November 18, 2011

Results for the First Half of Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2012

This datum is based on the data as of September 30, 2011. The opinion and forecast described here is based on our judgment at that time and may possibly be changed without notice.

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Subject

1. Operating results for the First Half of Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2012

2. Forecast for the Year Ended March 31, 2012

3. Business Challenges

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1. Operating results for the First Half of Fiscal Year

Ended March 31, 2012

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1-1 　 Summary of Consolidated Financial Results for the Six Months Ended September/2011 　

（ Million yen ）

FY20111H

FY20121H

ChangeOriginal Forecast(as of 13th May)

Vs. Original Forecast(amount)Amount Ratio

Net Sales 16,159 13,096 -3,062 -19.0% 12,500 596

Operating Income 393 409 16 4.1% 150 259

（ Margin ） 2.4% 3.1% - - 1.2% 1.9%Ordinary Income 211 190 -20 -9.8% 50 140

（ Margin ） 1.3% 1.5% - - 0.4% 1.1%

Net Income 93 17 -75 -80.9% -150 167

（ Margin ） 0.6% 0.1% - - -1.2% 1.3%

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1-2 Highlight 　

◆Decrease in sales and income year on year Net sales decreased 19.0% year on year mainly due to exclusion of Motor business subsidiary, Fuji Micro Co., Ltd. and the impact of the earthquake. Although operating income increased 4.1% thanks to improved gross margin rate and reductions in SGA costs, the net income decreased 80.9% to \17 million, because of factors such as recorded extraordinary loss and the foreign exchange loss. Both sales and income performed over the original forecast.

◆Income improved in Plastic businessSales in Precision Springs and Plastics decreased mainly in OA equipment and automotive market due to the impact of the earthquake, though it was improved in the second quarter. Profitability in Plastic business both in domestic and overseas was improved. Domestic income in Precision Springs was improved, although it was decreased in overseas.

◆Loss decreased due to the downsizing of Hinge businessAlthough the loss was increased compared to the forecast due to the delay of downsizing the business, it was reduced by rise in sale prices and reduction of fixed costs such as labor cost in the second quarter.

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1-3 　 Trend of Sales and Income （ Consolidated ）

13,096

16,159

FY2011 1H FY2012 1HFY2012 1H

9317

（ Million yen ）

393 409

（ Million yen ）

FY2011 1H

Net Sales

Net Income

FY2012 1HFY2011 1H

3.12.4

11/ 3 2期第 Ｑ 12/ 3 2期第 Ｑ

FY2011 1H FY2012 1H

Operating Income 　・ Margin(%)

FY2011 1H FY2012 1H

（ Million yen ）

(%)

7

9

115177

149

293216

1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q

7974 81857,648

6,3316,765

7651

1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q

1-4 　 Quarterly Transition of Sales and Income （ Consolidated ） 4.3%

0.1% 1.8%2.7% 2.0%2.2%

1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q

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- 11

- 145

163

- 235

- 702Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q

Operating Income ・ Margin(%)

Net Income

Net Sales

Mar ‘11 Mar. ‘12

Mar ‘11 Mar. ‘12

Mar ‘11 Mar. ‘12

(Million yen ）

(Million yen ）

(Million yen ）

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（ million yen ）

1-5 Analysis for Change of Operating Income （ Consolidated ）

FY2012 1H

Decrease in fixed cost （ personnel cost and etc. ）

FY2011 1H

Decrease in sales （ other than motor business ）

Exclusion of motor business and etc.

Decrease in variable cost （ product mix, price raise, cost cut ）

Since Motor business subsidiary was changed consolidated subsidiary to equity method affiliate, net sales and operating income decreased 2,274 million yen and 89 million yen respectively year on year. Net sales besides Motor business decreased 788 million yen due to the impact of the earthquake. Declined income caused by sales decrease was covered by a decrease in variable cost for domestic Spring and Plastic business and a decrease in fixed cost by downsizing of Hinge business.

409

234

393

-73

-274

128

9

2,274

7,082

5,515

1,286

6,973

4,961

1,161

00

2,500

5,000

7,500

10,000

1-6 　 Net Sales and Operating Income by Business Segment

Net Sales

Operating Income

＜ Factors for change from First Half of the previous year ＞

762

8912

- 476 -331

593

139

0

-500

-200

100

400

700

FY20111H

FY20121H

Precision Springs・ Sales in the OA equipment and automotive markets decreased due to

the impact of the earthquake.・ Though domestic earnings were improved due to the increase of

profitable products, total earnings decreased because of decreased sales and increased labor costs in overseas markets.

＜ Sales ： -1.5%, Operating Income ： a decrease of \168 million ＞

Plastics

・ Sales to automotive markets decreased due to the impact of the earthquake.

・ Earnings were improved due to the increased sales of profitable products in domestic markets and rise in product price and cost reduction in China.　＜ Sales ： -10.1%, Operating Income ： an increase of \ 127 million＞

Hinges・ Net sales decreased due to the downsizing of mobile phone handset.・ Loss amount decreased by rise in sale price and reduction of fixed costs

such as labor cost after the second quarter.　＜ Sales ： -9.7%, Operating Loss ： a decrease of \ 145 million ＞

　　 Motors(excluded from business segment)

As of the first quarter of this fiscal year , motor segment is excluded because Motor business subsidiary, Fuji Micro Co., was changed from consolidated subsidiary to equity method affiliate.

Precision Springs Plastics Hinges Motors

（ Million Yen ）

Precision Springs Plastics Hinges Motors

FY20111H

FY20121H

FY20111H

FY20121H

FY20111H

FY20121H

FY20111H

FY20121H

FY20111H

FY20121H

FY20111H

FY20121H

FY20111H

FY20121H

（ Million Yen ）

10

10,698

4,191

599 670

8,086

3,831628 551

0

5,000

10,000

15,000J apan Asia USA Europe

1-7 　 Net Sales and Operating Income by Geographical Segment

Operating Income

Net Sales ＜ Factors for change from First Half of the previous year ＞

- 53

249

55

149134169

46 68

-100

0

100

200

300J apan Asia USA Europe

Japan

In addition to the decreased sales due to exclusion of Motor subsidiary, sales in Plastics decreased due to the impact of the earthquake. Hinge business was also downsized.

In Plastics, earnings were improved due to the increase of profitable products. Loss in Hinge business decreased after 2nd quarter.

＜ Sales ： -24.4%, Operating income ： an increase of \188 million ＞

Overseas・ In Europe, sales and income decreased due to decreased sales of Tangless Coilthread . In Asia , though earnings in Plastics were improved, sales and income in Precision Springs decreased in Singapore and China affected by the earthquake in Japan, etc.

＜ Sales ： -8.3%, Operating Income ： a decrease of \170 million ＞

FY20111H

FY20121H

FY20111H

FY20121H

FY20111H

FY20121H

FY20111H

FY20121H

FY20111H

FY20121H

FY20111H

FY20121H

FY20111H

FY20121H

FY20111H

FY20121H

（ Million Yen ）

（ Million Yen ）

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1-8 　 Net Sales by Market

（ Million yen ）Mar/2011 Mar/2012 Change

1H % 1H % Amount %

OA equipment 4,758 29.4% 3,857 29.5% -900 -18.9%

Automotive 3,242 20.1% 3,005 22.9% -236 -7.3%

PC and PC related 728 4.5% 1,108 8.5% 381 52.3%

Mobile phone and related 1,054 6.5% 813 6.2% -241 -22.9%

AV/ Home appliance 1,178 7.3% 764 5.8% -414 -35.2%

Precision Components 792 4.9% 887 6.8% 95 11.9%

Medical and Healthcare equipment 528 3.3% 409 3.1% -119 -22.5%

Household equipment 1,954 12.1% 901 6.9% -1,054 -53.9%

Others 1,925 11.9% 1,352 10.3% -573 -29.8%

Total 16,159 100.0% 13,096 100.0% -3,063 - 19.0 %

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1-9 　 Consolidated Cash Flows

3,165

419 492

- 553 -551

-30

- 264

2,4642,641

1,934

-1,000

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

Operating CFInvesting CFFinancing CFBalance at beginning of the periodBalance at year end

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＜ Status of CF for 1H of Mar ’12 ＞

Free CF -134 Free CF -59

FY20111H

Operating CF

Net cash increased \492 million due to the fund reserve reflecting depreciation and amortization, etc.

Investing CF

The fund decreased \551 million by capital investment to production sites in Japan and Asian countries.

Financing CF

The fund decreased \30 million by the repayment of lease obligations. A decrease in debt by excluding Motor subsidiary was offset by an increase in borrowing for Plastic business.

Cash/equiv.

FY20121H

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2. Forecast for the Year Ended March 31, 2012

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2-1 Forecast for FY ended March 2012 (Consolidated ）

（ Million yen ）

FY Ended March 2011

Forecast for FY Ended

March 2012

Y to Y Change

(amount)

Original Forecast

(as of 13th May)

Vs. Original Forecast(amount)

Net Sales 31,459 25,000 -6,459 26,000 -1,000

OperatingIncome

552 700 148 850 -150

OperatingIncome ratio

1.8% 2.8% 1.0% 3.3% -0.5%

OrdinaryIncome

326 360 34 590 -230

Net Income -152 50 202 330 -280

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2-2 　 Forecast for FY ended March 2012

◆Decrease in both net sales and income for the full FY2012Although net sales and income resulted better than original forecast for 1st Half, income in the 2 nd Half of FY2012 is expected to be decreased due to decreased sales in Precision Spring and Plastic business. Decrease in income for the full FY2012 will be forecasted due to increased loss due to the delay in downsizing Hinge business. Compared with the previous year, a decrease in sales, but an increase in income will be expected.

◆Slow down in Precision Spring business from the 3QLess orders from PC related and OA equipment markets are expected both in domestic and overseas from the 3rd quarter due to customers’ production adjustment. In addition, a decrease in sales at our subsidiary in Thailand which suffered from the historical flood and customers’ production adjustment both in domestic and overseas operations given the parts shortage are expected. A decrease of \500 million in net sales and a decrease of \150 million in operating income will be forecasted.

◆Extraordinary loss recorded from share exchangeAn extraordinary loss of \122 million will be recorded from the share exchange to make Strawberry Corporation a wholly-owned subsidiary of Advanex in the 3 rd quarter. Its influence will be reduced by an extraordinary income from the change in employee pension plan.

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2.4

1.0

2.43.1

0.0

4.0

2-3 Transition of Sales and Income (Consolidated)

16,159

31,459

25,000

13,09615,299

11,904

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

Mar. '11 Mar. '12 F

1st Half 2nd Half Full Year

393 409

159291

552700

0

200

400

600

800

93 17 33

-246-152

50

-700

-450

-200

50

300

Operating Income ・ Margin（％）

1H/11 2H/11 1H/12 2H/12 F

Mar. ‘11 Mar. ’12 F

Net Income

Mar. ‘11 Mar. ’12 F

Net Sales

（％）（ Million yen ）

（ Million yen ）

（ Million yen ）

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13,50013,911 13,400

9,70011,00010,696

1,5002,472 1,9004,379

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

Mar. '11 Mar. '12Forecast

Mar. '12Forecastrevision

Precision Springs Plastics Hinges Motors

2-4 Revision of Segment Forecast

31,459

＜ Reasons for revisions ＞

26,000Mar. '11

Mar. '12Forecast

Mar. '12Forecastrevision

VS. Forecast(Amount)

Motors 171 - - -Hinges - 1,032 - 300 - 470 - 170Plastics 93 100 190 90Precision Springs 1,309 1,050 980 - 70Total 552 850 700 - 150

25,000

Although sales and income in Precision Spring business resulted better than the original forecast in the 1 st half, they are expected to be decreased due to the less orders in PC related and OA equipment markets in the 2nd half. In addition, decrease of \500 million in net sales and \150 million in operating income is forecasted due to the historical flood in Thailand. In Plastics business, profitability both in domestic and overseas will be improved, while net sales will decrease. In Hinge business, net sales will be increased due to the delay in downsizing the business, and net loss will be expanded.

Operating Income

Net Sales (Million yen)

(Million yen)

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3. Business Challenges

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3- １　 Flood Damage of Factory in Thailand （１）Location ： High Tech Industrial Estate in Ayutthaya Province (The Central part of Thailand)Oct. 6 　 Started transferring wire spring manufacturing machines and forming machines to the neighborhoodOct. 11 　 Stopped operation and started evacuation of employeesOct. 13 　 High Tech IE was flooded and press machines in the factory were submergedOct. 18 　 Started re-transferring machines except press machines to Amata Nakorn IE in Chonburi ProvinceOct. 24 　 Took out the die set for press and moved them to Kashiwazaki Factory and other factories 　Nov. 1 　 Started operation at the factory in Amata Nakorn as the 2nd factory

Impact on Business Performance

High Tech IE starts pumping out water from 8th Nov. and expects the water level being lowered within 2 to 3 weeks. The date of restarting production is uncertain because many of the Japanese customers were submerged. The impact will be expanded in domestic and overseas of Thailand due to the cut off supply chains. In Precision Springs and Plastics, decrease of \500 million in net sales and \150 million in operating income is forecasted from decreased production in Thailand and Asian subsidiaries at this stage.

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3-1 Flood Damage of Factory in Thailand （２）

Submerged Ayutthaya Factory 　（ Photo ： Oct. 16 ）

Taking out die set evacuated in Double-deck Container （ Photo ： Oct. 25 ）

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3-2 　 Establishment of 2nd factory in Thailand

Details of the 2nd factory in Thailand Location ： Amata Nakorn Industrial Estate in Chonburi Province (57km from Bangkok and many Japanese Automotive makers around) Building area: 　 2,875 ㎡ （ 1st Factory : 3,300 ㎡） Background ： A plan for factory foundation sometime in 2012 to deal with demand for

springs in East part of Thailand. Advanced the foundation to Nov.1st, 2011 Products ： Wire springs and forming processing for the time being. Press machines are under arrangement. No of employees ：　 170 employees moved from the 1st factory temporarily

Photo: Oct. 18

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3-3 　 Making Strawberry Corporation Advanex’s wholly-owned subsidiary

Share exchange conducted on Nov. 1st, 2011・ Allocated 92 shares of common stock of Advanex to one share of Strawberry Number of shares allocated ： 　 1,843,956

Number of new shares issued ： 　 1,378,071 (3.4% of shares outstanding)・ Goodwill of 112 million yen was booked as an impairment loss. An extraordinary loss will be recorded in 3Q・ Strawberry was delisted from JASDAQ on October 27, 2011

Purpose and business plan・ Strawberry announced to downsize hinge sales to mobile phone handset market this April. As withdrawal from this business was much delayed, Strawberry recorded greater loss than the original forecast and it put the company in the state of asset deficiency of 770 million yen. Loss of 140 million yen is forecasted for the 2nd half of this fiscal year.・ By making Strawberry Advanex’s wholly-owned subsidiary, we will reduce cost by integrating all the redundant functions of two companies and exercise flexible funding to support their business. Accelerate making them fabless by tranfering production within the group. ・ Finish production of unprofitable hinge unit to mobile phone handset by March 2012. Continue sales for PC market for the time being. In future, we will develop market such as automotive, housing related and medical market.

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3-4 　 Business Challenges （ Summary ）

Precision Springs ・ Expand business network in overseasStrengthen Advanex brand in overseasFactory foundation （ India next to the 2nd factory in Thailand ）

・ Strengthen the development of high value added products

Plastics ・ Increase of sales in overseas and improvement of profitability　　　 Corresponding to overseas transfer of Japanese customers

Enforcement of sales especially in China and support from Japan・ Strengthen development of high perfomance gear product to increase profitability

Hinges ・ Complete structural reform Assumption of Strawberry’s debt and withdrawal from unprofitable business

Making Mid-term business plan within this year. Improving the financial structure and promoting structural reform.

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