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Latest Update : June 5, 2017

Back to Financial Results (FY3/2017)

Investor Meeting Presentation for FY 3/2017 held on May 9, 2017

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Amid a host of speculations about LED backlights, we don't believe that they will disappear any time soon. We've taken various measures and reduced the remaining book value of LED backlight-related equipment to about 4 billion yen. Since depreciation and amortization costs for this fiscal year will be 2.7 billion yen, the remaining book value as of the end of this fiscal year will only be 1.3 billion yen. Since we've been minimizing risk in this way, I'm not that concerned about LED backlights. Even if profits decline, the Mitsumi business, along with other businesses, should be able to sufficiently offset the loss, which I will explain later on.
In the meantime, we've been making steady progress on the joint development of narrow bezel LCD displays with our supply chain companies to compete with OLED displays, which is why we don't think it's game over. The possibility of OLED displays totally replacing LCD displays was 50-50 a year ago and 60-40 six months ago. Today it seems between 60-40 and 70-30. At any rate, we have to wait and see how the market will react to the OLED models when they are released. Although OLED is believed to face a high technological hurdle, on top of production yield and high costs, we are now ready to meet any challenge head on.

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