FY2017 First Quarter consolidated financial result highlights

pages

. Overview of Consolidated financial Results

… 1

. Summary of Consolidated Q1 FY2017 financial Results

Forecast of FY2017 Consolidated Net Sales and Operating Income

2

. Order Intake and Net Sales by products / Sanwa Shutter

… 4

July 31, 2017

Sanwa Holdings Corporation

. Overview of Consolidated Results

JPYmUSDkEURk

FY2016

FY2017

1Q

2Q

Half Year

Full Year

1Q

2Q(F)

Half Year(F)

Full Year(F)

(115.72

€127.99)

profit ratio

Y/Y

Y/Y

(111.80

€124.36)

profit ratio

Y/Y

(109.44

€120.63)

profit ratio

Y/Y

(112.85

€120.17)

profit ratio

Y/Y

Y/Y

(110.00

€120.00)

profit ratio

Y/Y

(110.00

€120.00)

profit ratio

Y/Y

Net Sales

[assumed forex rate same as the previous year]

68,602

2.6

91,855

-2.3

160,457

-0.3

353,922

-3.2

71,381

[72,966]

4.1

[6.4]

99,118

7.9

170,500

[172,409]

6.3

[7.4]

383,000

382,747

8.2

[8.1]

Sanwa Shutter

27,084

0.6

48,151

-1.7

75,235

-0.9

176,248

-2.2

27,801

2.7

51,898

7.8

79,700

5.9

189,600

7.6

Japanese Subsidiaries

5,615

4.4

7,825

2.9

13,441

3.5

30,497

-1.1

5,773

2.8

9,126

16.6

14,900

10.9

35,600

16.7

ODC (U.S.A.)

$212,862

24,632

4.5

1.4

$234,293

25,359

5.3

-6.3

$447,155

49,991

4.9

-2.6

$948,110

103,761

4.2

-5.7

$225,439

25,440

5.9

3.3

$251,560

27,029

7.4

6.6

$477,000

52,470

6.7

5.0

$1,008,000

110,880

6.3

6.9

Novoferm (Europe)

€ 101,745

13,022

15.3

11.2

€ 108,182

13,084

15.0

3.0

€ 209,928

26,106

15.1

7.0

€442,872

53,423

11.0

0.2

€ 119,997

14,420

17.9

10.7

€ 121,002

14,499

11.9

10.8

€ 241,000

28,920

14.8

10.8

€494,000

59,280

11.5

11.0

O

perating Income

-110

-0.2

>

8,087

12.1

7,976

5.0

31.8

26,440

7.5

-1.6

7

[55]

0.0

+117

[+165]

8,192

1.3

8,200

[8,278]

4.8

2.8

[3.8]

30,300

30,270

7.9

14.6

[14.5]

[assumed forex rate same as the previous year]

Sanwa Shutter

-486

-1.8

>

5,666

-3.1

5,179

6.9

-7.5

16,641

9.4

-10.9

-706

-2.5

-219

5,906

4.2

5,200

6.5

0.4

19,000

10.0

14.2

Japanese Subsidiaries

-98

-1.7

>

404

-15.0

305

2.3

-22.0

1,186

3.9

-32.5

-211

-3.7

-113

506

25.3

295

2.0

-3.6

2,200

6.2

85.4

ODC (U.S.A.)

$6,664

771

3.1

>

>

$15,572

1,714

72.2

57.6

$22,237

2,486

5.0

179.3

159.2

$71,548

7,830

7.5

35.6

22.7

$8,852

998

3.9

+2,187

+227

$16,147

1,751

3.7

2.1

$25,000

2,750

5.2

12.4

10.6

$78,000

8,580

7.7

9.0

9.6

Novoferm (Europe)

€1,853

237

1.8

>

>

€ 5,230

643

231.9

209.6

€ 7,083

880

3.4

>

>

€18,134

2,187

4.1

44.4

30.3

€2,863

344

2.4

+1,009

+106

€ 4,636

555

-11.4

-13.6

€ 7,500

900

3.1

5.9

2.2

€22,000

2,640

4.5

21.3

20.7

C

urrent Income

-184

-0.3

>

7,391

6.5

7,207

4.5

27.8

25,278

7.1

-3.4

-153

[-112]

-0.2

+31

[+72]

7,953

7.6

7,800

[7,869]

4.6

8.2

[9.2]

29,700

[29,672]

7.8

17.5

[17.4]

[assumed forex rate same as the previous year]

Sanwa Shutter

-464

-1.7

>

5,722

-2.7

5,257

7.0

-7.6

16,817

9.5

-10.8

-665

-2.4

-201

5,965

4.3

5,300

6.6

0.8

19,100

10.1

13.6

Japanese Subsidiaries

-89

-1.6

>

425

-10.8

336

2.5

-17.1

1,238

4.1

-31.3

-200

-3.5

-111

515

21.3

315

2.1

-6.3

2,240

6.3

80.8

ODC (U.S.A.)

$6,696

774

3.1

>

>

$14,756

1,623

84.7

69.0

$21,452

2,398

4.8

246.2

221.3

$68,157

7,459

7.2

37.4

24.2

$7,924

894

3.5

+1,228

+119

$14,675

1,591

-0.5

-2.0

$22,600

2,486

4.7

5.4

3.7

$73,000

8,030

7.2

7.1

7.7

Novoferm (Europe)

€1,465

187

1.4

>

>

€ 4,545

559

473.7

442.9

€ 6,010

747

2.9

>

>

€16,049

1,935

3.6

45.2

31.0

€2,321

278

1.9

+855

+91

€ 4,279

513

-5.9

-8.4

€ 6,600

792

2.7

9.8

6.0

€20,000

2,400

4.0

24.6

24.0

Other Affiliates

-102

>

-524

>

-627

>

-566

>

-94

+8

-3

>

-98

>

135

>

Net Income attributable to owners of the parent

[assumed forex rate same as the previous year]

-490

-0.7

>

4,494

0.0

4,003

2.5

24.1

17,070

4.8

16.7

47

[89]

0.1

+537

[+579]

4,844

0.1

4,800

[4,851]

2.8

19.9

[21.2]

19,200

19,183

5.0

12.5

[12.4]

Sanwa Shutter

-335

-1.2

>

3,918

-2.9

3,582

4.8

-5.4

11,863

6.7

-7.4

-448

-1.6

-112

3,948

0.8

3,500

4.4

-2.3

12,900

6.8

8.7

Japanese Subsidiaries

-138

-2.5

>

326

-12.7

187

1.4

-31.8

850

2.8

-29.4

-120

-2.1

+17

327

0.5

115

0.8

-38.7

1,375

3.9

61.7

ODC (U.S.A.)

$4,383

507

2.1

>

>

$9,493

1,044

87.7

71.8

$13,876

1,551

3.1

271.7

244.9

$44,311

4,849

4.7

43.6

29.8

$5,105

576

2.3

+721

+68

$9,194

996

-3.1

-4.5

$14,300

1,573

3.0

3.0

1.4

$46,500

5,115

4.6

4.9

5.5

Novoferm (Europe)

€314

40

0.3

>

>

€ 1,632

201

615.8

617.1

€1,946

242

0.9

>

>

€8,365

1,009

1.9

40.3

26.6

€3,556

427

3.0

+3,242

+387

€ 2,143

256

31.4

27.2

€5,700

684

2.4

192.9

182.6

€15,000

1,800

3.0

79.3

78.4

Other Affiliates

-102

>

-524

>

-627

>

-566

>

-94

+8

-3

>

-98

>

135

>

1) The relevant financial periods for each entity are as follows:

Sanwa Shutter & Japanese subsidiaries:

1Q

Apr.1 to Jun.30

First HalfApr.1 to Sep.30

Full Year

Apr.1 to Mar.31 following year

  1. Figures are round off. is for increase, is for decrease from the previous year.
  2. Figure by entities are before consolidation adjustment and do not add up to total.

ODC & Novoferm:

Jan.1 to Mar.31

Jan.1 to Jun.30

Jan.1 to Dec.31

4) Forex rate is term average.

5Figures in FY2017 1Q indicates insrease rates for sales and increase/decrease amounts for incomes.

. Summary of Consolidated cumulative Q1 FY2017 Results

summary

Net sales increased in all areas (Japan, US, and Europe). Overhead Door(USA) and Novoferm(Europe) net sales continued

to grow steadily from FY2016.

Consolidated operating income increased and turned into black. The favorable US & Europe businesses covered the

unfavorable Japanese business caused by the decrease of gross profit mainly due to steel price increase.

Net Sales

Consolidated net sales increased by 4.1% or 2.8 billion yen vs. Q1 2016 (if FY2016 currency rate applied, it would have

increased by 6.4% or 4.4 billion yen).

Japan : Increased by 2.7% vs. Q1 2016. Sanwa Shutter increased by 2.7%. The products used for residences, retail stores, and hotels increased, but those for factories and warehouses decreased. By products, heavy-duty shutters decrease by 6.8% due to unfavorable factories and warehouses markets. Lightweight shutters increased by 1.1%, Buildings & condominium doors increased by 0.1%, and Partitions increased by 0.3%. Maintenance & Repair business (the 2nd year of the legal inspection of fire prevention equipment) increased by 7.6%. Japanese subsidiaries total (except Sanwa Shutter) increased by 2.8%. Sanwa Tajima decreased by 32.9% due to the reaction of substantial increase in FY2016, but Showa Front and Others increased.

Acquisition of Sanwa Partitions contributed to sales increase.

USA(ODC) Increased by 5.9% vs. Q1 2016 on a local currency basis. Door sales (Access Systems Division) increased by 7.8%, Garage door increased by 7.0%, and Commercial door increased by 3.8%. Install & Service increased by 5.9% due to strong performance at US sales center, partially offset by unfavorable Canadian business (CDS). Operators increased by 5.8% driven by sales increase

at both professional-channel and retail stores. Automatic doors increased by 4.1%. Truck doors decreased by 9.1% due to unfavorable of Heat insulating door.

Europe(NF) Increased significantly by 17.9% vs. Q1 2016 on a local currency basis. Even excluding new consolidations (Norsurd and Novoferm UK), it increased by 6.8%. By products, Hinge door decreased slightly by 0.5% due to the delay in projects.

Garage door increased by 21.5% driven by the recovery of market and the effect of Novoferm UK consolidation. Industrial Door

increased by 30.7% driven by favorable Alpha sales and Norsurd consolidation.

Operating

Income

Consolidated operating income increased by 0.12 billion yen vs. Q1 2016 and turned into black. (if 2016 currency rate

applied, it would have increased by 0.17 bullion yen).

Japan : Sanwa Shutter decreased by 0.22 billion yen. Gross profit decreased by 0.15 billion yen due to high steel costs. SG&A costs

decreased by 0.07 billion yen despite the efforts of cost cutback. However, the degree of deficit is lower than Forecast.

Japanese subsidiaries total (except Sanwa Shutter) decreased by 0.11 billion yen due to new consolidation's SG&A costs increase.

USA(ODC) : Increased by $2.2M vs. Q1 2016 on local currency basis due to volume increase and sales price increase overcoming the impact of steel price increase.

Europe(NF) : Increased by €1.0M vs. Q1 2016 on local currency basis due to gross profit increase by new consolidation, covering the increase of SG&A costs.

Current Income

Consolidated current income improved slightly by 0.03 billion yen.

Non-operating profit decreased by 0.09 billion yen despite the improvement of profits of equity method affiliates.

Net Income attributable to owners

of the parent

Net income attributable to owners of the parent increased by 0.54 billion yen and turned into black.

Extraordinary profits improved by 0.4 billion yen by profits of Novoferm's sales of closed plant.

Forecast of FY2017 Consolidated Net Sales and Operating Income

summary The company maintains its forecast (both 1st half and full year) from those announced on May 12, 2017.

Net Sales

All sectors(Japan, US, and Europe) achieved as expected, and forecast to grow.

Japan : Expected to achieve its forecast since (1)Sanwa Shutter's sales from order backlog increase from 2nd half of FY2017 and (2)sales of Maintenance & Repair business increase significantly.

USA(ODC) : Expected to achieve its forecast driven by (1)steady Garage door, Commercial door, and Operator sales in a trend for increase.

(2)Those compensate weakening Truck doors sales.

Europe(NF) : Expected to achieve its forecast driven by (1)Hinge door's high order volume for large buildings despite the delay in projects. (2)Garage door sales are favorable across Europe. (3)Industrial Door are strong thanks to favorable performance of Alpha.

Operating

Income

Japanese business achieved according to expectation, oversea business expected to achieve the original forecast.

Japan : Maintains its forecast since Sanwa Sutter expects to increase sales volume from 2nd half of FY2017. Steel costs increase are significant but within our expectation.

USA(ODC) : Maintains its forecast, expecting increase sales volume of Doors and Operators throughout the year. Sales price increase offset by the impact of steel price increase. Forex rate keeps within our expectation.

Europe(NF) : Maintains its forecast driven mainly by sales volume increase of Industrial doors increase and cost reduction.

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