Avant Group CorporationTSE: 3836

Presentation for the second quarter of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026

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Avant Group Corporation

Financial Results Briefing

for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year June 2026

January 30, 2026

This is an unofficial translation. In the event of any discrepancy between the original Japanese text and this English translation, the Japanese text shall prevail.

Financial highlights for the first half FY6/26

Net Sales

Â¥15,202 million

(YOY+8.5%)

Operating Profit

Â¥2,745 million

(YOY+8.2 %)

Net Income

Â¥1,744 million

(YOY+10.1%)

OP Margin

18.1%

(YOY -0.1pts)

OP per capita

Â¥1.5 million

(YOY-3.1ï¼…)

Software GP

Â¥751 million

(YOY+6.2%)

ROE

23.8%

(YOY-0.5pts)

Forecasts for the year ending 30 June 2026

  • No changes to earnings forecasts and year-end dividend forecasts

  • For the fiscal year ending June 2026, the company aims to achieve net sales of Â¥33,300 million(+18.0% year-on-year), operating profit of Â¥5,100 million(+10.8% year-on-year), net income of Â¥3,500 million(+1.9% year-on-year).

  • The year-end dividend is expected to be Â¥32 per share with the aim of achieving the target of a dividend on equity of 8% within the period of the medium-term management plan

Strategy execution monitoring using PBR tree diagram

  • Revised target levels for PBR and PER in light of the current market valuation.

  • Clarified that software gross profit is the key driver of corporate value enhancement.

Raising Growth Expectations

ROE

Actual: 23.8%

Target: 20%

Actual: 16.52x

(FY26 Q2, Calculated from PBR and ROE)

PER

Target: 30x

PBR

Software-Driven Strategy

Software Gross Margin

Optimization of Shareholders' Equity

Capital Allocation Execution Status

Reduction of Cost of Equity

Net Income Growth

CSF/KGI Strategy

Target: 6x

Leading indicators of the growing strength of IP and software

Establishing a highly replicable, self-reinforcing growth model powered by IP and software, and create a new generation of manufacturing.

Actual: 3.93x

(FY26 Q2 average)

Source: FACTSET

(FY26 Q2)

Status of execution of growth investment

INDEX

  1. Summary of Financial Results for the First Half of Fiscal Year June 2026

  2. Earnings Power and Cash Generation

  3. Initiatives to Improve Capital Efficiency

  4. Growth Strategy and Future Developments

* Amounts are rounded down below the display unit; percentages are rounded to one decimal place.

The information contained in this material regarding the business outlook and other forecasts and strategies etc. are forward-looking statements and are determined within the range that could normally be predicted based on the information reasonably available to the Company at the time of preparation of this material. Investors should be aware of the risks, however, that actual results may differ from the business prospects described in the material due to the occurrence of extraordinary circumstances that cannot usually be predicted or the occurrence of results that cannot usually be predicted. The Company will proactively disclose information that is considered material to investors, but investors should be advised not to make judgment based entirely on only the business prospects described in this material. This material should not be copied or transferred for any purpose without permission of the Company.



I. Summary of Financial Results for the First Half of Fiscal Year June 2026