Tsuruha : Consolidated Financial Results for the Second Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending May 15, 2021

Consolidated Financial Results for the Second Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending May 15, 2021 [J-GAAP]

			December 15, 2020
Name of listed company: TSURUHA Holdings, Inc.	Listed on: Tokyo Stock Exchange, 1st Section
Securities code:	3391	URL: http://www.tsuruha-hd.co.jp
Representative:	Jun Tsuruha, President and Representative Director
Contact:	Makoto Murakami, Executive Officer and Chief Administrative Officer	TEL: [phone]

Scheduled date of filing quarterly financial report:	December 28, 2020
Scheduled date to start dividends distribution:	January 8, 2021
Supplementary quarterly materials prepared:	Yes
Quarterly results information meeting held:	Yes (for institutional investors and financial analysts)
	(Figures shown are rounded down to the nearest million yen.)

1. Consolidated financial results for the second quarter ended November 15, 2020 (May 16, 2020 - November 15, 2020)

(1) Consolidated operating results

(Percentage figures show changes from the same period in the previous year.)

		Net Sales		Operating Income		Ordinary Income	Net Income Attributable
				to Owners of the Parent
		Millions of yen		%	Millions of yen		%		Millions of yen	%	Millions of yen	%
	Six months ended	453,492		8.9	27,998		17.8		28,330	15.9	16,587	6.6
	November 15, 2020
	Six months ended	416,466		8.8	23,764		15.5		24,440	14.2	15,554	20.2
	November 15, 2019
Note: Comprehensive income:	Six months ended November 15, 2020: 20,176 million yen (-9.9%)
		Six months ended November 15, 2019: 22,404 million yen (70.7%)
		Net Income per Share	Diluted Net Income
		per Share
				Yen			Yen
	Six months ended			342.39			340.84
	November 15, 2020
	Six months ended			321.68			320.60
	November 15, 2019

(2) Consolidated financial position

		Total Assets	Net Assets	Equity Ratio		Net Assets per Share
		Millions of yen	Millions of yen	%		Yen
	As of November 15, 2020	531,653		271,141	46.8		5,130.84
	As of May 15, 2020	414,002		250,934	56.4		4,821.26
Reference: Equity capital:	As of November 15, 2020: 249,015 million yen	As of May 15, 2020: 233,332 million yen

2. Dividends

				Annual Dividends (Yen)
			First Quarter-end	Second Quarter-end		Third Quarter-end		Year-end	Annual
	Year ended May 15, 2020		―	74.00		―		93.00		167.00
	Year ending May 15, 2021		―
		83.50
	Year ending May 15, 2021					―		83.50		167.00
	(Forecast)
Note: Revisions to the most recently announced dividend forecast during the period: None

3. Consolidated financial forecasts for the year ending May 15, 2021 (May 16, 2020 - May 15, 2021)

(Percentage figures show changes from the same period in the previous year.)

	Net Sales		Operating Income	Ordinary Income		Net Income Attributable	Net Income
			to Owners of the Parent	per Share
	Millions of yen		%	Millions of yen	%	Millions of yen		%	Millions of yen	%	Yen
Full year	920,000		9.4	49,000	8.9	48,400		4.5	27,000	(3.2)	557.89

Note: Revisions to the most recently announced earnings forecasts during the period: Yes

Notes

1. Significant changes to subsidiaries during the period (Transfers of specific subsidiaries with changes in the scope of consolidation): None
2. Application of the specific accounting methods for preparing the quarterly consolidated financial statements: Yes
3. Changes in accounting policies, changes in accounting estimates and restatement of revisions

1)	Changes in accounting policies due to revision of accounting standard, etc.:	None
2)	Changes in accounting policies other than 1):	Yes
3)	Changes in accounting estimates:	None
4)	Restatement of revisions:	None

(4) Number of shares issued and outstanding (common shares)

1. Number of shares issued and outstanding (including treasury stock)
2. Number of treasury stock
3. Average number of shares issued and outstanding in each period (quarterly consolidated cumulative period)

As of November 15, 2020	49,419,368 shares	As of May 15, 2020	49,282,868 shares
As of November 15, 2020	886,255 shares	As of May 15, 2020	886,255 shares
Six months ended	48,446,366 shares	Six months ended	48,355,111 shares
November 15, 2020	November 15, 2019

• This financial results report is outside the scope of audit procedures conducted by certified public accountants or the independent auditor.
• Explanation of appropriate use of financial forecasts and other special items

This document contains projections of performance based on information currently available. Actual performance may differ from these projections due to changes in the economic environment and other uncertainties. Please refer to page 3 of the supplementary materials for further details about the above financial forecasts.

TSURUHA Holdings, Inc. (3391) Consolidated Financial Results for the Second Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending May 15, 2021

Contents

1. Qualitative information on quarterly financial results ......................................................................................................	2
(1)	Explanation of consolidated financial results..................................................................................................................	2
(2)	Explanation of consolidated financial position ...............................................................................................................	2
(3)	Explanation of consolidated financial forecasts and other forward-looking statements .................................................	3
2. Quarterly consolidated financial statements and related notes .........................................................................................	4
(1)	Quarterly consolidated balance sheets.............................................................................................................................	4
(2)	Quarterly consolidated statements of income and quarterly consolidated statements of comprehensive income...........	6
	(Quarterly consolidated statements of income)...............................................................................................................	6
	(Quarterly consolidated statements of comprehensive income)......................................................................................	7
(3)	Quarterly consolidated statements of cash flows ............................................................................................................	8
(4)	Notes on quarterly consolidated financial statements ...................................................................................................	10
	(Notes on premise of a going concern) .........................................................................................................................	10
	(Notes on significant changes in the amount of shareholders' equity)..........................................................................	10
	(Application of the specific accounting methods for preparing the quarterly consolidated financial statements)................	10
	(Change in accounting policy) ......................................................................................................................................	10

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TSURUHA Holdings, Inc. (3391) Consolidated Financial Results for the Second Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending May 15, 2021

1. Qualitative information on quarterly financial results

1. Explanation of consolidated financial results

In the first six months of the current fiscal year (May 16, 2020 to November 15, 2020), the Japanese economy witnessed a notable decline in consumer sentiment, largely reflecting the government's declaration of a state of emergency in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Economic activity gradually regained momentum after the state of emergency was lifted, but subsequent waves of infection contributed to a very uncertain outlook.

In the drugstore sector, with competition to open stores and reduce prices continuing to intensify, the pace of consolidation and realignment grew more pronounced, including among major firms and listed companies.

Against this backdrop, the TSURUHA Group continued to offer a high level of customer service, mainly through advice- based sales, and worked to address the shrinking market caused by Japan's aging population and intensifying competition. Specifically, the Group pushed ahead with store renovations that included the introduction of meat and fresh produce, aimed at improving convenience for customers, while in private brands, the Group reinforced product development and sales structures and worked to renew and expand the private brand business by launching two new brands - Kurashi Rhythm and Kurashi Rhythm Medical. Targeting improvements in the operational efficiency of stores, the Group also expanded the rollout of systems for staff allocation, inventory management and other functions in order to increase productivity. In terms of impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, while there was a decline in inbound demand, as well as lower demand particularly for cosmetics, demand for goods designed to prevent the spread of infection rose, as did demand for daily-use items, consumable goods and food, in line with stay-at-home requests following the state of emergency declaration.

In store openings, the Group targeted specific areas for multiple store openings as part of its area dominance store-opening strategy and implemented a scrap and build approach for existing stores. In the first six months of the fiscal year under review, the Group opened 65 new stores and closed 39 existing stores. In addition, 206 stores were added to the Group after JR KYUSHU DRUG ELEVEN CO., LTD. became a subsidiary of TSURUHA Holdings, Inc. on May 28, 2020, resulting in a total of 2,382 directly managed stores as of the end of the second quarter.

TSURUHA Group store openings and closures	(Number of stores)
	End of	Store		Became	Store	Net	End of	Of which
	previous		current	dispensing
	openings		subsidiary	closures	change
	fiscal year		period	pharmacies
Hokkaido	404	10		－	8	2	406	101
Tohoku	506	16		－	1	15	521	103
Kanto,	473	18		3	8	13	486	163
Koshinetsu
Chubu, Kansai	233	7		－	5	2	235	117
Chugoku	300	5		1	3	3	303	97
Shikoku	211	7		－	6	1	212	56
Kyushu,	23	2		202	8	196	219	24
Okinawa
Total	2,150	65		206	39	232	2,382	661

(The figure at the end of the current period excludes 22 overseas stores and four franchise stores.)

As a result of the above, in the first six months of the current fiscal year, TSURUHA Holdings reported net sales of ¥453,492 million (up 8.9% year on year), operating income of ¥27,998 million (up 17.8%), ordinary income of ¥28,330 million (up 15.9%), and net income attributable to owners of the parent of ¥16,587 million (up 6.6%).

1. Explanation of consolidated financial position (Assets, liabilities and net assets)

As of the end of the second quarter, assets totaled ¥531,653 million, an increase of ¥117,650 million compared with the end of the previous fiscal year. This mainly reflected increases in cash and deposits and accounts receivable - trade, as the settlement date for the second quarter fell on a non-business day for financial institutions, and the purchase of shares of JR KYUSHU DRUG ELEVEN CO., LTD.

Liabilities totaled ¥260,511 million, an increase of ¥97,443 million compared with the end of the previous fiscal year. This mainly reflected an increase in accounts payable - trade, as the settlement date for the second quarter fell on a non-business day for financial institutions, and the purchase of shares of JR KYUSHU DRUG ELEVEN CO., LTD.

Net assets totaled ¥271,141 million, an increase of ¥20,206 million compared with the end of the previous fiscal year. As a result, the equity ratio was 46.8%, down 9.6 points from the previous fiscal year-end.

(Cash flows)

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