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

Notice Concerning Differences between the Forecasts of Consolidated Financial Results and Actual Results

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

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November 11, 2025

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 Forecasts of Consolidated Financial Results and Actual Results for the Six Months of the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2026

Nippon Coke & Engineering Co., Ltd. (the "Company") hereby announces that there is a difference between the consolidated earnings forecast for the six months of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, which was announced on August 8, 2025, and the actual results announced today, as follows.

  1. Differences between the Forecasts of Consolidated Financial Results and Actual Results for the Six Months of the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2026 (from April 1 to September 30, 2025)

    Net sales

    Operating profit (loss)

    Ordinary profit (loss)

    Profit (loss) attributable to

    owners of parent

    Earnings per share

    Previously Announced Earnings Forecasts (A)

    Millions of Yen

    Millions of Yen

    Millions of Yen

    Millions of Yen

    Yen

    49,000

    30

    (400)

    (900)

    (3.09)

    Actual Results (B)

    49,680

    517

    413

    (487)

    (1.68)

    Difference (B-A)

    680

    487

    813

    413

    1.41

    Change (%)

    1.4

    -

    -

    -

    -

    (Reference)

    Actual Results for the corresponding period of Fiscal Year 2024 (Six months of the Fiscal Year

    Ended March 31, 2025)

    48,668

    (2,113)

    (2,716)

    (2,227)

    (7.65)

  2. Reason for Differences

For operating income, the company recorded lower-than-expected inventory valuation losses in Coke business, and other businesses performed solidly, resulting in a difference from the forecasts.