HCM city, May 29th 2012, Bridgestone Tire Sales Vietnam Limited Liability Company announced the business targets of Japan Bridgestone Corporation of the first quarter 2012.

HCM city, May 29^th 2012, Bridgestone Tire Sales Vietnam Limited Liability Company announced the business targets of Japan Bridgestone Corporation of the first quarter 2012.  
 

Representative:	Mr. Masaaki Tsuya - CEO
Contact:	Takehisa Kichise – Treasurer, General Manager
Telephone:	+81-3-3563-6985
Stock exchange listings:	Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka,
Schedule date of quarterly securities report submission:  May 11, 2012

 

1. Consolidated Results for the First Quarter of Fiscal 2012 (January 1, 2012 – March 31, 2012)

      (Percentage figures represent changes from the same period of previous year)

 

 

 

	Net sales		Operating income		Ordinary income		Net income
	Yen in millions	%	Yen in millions	%	Yen in millions	%	Yen in millions	%
Three months ended March 31, 2012	726,245	3.1	63,016	12.8	61,739	9.8	42,203	34.7
Three months ended March 31, 2011	704,333	6.9	55,868	55.2	56,247	80.3	31,327	77.6

 

 

 

(Reference) Comprehensive Income:	Three months ended March 31, 2012	¥141,547 million (97,6%)
	Three months ended March 31, 2011	¥71,640 million   (-%)

                                                                                    

 

 

 

	Net income per share	Diluted net income per share
	Yen	Yen
Three months ended March 31, 2012	53.92	53.90
Three months ended March 31, 2011	40.03	40.02

2. Consolidated Financial Position

 

 

 

 

	Total assets	Net assets	Ratio of total equity to total assets
	Yen in millions	Yen in millions	%
As of Mar 31, 2012	2,903,741	1,297,166	43.3
As of Dec 31, 2011	2,677,344	1,165,673	42.2

 

 

 

(Reference) Total equity	As of March 31, 2012	¥1,258,628 million
	As of December 31, 2011	¥1,130,577 million

 
3. Consolidated Projected Results for Fiscal 2012 (January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2012)
 
(Percentage figures represent changes from the same period of previous year)

 

 

 

	Net sales		Operating income		Ordinary income		Net income		Net income per share
	Yen in million	%	Yen in million	%	Yen in million	%	Yen in million	%	Yen in million
First half year FY 2012	1,520,000	4.2	118,000	26.0	110,000	19.7	70,000	29.4	89.44
	3,240,000	7.1	269,000	40.6	250,000	39.4	168,000	63.2	214.65

(Changes from the latest forecasts released: No)
 
Outstanding number of shares (common stock)

 

 

 

1. Outstanding number of shares at period end (including treasury stock):

 

Mar 31, 2012	813,102,321 shares
December 31, 2011	813,102,321 shares

 

1. Number of shares of treasury stock at period end

 

March 31, 2012	30,441,596 shares
December 31, 2011	30,441,046 shares

 

1. Average outstanding numbers of shares (during the first quarter):

 

 

First quarter ended	782,661,060 shares
First quarter ended March 31, 2011	782,662,772 shares

(Financial Statement will be updated every quarter & year).