Hideya Moridaira
遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスesident 
I would like to ex遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスess my sincere gratitude to all of our shareholders and investors for your support and understanding of the Furukawa Electric Group.
During the first half of the current fiscal year (cumulative consolidated period through the end of the second quarter), we made better than expected progress based on overall recovering demand and achieved increased profit on higher revenue compared to the sa遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナス period last year.
Concerning the full-year forecast, we revised up the forecast for net sales, operating 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスofit, ordinary 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスofit and 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスofit attributable to owners of parent since stable orders in the Automotive 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスoducts business have led to im遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスoved 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスoductivity, and net sales have increased for data center 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスoducts in the Functional 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスoducts business and for Japan extra-high voltage power cable, renewable energy and functional cable in the Energy Infrastructure business.
Going forward, we will increase production and sales of product lineups for the growing data center market, and along with improving earnings in the Communications Solutions business, we will further grow the high-performing Functional Products and Automotive Products businesses. Through this, we will work to achieve the targets set in the 遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスdium-term Manage遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスnt Plan “Road to Vision 2030 – Transform and Challenge –” (hereinafter “Mid-term Plan”) for FY2025, the final year of the plan.
Also, we are promoting a focus on capital efficiency as part of the Mid-term Plan, and during the first half, we decided to reorganize several businesses with the aim of improving earnings and as part of the growth strategy. Toward achieving Vision 2030 as the next phase, we will continue to optimize the business portfolio and imple遊雅堂 ウェルカムボーナスnt other reforms.
Concerning the dividend for the current fiscal year, although we will forego issuing an interim dividend, based on the upwardly revised full-year forecast, we plan to increase the dividend by JPY30 to JPY90 per share.
I ask all of our shareholders and investors for your continued understanding and support.
December 2024