FY2016 First Quarter consolidated financial result highlights

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. Overview of Consolidated financial Results

… 1

.

Summary of Consolidated Q1 FY2016 financial Results

Forecast of FY2016 Consolidated Net Sales and Operating Income

… 2

. Order Intake and Net Sales by products / Sanwa Shutter

… 4

July 29, 2016

Sanwa Holdings Corporation

. Overview of Consolidated Results

JPYm・USDk・EURk

FY2015

FY2016

1Q

2Q

Half Year

Full Year

1Q

2Q(F)

Half Year(F)

Full Year(F)

(119.23

132.62)

profit ratio

Y/Y

Y/Y

(120.48

€133.83)

profit ratio

Y/Y

(121.03

€133.69)

profit ratio

Y/Y

(115.72

€127.99)

profit ratio

Y/Y

Y/Y

(110.00

€125.00)

profit ratio

Y/Y

(110.00

€125.00)

profit ratio

Y/Y

Net Sales

assumed forex rate same as the previous year

66,884

[64,166]

8.2

[3.8]

94,042

11.2

160,926

9.9

365,615

7.8

68,602

[69,820]

2.6

[4.4]

95,397

1.4

164,000

[170,534]

1.9

[6.0]

367,000

381,317

0.4

[4.3]

Sanwa Shutter

26,928

2.3

48,999

7.4

75,928

5.5

180,157

6.3

27,084

0.6

52,015

6.2

79,100

4.2

187,000

3.8

Japanese Subsidiaries

5,379

-0.3

7,604

10.8

12,984

5.9

30,822

5.9

5,615

4.4

8,354

9.9

13,970

7.6

32,540

5.6

ODC (U.S.A.)

$203,763

24,294

2.5

19.2

$222,470

27,057

-2.1

16.9

$426,234

51,352

0.1

18.0

$909,573

110,085

-1.7

11.8

$212,862

24,632

4.5

1.4

$242,137

25,417

8.8

-6.1

$455,000

50,050

6.7

-2.5

$975,000

107,250

7.2

-2.6

Novoferm (Europe)

€ 88,277

11,707

12.1

6.0

€ 94,078

12,697

19.1

15.3

€ 182,355

24,404

15.6

10.6

€398,902

53,329

12.0

6.7

€ 101,745

13,022

15.3

11.2

€ 98,254

11,977

4.4

-5.7

€ 200,000

25,000

9.7

2.4

€410,000

51,250

2.8

-3.9

O

perating Income

-1,161

-1.7

>

[]

7,212

9.8

6,051

3.8

-15.3

26,870

7.3

2.0

-110

[-78]

-0.2

+1,051

[+1,083]

7,110

-1.4

7,000

[7,226]

4.3

15.7

[19.4]

28,200

29,091

7.7

4.9

[8.3]

assumed forex rate same as the previous year

[ 1,162]

Sanwa Shutter

-245

-0.9

>

5,846

20.3

5,601

7.4

6.9

18,674

10.4

6.6

-486

-1.8

-241

5,786

-1.0

5,300

6.7

-5.4

19,000

10.2

1.7

Japanese Subsidiaries

-83

-1.6

>

475

16.2

392

3.0

-12.5

1,758

5.7

4.5

-98

-1.7

-14

463

-2.5

365

2.6

-6.9

1,970

6.1

12.0

ODC (U.S.A.)

-$1,083

-129

-0.5

>

>

$9,044

1,088

-29.3

-16.7

$7,960

959

1.9

-48.6

-39.4

$52,747

6,383

5.8

-10.9

1.3

$6,664

771

3.1

+7,747

+900

$11,335

1,208

25.3

11.1

$18,000

1,980

4.0

126.1

106.4

$69,000

7,590

7.1

30.8

18.9

Novoferm (Europe)

-€2,477

-328

-2.8

>

>

€ 1,576

207

239.3

218.1

-€901

-120

-0.5

>

>

€12,561

1,679

3.1

17.2

11.6

€1,853

237

1.8

+4,331

+565

€ 2,346

287

48.9

38.4

€ 4,200

525

2.1

>

>

€15,000

1,875

3.7

19.4

11.7

C

urrent Income

-1,298

-1.9

>

[]

6,939

7.2

5,640

3.5

-17.4

26,161

7.2

0.7

-184

[-154]

-0.3

+1,114

[+1,144]

6,534

-5.8

6,350

[6,543]

3.9

12.6

[16.0]

27,500

[28,329]

7.5

5.1

[8.3]

assumed forex rate same as the previous year

[ 1,286]

Sanwa Shutter

-193

-0.7

>

5,881

18.6

5,688

7.5

4.7

18,852

10.5

3.3

-464

-1.7

-271

5,864

-0.3

5,400

6.8

-5.1

19,150

10.2

1.6

Japanese Subsidiaries

-71

-1.3

>

476

13.7

405

3.1

-14.5

1,803

5.9

3.7

-89

-1.6

-17

474

-0.6

385

2.8

-5.0

2,010

6.2

11.4

ODC (U.S.A.)

-$1,793

-213

-0.9

>

>

$7,989

960

-38.0

-27.0

$6,196

746

1.5

-59.2

-52.0

$49,605

6,003

5.5

-13.7

-1.9

$6,696

774

3.1

+8,489

+988

$9,103

963

13.9

0.3

$15,800

1,738

3.5

155.0

132.8

$64,500

7,095

6.6

30.0

18.2

Novoferm (Europe)

-€2,387

-316

-2.7

>

>

€792

103

58.2

46.2

-€1,595

-213

-0.9

>

>

€11,053

1,477

2.8

5.8

0.8

€1,465

187

1.4

+3,852

+504

€ 1,634

199

106.4

93.9

€ 3,100

387

1.5

>

>

€13,500

1,687

3.3

22.1

14.2

Other Affiliates

-115

>

23

>

-91

>

-176

>

-102

+12

-198

>

-301

>

0

>

Net Income attributable to owners of the parent

assumed forex rate same as the previous year

-1,195

[ 1,188]

-1.8

>

[]

4,421

35.0

3,226

2.0

-1.8

14,627

4.0

13.8

-490

[-473]

-0.7

+704

[+721]

3,590

-0.2

3,100

[3,184]

1.9

-3.9

[-1.3]

16,700

17,199

4.6

14.2

[17.6]

Sanwa Shutter

-248

-0.9

>

4,034

30.1

3,786

5.0

10.8

12,808

7.1

9.1

-335

-1.2

-87

3,915

-2.9

3,580

4.5

-5.5

12,840

6.9

0.2

Japanese Subsidiaries

-98

-1.8

>

373

29.1

275

2.1

0.5

1,203

3.9

22.9

-138

-2.5

-40

343

-8.0

205

1.5

-25.5

1,315

4.0

9.2

ODC (U.S.A.)

-$1,324

-157

-0.7

>

>

$5,057

607

-37.4

-26.4

$3,733

449

0.9

-61.8

-55.0

$30,857

3,734

3.4

-14.9

-3.3

$4,383

507

2.1

+5,708

+665

$4,116

427

-18.6

-29.6

$8,500

935

1.9

127.7

107.9

$41,000

4,510

4.2

32.9

20.8

Novoferm (Europe)

-€1,957

-259

-2.2

>

>

€ 228

28

>

>

-€1,729

-231

-0.9

>

>

€5,961

796

1.5

57.9

50.4

€314

40

0.3

+2,271

+299

-€914

-115

>

>

-€600

-75

-0.3

>

>

€5,400

675

1.3

-9.4

-15.3

Other Affiliates

-115

>

23

>

-91

>

-176

>

-102

+12

-198

>

-301

>

0

>

1) The relevant financial periods for each entity are as follows:

Sanwa Shutter & Japanese subsidiaries:

ODC & Novoferm:

1Q First Half Full Year 2) Figures are round off. is for increase, is for decrease from the previous year.

Apr.1 to Jun.30 Apr.1 to Sep.30 Apr.1 to Mar.31 following year 3) Figure by entities are before consolidation adjustment and do not add up to total.

Jan.1 to Mar.31 Jan.1 to Jun.30 Jan.1 to Dec.31 4) Forex rate is term average.

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5Figures in FY2016 1Q indicates insrease rates for sales and increase/decrease amounts for incomes.

. Summary of Consolidated cumulative Q1 FY2016 Results

summary

Net sales increased in all areas(Japan, US and Europe). Overhead Door(USA) and Novoferm(Europe) net sales have gotten

off to a good start but growth rates on Japanese-yen basis were stated downwards due to appreciation of yen.

Consolidated operating income showed great improvement thanks to favorable US & Europe businesses, both ODC and NF

turned into black, partially offset by decline in Japanese business due mainly to incurred anticipatory investment and increased SG&A costs.

Net Sales

Consolidated net sales increased by 2.6% or 1.7 billion yen vs. Q1 2015(if FY2015 currency rate applied, it would have

increased by 4.4% or 2.9 billion yen).

Japan : Increased by 1.2% vs. Q1 2015. Sanwa Shutter increased by 0.6%.The products mainly used for factories and warehouses increased, whereas, the products mainly used for retail stores, schools, and medical facilities decreased.

By products, heavy-duty shutters increased by 5.9%, partitions increased by 7.8%, and lightweight shutters increased by 3.1%, but building & condominium doors decreased by 5.1%. Maintenance & Repair business increased by 6.1% but there was no effects of legal inspection of fire prevention equipment since it was introduced in June, 2016. Japanese subsidiaries total, except Sanwa Shutter, increased by 4.4%. Sanwa Tajima increased considerably by 35%, Showa Front decreased by 2.4%

due to weakening of retail store construction.

USA(ODC) Increased by 4.5% vs. Q1 2015 on a local currency basis. Door sales(Access Systems Division) increased by 6.9%. Garage door increased significantly by 15.1% and commercial door increased by 4.1%. Install & Service increased slightly by 0.5%,

due to strong performance at U.S sales center, partially offset by unfavorable Canadian business(CDS) affected by declining Canada dollar. Automatic doors and Truck doors decreased by 2.8% and 0.3%, respectively.

Europe(NF) Increased significantly by 15.3% vs. Q1 2015 on a local currency basis. By products, Hinge Door increased by 14.1%

with recovering from production trouble occurred in 2015. Garage Door increased by 12.0% driven mainly by strong sales in Germany and France. Industrial Door also increased by 7.4% driven by strong sales mainly used for distribution centers and favorable cross-selling initiatives with Alpha.

Operating Income

Current Income

Consolidated operating income increased by 1.05 billion yen vs. Q1 2015 (if 2015 currency rate applied, it would have

increased by 1.08 billion vs. Q1 2015).

Japan : Sanwa Shutter decreased by 0.24 billion yen. Gross profit increased by 0.16 billion but SG&A costs (mainly personnel cost) increased by 0.4 billion. But the result was within anticipated. Japanese subsidiaries total, except Sanwa Shutter, decreased slightly by 0.01 billion.

USA(ODC) : Increased by $7.7M vs. Q1 2015 on a local currency basis due to volume increase and steel price decrease.

Europe(NF) : Increased by 4.3M Euro vs. Q1 2015 on a local currency basis due mainly to sales volume increase and SG&A cost reduction efforts.

Consolidated current income improved significantly by 1.11billion yen vs. Q1 2015.

Non-operating profit increased by 0.06 billion yen due mainly to improvement of profit of equity method affiliates, and financial revenue,

as well as currency exchange gain in US business.

Net Income attributable to owners

of the parent

Profit attributable to owners of the parent increased by 0.70 billion yen vs. Q1 2015.

Extraordinary loss increased by 0.08 billion yen due to recorded the restructuring costs of Novoferm.

Forecast of FY2016 Consolidated Net Sales and Operating Income

summary The company maintains its forecast (both 1st half and full year) from those announced on May 13, 2016.

Net Sales

It is expected that Japanese business will achieve its sales forecast and net sales for both US and EU business will be higher

than last year on a local currency basis.

Japan : Expected to achieve its forecast since Sanwa Shutter's order backlog for commercial building products has been growing and sales team focusing on ensuring short-time projects (completed within FY2016)

USA(ODC) : Expected to achieve its forecast on a local currency basis driven mainly by great recovery of Garage Door sales and consistent

Commercial Door sales, partially offset by weakening Operator sales.

Europe(NF) : Hinge Door's order volume for large buildings and Garage Door in mainly Germany & France will continue to be favorable.

Industrial Door will exceed its forecast on a local currency basis due to favorable of Alpha and the effect of Norsud acquisition. The effects of Brexit is limited ,and is not expected to have a material impact .

Operating Income

It is expected that Japanese business keep up with the forecast, and both US and EU business achieve increase of profit as

forecast.

Japan : Maintains its forecast since Sanwa Shutter expects to increase sales volume and realize price adjustment effect after Q2 2016, covering the increase in installation costs and personnel costs (those are within expectation).

USA(ODC) : Maintains its forecast on a local currency basis since it expects to increase sales volume on core business such as Door, with favorable material cost impact.

Europe(NF) : Maintains its forecast driven by the favorable developments in each business and cost reduction by business restructuring efforts.

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