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Company name : Code number : Stock exchanges listed : Website : Representative : Kobe Steel's Consolidated Financial Results for the First Half of Fiscal 2021 ( April 1 - September 30 , 2021 ) Filing of half - yearly report : Dividend payments begin : Supplemental information available : IR Briefing : Contact : Kobe Steel , Ltd. 5406 Tokyo and Nagoya , Japan https://www.kobelco.co.jp/english/ Mitsugu Yamaguchi , President , CEO and Representative Director November 5 , 2021 December 1 , 2021 Yes Yes ( Japanese only ) General Administration and CSR Department Tel . +81 ( 0 ) 3 5739-6010 November 5 , 2021 ( Sums of less than 1 million yen are omitted . ) Net sales FY2021 1H FY2020 1H Million yen 972,182 776,406 % 25.2 ( 17.8 ) Operating income ( loss ) Million yen 46,814 ( 27,142 ) 1. Consolidated results for the first half of FY2021 ( April 1 - September 30 , 2021 ) ( 1 ) Consolidated operating results ( The percentage indicates the change from the corresponding period of the previous year . ) Net income ( loss ) attributable to owners of the parent Million yen % Ordinary income ( loss ) % Million yen 44,336 % ( 35,259 ) 34,519 ( 15,209 ) Note : Comprehensive income FY2021 1H : FY2020 1H : 55,850 million yen [ - % ] ( 15,151 ) million yen [ - % ] Net income ( loss ) per share Diluted net income per share Yen Yen FY2021 1H 95.16 FY2020 1H ( 41.93 ) ( 2 ) Consolidated financial position Total assets Net assets Equity capital ratio FY2021 1H FY2020 Million yen 2,627,481 2,582,873 Million yen 816,821 769,375 % 28.8 27.5 Reference : Equity capital FY2021 1H : 756,392 million yen FY2020 : 710,362 million yen 2. Dividends FY2020 FY2021 FY2021 Forecast 1Q 2Q Yen Yen 0.00 10.00 Annual dividends 3Q 4Q Total Yen Yen Yen 10.00 10.00 Revision to the dividend forecast for FY2021 from the previous announcement : No The dividend for the end of fiscal 2021 is undetermined . -1-