Notice Concerning Assignment of Shares of KCM Corporation

Nov. 28, 2014

花蜜直播app, Ltd. (the “Company”) hereby announces that today it has reached an agreement with Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “HCM”) on the assignment to HCM of all of the shares of KCM Corporation (hereinafter “KCM”) as of October 1, 2015 (scheduled).


1. Reason for assignment of shares

Since October 2008, the Company and HCM have had a business alliance covering wheel-loader operations, including joint research and development of new models of wheel loaders to meet the Tier 4 exhaust emission regulations. KCM was established in January 2009 and acquired the Company’s wheel-loader operations by assignment in April of the same year. With HCM’s capital investment in June 2010, it further accelerated joint research and development on new models of wheel loaders and on an efficient production system. The Company agreed to HCM’s proposal, having judged that it would be effective to pursue synergies within the HCM group for the further development of KCM under a policy of investing management resources in a focused manner, in order to enhance enterprise value amidst intensifying global competition in the construction machine industry. Currently under discussion is the transfer of the businesses of KCMJ Corporation, which engages in sales and servicing operations for KCM products within Japan, to Hitachi Construction Machinery Japan Co., Ltd. at around the same time as the execution date of the assignment of shares of KCM.


2. Overview of subsidiary company to which the change applies (KCM Corporation)

(1) Name KCM Corporation
(2) Location 2680, Oka, Inami-cho, Kako-gun, Hyogo
(3) Title and name of representative Tadashi Mikawauchi, Representative Director and President
(4) Business activities Manufacturing, sale, and servicing of construction machines, etc.
(5) Capital 4,825 million yen
(6) Date of establishment April 1, 2009
(7) Major shareholders and the ratios of shares held 花蜜直播app, Ltd. 66% Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. 34%
(8) Relationships between listed company and such company Capital relationship The Company holds 66% of the voting rights of such company.
Personnel relationship The Company’s employees are appointed as a Director (part-time) and a Company Auditor (part-time) of such company, respectively.
Transaction relationship There is a transactional relationship between the Company and such company covering the sale of products, etc.
(9) Such company’s operating results and financial results for the past three years
Year end The fiscal year ended in March 2012 The fiscal year ended in March 2013 The fiscal year ended in March 2014
Net assets 3,082 million yen 2,832 million yen 2,841 million yen
Total assets 18,959 million yen 20,777 million yen 18,802 million yen
Net assets per share 761,219 yen and
68 sen
699,519 yen and
24 sen
701,801 yen and
50 sen
Sales 24,272 million yen 25,229 million yen 26,356 million yen
Operating income 347 million yen 379 million yen 822 million yen
Recurring profit 292 million yen 245 million yen 0 million yen
Net income 229 million yen 213 million yen 38 million yen
Net income per share 56,623 yen and
28 sen
52,700 yen and
76 sen
9,443 yen and
44 sen
Dividend per share 0 yen 0 yen 0 yen

3. Overview of assignee of the assignment of shares (as of September 30, 2014)

(1) Name Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
(2) Location 2-5-1 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
(3) Title and name of representative Yuichi Tsujimoto, Representative Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer and President
(4) Business activities Manufacturing, sale, leasing, and servicing of construction machines, transporting machines, and environmental related products, etc.
(5) Capital 81,576.59 million yen
(6) Date of establishment October 1, 1970
(7) Net assets (consolidated) 467,158 million yen
(8) Total assets (consolidated) 1,094,051 million yen
(9) Major shareholders and the ratios of shares held Hitachi, Ltd. 50.23%
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust account) 6.50%
Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (trust account) 4.43%
BNP Paribas Securities (Japan) Limited 1.60%
Trust & Custody Services Bank, Ltd. (securities investment trust account) 1.14%
(10) Relationships between listed company and such company Capital relationship There are no applicable items.
Personnel relationship There are no applicable items.
Transaction relationship There is no significant transaction relationship.
Applicable situation of related parties There are no applicable items.

4. Number of shares assigned and status of holding shares before and after assignment

(1) Number of owned shares before change 2,672 shares
(Number of voting rights: 2,672)
(Percentage of voting rights held: 66.0%)
(2) Number of shares assigned 2,672 shares
(Number of voting rights: 2,672)
(3) Number of owned shares after change 0 shares
*While the amount of assignment is not disclosed based on consultations with the purchaser, it was decided based on the results of financial and legal research by a third-party institution in order to secure fairness and validity.

5. Schedule

(1) Date of resolution of the board of directors November 26, 2014
(2) Date of execution of contract November 28, 2014
(3) Date of execution of assignment of shares October 1, 2015 (scheduled)

6. Future outlook

The scheduled execution date of the assignment of shares is October 1, 2015; therefore, there is no impact on the outlook for performance (consolidated) for the fiscal year ending in March 2015.

(Reference)Outlook for performance (consolidated) for the current year (as announced on October 29, 2014) and consolidated actual results for the previous year

  Consolidated sales Consolidated operating income Consolidated recurring profit Consolidated net income
Outlook for performance (consolidated) for the current year
(The fiscal year ending in March 2015)
1,510,000 million yen 77,000 million yen 72,000 million yen 48,000 million yen
Consolidated actual results for the previous year
(The fiscal year ended in March 2014)
1,385,482 million yen 72,351 million yen 60,605 million yen 38,601 million yen

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