SUMIDA CORPORATION today revised the forecast of its consolidated financial results for FY2013 (january 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013) that had been previously announced on the occasion of release of the second quarter financial results on July 31, 2013.

1. Revised Forecast of Consolidated Financial Results for FY2013

   in JPY millions	Sales	Operating Income	Ordinary Income	Net Income	EPS
   Previously Announced Forecast (A)	63,700	1,300	800	△2,200	△94.78 yen
   Latest Forecast Announced Today (B)	63,893	1,698	1,107	△2,010	△91.49 yen
   Change (B) - (A)	193	398	307	190	-
   Change (%)	0.3%	30.6%	38.4%	-	-
   Fiscal 2012 Actual	51,300	1,754	1,148	725	37.78 yen
   (Note) In accordance with the revision of IAS19, some of our subsidiaries adopted the revised IAS19 in FY2013. This revision was also retroactively applied to the relevant major financial data of FY2012.

    

2. Reasons for the Revision
   Both operating income and ordinary income were revised up for the following reasons.

   • Damages caused by the floods in central Europe were recovered earlier than expected.
   • Seasonal adjustments in 4Q (October-December) were smaller than usual
   • Measures making earnings less susceptible to foreign exchanges were implemented

   Consolidated financial results for FY2013 will be announced on February 12, 2014.

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