Tokuyama Corp Amends Full-year Consolidated Outlook for FY 2013

Tokuyama Corp announced that it has lowered its full-year consolidated outlook for revenue from JPY 260,500 million to JPY 258,500 million, net profit (loss) from JPY (2,500 million) to JPY (11,500 million), and earnings (loss) per share from JPY (7.19) to JPY (33.05), and raised its full-year consolidated outlook for operating profit from JPY 3,000 million to JPY 4,000 million, ordinary profit (loss) from JPY (1,500 million) to JPY 0 million, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013. The Company raised its full-year consolidated outlook for operating profit mainly due to the promotion of sales strategy for polycrystalline silicon business and rationalization of cement business, and lowered its full-year consolidated outlook for net profit mainly due to the reversal of deferred tax assets. According to I/B/E/S Estimates, analysts on average are expecting the Company to report its full-year consolidated outlook for revenue of JPY 259,700 million, operating profit of JPY 2,490 million and net profit of JPY (2,570 million), for the same fiscal year.