Nippon Coke & Engineering Co., Ltd.TSE: 3315

Notice Concerning Differences between the Consolidated Financial Results and Forecasts for the Six months Ended September 30, 2024

· Issued by Nippon Coke & Engineering Co., Ltd.

DISCLAIMER: This English document has been translated from the Japanese original for reference purposes only.

In the event of any discrepancy between this translated document and the Japanese original, the original shall prevail.

November 8, 2024

Company Name:

Nippon Coke & Engineering Co., Ltd

Representative:

MATSUOKA Hiroaki, Representative

Director and President

(Securities code: 3315, TSE Prime Market)

Inquiries:

OKUZONO Takayuki, General Manager,

Personnel and General Affairs Department

(TEL: +81-3-5560-1311)

Notice Concerning Differences between the Consolidated Financial Results and Forecasts for the

Six Months Ended September 30, 2024

Nippon Coke & Engineering Co., Ltd. hereby announces differences between forecast for the six months ended September 30, 2024 announced on August 8, 2024 and actual results announced today, as follows.

1. Differences between the consolidated financial results and forecasts for the six months ended September 30, 2024

Consolidated net

Consolidated

Consolidated

Profit attributable

Consolidated

to owners of

sales

operating profit

ordinary profit

earnings per share

parent

Millions of Yen

Millions of Yen

Millions of Yen

Millions of Yen

Yen

Previously announced

56,400

(1,800)

(2,600)

(2,500)

(8.59)

forecasts (A)

Actual result (B)

47,668

(2,113)

(2,716)

(2,227)

(7.65)

Difference (B-A)

(8,732)

(313)

(116)

273

0.94

Change (%)

(15.5)

-

-

-

-

(Reference) Actual

consolidated results for

the same period of the

76,688

2,895

2,502

1,329

4.57

previous year

(Six months ended

September 30, 2023)

2. Reason for Differences between the results and forecasts

Net sales for the six months ended September 30, 2024 differed from the forecasts due mainly to the decrease in production volume and the postponement of some shipments in the Coke business.

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