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 three months ended June 30, 2013 (April 1–June 30, 2013).

The Dentsu Group posted consolidated billings (net sales) of 514,229 million yen (14.9% year-on-year increase); gross profit of 122,882 million yen (60.7% increase); operating loss of 717 million yen (operating income of 9,571 million yen was posted for the same period of the previous fiscal year); operating income before amortization of goodwill and intangible assets of 10,032 million yen (4.9% decrease); ordinary income of 1,450 million yen (87.4% decrease); and net loss of 3,698 million yen (net income of 5,886 million yen was posted for the same period of the previous fiscal year).

Since the results for the first quarter were generally in line with expectations, no changes have been made to the forecast of consolidated financial results for the first half ending September 30, 2013 and fiscal year ending March 31, 2014, which was announced on May 14, 2013.