Japan Lifeline : Summary Report of Consolidated Financial Results for the Six Months Ended September 30, 2016

Summary Report of Consolidated Financial Results for the Six Months Ended September 30, 2016 [Japan GAAP]

November 2, 2016

Company name: Japan Lifeline Co., Ltd.

Code No.: 7575

Listed Stock Exchange: Tokyo Stock Exchange, 1st Section URL: http://www.jll.co.jp/

Representative: Keisuke Suzuki, President and CEO

Contact person: Kenji Yamada, Vice President Business Administration Department TEL: [phone]

Scheduled date for filing the Quarterly Securities Report: November 14, 2016 Supplementary material to the quarterly financial statements: None Presentation on quarterly results: Yes (for institutional investors and analysts)

（Notes: Amounts are rounded down to million yen）

1. Consolidated Results for the Six Months Ended September 30, 2016 (from April 1, 2016 to September 30, 2016)

2. Consolidated operating results (Notes: % represent year-on-year changes)

   Net sales		Operating income		Ordinary income		Net income
   Six months ended September 30, 2016	Millions of	yen %	Millions of	yen %	Millions of	yen %	Millions of	yen %
   	17,871	28.0	3,419	159.9	3,415	164.5	2,372	71.1
   Six months ended September 30, 2015	13,959	13.8	1,315	96.4	1,291	76.0	1,386	384.7

   (Note) Comprehensive income : Six months ended September 30, 2016 : 2,375 million yen ( 71.9 % )

   Six months ended September 30, 2015 : 1,381 million yen ( 367.4 % )

   Earnings per share	Diluted earnings per share
   Six months ended September 30, 2016 Six months ended September 30, 2015	Yen 63.76 35.36	Yen - -

   (Note) The Company conducted a two-for-one stock split of its common stock, with an effective date of October.1, 2015 and will conduct a two-for-one stock split of its common stock, with an effective date of December 1, 2016.

   Earnings per share are calculated by deeming stock splits to have occurred at the beginning of the previous consolidated fiscal year.

3. Consolidated financial position

4. Total assets		Net assets		Equity ratio
   As of September 30, 2016	Millions of	yen	Millions of	yen	%	47.7
   		37,292		17,800
   As of March 31, 2016		36,165		15,890		43.9

   (Reference) Shareholders' equity : Six months ended September 30, 2016 : 17,800 million yen

   Year ended March 31, 2016 : 15,890 million yen

5. Dividends

   Cash dividends per share
   1Q End	2Q End	3Q End	Year-End	Total
   Year ended March 2016 Year ending March 2017	Yen - -	Yen 0.00 0.00	Yen -	Yen 25.00	Yen 25.00
   Year ending March 2017 (forecast)	-	17.50	17.50

   (Notes) Revisions from the recent dividends forecast: Yes Breakdown of Annual Dividend for

   Year ended March 2016 : Standard dividend 17.50 yen Commemorative dividend 7.50 yen Year ending March 2017 (forecast) : Standard dividend 17.50 yen

   The Company will conduct a two-for-one stock split of its common stock, with an effective date of December 1, 2016. The dividend forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2017 is calculated by deeming stock splits.

6. Forecast of Consolidated Results for the Year Ending March 31, 2017 (from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017)

7. (Notes: % represents change from the previous year)

   Net sales	Operating income	Ordinary income	Net income	Earnings per share
   Year ending March 31, 2017	Millions of yen % 37,991 24.4	Millions of yen % 6,866 85.6	Millions of yen % 6,935 94.0	Millions of yen % 4,604 64.2	Yen 123.75

   (Note) Revisions from the recent earnings forecast: None

   The Company will conduct a two-for-one stock split of its common stock, with an effective date of December 1, 2016. Earnings per share are calculated by deeming stock splits to have occurred at the beginning of the previous consolidated fiscal year.

   * Notes

8. Changes in significant subsidiaries during the period : None

9. Application of special accounting methods for the preparation of the consolidated quarterly financial statement

   : Yes

10. Changes in accounting policies, accounting estimates and restatement

    ( i ) Changes in accounting policies associated with revision of accounting standards : Yes (ii ) Changes in accounting policies other than ( i ) : None

11. Changes in accounting estimates : None

12. Restatement : None

13. Number of common shares issued (common stock)

    ( i ) Number of issued shares at end of the period (including treasury stock): Six months ended September 30, 2016 : 45,209,988 shares

    Year ended March 31, 2016 : 45,209,988 shares

    (ii ) Number of treasury stock shares as of term end:

    Six months ended September 30, 2016 : 8,002,808 shares

    Year ended March 31, 2016 : 8,002,704 shares

14. Average number of common shares (quarterly cumulative total):

15. Six months ended September 30, 2016 : 37,207,180 shares

    Six months ended September 30, 2015 : 39,207,506 shares

    (Note) The Company conducted a two-for-one stock split of its common stock, with an effective date of October.1, 2015 and will conduct a two-for-one stock split of its common stock, with an effective date of December 1, 2016.

    Average number of common shares is calculated by deeming stock splits to have occurred at the beginning of the previous consolidated fiscal year.

    *Implementation status of the quarterly review procedure

    This quarterly earnings summary is not subject to the quarterly review procedures under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, and the audit procedure for the quarterly financial statements is being conducted at the time of the disclosure of this quarterly earnings summary.

    *Explanation regarding appropriate use of business forecasts, and other special instructions

    Any forward-looking statements in the report, including results forecasts, are based on information currently available to the Company and certain assumptions that the Company deems to be reasonable at the time this report was prepared. Actual results may differ significantly from the forecasts due to various factors.