Central Japan Railway Company Raises Consolidated Mid-year and Full-year Guidance for FY 2012

Central Japan Railway Company announced that it has raised the consolidated mid-year guidance for revenue from JPY 636,000 million to JPY 698,000 million, operating profit from JPY 109,000 million to JPY 171,000 million, ordinary profit from JPY 59,000 million to JPY 121,000 million, net profit from JPY 35,000 million to JPY 73,000 million and earning per share from JPY 17,784.61 to JPY 37,093.61 for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012. The Company has also raised the consolidated full-year guidance for revenue from JPY 1,342,000 million to JPY 1,431,000 million, operating profit from JPY 203,000 million to JPY 292,000 million, ordinary profit from JPY 105,000 million to JPY 194,000 million, net profit from JPY 60,000 million to JPY 114,000 million and earning per share from JPY 30,487.90 to JPY 57,927.01 for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012. The Company raised the consolidated mid-year and full-year outlook due to review of financial result of the first quarter. According to I/B/E/S Estimates, analysts were expecting the Company to report revenue of JPY 1,454.87 billion and net profit of JPY 120.15 billion for the fiscal year ending March 2012.