PCA CORPORATION

Financial Results Presentation

for the Fiscal Year Ended

March 31, 2024

April 30, 2024

*English translation of the original Japanese document. In case there is any inconsistency between the translation and the original, the latter shall prevail.

*In this presentation, "M" after numbers stands for "millions."

Securities code: 9629

Index

1

FY2024 Results

p. 3

2

Initiatives for FY2025

p. 12

3

Financial Forecast for FY2025

p. 17

4

Progress with the Medium-Term

p. 24

Management Plan

FY2024 Results

01 (Fiscal year ended March 2024)

Summary of Consolidated Income Statement for FY2024

FY2023

FY2024

YoY Difference

Full Year

Full Year

Amount

%

(million yen)

Net Sales

12,981

15,018

2,037

115.7

Gross Profit

8,051

9,636

1,584

119.7

Gross Profit Margin

62.0%

64.2%

2.2

SG&A Expenses

6,763

7,326

563

108.3

SG&A Expense Ratio

52.1%

48.8%

(3.3)

Operating Profit

1,288

2,309

1,020

179.2

Operating Profit Margin

9.9%

15.4%

5.5

Ordinary Profit

1,326

2,343

1,016

176.6

Ordinary Profit Margin

10.2%

15.6%

5.4

Profit

Attributable to Owners of

883

1,611

728

182.5

Parent

Profit Margin

6.8%

10.7%

3.9

Earnings Per Share (yen)

44.16

80.48

36.32

  • Net sales grew by 2,037M yen

Net Sales

(+15.7% YOY).

  • Subcontracting costs (for product development)

rose by 527M yen YOY.

Gross Profit Cost of cloud rose by 129M yen YOY.

Transfer to other accounts (R&D expenses)

decreased by 289M yen YOY.

SG&A

R&D expenses rose by 307M yen YOY.

Expenses

Commission expenses (for system usage,

etc.) rose by 134M yen YOY.

Operating

Operating profit grew by 1,020M yen

Profit

(+79.2% YOY).

Profit

Profit grew by 728M yen

Attributable to

Owners of

(+82.5% YOY).

Parent

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Summary of Consolidated Income Statement for FY2024 (comparison with the plan)

FY2024

FY2024

Difference from the Plan

Revised Plan

Full Year

Full Year

Amount

%

(million yen)

Net Sales

14,850

15,018

168

101.1

Gross Profit

9,122

9,636

514

105.6

Gross Profit Margin

61.4%

64.2%

2.8

SG&A Expenses

7,293

7,326

34

100.5

SG&A Expense Ratio

49.1%

48.8%

(0.3)

Operating Profit

1,829

2,309

480

126.2

Operating Profit Margin

12.3%

15.4%

3.1

Ordinary Profit

1,867

2,343

476

125.5

Ordinary Profit Margin

12.6%

15.6%

3.0

ProfitAttributable to Owners

1,235

1,611

376

130.4

of Parent

Profit Margin

8.3%

10.7%

2.4

Earnings Per Share

61.79

80.48

18.68

(yen)

  • Net sales were 168M yen greater

Net Sales

(+1.1% compared to the plan).

  • Subcontracting costs (for product development)

were 47M yen less than planned.

Gross

Personnel expenses (PBO recalculated) were

Profit

109M yen less than planned.

  • Transfer to other accounts (R&D expenses) was

89M yen less than planned.

SG&A expenses were 34M yen greater

SG&A

(+0.5% compared to the plan).

R&D expenses were 71M yen greater than

Expenses

planned.

Personnel expenses (PBO recalculated) were

61M yen less than planned.

Operating

Operating profit was 480M yen greater

Profit

(+26.3% compared to the plan).

Profit

Profit was 376M yen greater

Attributable to

Owners of

(+30.4% compared to the plan).

Parent

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Change in the Number of Corporate Users of the PCA Cloud

22,899 companies

(Number of companies)

25,000

20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

0

FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024

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Change in Consolidated Net Sales by Category

Previous Accounting Standard

New Accounting Standard

16,000

14,000

12,000

10,000

8,438

8,000

1,767

854

6,000

1,639

4,000

3,026

2,000

1,152

0

9,358

2,069

955

1,740

3,098

1,496

9,783

1,954

988

1,878

3,109

1,854

14,264

3,166

11,436

552

2,516

563 3,701

2,781

3,471

3,124

3,374

2,452

13,306

1,985

485

3,227

3,552

4,057

15,213

2,975

439

2,713

3,518

5,568

13,382

2,954

439

1,103

3,316

5,568

15,018

12,981

1,222

532

1,149

2,227

577

1,969

3,568

3,327

7,467

5,956

115.7%

106.4%

One-Time

92.2%

26.5%

Payment

113.1%

Based

Revenue

107.2%

Subscription-

Based

73.5%

Revenue

125.4%

FY2016 FY2017 FY2018

FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024

YOY

% of Total

Comparison Sales

Cloud Maintenance Solutions and Other Merchandise Products

*Revenue proportions as of

March 2023: 28.5% to 71.5%

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Breakdown of YOY Increase/Decrease in Net Sales by Category

(Millionyen)

FY2023

FY2024

Net Sales

% of Total

Net Sales

% of Total

YoY

Difference

(%)

Products

1,149

8.9

1,222

8.1

6.4

Merchandise

577

4.5

532

3.6

(7.8)

Maintenance

3,327

25.6

3,568

23.8

7.2

Cloud

5,956

45.9

7,467

49.7

25.4

Solutions and

1,969

15.2

2,227

14.8

13.1

Other

Total

12,981

100.0

15,018

100.0

15.7

Key Points of Net Sales by Category

Products

  • Increase in revenue from upgrades for the Electronic Books Preservation Act and the new invoicing system that started in October 2023

Maintenance Service

  • Maintenance service sales increased by 241M yen due to an increase in the on-premises products, as well as due to the price revision.

Cloud Services

  • Cloud sales increased by 1,511M yen.
    • Robust market for the cloud shift from the on- premises due to growing DX needs
    • Increasing new demand for the cloud services
    • Also increased due to the price revision

Other Operating Revenue

  • Revenue from our professional support service also increased along with the growth in sales.

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Breakdown of YOY Increase/Decrease in Consolidated Net Sales

  • 25.4% YOY growth due to increasing new demand for the cloud services and the price revision

(Unit: million yen)

17,000

16,000

15,000

14,000

12,981

13,000

12,000

25.4%

Growth

258 15,018

1,510

240

73

(45)

11,000

FY2023

Products

Merchandise

Maintenance

Cloud

Solutions and Other

FY2024

Increase

Decrease

Total

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Breakdown of YOY Increase/Decrease in Consolidated Operating Profit

  • Profit grew, although other manufacturing costs had increased (subcontracting costs increased by approx.
    530M yen YOY). We are also continuing to invest in development (R&D expenses).
  • The increase in other SG&A expenses is mainly due to the increase in headcount and system usage costs.

(Unit: million yen)

Increase

Decrease

Total

4,000

Operating

Net

Cost of Sales

SG&A Expenses

Operating

Profit

Sales

Profit

3,500

2,038

47

(129)

3,000

(372)

(8)

2,500

(307)

(248)

2,309

2,000

1,500

1,288

1,000

500

FY2023

Net sales

Cost of cloud

Cost of purchase, etc.

Other

Sales promotion

R&D expenses

Other SG&A

FY2024

manufacturing

and advertising

expenses

costs

expenses

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