LIXIL Corporation (JSGCF) Q4 2026 Earnings Call

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We would like to start the earnings call for Lexal Corporation for fiscal year ending March 2026. This briefing is streamed live online. The materials for this briefing is disclosed in the investor relations page, so please take a look at those materials. I would like to introduce to you the presenters for today. Director, Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO, Kinya Seto. Next is Executive Vice President and CFO, Mariko Fujita. Vice President and Leader of Investor Relations Office, Aya Kawaii. Well, I will be serving as your emcee. From IR, my name is Seto Buji. Next, I would like to explain to you how we proceed with today's briefing. First, CFO Ms. Fujita will provide you with the overview of the financial results. And CEO Seto will be giving you the outlook for the performance as well as the progress of the management strategy. That will be followed by question and answer session. We expect to finish at 3.45 p.m. First, I would like to invite CFO Ms. Fujita to give you the overview of the results of fiscal year ending March 2026. Hello, everyone. My name is Fujita and I would like to give you the summary of results for fiscal year ending March 2026. These are the key highlights. This is the overview of the results for fiscal year ending March 2026. Core earnings was 38.5 billion yen. EBITDA was 121.6 billion yen. The core earnings exceeded the forecast. For the Japan market, all segments achieved year-on-year growth in core earnings. In the international business, core earnings have significantly improved. For America, the structural reform had seen the deriving of fruitful results, and in the month of March, core earnings had become profitable. Next, I would like to talk about the differences from initial forecasts for fiscal year ending March 202...