Notice of the Revised Forecast of Consolidated Financials for FY2019 (IFRS)

Notice of the Revised Forecast of Consolidated Financials for FY2019 (IFRS)


Calendar
October 31, 2019

Osaka, Japan, October 31, 2019 - Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) announced today, based on the latest business circumstances, the revised forecast of the full year consolidated financials for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020, as below.

 

1.Revised Forecast for Full Year Consolidated Financials for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2020

 
(millions of yen)

 

Revenue

Core
Operating
Profit

Operating
profit

Profit before
income taxes

Net profit attributable
to owners of
the Company

Basic earnings
per share

Previous Forecast (A)*1

3,300,000

910,000

-166,000

-342,000

-367,700

-236.05 yen

Revised Forecast (B)

3,260,000

930,000

-110,000

-290,000

-273,000

-175.31 yen

Discrepancy (B-A)

-40,000

+20,000

+56,000

+52,000

+94,700

+60.74 yen

Change %

-1.2%

+2.2%

+33.7%

+15.2%

+25.8%

+25.7%

Reference:
Consolidated Results
for the Year Ending
March 31, 2019

2,097,224

459,322

204,969

94,896

109,126

113.50 yen

*1 Announced on July 31, 2019.

 

2.Reasons for Revision

The revised forecast in the table above reflects the business momentum of Takeda’s 14 global brands and favorability of operating expenses and cost synergies.

The revenue forecast has been decreased by 40.0 billion JPY, or 1.2%, to 3,260.0 billion JPY, predominantly reflecting the negative impact of foreign currency, mostly the appreciation of the yen, and the NATPARA recall in the U.S.*2, partially offset by upwardly revised assumptions for products such as ENTYVIO, TAKECAB and VYVANSE.

Core Operating Profit has been increased by 20.0 billion JPY, or 2.2%, to 930.0 billion JPY, reflecting the positive impact from cost efficiencies and synergies. The Operating Profit forecast has been increased by 56.0 billion JPY, or 33.7%, to a loss of 110.0 billion JPY, reflecting the increase in Core Operating Profit and revised assumptions for the full year impact of purchase price accounting expenses*3.

Reported EPS has been increased by 60.74 JPY to a loss of 175.31 JPY, benefitting from the recognition of a non-cash deferred tax benefit relating to the Tax Reform in Switzerland.


*2
In September 2019, NATPARA was recalled in the U.S. due to an issue related to the rubber septum of its cartridge.

*3 Takeda has made adjustments to the provisional fair value as of the acquisition date of assets acquired through the acquisition of Shire including NATPARA, and accordingly revised assumptions for the full year impact of purchase price accounting. The revised forecast reflects decrease in amortization expense of intangible assets and decreased amount charged to cost of sales from unwinding of the fair value step-up on inventory.

 

3.Upgrading Management Guidance

Takeda has upwardly revised its full-year profit and margin guidance with business momentum more than offsetting the recall of NATPARA in the U.S.

 

Previous Guidance
(July 31, 2019)

Revised Guidance
(October 31, 2019)

Underlying Revenue Growth*4

Flat to slightly increasing

Flat to slightly increasing

Underlying Core Operating Profit Margin

Mid-to-high-twenties %

High-twenties %

Underlying Core EPS

360 – 380 yen

370 – 390 yen

Annual dividend per share

180 yen

180 yen

*4 Constant Exchange Rate growth compared to baseline of 3,300 billion JPY. This baseline revenue is a pro-forma which adds Legacy Shire’s (April – December 2018) revenue previously reported under US GAAP and conformed to IFRS without material differences, excluding Legacy Shire’s oncology business, which was sold in August 2018, and converted to JPY using FY2018 full year average rate (111 JPY/USD). Baseline revenue is also adjusted for divested assets such as Techpool, Multilab, and TACHOSIL from Legacy Takeda and XIIDRA from Legacy Shire.


Contacts

Investor Relations
Takashi Okubo, +81-(0)3-3278-2306
[email protected]

Media Relations
Kazumi Kobayashi, +81 (0)3-3278-2095
[email protected]


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Financial information
Takeda’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). The revenue of Shire plc (“Shire”), which were presently, presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”), have been conformed to IFRS, without material difference.
The Shire acquisition closed on January 8, 2019, and our consolidated results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019 include Shire’s results from January 8, 2019 to March 31, 2019. References to “Legacy Takeda” businesses are to our businesses held prior to our acquisition of Shire. References to “Legacy Shire” businesses are to those businesses acquired through the Shire acquisition.
This press release includes certain pro forma information giving effect to the Shire acquisition as if it had occurred on April 1, 2018. This pro forma information has not been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X. This pro forma information is presented for illustrative purposes and is based on certain assumptions and judgments based on information available to us as of the date hereof, which may not necessarily have been applicable if the Shire acquisition had actually happened as of April 1, 2018. Moreover, this pro forma information gives effect to certain transactions and other events which are not directly attributable to the Shire acquisition and/or which happened subsequently to the Shire acquisition, such as divestitures and the effects of the purchase price allocation for the Shire acquisition, and therefore may not accurately reflect the effect on our financial condition and results of operations if the Shire acquisition had actually been completed on April 1, 2018. Therefore, undue reliance should not be placed on the pro forma information included herein.