MSBHF - Mitsubishi Corporation (MSBHF) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

2024-05-04 10:20:10 ET

Mitsubishi Corporation (MSBHF)

Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call

May 2, 2024 00:15 a.m. ET

Company Participants

Katsuya Nakanishi - President, Chief Executive Officer

Yuzo Nouchi - Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

Kenji Kobayashi - Executive Officer, CSEO

Yoshihiro Shimazu - Executive Officer, General Manager of Accounting Department

Takuma Okamoto - Corporate Communications

Shigetaka Akamatsu - General Manager, Investor & Shareholder Relations

Conference Call Participants

Yasuhiro Narita - Nomura Securities

Akira Morimoto - SMBC Nikko Securities

Masayuki Nagano - Daiwa Securities

Yu Shirakawa - Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities

Harunobu Goroh - UBS Securities Japan

Akio Ohata - Nomura Asset Management

Presentation

Takuma Okamoto

Thank you all for taking time out of your busy schedule today to participate in our fiscal year 2023 financial results briefing for Mitsubishi Corporation. I am Okamoto from the Corporate Communications Department of Mitsubishi Corporation, and I will be your moderator today.

We are pleased to welcome journalists, investors, and analysts to this briefing, which is held both in person and online. At 1:00 p.m. today, we have announced our financial results for fiscal year 2023 on our website.

At the beginning of the presentation, Katsuya Nakanishi, President and CEO; and Yuzo Nouchi, CFO, will give an explanation. After that, we will have a Q&A session with the press until 2:00 p.m. Tokyo Time. A Q&A session with investors and analysts is scheduled from around 2:15 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Thank you very much for your cooperation.

Let me begin by introducing our presenters. The second person from your right is Katsuya Nakanishi, Representative Director, President, and CEO. To Nakanishi's left is, Yuzo Nouchi, Representative Director, Executive Vice President, and CFO. To the right of Nakanishi is Kenji Kobayashi, Executive Officer, CSEO. To the left most is Yoshihiro Shimazu, Executive Officer, General Manager of Accounting Department. So there will be four presenters.

As a reminder, if you wish to take pictures, please do so from the camera stand in the back of the room or from the left and right sides of the room. If you wish to take photos at the front of the venue, please keep your photos within the line above your feet. Thank you for your cooperation.

So President, Nakanishi, please start.

Katsuya Nakanishi

[Interpreted]

Hello. I am Mitsubishi Corporation’s CEO, Katsuya Nakanishi. Thank you for joining us for our company's FY 2023 earnings briefing. I will start by reviewing our FY 2023 earnings results, followed by the outlook for FY 2024, and then the highlights of our returns to shareholders. ...

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