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PRECRUIT Recruit Holdings Co. , Ltd. ( TSE 6098 ) Consolidated Financial Results for Q3 FY2020 Recruit Holdings Co. , Ltd. ( TSE 6098 ) Consolidated Financial Results for the Nine Months Ended December 31 , 2020 ( IFRS , Unaudited ) February 15 , 2021 Tokyo , February 15 , 2021 - Recruit Holdings Co. , Ltd. announced today its consolidated financial results for the nine months ended December 31 , 2020 ( April 1 , 2020 to December 31 , 2020 ) . Consolidated Operating Results ( Amounts are rounded down to the nearest million yen ) ( In millions of yen , unless otherwise stated ) Revenue Adjusted EBITDA Nine Months Ended December 31 , 2019 % change 2020 1,809,716 1,656,199 -8.5 % 269,893 210,941 -21.8 % Operating income 212,271 143,318 -32.5 % Profit before tax 229,704 146,828 -36.1 % Profit for the period 167,663 117,756 -29.8 % Profit attributable to owners of the parent 166,534 117,583 -29.4 % Profit available for dividends 159,532 114,394 -28.3 % Total comprehensive income 156,870 134,745 -14.1 % Basic EPS ( yen ) 99.98 71.31 Diluted EPS ( yen ) 99.80 71.20 Adjusted EPS ( yen ) 103.65 75.78 -26.9 % Note : Revenue for the nine months ended December 31 , 2020 includes 60.1 billion yen from the Rent Assistance Program by The Small and Medium Enterprise Agency of the Ministry of Economy in Japan . Consolidated Financial Position ( In millions of yen , unless otherwise stated ) Total assets Total equity Equity attributable to owners of the parent Ratio of equity attributable to owners of the parent ( % ) Dividends ( In yen ) At the end of Q1 At the end of Q2 At the end of Q3 At the end of Q4 Total Consolidated Financial Guidance for FY2020 As of March 31 , 2020 As of December 31 , 2020 1,998,917 2,106,856 995,743 988,449 1,069,283 1,059,796 49.4 % 50.3 % FY2019 The Company has revised the guidance of key financial metrics for FY2020 as below : 15.00 15.00 30.00 FY2020 9.50 FY2020 ( Forecast ) 9.50 19.00 ( In millions of yen , unless otherwise stated ) Revenue Adjusted EBITDA FY2020 ( Forecast ) Year on year % change 2,224,621 -7.3 % 231,922 -28.7 % Operating income 151,229 -26.6 % Profit before tax 155,990 -31.0 % Profit for the period 123,620 -31.8 % Profit attributable to owners of the parent 123,533 -31.3 % Adjusted EPS ( yen ) 77.08 -36.3 % Please refer to page 11 , Qualitative Information on Consolidated Financial Guidance for more details . 1