OREANDA-NEWS. Dentsu Inc. convened a meeting of its Board of Directors at its Head Office in Tokyo at which it finalized its consolidated and non-consolidated financial results for the nine months ended December 31, 2012 (April 1–December 31, 2012).

As a result, for the nine months ended December 31, 2012, the Group posted consolidated billings (net sales) of 1,412,195 million yen, an increase of 4.0% compared with the same period of the previous fiscal year; gross profit of 248,963 million yen, an increase of 6.0%; operating income of 38,116 million yen, an increase of 24.1%; and ordinary income of 39,098 million yen, an increase of 4.8%. Net income for the nine months ended December 31, 2012 was 19,939 million yen, an increase of 50.2%.

Looking at the results by business segment, net sales of 1,368,930 million yen, an increase of 4.0% compared with the same period of the previous fiscal year, and segment income of 35,106 million yen, an increase of 24.0%, were posted in the Advertising segment. In the Information Services segment, net sales of 48,113 million yen, an increase of 9.7%, and segment income of 742 million yen were posted (a segment loss of 461 million yen was posted for the same period of the previous fiscal year). Net sales in the Other Business segment totaled 12,365 million yen, a decrease of 9.9%, with segment income of 823 million yen, an increase of 87.3%.

By geographic area, net sales of 1,217,696 million yen, an increase of 1.8% compared with the same period of the previous fiscal year, and operating income of 34,781 million yen, an increase of 21.7%, were posted in Japan. In other countries, net sales of 200,980 million yen, an increase of 19.8%, and operating income of 3,120 million yen, an increase of 68.8%, were posted.

Regarding Dentsu Group companies with a December 31 closing date, including subsidiaries in countries other than Japan, their financial results for the nine months from January 1 to September 30, 2012 are, as a general rule, incorporated in the consolidated financial results for the nine months ended December 31, 2012.

Dentsu posted non-consolidated billings (net sales) of 1,037,789 million yen, an increase of 0.9% compared with the same period of the previous fiscal year; gross profit of 142,699 million yen, an increase of 2.0%; operating income of 24,705 million yen, an increase of 23.3%; ordinary income of 28,565 million yen, an increase of 1.8%; and net income of 15,869 million yen, an increase of 31.0%.