members

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Achieving CN

Initiative for Green Energy Utilization

1．Inauguration of the fossil-free hydrogen plant in OVAKO

(Announced on September 7, 2023)

On September 5, 2023, OVAKO inaugurated fossil-free hydrogen plant constructed at Hofors mill in Sweden and held a ceremony in presence of the Honorable Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and many other prominent guests.

Fossil-free hydrogen plant in OVAKO

This plant will generate approx. 4,000 cubic meters of fossil-free hydrogen per hour through electrolysis of water using fossil-freeelectricity.

The conversion to hydrogen will enable OVAKO to reduce Hofors mill's CO₂ emissions from the process of re-heatingsteel before rolling by 50 percent (approx. 20,000 t/year).

The new fossil-free hydrogen plant is one of the largest facilities in Europe, accomplished with support of the Swedish Energy Agency and collaboration with local key players such as Volvo Group, Hitachi Energy, H2 Green Steel, and Nel Hydrogen.

OVAKO will consider to actively implement local hydrogen production in all business units and will promote initiatives to mitigate climate change.

Electrolyzer of Hydrogen plant of OVAKO

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