Form 6-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 6-K

 

 


 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of May, 2003.

 

Commission File Number: 001-31221

 

Total number of pages: 41

 


 

NTT DoCoMo, Inc.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 


 

Sanno Park Tower 11-1, Nagata-cho 2-chome

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6150

Japan

(Address of principal executive offices)

 


 

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Information furnished in this report:

 

 

1.   Earnings release dated May 8, 2003 announcing the company’s results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003.


SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

   

NTT DoCoMo, Inc.

Date: May 9, 2003

 

By:

 

/S/    MASAYUKI HIRATA        


       

Masayuki Hirata

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer


3:00 P.M. JST, May 8, 2003

NTT DoCoMo, Inc.

 

Earnings Release for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2003


 

DoCoMo Posts Record Operating Income and

 

Income before Income Taxes

 

—Increase in data communications revenues contributes to earnings growth—

 

Consolidated financial results of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and subsidiaries (collectively “DoCoMo”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, are summarized as follows.

 

<<Highlights of Financial Results>>

 

  For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, operating revenues were ¥4,809.1 billion (up 3.2% year-on-year), operating income was ¥1,056.7 billion (up 5.6% year-on-year), income before income taxes was ¥1,043.0 billion (up 9.1% year-on-year) and net income was ¥212.5 billion. Equity in net losses of affiliates, net of deferred taxes, was ¥324.2 billion, due primarily to write-downs of investments in foreign affiliates.

 

  Earnings per share were ¥4,253.83, EBITDA margin* was 38.2% (up 2.1 points year-on-year), and ROCE was 22.1% (up 1.0 points year-on-year).

 

Notes:

    Earnings per share were adjusted to reflect a five-for-one stock split that took effect on May 15, 2002, as if the split had been effective at the beginning of the fiscal year. Treasury shares are not included in the calculation.
    EBITDA margin* = EBITDA / Total operating revenues
    EBITDA* = Operating income + Depreciation and amortization expenses + Losses on sale or disposal of property, plant and equipment
    ROCE = Operating income / (Shareholders’ equity + Interest bearing liabilities)
  Shareholders’   equity and interest bearing liabilities are the average of two fiscal year ends.

* See the reconciliations on page 38.

 

  DoCoMo expects its revenues and profit to continue to grow in the next fiscal year. Operating revenues, operating income, income before income taxes and net income for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2004, are estimated to be ¥4,899.0 billion (up 1.9% year-on-year), ¥1,090.0 billion (up 3.1% year-on-year), ¥1,073.0 billion (up 2.9% year-on-year) and ¥618.0 billion (up 190.8% year-on-year), respectively.

Notes:

1.   Pursuant to revision of rules regarding domestic statutory reporting in March 2002, DoCoMo has elected to prepare and disclose consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) from the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003. Information regarding previous fiscal years in this release has also been presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
2.   Consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2003, in this release are unaudited.
3.   Amounts in this release are rounded off, excluding non-consolidated financial statements, where amounts are truncated.
4.   With regard to the assumptions and other related matters concerning the forecasts of consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2004, please refer to pages 7 and 8.

 

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<<Comment by Keiji Tachikawa, President and CEO>>

 

Although the Japanese mobile phone market posted robust year-on-year growth of 10% in fiscal 2002, the harsh business environment remains as market growth continues to slow down. DoCoMo achieved year-on-year increases in both revenue and profit, with its income before income taxes exceeding one trillion yen for the first time. These are the results of management placing greater importance on profit and pursuing increased efficiency. While it is regrettable that we continued to incur impairment losses on investments in overseas affiliated companies, we secured a net income of ¥212.5 billion.

 

We implemented a number of measures to increase the number of subscribers to the i-mode services and increase data traffic by introducing new mobile phone handsets capable of faster transmission speeds as well as introducing handsets equipped with cameras. As a result, the number of i-mode subscribers increased to 37.76 million, accounting for 86% of the total number of mobile phone subscribers, and the number of mobile phone handsets equipped with cameras reached nine million less than a year after their introduction. We will further strengthen our core business in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2004, by releasing the 505i handset series to enhance our handset lineup.

 

For FOMA, we have been able to achieve our revised goal of 320 thousand subscribers thanks to the proactive expansion of the coverage areas and improvements in the mobile phone handsets. We believe that the popularization and expansion of FOMA is the most important challenges facing DoCoMo in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2004, requiring a company-wide effort. We will further expand the FOMA coverage area and improve FOMA handsets and services in an effort to attain our goal of 1.46 million subscribers by March 31, 2004.

 

The business environment is becoming harsher, including discussions regarding the right to set the tariffs for fixed-line to mobile calls. To respond appropriately to the changes in the business environment, we will focus on our growth strategies of “Multimedia”, “Ubiquity” and “Globalization”, and improve business efficiency as well as disseminating FOMA, for which we obtained a foothold in the previous business year. At the same time, we will strive to establish a strong foundation for management as we move into the future.

 

<<Business Results and Financial Position>>

 

<Results of operations>

 

      

Year ended

March 31, 2003


      

Year ended

March 31, 2002


    

Increase (Decrease)


      

(100 millions of yen)

Operating revenues

    

¥

48,091

 

    

¥

46,593

 

  

¥

1,498

 

  

3.2%

Operating expenses

    

 

37,524

 

    

 

36,584

 

  

 

940

 

  

2.6%

      


    


  


  

Operating income

    

 

10,567

 

    

 

10,009

 

  

 

558

 

  

5.6%

Other expense (income)

    

 

138

 

    

 

445

 

  

 

(307

)

  

(69.1%)

      


    


  


  

Income before income taxes

    

 

10,430

 

    

 

9,564

 

  

 

866

 

  

9.1%

Income taxes

    

 

4,545

 

    

 

3,996

 

  

 

548

 

  

13.7%

Equity in net losses of affiliates

    

 

(3,242

)

    

 

(6,440

)

  

 

3,197

 

  

—  

Minority interests

    

 

(160

)

    

 

(290

)

  

 

129

 

  

—  

Cumulative effect of accounting change

    

 

(357

)

    

 

—  

 

  

 

(357

)

  

—  

      


    


  


  

Net income (loss)

    

¥

2,125

 

    

¥

(1,162

)

  

¥

3,287

 

  

—  

      


    


  


  

 

Note:

Effective April 1, 2002, DoCoMo adopted Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 01-09, “Accounting for Consideration Given by a Vendor to a Customer or a Reseller of the Vendor’s Products”. With regard to the details of EITF 01-09, please refer to “Basis of Presentation” page 20. The initial adoption of EITF 01-09 resulted in the recognition of cumulative effect of accounting changes of ¥35.7 billion. The results of the previous year were also reclassified to conform to EITF 01-09.

 

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1. Business Overview

 

  (1)   Operating revenues were ¥4,809.1 billion (up 3.2% year-on-year).

 

    Cellular revenues increased only slightly to ¥3,286.4 billion (up 0.8% year-on-year) mainly due to a shift in subscribers’ usage to data communications services despite the increase in the number of subscribers.

 

    Packet communications services revenues continued to increase steadily to ¥886.3 billion (up 23.8% year-on-year) due to an increase in the number of subscribers using i-mode services.

 

<Breakdown of operating revenues>

 

      

Year ended

March 31, 2003


    

Year ended

March 31, 2002


  

Increase

(Decrease)


      

(100 millions of yen)

    

Wireless services

    

¥

43,509

    

¥

41,535

  

4.8%

[Including] Cellular services revenues

    

 

32,864

    

 

32,603

  

0.8%

[Including] FOMA services revenues

    

 

136

    

 

18

  

657.5%

[Including] Packet communications services revenues

    

 

8,863

    

 

7,161

  

23.8%

[Including] PHS services revenues

    

 

793

    

 

889

  

(10.8)%

[Including] Quickcast services revenues

    

 

77

    

 

107

  

(28.2)%

Equipment sales

    

 

4,582

    

 

5,058

  

(9.4)%

      

    

  

Total operating revenues

    

¥

48,091

    

¥

46,593

  

3.2%

      

    

  

 

Notes:

    FOMA services revenues include Packet communications services revenues from FOMA subscribers.
    Due to the adoption of EITF 01-09, equipment sales for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2003, and 2002, decreased by ¥558.9 billion and ¥507.9 billion, respectively.

 

  (2)   Operating expenses were ¥3,752.4 billion (up 2.6% year-on-year).

 

    Personnel expenses increased to ¥243.3 billion (up 5.2% year-on-year) mainly due to an increase in the number of employees. Non-personnel expenses decreased to ¥2,297.9 billion (down 0.1% year-on-year) primarily as a result of a decrease in sales commissions for acquisitions of new subscribers of cellular services.

 

    Depreciation and amortization expenses increased to ¥749.2 billion (up 17.0% year-on-year) due to an increase in depreciation and amortization of equipment and software related to FOMA services.

 

<Breakdown of operating expenses>

 

      

Year ended

March 31, 2003


    

Year ended

March 31, 2002


  

Increase

(Decrease)


      

(100 millions of yen)

    

Personnel expenses

    

¥

2,433

    

¥

2,312

  

5.2%

Non-personnel expenses

    

 

22,979

    

 

23,002

  

(0.1)%

Depreciation and amortization

    

 

7,492

    

 

6,405

  

17.0%

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets

    

 

386

    

 

505

  

(23.6)%

Communication network charges

    

 

3,877

    

 

4,064

  

(4.6)%

Taxes and public expenses

    

 

357

    

 

295

  

21.0%

      

    

  

Total operating expenses

    

¥

37,524

    

¥

36,584

  

2.6%

      

    

  

 

Note:

Due to the adoption of EITF 01-09, non-personnel expenses for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2003, and 2002, decreased by ¥571.2 billion and ¥507.9 billion, respectively.

 

  (3)   As a result, operating income was ¥1,056.7 billion (up 5.6% year-on-year) and income before income taxes was ¥1,043.0 billion (up 9.1% year-on-year).

 

  (4)   Net income was ¥212.5 billion.

 

    Equity in net losses of affiliates, net of deferred taxes, was ¥324.2 billion, due primarily to write-downs of investments in foreign affiliates.

 

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2. Segment Information

 

  (1)   Mobile phone business

 

Operating revenues were ¥4,690.4 billion and operating income was ¥1,087.2 billion.

 

    The number of subscribers of cellular services as of March 31, 2003, rose to 43,530 thousand (up 7.0% year-on-year) mainly due to active sales promotion of “mova 504iS” series handsets, which have a built-in camera and offer subscribers a picture mail service called “i-shot”.

 

    DoCoMo has expanded the coverage FOMA network to cover approximately 91% of the population of Japan as of March 31, 2003, and have improved standby battery life of FOMA handsets. As a result, DoCoMo had 330 thousand subscribers at March 31, 2003, due to satisfactory sales of “FOMA 2051” series handsets, which are capable of using a video clip e-mail service called “i-motion mail”, and “FOMA P2102V” handsets, which have videophone capability.

 

    Voice ARPU from cellular services was ¥6,370 (down 8.2% year-on-year), while the “i-mode” ARPU was ¥1,750 (up 13.6% year-on-year). As a result, aggregate ARPU was ¥8,120 (down 4.2% year-on-year).

 

Notes:

    ARPU: Average monthly revenue per unit
    Aggregate ARPU: Voice ARPU (including revenues from data communications through switched circuits) + “i-mode” ARPU
    “i-mode” ARPU: “i-mode” revenues / Number of active cellular users (not the number of active “i-mode” users)
    Number of active users: (Number of subscribers at the end of previous fiscal year + number of subscribers at the end of current fiscal year) / 2 x 12 months

 

<Number of subscribers by services>

 

      

March 31, 2003


    

March 31, 2002


  

Increase

(Decrease)


      

(Thousand subscribers)

    

Cellular services

    

43,531

    

40,694

  

7.0%

FOMA services

    

330

    

89

  

269.0%

i-mode services*

    

37,758

    

32,156

  

17.4%

Satellite mobile communications services

    

29

    

28

  

2.4%

 

Notes:

•       Number of “i-mode” subscribers as of March 31, 2003 =

 

PDC “i-mode” subscribers (37,456 thousand) +FOMA “i-mode” subscribers (303 thousand)

•       Number of “i-mode” subscribers as of March 31, 2002 =

 

PDC “i-mode” subscribers (32,075 thousand) +FOMA “i-mode” subscribers (81 thousand)

 

<Operating results>

 

      

Year ended

March 31, 2003


      

(100 millions  of yen)

Mobile phone business operating revenues

    

¥

46,904

Mobile phone business operating income

    

 

10,872

 

Note:

From the year ended March 31, 2003, segment results (Mobile phone, PHS, Quickcast, and Miscellaneous business) are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

 

  (2)   PHS business

 

Operating revenues were ¥85.0 billion and operating loss was ¥ 28.3 billion.

 

    DoCoMo emphasized the promotion of data communications services, including “P-p@c”, a discount service for data communications, and “P-in” series, a data-card type PHS. DoCoMo also continued cost reduction efforts including efficient utilization of its network facilities.

 

    Under the severe market conditions, the number of PHS subscribers at March 31, 2003, was 1,688 thousand (down 12.2% year-on-year).

 

    PHS ARPU was ¥3,530 (down 7.8% year-on-year).

 

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<Number of subscribers>

 

      

March 31, 2003


    

March 31, 2002


  

Increase

(Decrease)


      

(Thousand subscribers)

    

PHS services

    

1,688

    

1,922

  

(12.2)%

 

<Operating results>

 

      

Year ended

March 31, 2003


 
      

(100 millions of yen)

 

PHS business operating revenues

    

¥

850

 

PHS business operating loss

    

 

(283

)

 

(3)   Quickcast business

 

Operating revenues were ¥8.1 billion and operating loss was ¥ 6.5 billion.

 

    As the market for pager services in Japan continued to shrink, DoCoMo decreased costs by streamlining its operations as well as consolidating billing plans for new subscribers.

 

<Number of subscribers>

 

      

March 31, 2003


    

March 31, 2002


  

Increase

(Decrease)


      

(Thousand subscribers)

    

Quickcast services

    

604

    

827

  

(26.9)%

 

<Operating results>

 

      

Year ended

March 31, 2003


 
      

(100 millions of yen)

 

Quickcast business operating revenues

    

¥

81

 

Quickcast business operating loss

    

 

(65

)

 

(4)   Miscellaneous business

 

Operating revenues were ¥25.5 billion and operating income was ¥4.3 billion.

 

    DoCoMo has enabled users to use “WORLD CALL” services, an international dialing service from cellular phones, without applying specifically for it when they become new cellular subscribers. With regard to international roaming services, “WORLD WALKER”, DoCoMo added new services for the United States at a more reasonable price.

 

    DoCoMo launched a public wireless LAN service, “Mzone”.

 

<Operating results>

 

      

Year ended March 31, 2003


      

(100 millions of yen)

Miscellaneous business operating revenues

    

¥

255

Miscellaneous business operating income

    

 

43

 

3. Capital Expenditures

 

Total capital expenditures were ¥854.0 billion (down 17.3% year-on-year).

 

    With regard to FOMA, which is expected to play a major role in DoCoMo’s mobile phone businesses in the future, DoCoMo focused on the construction of its network to expand service areas and improve transmission qualities. On the other hand, DoCoMo made capital expenditures more efficient and reduced costs by installing new base station equipment and decreasing equipment acquisition costs.

 

<Breakdown of capital expenditures>

 

      

Year ended

March 31, 2003


    

Year ended

March 31, 2002


  

Increase

(Decrease)


      

(100 millions of yen)

    

Mobile phone business

    

¥

6,008

    

¥

7,102

  

(15.4)%

PHS business

    

 

84

    

 

123

  

(32.3)%

Quickcast business

    

 

2

    

 

5

  

(60.3)%

Other (including buildings for telecommunications)

    

 

2,446

    

 

3,093

  

(20.9)%

      

    

  

Total capital expenditures

    

¥

8,540

    

¥

10,323

  

(17.3)%

      

    

  

 

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4. Cash Flow Conditions

 

    Net cash provided by operating activities increased to ¥1,584.6 billion (up 18.2% year-on-year). It increased primarily because net income increased, despite an increase in the payment of income taxes, and due to the fact that telephone bills of approximately ¥244.0 billion for the previous fiscal year that normally would have been due on March 31, 2002, were collected during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, because the last day of the previous fiscal year coincided with a bank holiday.

 

    Net cash used in investing activities was ¥871.4 billion (down 22.5% year-on-year) due to decreases in capital expenditures and purchases of investments.

 

    Net cash used in financing activities was ¥333.3 billion (up 898.7% year-on-year). This was primarily due to the fact that DoCoMo paid ¥234.5 billion to repurchase its own shares, which were used to make its regional subsidiaries wholly owned through share exchanges. DoCoMo also reduced interest bearing liabilities.

 

    Free cash flows were ¥712.7 billion (up 234.1% year-on-year). Adjusted free cash flows* excluding the effects of a bank holiday at the previous fiscal year end were ¥468.7 billion (up 100.9% year-on-year).

 

    Cash flow and other related measures improved compared to the previous fiscal year, due to an increase in shareholders’ equity, a decrease in interest bearing liabilities and an increase in net cash provided by operating activities. However, our market equity ratio* decreased because of a decline in share prices.

 

<Statements of cash flows>

 

      

Year ended

March 31, 2003


    

Year ended

March 31, 2002


      

Increase

    (Decrease)    


      

(100 millions of yen)

        

Net cash provided by operating activities

    

¥

15,846

 

  

¥

13,411

 

    

18.2%

Net cash used in investing activities

    

 

(8,714

)

  

 

(11,251

)

    

—      

Net cash used in financing activities

    

 

(3,333

)

  

 

(334

)

    

—      

Free cash flows*

    

 

7,127

 

  

 

2,133

 

    

234.1%

Adjusted free cash flows (excluding irregular factors) *

    

 

4,687

 

  

 

2,333

 

    

100.9%

 

<Cash flow and other related measures>

 

      

Year ended

March 31, 2003


      

Year ended

March 31, 2002


    

Increase     (Decrease)    


Equity ratio

    

57.4

%

    

54.3

%

  

3.1 points  

Market equity ratio*

    

183.1

%

    

291.1

%

  

(108.0 points)

Debt ratio

    

28.0

%

    

30.3

%

  

(2.3 points)

Debt payout period (years)

    

0.9

 

    

1.1

 

  

(0.2)            

Interest coverage ratio

    

79.7

 

    

66.5

 

  

13.2             

 

Notes:

    Free cash flows* = Cash flows from operating activities + Cash flows from investing activities (excluding net payments for short-term loans, deposits, and other investments)
    Irregular factors represent the effects of uncollected revenues due to bank holidays at the end of periods.
    Equity ratio = Shareholders’ equity / Total assets
    Market equity ratio* = Market value of total share capital / Total assets
    Debt ratio = Interest bearing liabilities / (Shareholders’ equity + Interest bearing liabilities)

Shareholders’ equity and interest bearing liabilities are the average of two fiscal year ends.

    Debt payout period (years) = Interest bearing liabilities / Cash flows from operating activities
    Interest coverage ratio = Cash flows from operating activities / Interest expense

Interest expense is cash interested paid, which are disclosed in “Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information” for consolidated statements of cash flows.

  *   See the reconciliations on page 38.

 

5. Profit Distribution

 

    The Company intends to pay 500 yen per share as a year-end dividend for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003.

 

Note:

The Company suspended interim dividend payment for the six months ended September 30, 2002, because the Company was unable to satisfy the conditions set forth in the Commercial Code of Japan for interim dividend payments after the 11th regular annual shareholders’ meeting approved the repurchase of the Company’s own shares for the share exchanges.

 

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<<Prospects for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2004>>

 

Although the growth in the number of subscribers in the domestic wireless market during the year ending March 31, 2004, is estimated to slow than during the year ended March 31, 2003, DoCoMo expects to achieve the following results by reinforcing its financial position through company-wide cost reduction efforts, strengthening its existing core business, especially through the promotion of FOMA services, and expanding its business fields by pursuing its three major growth strategies, “Multimedia”, “Ubiquity”, and “Globalization”.

 

      

Year ending

March 31, 2004


      

Year ended March 31, 2003


    

Increase (Decrease)


 
      

(100 millions of yen)

 

Operating revenues

    

¥

48,990

 

    

¥

48,091

 

  

1.9

%

Operating income

    

 

10,900

 

    

 

10,567

 

  

3.1

%

Income before income taxes

    

 

10,730

 

    

 

10,430

 

  

2.9

%

Net income

    

 

6,180

 

    

 

2,125

 

  

190.8

%

Capital expenditures

    

 

8,180

 

    

 

8,540

 

  

(4.2

)%

Free cash flows*

    

 

8,400

 

    

 

7,127

 

  

17.9

%

Adjusted free cash flows (excluding irregular factors)*

    

 

8,400

 

    

 

4,687

 

  

79.2

%

EBITDA*

    

 

18,760

 

    

 

18,363

 

  

2.2

%

EBITDA margin*

    

 

38.3

%

    

 

38.2

%

  

0.1

points

ROCE

    

 

21.9

%

    

 

22.1

%

  

(0.2

points)

ROCE after tax effect*

    

 

12.7

%

    

 

12.8

%

  

(0.1

points)

Debt ratio

    

 

21.3

%

    

 

28.0

%

  

(6.7

points)

 

Note:

ROCE after tax effect = Operating income X (1- effective tax rate) / (Shareholders’ equity + Interest bearing liabilities)

Shareholders’ equity and interest bearing liabilities are the average of two fiscal year ends.

 

* See the reconciliations on page 38.

 

The financial forecasts for the year ending March 31, 2004, were based on the forecasts of the following operation data.

 

      

March 31, 2004


    

March 31, 2003


  

Increase

(Decrease)


 

Number of cellular subscribers (Thousands)

    

 

44,300

    

 

43,531

  

1.8

%

Number of FOMA subscribers (Thousands)

    

 

1,460

    

 

330

  

342.5

%

Number of “i-mode” subscribers (Thousands)

    

 

40,000

    

 

37,758

  

5.9

%

Number of PHS subscribers (Thousands)

    

 

1,780

    

 

1,688

  

5.5

%

Number of Quickcast subscribers (Thousands)

    

 

440

    

 

604

  

(27.2

)%

Aggregate ARPU (Mobile phone services)

    

¥

7,810

    

¥

8,120

  

(3.8

)%

Voice ARPU

    

¥

5,980

    

¥

6,370

  

(6.1

)%

“i-mode” ARPU

    

¥

1,830

    

¥

1,750

  

4.6

%

 

Note:

    The number of “i-mode” subscribers includes the number of FOMA “i-mode” subscribers.
    “i-mode” ARPU = ARPU generated purely from i-mode X (no. of active i-mode subscribers/no. of active cellular phone subscribers)

 

  DoCoMo intends to pay a total annual dividend of ¥1,000 per share for the year ending March 31, 2004, consisting of an interim dividend of ¥500 per share and a year-end dividend of ¥500 per share.

 

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Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

These Consolidated Financial Statements contain forward-looking statements such as forecasts of results of operations, policies, management strategies, objectives, plans, recognition and evaluation of facts, expected number of subscribers, financial results and prospects of dividend payments. All forward-looking statements that are not historical facts are based on management’s current expectations, assumptions, estimates, projections, plans, recognition and evaluations based on the information currently available. The projected numbers in this report were derived using certain assumptions that are indispensable for making projections in addition to historical facts that have been acknowledged accurately. These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in or suggested by any forward-looking statement. DoCoMo cannot promise that its assumptions, expectations, projections, anticipated estimates or other information expressed in these forward-looking statements will turn out to be correct. Potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation:

 

    The successful development of our 3G services is subject to market demand.
    The introduction or change of various laws or regulations could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
    Changes in the current system for setting tariffs and forms of communications between the telecommunications carriers may negatively affect our profitability.
    Increasing competition from other cellular services providers or other technologies, or rapid changes in market trends, could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
    Our acquisition of new subscribers, retention of existing subscribers and revenue per unit may not be as high as we expect.
    Subscribers may experience reduced quality of services because we have only a limited amount of spectrum and facilities available for our services.
    The W-CDMA technology that we use for our 3G system may not be introduced by other operators, which could limit our ability to offer international services to our subscribers.
    Our international investments, alliances and collaborations may not produce the returns or provide the opportunities we expect.
    The performance of our PHS business may not improve as we expect and the business may continue to operate at a loss in the future.
    Our i-mode system is subject to various inappropriate uses, such as unsolicited bulk e-mail, which could decrease customer satisfaction with our services, congest our system and adversely affect our financial results.
    Our parent, NTT, could exercise influence that may not be in the interests of our other shareholders.
    Concerns about wireless telecommunications health risks may adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
    Volatility and changes in the economic conditions and securities market in Japan and other countries may have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

       “i-mode”, “FOMA”, “i-shot”, “mova”, “i-motion mail”, “P-p@c”, “P-in”, “Quickcast”, “WORLD CALL”, “WORLD WALKER” and “Mzone” are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc.

 

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Consolidated Financial Statements

May 8, 2003

For the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2003

[U.S. GAAP]

 

Name of registrant:

  

NTT DoCoMo, Inc.

Code No.:

  

9437

Stock exchange on which the Company’s shares are listed:

  

Tokyo Stock Exchange-First Section

Address of principal executive office:

  

Tokyo, Japan

(URL http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/)

    

Representative:

  

Keiji Tachikawa, Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer

Contact:

  

Ken Takeuchi, Senior Manager, General Affairs Department /

TEL (03) 5156-1111

Date of the meeting of the Board of Directors for approval of the consolidated financial statements:

  

May 8, 2003

Name of Parent Company:

  

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (Code No. 9432)

Percentage of ownership interest in NTT DoCoMo, Inc. held by parent company:

  

63.0%

Adoption of US GAAP:

  

Yes

 

1. Consolidated Financial Results for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2003 (April 1, 2002 - March 31, 2003)

 

(1) Consolidated Results of Operations

 

Amounts are rounded off per 1 million yen throughout this report.

    

Operating Revenues


  

Operating Income


  

Income before Income Taxes


    

(Millions of yen, except per share amounts)

Year ended March 31, 2003

  

4,809,088

  

3.2%

  

1,056,719

  

5.6%

  

1,042,968

  

9.1%

Year ended March 31, 2002

  

4,659,254

  

11.5%

  

1,000,887

  

28.5%

  

956,391

  

26.2%

 

    

Net Income
(Loss)


  

Earnings
(Loss)

per Share


  

Diluted

Earnings

per Share


    

ROE

(Ratio of
Net Income to Shareholders’ Equity)


    

ROA

(Ratio of

Income before Income Taxes

to Total Assets)


    

Income before Income Taxes

Margin

(Ratio of Income before Income Taxes to Operating Revenues)


Year ended March 31, 2003

  

212,491

 

  

—  

  

4,253.83   (yen)

  

—  

    

6.3%

    

17.2%

    

21.7%

Year ended March 31, 2002

  

(116,191

)

  

—  

  

(2,315.48)  (yen)

  

—  

    

(3.5)%

    

15.8%

    

20.5%

 

Notes:

  

1.

  

Equity in net losses of affiliated companies:

  

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003: (324,241) million yen

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002: (643,962) million yen

    

2.

  

Earnings (loss) per share information is adjusted to reflect a five-for-one stock split that took effect on May 15, 2002. Treasury shares are not included in the calculation of the weighted average number of shares outstanding.

         

Weighted average number of shares outstanding:

  

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003: 49,952,907 shares

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002: 50,180,000 shares

    

3.

  

Change in accounting policy:

  

Yes (Adoption of new accounting principle)

    

4.

  

Percentages for operating revenues, operating income, income before income taxes and net income in the above tables represent annual changes compared to corresponding previous year.

 

(2) Consolidated Financial Position

 

    

Total Assets


    

Shareholders’ Equity


    

Equity Ratio

(Ratio of Shareholders’

Equity to Total Assets)


  

Shareholders’ Equity

per Share


    

(Millions of yen, except per share amounts)

Year ended March 31, 2003

  

6,058,007

    

3,475,514

    

57.4%

  

69,274.19  (yen)

Year ended March 31, 2002

  

6,067,225

    

3,291,883

    

54.3%

  

65,601.49  (yen)

 

Note:

  

Shareholders’ equity per share information is adjusted to reflect a five-for-one stock split that took effect on May 15, 2002. Treasury shares are not included in the number of shares outstanding at the end of the year.

    

Number of shares outstanding at end of year:             Year ended March 31, 2003:         50,170,406 shares

    

                                                                                               Year ended March 31, 2002:        50,180,000 shares

 

(3) Consolidated Cash Flows

 

      

Cash Flows from Operating Activities


    

Cash Flows from Investing Activities


      

Cash Flows from Financing Activities


      

Cash and Cash Equivalents at

Fiscal Year End


      

(Millions of yen)

Year ended March 31, 2003

    

1,584,610

    

(871,430

)

    

(333,277

)

    

680,951

Year ended March 31, 2002

    

1,341,088

    

(1,125,093

)

    

(33,372

)

    

301,048

 

(4) Number of consolidated companies and companies accounted for using the equity method

The number of consolidated subsidiaries:

  

36

The number of unconsolidated subsidiaries accounted for using the equity method:

  

26

The number of affiliated companies accounted for using the equity method:

  

10

 

(5) Change of reporting entities

The number of consolidated companies added:

  

2

  

The number of consolidated companies removed:

  

0

The number of companies on equity method added:

  

2

  

The number of companies on equity method removed:

  

4

 

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2. Consolidated Financial Results Forecasts for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2004 (April 1, 2003 - March 31, 2004)

 

 

    

Operating Revenues


    

Income before Income Taxes


  

Net Income


    

(Millions of yen)

Year ending March 31, 2004

  

4,899,000        

    

1,073,000

  

618,000

(Reference) Expected Earnings per Share:

  

12,318.02  yen

           

 

Notes:

1.      Pursuant to revision of rules in regard to domestic statutory reporting in March 2002, NTT DoCoMo, Inc. has elected to prepare and disclose consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Information on the prior fiscal year has also been presented to show U.S. GAAP information.

  2.   Consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2003 are unaudited.
  3.   With regard to the assumptions and other related matters concerning the above forecast results, please refer to pages 7 and 8.

 

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<<Conditions of the Corporate Group>>

 

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (the “Company”) primarily engages in mobile telecommunications services as a member of the NTT group, with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (“NTT”) as the holding company.

 

The Company, its 63 subsidiaries and ten affiliates constitute the NTT DoCoMo group (“DoCoMo group”), the largest mobile telecommunications services provider in Japan.

 

The business segments of DoCoMo group and the corporate position of each group company are as follows.

 

[Business Segment Information]

 

Business


  

Main service lines


Mobile phone businesses

  

Cellular services, FOMA services, packet communications services, satellite mobile communications services, in-flight telephone services, and sales of handsets and equipment for each service

PHS business

  

PHS services and sales of PHS handsets and equipment

Quickcast business

  

Quickcast (radio paging) services and sales of Quickcast equipment

Miscellaneous businesses

  

International dialing services and other miscellaneous businesses

 

[Position of Each Group Company]

 

(1)   The Company engages in Mobile phone, PHS, Quickcast and other businesses in the Kanto-Koshinetsu region of Japan. The Company also provides nationwide services such as satellite mobile communications services, in-flight telephone service and international dialing services. The Company is solely responsible for the R&D activities of the DoCoMo group regarding the mobile telecommunications business, the development of services and the development of information processing systems. The Company provides the results of such research and development to its eight regional subsidiaries, each of which operates in one of eight regions in Japan (“DoCoMo Regional Subsidiaries”).

 

(2)   Each of the DoCoMo Regional Subsidiaries engages in Mobile phone (excluding satellite mobile communications services and in-flight telephone service), PHS and Quickcast businesses in their respective regions.

 

(3)   Twenty-eight other subsidiaries of the Company, each of which is entrusted with certain services by the Company and/or DoCoMo Regional Subsidiaries, operate independently to maximize their expertise and operate efficiently. They are entrusted with part of the services provided by, or give assistance to, the Company and DoCoMo Regional Subsidiaries.

 

(4)   There are 27 other subsidiaries and ten associates, including, among others, some overseas units established for the purpose of global expansion of the third-generation mobile communications system based on W-CDMA, and joint ventures, set up to launch new business operations.

 

The following chart summarizes the above.

 

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LOGO

 

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<<Management Policies>>

 

1. Basic Management Policies

 

Under the corporate principle of “creating a new world of communications culture,” DoCoMo aims to contribute to the realization of a rich and vigorous society by reinforcing its core business in voice communications services and promoting mobile multimedia services. It also seeks to optimize its corporate value as to be greatly trusted and highly valued by its shareholders and customers.

 

2. Medium- and Long-Term Management Strategies

 

With the rise in the penetration ratio of cellular phones, the Japanese mobile telecommunications market is shifting to a period of stable growth. Meanwhile, demand for data communications services has been expanding steadily.

 

DoCoMo will continue to make efforts to improve its corporate value by targeting further growth corresponding to the advances in information technology and the globalization of socio-economic activities, focusing on the following three medium- and long-term strategies: a multimedia strategy, a ubiquity strategy and a globalization strategy. At the same time, DoCoMo will seek to enhance its core business, pursue comprehensive cost cutting and strengthen its management base by implementing the following measures.

 

  (1)   Multimedia

 

To stimulate further demand for mobile multimedia services, DoCoMo will strive to develop and provide an array of more sophisticated non-voice services, including visual communication services and the distribution services for music, video and text, capitalizing on the high-speed, large-capacity data transmission capability of its third-generation network (“FOMA”). DoCoMo will also push forward with mobile multimedia services by developing the High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) system based on W-CDMA technology to further improve the quality of “FOMA”. DoCoMo is also committed to continued research and development involving fourth-generation mobile telecommunications technologies.

 

  (2)   Ubiquity

 

With advances in mobile multimedia services, the business domain of mobile telecommunications has expanded from conventional “person-to-person” communications to “person-to-machine” communications, such as the “i-mode” services. DoCoMo will expand the use of mobile communications services to “machine-to-machine” communications services, including remote control of intelligent home appliances, distribution of information to vehicles (telematics services) and electronic commerce services utilizing portable information terminals (mobile e-commerce), and will aim to expand its business domain by targeting anything mobile.

 

  (3)   Globalization

 

The Company is steadily promoting globalization of both its “i-mode” services and its third-generation mobile communications systems based on W-CDMA technology as well as promoting overseas operations of mobile multimedia services. Including business alliances not involving the purchase of equity stakes, the Company will continue to promote the development of “Global Mobility Support,” which enables people to communicate “with anyone, anywhere and anytime” worldwide, by promoting international roaming services.

 

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3. Basic Policies for Profit Distribution

 

The Company will strive to strengthen its financial position and secure internal reserves in order to build highly advanced networks and offer stable services as well as to move ahead with mobile multimedia services. The Company will pay dividends by taking into account its consolidated results and operating environment, with the goal to continue to pay regular dividends. The Company will also take a flexible approach regarding share repurchases in order to return profits to shareholders.

 

The Company will allocate internal reserves to active research and development efforts, capital expenditures and other investments in response to the rapidly changing market environment. The Company will endeavor to boost its corporate value by introducing new technologies, offering new services and expanding its global businesses through alliances with new partners.

 

4. Basic Policies Regarding Corporate Governance, Measures and Implementation

 

Viewing corporate governance as an important management issue to maximize its corporate value, the Company will strive to achieve efficient and transparent management under the director/auditor system.

 

The Company is currently making swift and accurate decisions after active discussions at Board of Directors meetings, which are held monthly and on ad hoc basis. The Company now has one outside director and two outside auditors. To strengthen its auditing function, the Company seeks to expand its specialized staff and cooperate with auditors of its subsidiaries.

 

The Company set up an “Advisory Board” in February 1999, to obtain opinions and proposals of experts from diverse fields concerning the managerial challenges facing the Company. The Advisory Board, which entered its second term in May 2001, meets four times a year. The Company also established a “US Advisory Board” in December 2000, to receive advice from a more global perspective. The US Advisory Board, which was renewed and commenced its second term in November 2002, holds meetings twice a year. The views and proposals from the advisors have been reflected in the management of the Company.

 

Meanwhile, the Company also inaugurated the “Compliance Promotion Committee” under the direct control of the president and charged it with promoting fair and appropriate management, while setting up the “Compliance Consulting Office” (an in-house compliance system) to ensure that information is conveyed directly from employees to management. The Company is also endeavoring to cultivate employees’ awareness of legal compliance by providing training to all employees based on the “NTT DoCoMo Business Action Standard,” which provides codes of conduct for employees.

 

The Company will also establish controls and procedures concerning disclosure of corporate information in line with domestic and overseas laws and regulations, and will disclose information in a timely, appropriate and proactive way to shareholders and investors to improve transparency.

 

5. Relationship with the Parent Company

 

  (1)   The Company operates independently within the NTT Group, mainly in the field of mobile telecommunications. NTT, which currently owns 63.0% of the outstanding shares of the Company, is in a position to have an influence the managerial decisions of the Company by exercising its rights as majority shareholder to appoint and dismiss directors as well as other rights.

 

  (2)   The Company and NTT concluded a contract on July 1, 1999, for basic research and development conducted by NTT. Under the agreement, NTT offers services and benefits to the Company concerning basic research and development, and the Company pays compensation for such services and benefits to NTT.

 

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The Company and NTT also entered into a contract on April 1, 2002, regarding group management and operations run by NTT. Under the agreement, NTT provides services and benefits regarding group management and operations to the Company, and the Company pays compensation to NTT for such services and benefits. The Company and each of its eight Regional Subsidiaries had separately entered into agreements with NTT until March 31, 2002.

 

6. Target Management Indicators

 

Now that the Japanese mobile telecommunications market has entered a period of stable growth, DoCoMo regards EBITDA margin* as an important management indicator, given the company’s emphasis on profit, to further enhance its management base. DoCoMo also considers ROCE an important management indicator to promote efficiency in its invested capital (shareholders’ equity + interest bearing liabilities). DoCoMo will attempt to maximize its corporate value by doing its utmost to achieve an EBITDA margin of at least 35% and an ROCE of at least 20%.

 

Note:

    EBITDA margin* = EBITDA / Total operating revenues
    EBITDA* = Operating income + Depreciation and amortization expenses + Loss on sale or disposal of property,                      plant and equipment
    ROCE = Operating income / (Shareholders’ equity + Interest bearing liabilities)
       Shareholders’ equity and interest bearing liabilities are the average of two fiscal year ends.

 

  *   See the reconciliations on page 38.

 

7. Others

 

DoCoMo recognizes that support for building environment-friendly social systems is an important management issue facing the entire group. To that end, DoCoMo is making continuous efforts to earn ISO14001 certification, which is a set of international standards for environmental management and inspection, at all levels of the group. At the same time, DoCoMo seeks to alleviate the burdens on environment by procuring and purchasing environment-friendly products and materials, collecting and recycling used mobile phone handsets and accessories to create a recycling society and saving on paper resources by offering an “e-billing service,” which provides customers’ bills over the Internet or by e-mail message. DoCoMo is also actively engaged in forestation campaigns through its “DoCoMo Woods”.

 

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<CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS>

 

1. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

    

(UNAUDITED)
March 31, 2003


           

March 31, 2002


           

Increase
(Decrease)


 
    

(Millions of yen)

 

ASSETS

                                        

Current assets:

                                        

Cash and cash equivalents

  

¥

680,951

 

         

¥

301,048

 

         

¥

 379,903

 

Accounts receivable, net

  

 

617,499

 

         

 

844,816

 

         

 

(227,317

)

Inventories

  

 

67,315

 

         

 

96,000

 

         

 

(28,685

)

Deferred tax assets

  

 

58,501

 

         

 

44,056

 

         

 

14,445

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

  

 

214,753

 

         

 

98,985

 

         

 

115,768

 

    


  

  


  

  


Total current assets

  

 

1,639,019

 

  

27.0

%

  

 

1,384,905

 

  

22.8

%

  

 

254,114

 

    


  

  


  

  


Property, plant and equipment:

                                        

Wireless telecommunications equipment

  

 

3,792,361

 

         

 

3,361,066

 

         

 

431,295

 

Buildings and structures

  

 

546,267

 

         

 

439,171

 

         

 

107,096

 

Tools, furniture and fixtures

  

 

565,601

 

         

 

529,532

 

         

 

36,069

 

Land

  

 

185,031

 

         

 

173,867

 

         

 

11,164

 

Construction in progress

  

 

151,419

 

         

 

195,389

 

         

 

(43,970

)

Accumulated depreciation

  

 

(2,564,551

)

         

 

(2,080,033

)

         

 

(484,518

)

    


  

  


  

  


Total property, plant and equipment, net

  

 

2,676,128

 

  

44.2

%

  

 

2,618,992

 

  

43.2

%

  

 

57,136

 

    


  

  


  

  


Non-current investments and other assets:

                                        

Investments in affiliates

  

 

381,290

 

         

 

997,331

 

         

 

(616,041

)

Marketable securities and other investments

  

 

21,131

 

         

 

17,758

 

         

 

3,373

 

Intangible assets, net

  

 

621,012

 

         

 

434,690

 

         

 

186,322

 

Other assets

  

 

150,272

 

         

 

135,411

 

         

 

14,861

 

Deferred tax assets

  

 

569,155

 

         

 

478,138

 

         

 

91,017

 

    


  

  


  

  


Total non-current investments and other assets

  

 

1,742,860

 

  

28.8

%

  

 

2,063,328

 

  

34.0

%

  

 

(320,468

)

    


  

  


  

  


TOTAL ASSETS

  

¥

6,058,007

 

  

100.0

%

  

¥

6,067,225

 

  

100.0

%

  

¥

(9,218

)

    


  

  


  

  


LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

                                        

Current liabilities:

                                        

Current portion of long-term debt

  

¥

126,741

 

         

¥

212,934

 

         

¥

(86,193

)

Short-term borrowings

  

 

10,000

 

         

 

81,050

 

         

 

(71,050

)

Accounts payable, trade

  

 

638,670

 

         

 

557,851

 

         

 

80,819

 

Accrued payroll

  

 

45,367

 

         

 

42,728

 

         

 

2,639

 

Accrued interest

  

 

2,893

 

         

 

3,226

 

         

 

(333

)

Accrued taxes on income

  

 

131,845

 

         

 

293,410

 

         

 

(161,565

)

Other current liabilities

  

 

96,824

 

         

 

86,693

 

         

 

10,131

 

    


  

  


  

  


Total current liabilities

  

 

1,052,340

 

  

17.4

%

  

 

1,277,892

 

  

21.0

%

  

 

(225,552

)

    


  

  


  

  


Long-term liabilities:

                                        

Long-term debt

  

 

1,211,627

 

         

 

1,135,348

 

         

 

76,279

 

Employee benefits

  

 

149,700

 

         

 

105,728

 

         

 

43,972

 

Other long-term liabilities

  

 

168,351

 

         

 

152,749

 

         

 

15,602

 

    


  

  


  

  


Total long-term liabilities

  

 

1,529,678

 

  

25.2

%

  

 

1,393,825

 

  

23.0

%

  

 

135,853

 

    


  

  


  

  


TOTAL LIABILITIES

  

 

2,582,018

 

  

42.6

%

  

 

2,671,717

 

  

44.0

%

  

 

(89,699

)

    


  

  


  

  


Minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries

  

 

475

 

  

0.0

%

  

 

103,625

 

  

1.7

%

  

 

(103,150

)

    


  

  


  

  


Shareholders’ equity:

                                        

Common stock

  

 

949,680

 

         

 

949,680

 

         

 

—  

 

Additional paid-in capital

  

 

1,306,128

 

         

 

1,262,672

 

         

 

43,456

 

Retained earnings

  

 

1,159,354

 

         

 

956,899

 

         

 

202,455

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

  

 

62,937

 

         

 

122,632

 

         

 

(59,695

)

Treasury stock

  

 

(2,585

)

         

 

—  

 

         

 

(2,585

)

    


  

  


  

  


TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

  

 

3,475,514

 

  

57.4

%

  

 

3,291,883

 

  

54.3

%

  

 

183,631

 

    


  

  


  

  


TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

  

¥

6,058,007

 

  

100.0

%

  

¥

6,067,225

 

  

100.0

%

  

¥

(9,218

)

    


  

  


  

  


 

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2. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

 

    

(UNAUDITED)

Year ended
March 31, 2003


           

Year ended March 31, 2002


           

Increase (Decrease)


 
    

(Millions of yen)

 

Operating revenues:

                                    

Wireless services

  

¥

4,350,861

 

         

¥ 4,153,459

 

         

¥ 197,402

 

Equipment sales

  

 

458,227

 

         

505,795

 

         

(47,568

)

    


  

  

  

  

Total operating revenues

  

 

4,809,088

 

  

100.0

%

  

4,659,254

 

  

100.0

%

  

149,834

 

    


  

  

  

  

Operating expenses:

                                    

Personnel expenses

  

 

243,254

 

         

231,237

 

         

12,017

 

Non-personnel expenses

  

 

2,297,933

 

         

2,300,207

 

         

(2,274

)

Depreciation, amortization and loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets

  

 

787,772

 

         

690,994

 

         

96,778

 

Other

  

 

423,410

 

         

435,929

 

         

(12,519

)

Total operating expenses

  

 

3,752,369

 

  

78.0

%

  

3,658,367

 

  

78.5

%

  

94,002

 

    


  

  

  

  

Operating income

  

 

1,056,719

 

  

22.0

%

  

1,000,887

 

  

21.5

%

  

55,832

 

    


  

  

  

  

Other expense (income):

                                    

Interest expense

  

 

16,870

 

         

17,229

 

         

(359

)

Interest income

  

 

(100

)

         

(154

)

         

54

 

Other, net

  

 

(3,019

)

         

27,421

 

         

(30,440

)

Total other expense (income)

  

 

13,751

 

  

0.3

%

  

44,496

 

  

1.0

%

  

(30,745

)

    


  

  

  

  

Income before income taxes

  

 

1,042,968

 

  

21.7

%

  

956,391

 

  

20.5

%

  

86,577

 

    


  

  

  

  

Income taxes:

                                    

Current

  

 

285,606

 

         

453,914

 

         

(168,308

)

Deferred

  

 

168,881

 

         

(54,271

)

         

223,152

 

Total income taxes

  

 

454,487

 

  

9.5

%

  

399,643

 

  

8.6

%

  

54,844

 

Equity in net losses of affiliates

  

 

(324,241

)

  

(6.7

)%

  

(643,962

)

  

(13.8

)%

  

319,721

 

Minority interests in earnings of consolidated subsidiaries

  

 

(16,033

)

  

(0.3

)%

  

(28,977

)

  

(0.6

)%

  

12,944

 

    


  

  

  

  

Income (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change

  

 

248,207

 

  

5.2

%

  

(116,191

)

  

(2.5

)%

  

364,398

 

    


  

  

  

  

Cumulative effect of accounting change

  

 

(35,716

)

  

(0.8

)%

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

  

(35,716

)

    


  

  

  

  

Net income (loss)

  

 

¥ 212,491

 

  

4.4

%

  

¥ (116,191

)

  

(2.5

)%

  

¥ 328,682

 

    


  

  

  

  

Other comprehensive income (loss):

                                    

Unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities

  

 

¥ (727

)

         

¥ (2,136

)

         

¥ 1,409

 

Net revaluation of financial instruments

  

 

257

 

         

(90

)

         

347

 

Foreign currency translation adjustments

  

 

(39,315

)

         

105,147

 

         

(144,462

)

Minimum pension liability adjustment

  

 

(19,910

)

         

(3,398

)

         

(16,512

)

    


  

  

  

  

Comprehensive income (loss)

  

 

¥ 152,796

 

  

3.2

%

  

¥ (16,668

)

  

(0.4

)%

  

¥ 169,464

 

    


  

  

  

  

 

Note:The denominator used to calculate the percentage figures is the amount of total operating revenues.

EARNINGS PER SHARE DATA

                                    

Weighted average common shares outstanding—Basic and diluted (shares)

  

 

49,952,907

 

         

50,180,000

 

         

(227,093

)

Basic and diluted income (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change (yen)

  

 

¥ 4,968.82

 

         

¥(2,315.48

)

         

¥7,284.30

 

Basic and diluted cumulative effect of accounting change (yen)

  

 

(714.99

)

         

—  

 

         

(714.99

)

Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share (yen)

  

 

4,253.83

 

         

(2,315.48

)

         

6,569.31

 

    


         

         

 

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3. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

    

(UNAUDITED) Year ended March 31, 2003


    

Year ended March 31, 2002


    

Increase (Decrease)


 
    

(Millions of yen)

 

Common stock:

                    

At beginning of year

  

¥ 949,680

 

  

¥ 949,680

 

  

¥ —  

 

At end of year

  

949,680

 

  

949,680

 

  

—  

 

Additional paid-in capital:

                    

At beginning of year

  

1,262,672

 

  

1,262,672

 

  

—  

 

Share exchanges

  

43,456

 

  

—  

 

  

43,456

 

At end of year

  

1,306,128

 

  

1,262,672

 

  

43,456

 

Retained earnings:

                    

At beginning of year

  

956,899

 

  

1,083,126

 

  

(126,227

)

Cash dividends

  

(10,036

)

  

(10,036

)

  

—  

 

Net income (loss)

  

212,491

 

  

(116,191

)

  

328,682

 

At end of year

  

1,159,354

 

  

956,899

 

  

202,455

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income:

                    

At beginning of year

  

122,632

 

  

23,109

 

  

99,523

 

Unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities

  

(727

)

  

(2,136

)

  

1,409

 

Net revaluation of financial instruments

  

257

 

  

(90

)

  

347

 

Foreign currency translation adjustments

  

(39,315

)

  

105,147

 

  

(144,462

)

Minimum pension liability adjustment

  

(19,910

)

  

(3,398

)

  

(16,512

)

At end of year

  

62,937

 

  

122,632

 

  

(59,695

)

Treasury stock:

                    

At beginning of year

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

Acquisition of treasury stock

  

(234,470

)

  

—  

 

  

(234,470

)

Share exchanges

  

231,885

 

  

—  

 

  

231,885

 

At end of year

  

(2,585

)

  

—  

 

  

(2,585

)

    

  

  

TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

  

¥3,475,514

 

  

¥3,291,883

 

  

¥183,631

 

    

  

  

 

 

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4. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

    

(UNAUDITED)

Year ended March 31, 2003


    

Year ended March 31, 2002


 
    

(Millions of yen)

 

I. Cash flows from operating activities:

                 

1. Net income (loss)

  

¥

212,491

 

  

¥

(116,191

)

2. Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:

                 

(1) Depreciation and amortization

  

 

749,197

 

  

 

640,505

 

(2) Deferred taxes

  

 

(56,653

)

  

 

(524,549

)

(3) Loss on sale or disposal of property, plant and equipment

  

 

30,348

 

  

 

39,204

 

(4) Equity in net losses of affiliates

  

 

549,775

 

  

 

1,114,240

 

(5) Minority interests in earnings of consolidated subsidiaries

  

 

16,033

 

  

 

28,977

 

(6) Cumulative effect of accounting change

  

 

35,716

 

  

 

—  

 

(7) Changes in current assets and liabilities:

                 

Decrease in accounts receivable, trade

  

 

229,061

 

  

 

42,336

 

Decrease in allowance for doubtful accounts

  

 

(1,744

)

  

 

(1,874

)

Decrease in inventories

  

 

28,685

 

  

 

11,404

 

Increase (decrease) in accounts payable, trade

  

 

27,820

 

  

 

(99,689

)

Increase in other current liabilities

  

 

10,131

 

  

 

8,483

 

(Decrease) increase in accrued taxes on income

  

 

(161,565

)

  

 

89,594

 

Increase in liability for employee benefits, net of deferred pension costs

  

 

43,972

 

  

 

18,933

 

Other, net

  

 

(128,657

)

  

 

89,715

 

    


  


Net cash provided by operating activities

  

 

1,584,610

 

  

 

1,341,088

 

    


  


II. Cash flows from investing activities:

                 

1. Purchases of property, plant and equipment

  

 

(700,468

)

  

 

(863,184

)

2. Purchases of intangible and other assets

  

 

(164,238

)

  

 

(199,517

)

3. Purchases of investments

  

 

(10,312

)

  

 

(68,189

)

4. Other, net

  

 

3,588

 

  

 

5,797

 

    


  


Net cash used in investing activities

  

 

(871,430

)

  

 

(1,125,093

)

    


  


III. Cash flows from financing activities:

                 

1. Issuance of long-term debt

  

 

202,274

 

  

 

395,238

 

2. Repayment of long-term debt

  

 

(212,934

)

  

 

(177,686

)

3. Payments to acquire treasury stock

  

 

(234,470

)

  

 

—  

 

4. Principal payments under capital lease obligations

  

 

(6,908

)

  

 

(8,418

)

5. Dividends paid

  

 

(10,036

)

  

 

(10,036

)

6. Proceeds from short-term borrowings

  

 

339,912

 

  

 

957,619

 

7. Repayment of short-term borrowings

  

 

(410,962

)

  

 

(1,190,769

)

8. Other, net

  

 

(153

)

  

 

680

 

    


  


Net cash used in financing activities

  

 

(333,277

)

  

 

(33,372

)

    


  


IV. Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

    


  


V. Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

  

 

379,903

 

  

 

182,623

 

VI. Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of year

  

 

301,048

 

  

 

118,425

 

    


  


VII. Cash and cash equivalents at the end of year

  

¥

680,951

 

  

¥

301,048

 

    


  


Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information

                 

Cash paid during the year for:

                 

Interest

  

¥

19,874

 

  

¥

20,165

 

Income taxes

  

 

558,084

 

  

 

364,321

 

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

                 

Decrease in treasury stock by share exchanges

  

 

231,885

 

  

 

—  

 

Assets acquired through capital lease obligations

  

 

4,001

 

  

 

5,376

 

    


  


 

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Basis of Presentation:

 

The accompanying consolidated financial information of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively “DoCoMo”) has been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S.GAAP”).

 

1. Adoption of new accounting principle:

 

Accounting for certain commissions paid to agent resellers

 

Effective April 1, 2002, DoCoMo adopted Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 01-09, “Accounting for Consideration Given by a Vendor to a Customer or a Reseller of the Vendor’s Products”. The adoption results in the reclassification of certain amounts of commissions paid to agent resellers previously included in non-personnel expenses as a reduction of equipment sales. EITF 01-09 also requires that reduction of revenue and corresponding expenses be recognized at the time of equipment sales, in lieu of the date of payment. Consequently, net equipment sales and non-personnel expenses decreased ¥558,923 million, and ¥571,223 million, respectively. The adoption also resulted in an adjustment as of April 1, 2002 for the cumulative effect of accounting change in DoCoMo’s statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss) by ¥35,716 million (net of taxes). Prior periods have been reclassified to be consistent with current year presentation.

 

2. Significant accounting policies:

 

Inventories—

 

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. The cost of equipment sold is determined by the first-in, first-out method.

 

Property, plant and equipment—

 

Property, plant and equipment is stated at cost and includes capitalized interest expense incurred during construction periods. It is depreciated over the estimated useful lives of respective assets using the declining-balance method with the exception of buildings that are depreciated using the straight-line method.

 

Investments in affiliates—

 

The equity method of accounting is applied for investments in affiliates where DoCoMo either owns an aggregate interest of 20% to 50% or is able to exercise significant influence over the affiliate.

 

DoCoMo evaluates its investments in affiliates for impairment due to declines in value considered to be other than temporary. In the event of a determination that a decline in value is other than temporary, a charge to earnings is recorded for the loss, and a new cost basis in the investment is established.

 

Marketable securities—

 

Marketable securities consist of investments in debt and equity securities which DoCoMo accounts for in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 115, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities.”

 

Goodwill and other intangible assets—

 

Effective April 1, 2001, DoCoMo accounts for goodwill and other intangible assets in accordance with SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”.

 

20


 

Impairment of long-lived assets—

 

In accordance with SFAS No. 144, DoCoMo’s long-lived assets other than goodwill, including property, plant and equipment, software and other intangibles, are reviewed for impairment, and if the asset is determined to be impaired, the amount of the loss is recognized in earnings.

 

Derivative financial instruments—

 

DoCoMo accounts for derivative instruments in accordance with SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivatives and Hedging Activities”, as amended by SFAS No. 138. All derivative instruments are recorded on the balance sheets at fair value, with the change in the fair value recognized either in other comprehensive income or in net income depending on whether the derivative instrument qualifies as a hedge for accounting purposes, and if so, the nature of hedging activity.

 

Employee benefit plans—

 

Pension benefits earned during the period, as well as interest on projected benefit obligations, are accrued currently. Prior service costs and credits resulting from changes in plan benefits are amortized over the average remaining service period of the employees expected to receive benefits.

 

Revenue recognition—

 

Base monthly service and airtime are recognized as revenues as service is provided to the subscribers. Equipment sales are recognized as revenue upon delivery of the equipment to the customer (agent resellers).

 

Upfront activation fees are being deferred and recognized as revenue over the expected term of customer relationship of each service. The related direct costs are also being deferred only to the extent of the related upfront fee amount and are being amortized over the same periods.

 

Income taxes—

 

Income taxes are provided based on the asset and liability method of income tax accounting. Deferred income taxes are recorded to reflect the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and the amount reported in the balance sheets.

 

21


 

Other footnotes to consolidated financial statements:

 

1.   Equity in net losses of affiliates:

 

For the year ended March 31, 2003, “Equity in net losses of affiliates” primarily relates to the impairment charges (net of taxes) recognized on the investments in the following affiliates:

 

AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.

  

¥

167,584 million

Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Limited

  

¥

72,233 million

KPN Mobile N.V.

  

¥

67,949 million

KG Telecommunications Co., Ltd.

  

¥

5,709 million

DoCoMo AOL, Inc.

  

¥

6,089  million

 

Due to dilution in DoCoMo’s shareholding percentage in KPN Mobile N. V. (KPNM), and loss of certain of its minority shareholder’s rights such as Board representation during the year ended March 31, 2003, DoCoMo no longer has the ability to exercise significant influence over KPNM. Consequently, DoCoMo removed KPNM from the scope of equity method accounting.

 

2.   Share exchanges:

 

As a result of the completion of share exchanges to make the regional subsidiaries wholly-owned which took place on November 1, 2002, the treasury stock amount of ¥234,462 million (870,000 shares) which had been acquired before the share exchanges was decreased to ¥2,585 million (9,593.89 shares).

 

The share exchanges were accounted for using the purchase method, in accordance with SFAS No. 141. In accordance therewith, the acquisition costs of the subsidiaries’ stocks which exceed the net assets of each of the eight regional subsidiaries are assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on estimated fair value at the date of the share exchanges, and deferred tax liabilities or assets are recognized for differences between the assigned values and the tax bases of the recognized assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

 

The aggregate amount of acquisition costs that exceed the related determinable assets less liabilities is recorded as goodwill on the consolidated balance sheet.

 

 

22


 

3. Segment information:

 

    

Year ended

March 31, 2003


        
    

(Millions of yen)

        

Operating Revenues:

               

Mobile phone business

  

¥

4,690,444

 

  

97.5

%

PHS business

  

 

85,038

 

  

1.8

%

Quickcast business

  

 

8,088

 

  

0.2

%

Miscellaneous businesses

  

 

25,518

 

  

0.5

%

    


  

Consolidated operating revenues

  

 

4,809,088

 

  

100.0

%

    


  

Operating income (loss):

               

Mobile phone business

  

 

1,087,187

 

  

—  

 

PHS business

  

 

(28,294

)

  

—  

 

Quickcast business

  

 

(6,458

)

  

—  

 

Miscellaneous businesses

  

 

4,284

 

  

—  

 

    


  

Consolidated operating income

  

¥

1,056,719

 

  

—  

 

    


  

 

Notes:

  1.   Segment information for the year ended March 31, 2003 is prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
  2.   DoCoMo segments its businesses internally as follows:

 

          a. Mobile phone business

  

—Cellular services, FOMA services, packet communications services, satellite mobile communications services, in-flight telephone service and equipment sales for each service

          b. PHS business

  

—PHS services and PHS equipment sales

          c. Quickcast business

  

—Quickcast services and Quickcast equipment sales (formerly paging services and paging equipment sales)

          d. Miscellaneous businesses

  

—International dialing services and other miscellaneous businesses

 

4. Employee benefits:

 

(1) Liability recognized on the balance sheets:

 

    

March 31, 2003


    

March 31, 2002


 
    

(Millions of yen)

 

Liability for employees’ retirement benefits

  

¥

(149,700

)

  

¥

(105,728

)

Intangible and other assets

  

 

790

 

  

 

732

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

  

 

50,307

 

  

 

16,689

 

    


  


Total liability for employees’ retirement benefits

  

¥

(98,603

)

  

¥

(88,307

)

    


  


 

(2) Charges to income:

 

      

Year ended

March 31, 2003


    

Year ended

March 31, 2002


      

(Millions of yen)

Net pension cost

    

¥

22,396

    

¥

21,175

      

    

 

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(3) Assumptions in determination of net pension cost:

 

      

Year ended

March 31, 2003


    

Year ended

March 31, 2002


Discount rate

    

2.0%

    

2.5%

Long-term rate of salary increases

    

2.1%

    

3.0%

Long-term rate of return on funded assets

    

2.5%

    

3.0%

 

5. Subsequent events:

 

(1) Shareholder loan to H3G UK:

 

After careful consideration of the necessity of a funding request from Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Limited (“H3G UK”), the loan conditions proposed by H3G UK and the provisions of the H3G UK Shareholders Agreement between DoCoMo and Hutchison Whampoa Limited, DoCoMo accepted the funding request at the Board of Directors’ meeting on April 23, 2003, and provided the following advance on May 2, 2003:

 

          (i) DoCoMo’s loan:

       

£200 million (¥38,242 million)

          (ii) Use of proceeds:

       

Capital expenditures in 3G network and business operating expenses

          (iii) Terms:

       

a. Maturity:    10 years

b. Interest:      LIBOR + 1.0%

 

(2) Reduction in tariffs:

 

On May 8, 2003, DoCoMo’s Board of Directors approved the amendment of the billing plans for cellular services and FOMA services. DoCoMo notified the Minister of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications of reduction of charges for calls generated from fixed wireline network and accessed to the DoCoMo’s network, which will be effective on June 1, 2003.

 

 

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Non-consolidated Financial Statements

May 8, 2003

For the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2003

[Japanese GAAP]

 

Name of registrant:

  

NTT DoCoMo, Inc.

Code No.:

  

9437

Stock exchange on which the Company’s shares are listed:

  

Tokyo Stock Exchange-First Section

Address of principal executive office:

  

Tokyo, Japan

(URL http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/ )

    

Representative:

  

Keiji Tachikawa, Representative Director, President and Chief
Executive Officer

Contact:

  

Ken Takeuchi, Senior Manager, General Affairs Department / TEL (03) 5156-1111

Date of the meeting of the Board of Directors for approval of the non-consolidated financial statements:

  

May 8, 2003

Date of the meeting of shareholders for approval of the non-consolidated financial statements:

  

June 19, 2003

Interim dividends plan:

  

Yes

Adoption of the Unit Share System:

  

No

 

1. Non-consolidated Financial Results for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2003 (April 1, 2002 - March 31, 2003)

 

(1) Non-consolidated Results of Operations

 

Amounts are truncated to nearest 1 million yen throughout this report.

 

    

Operating Revenues


  

Operating Income


  

Recurring Profit


    

(Millions of yen, except per share amounts)

    

Year ended March 31, 2003

  

2,476,821

  

5.1%

  

455,227

  

8.3%

  

633,278

  

55.8%

Year ended March 31, 2002

  

2,355,760

  

10.0%

  

420,159

  

24.8%

  

406,471

  

38.8%

 

    

Net Income
(Loss)


  

Earnings

(Loss)

per Share


    

Diluted

Earnings

per Share


    

ROE

(Ratio of

Net Income to

Shareholders’ Equity)


      

ROA

(Ratio of

Recurring Profit

to Total Assets)


    

Recurring
Profit

Margin

(Ratio of Recurring Profit to Operating Revenues)


Year ended March 31, 2003

  

84,850

 

  

—  

  

1,698.61

(yen)

  

—  

    

3.5

%

    

14.5%

    

25.6%

Year ended March 31, 2002

  

(310,720

)

  

—  

  

(6,192.11

)(yen)

  

—  

    

(12.1

%)

    

9.3%

    

17.3%


Notes:

 

1.

 

Earnings (loss) per share information is adjusted to reflect a five-for-one stock split that took effect on May 15, 2002.

Treasury shares are not included in the calculation of the weighted average number of shares outstanding.

       

Weighted average number of shares outstanding:         

 

For the year ended March 31,2003:    49,952,907 shares

               

For the year ended March 31, 2002:     50,180,000 shares

   

2.

 

Change in accounting policy:                                              

     

Yes

   

3.

 

Percentages above represent annual changes compared to corresponding previous year.

 

(2) Dividends

 

    

Total Dividends per Share


    

Total Dividends

for the Year


      

Payout Ratio


    

Ratio of Dividends to Shareholders’ Equity


         

Interim Dividends per Share


  

Year-End Dividends per Share


              
    

(Yen, except Total Dividends for the Year)

Year ended March 31, 2003

  

500.00

  

0.00

  

500.00

    

25,085

(million yen)

    

29.4%

    

1.0%

Year ended March 31, 2002

  

1,500.00

  

500.00

  

1,000.00

    

15,054

(million yen)

    

—  

    

0.6%

 

(3) Non-consolidated Financial Position

 

    

Total Assets


    

Shareholders’ Equity


    

Equity Ratio

(Ratio of Shareholders’

Equity to Total Assets)


    

Shareholders’ Equity

per Share


 
    

(Millions of yen, except per share amounts)

 

Year ended March 31, 2003

  

4,483,130

    

2,448,293

    

54.6%

    

48,799.56

(yen)

Year ended March 31, 2002

  

4,252,097

    

2,405,426

    

56.6%

    

47,935.97

(yen)

    
    
    
    


Notes:

 

1.

 

Shareholders’ equity per share information is adjusted to reflect a five-for-one stock split that took effect on May 15, 2002. Treasury shares are not included in the number of shares outstanding at the end of the year.

       

Number of shares outstanding at end of year :

  

March 31, 2003:

  

50,170,406 shares

    

March 31, 2002:

  

50,180,000 shares

   

2.

 

Number of treasury shares:

  

March 31, 2003:

  

9,594 shares

    

March 31, 2002:  

  

            —  shares

 

2. Non-consolidated Financial Results Forecasts for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2004 (April 1, 2003 - March 31, 2004)

 

    

Operating Revenues


    

Recurring Profit


  

Net Income


  

Total Dividends per Share


 
             

Interim Dividends per Share


    

Year-End

Dividends per Share


        
    

(Millions of yen, except per share amounts)

 

Year ending March 31, 2004

  

2,526,000

    

469,000

  

301,000

  

500

(yen)

  

500

(yen)

  

1,000

(yen)

 

(Reference) Expected Earnings per Share:         5,999.55 yen

 

Note:   With regard to the assumptions and other related matters concerning the above estimated results, please refer to pages 7 and 8.

 

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<NON-CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS>

 

1. NON-CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

    

March 31, 2003


  

March 31, 2002


  

Increase
(Decrease)


 
    

Amount


    

%


  

Amount


    

%


  
    

(Millions of yen)

 

ASSETS

                              

Non-current assets

                              

Fixed assets for telecommunication businesses Property, plant and equipment

  

1,198,756

 

       

1,201,569

 

       

(2,813

)

Machinery and equipment

  

498,887

 

       

506,864

 

       

(7,976

)

Antenna facilities

  

139,589

 

       

138,151

 

       

1,437

 

Satellite mobile communications facilities

  

16,339

 

       

4,567

 

       

11,772

 

Terminal equipment

  

61

 

       

2,453

 

       

(2,392

)

Telecommunications line facilities

  

582

 

       

371

 

       

210

 

Pipe and hand holes

  

378

 

       

216

 

       

162

 

Buildings

  

224,922

 

       

169,214

 

       

55,707

 

Structures

  

19,737

 

       

20,217

 

       

(480

)

Other machinery and equipment

  

10,727

 

       

11,163

 

       

(436

)

Vehicles

  

206

 

       

259

 

       

(53

)

Tools, furniture and fixtures

  

148,237

 

       

167,325

 

       

(19,087

)

Land

  

100,307

 

       

93,268

 

       

7,039

 

Construction in progress

  

38,779

 

       

87,496

 

       

(48,716

)

Intangible assets

  

390,370

 

       

381,672

 

       

8,698

 

Rights to use utility facilities

  

3,322

 

       

3,624

 

       

(302

)

Computer software

  

375,472

 

       

331,659

 

       

43,812

 

Patents

  

238

 

       

251

 

       

(13

)

Leasehold rights

  

2,379

 

       

2,307

 

       

71

 

Other intangible assets

  

8,958

 

       

43,827

 

       

(34,869

)

Total non-current assets for telecommunication businesses

  

1,589,126

 

       

1,583,241

 

       

5,885

 

Investments and other assets

                              

Investment securities

  

16,984

 

       

11,191

 

       

5,792

 

Investments in capital

  

433

 

       

506

 

       

(72

)

Investments in affiliated companies

  

834,326

 

       

1,231,029

 

       

(396,702

)

Long-term loan receivable from an affiliated company

  

1,000

 

       

16,000

 

       

(15,000

)

Long-term prepaid expenses

  

1,359

 

       

48

 

       

1,311

 

Deferred income taxes

  

544,585

 

       

458,301

 

       

86,284

 

Other investments and other assets

  

33,658

 

       

32,456

 

       

1,201

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

  

(375

)

       

(372

)

       

(2

)

Total investments and other assets

  

1,431,972

 

       

1,749,160

 

       

(317,188

)

Total fixed assets

  

3,021,099

 

  

67.4

  

3,332,401

 

  

78.4

  

(311,302

)

Current assets

                              

Cash and bank deposits

  

637,134

 

       

220,025

 

       

417,108

 

Accounts receivable, trade

  

381,260

 

       

491,107

 

       

(109,846

)

Accounts receivable, other

  

306,536

 

       

141,061

 

       

165,474

 

Inventories and supplies

  

32,136

 

       

51,653

 

       

(19,516

)

Advances

  

2,362

 

       

5,051

 

       

(2,689

)

Prepaid expenses

  

4,557

 

       

20

 

       

4,536

 

Deferred income taxes

  

9,017

 

       

15,425

 

       

(6,407

)

Short-term loans

  

79,000

 

       

—  

 

       

79,000

 

Other current assets

  

17,649

 

       

2,624

 

       

15,025

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

  

(7,624

)

       

(7,273

)

       

(350

)

Total current assets

  

1,462,030

 

  

32.6

  

919,695

 

  

21.6

  

542,335

 

    

  
  

  
  

TOTAL ASSETS

  

4,483,130

 

  

100.0

  

4,252,097

 

  

100.0

  

231,032

 

    

  
  

  
  

 

 

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March 31, 2003


    

March 31, 2002


  

Increase (Decrease)


 
    

Amount


    

%


    

Amount


    

%


  
    

(Millions of yen)

 

LIABILITIES

                                

Long-term liabilities

                                

Bonds

  

770,020

 

         

608,000

 

       

162,020

 

Long-term borrowings

  

397,086

 

         

418,705

 

       

(21,619

)

Liability for employees’ severance payments

  

64,108

 

         

58,069

 

       

6,038

 

Reserve for point loyalty programs

  

35,256

 

         

31,913

 

       

3,342

 

Other long-term liabilities

  

289

 

         

372

 

       

(82

)

Total long-term liabilities

  

1,266,760

 

  

28.3

 

  

1,117,061

 

  

26.3

  

149,699

 

Current liabilities

                                

Current portion of long-term debt

  

62,619

 

         

118,712

 

       

(56,093

)

Accounts payable, trade

  

234,545

 

         

207,536

 

       

27,009

 

Accounts payable, other

  

197,786

 

         

242,898

 

       

(45,112

)

Accrued expenses

  

7,199

 

         

6,507

 

       

691

 

Accrued taxes on income

  

961

 

         

123,522

 

       

(122,561

)

Advances received

  

1,822

 

         

1,653

 

       

168

 

Deposits received

  

261,556

 

         

28,618

 

       

232,938

 

Other current liabilities

  

1,584

 

         

159

 

       

1,425

 

Total current liabilities

  

768,075

 

  

17.1

 

  

729,608

 

  

17.1

  

38,466

 

    

  

  

  
  

TOTAL LIABILITIES

  

2,034,836

 

  

45.4

 

  

1,846,670

 

  

43.4

  

188,165

 

    

  

  

  
  

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

                                

Common stock

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

  

949,679

 

  

22.4

  

(949,679

)

Statutory reserves

                                

Additional paid-in capital

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

  

1,292,385

 

  

30.4

  

(1,292,385

)

Legal reserve

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

  

4,099

 

  

0.1

  

(4,099

)

Total statutory reserves

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

  

1,296,484

 

  

30.5

  

(1,296,484

)

Retained earnings

                                

General reserve

  

—  

 

         

463,000

 

       

(463,000

)

Unappropriated deficit

  

—  

 

         

304,585

 

       

(304,585

)

[including Net loss]

  

—  

 

         

[310,720

]

       

[(310,720

)]

Total retained earnings

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

  

158,414

 

  

3.7

  

(158,414

)

Net unrealized gains on securities

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

  

848

 

  

0.0

  

(848

)

Common stock

  

949,679

 

  

21.2

 

  

—  

 

  

—  

  

949,679

 

Capital surplus

                                

Additional paid-in capital

  

292,385

 

         

—  

 

       

292,385

 

Other capital surplus

  

971,178

 

         

—  

 

       

971,178

 

Total capital surplus

  

1,263,563

 

  

28.2

 

  

—  

 

  

—  

  

1,263,563

 

Earned surplus

                                

Legal reserve

  

4,099

 

         

—  

 

       

4,099

 

Voluntary reserve

  

123,000

 

         

—  

 

       

123,000

 

Unappropriated retained earnings

  

110,228

 

         

—  

 

       

110,228

 

[including Net income]

  

[ 84,850

]

         

—  

 

       

[ 84,850

]

Total earned surplus

  

237,328

 

  

5.3

 

  

—  

 

  

—  

  

237,328

 

Net unrealized gains on securities

  

306

 

  

0.0

 

  

—  

 

  

—  

  

306

 

Treasury stock

  

(2,584

)

  

(0.1

)

  

—  

 

  

—  

  

(2,584

)

    

  

  

  
  

TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

  

2,448,293

 

  

54.6

 

  

2,405,426

 

  

56.6

  

42,866

 

    

  

  

  
  

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

  

4,483,130

 

  

100.0

 

  

4,252,097

 

  

100.0

  

231,032

 

    

  

  

  
  

 

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2. NON-CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

 

    

Year ended March 31, 2003


    

Year ended March 31, 2002


    

Increase (Decrease)


 
    

Amount


    

%


    

Amount


    

%


    
    

(Millions of yen)

 

Recurring profits and losses

                                  

Operating revenues and expenses

                                  

Telecommunication businesses

                                  

Operating revenues

  

2,032,142

 

  

82.1

 

  

1,925,866

 

  

81.8

 

  

106,275

 

Voice transmission services

  

1,431,446

 

         

1,428,332

 

         

3,114

 

Data transmission services

  

381,053

 

         

297,138

 

         

83,915

 

Other

  

219,642

 

         

200,396

 

         

19,245

 

Operating expenses

  

1,585,223

 

  

64.0

 

  

1,516,957

 

  

64.4

 

  

68,265

 

Business expenses

  

898,480

 

         

847,841

 

         

50,638

 

Administrative expenses

  

57,705

 

         

72,415

 

         

(14,710

)

Depreciation

  

398,287

 

         

344,694

 

         

53,592

 

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets

  

22,274

 

         

26,780

 

         

(4,505

)

Communication network charges

  

191,028

 

         

212,191

 

         

(21,163

)

Taxes and public dues

  

17,447

 

         

13,033

 

         

4,414

 

Operating income from telecommunication businesses

  

446,918

 

  

18.1

 

  

408,908

 

  

17.4

 

  

38,009

 

Supplementary businesses

                                  

Operating revenues

  

444,679

 

  

17.9

 

  

429,894

 

  

18.2

 

  

14,785

 

Operating expenses

  

436,370

 

  

17.6

 

  

418,643

 

  

17.8

 

  

17,726

 

Operating income from supplementary businesses

  

8,309

 

  

0.3

 

  

11,250

 

  

0.4

 

  

(2,941

)

Total operating income

  

455,227

 

  

18.4

 

  

420,159

 

  

17.8

 

  

35,068

 

Non-operating revenues and expenses

                                  

Non-operating revenues

  

209,025

 

  

8.4

 

  

6,923

 

  

0.3

 

  

202,101

 

Interest income and discounts

  

123

 

         

136

 

         

(12

)

Interest from securities

  

—  

 

         

1

 

         

(1

)

Dividend income

  

202,497

 

         

1,763

 

         

200,734

 

Gain on sale of investment securities

  

300

 

         

1,170

 

         

(870

)

Foreign exchange gains

  

227

 

         

828

 

         

(600

)

Lease and rental income

  

1,456

 

         

1,285

 

         

170

 

Miscellaneous income

  

4,418

 

         

1,737

 

         

2,681

 

Non-operating expenses

  

30,974

 

  

1.2

 

  

20,611

 

  

0.8

 

  

10,362

 

Interest expense and discounts

  

6,683

 

         

7,538

 

         

(855

)

Interest expense-bonds

  

8,695

 

         

6,149

 

         

2,545

 

Loss on write-off of inventories

  

13,668

 

         

4,517

 

         

9,151

 

Impairment of investment securities

  

380

 

         

130

 

         

249

 

Miscellaneous expenses

  

1,546

 

         

2,274

 

         

(728

)

Recurring profit

  

633,278

 

  

25.6

 

  

406,471

 

  

17.3

 

  

226,806

 

Special profits and losses

                                  

Special losses

  

602,000

 

  

24.3

 

  

947,441

 

  

40.2

 

  

(345,440

)

Write-downs of investments in affiliated companies

  

602,000

 

  

24.3

 

  

947,441

 

  

40.2

 

  

(345,440

)

Income (loss) before income taxes

  

31,277

 

  

1.3

 

  

(540,969

)

  

(22.9

)

  

572,247

 

Income taxes-current

  

25,900

 

  

1.1

 

  

186,600

 

  

7.9

 

  

(160,700

)

Income taxes-deferred

  

(79,472

)

  

(3.2

)

  

(416,849

)

  

(17.6

)

  

337,376

 

Net income (loss)

  

84,850

 

  

3.4

 

  

(310,720

)

  

(13.2

)

  

395,570

 

Retained earnings brought forward

  

25,378

 

         

11,152

 

         

14,225

 

Interim dividends

  

—  

 

         

5,018

 

         

(5,018

)

Unappropriated retained earnings (deficit)

  

110,228

 

         

(304,585

)

         

414,814

 

 

Note:   The denominator used to calculate the percentage figures is the aggregate amount of operating revenues from telecommunication businesses and supplementary businesses

 

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3.   PROPOSAL FOR APPROPRIATION OF RETAINED EARNINGS

 

      

Year ended March 31, 2003


  

Year ended March 31, 2002


 
      

(Millions of yen)

 

Unappropriated retained earnings (deficit)

    

110,228

  

(304,585

)

Reversal of general reserve

    

—  

  

340,000

 

Sub-total

    

110,228

  

35,414

 

The above shall be appropriated as follows:

             

Cash dividends

    

25,085

  

10,036

 

      

(¥500 per share)

  

(¥1,000 per share)

: year-end dividend ¥500

: special commemorative

dividend ¥500

 

 

 

 

General reserve

    

34,000

  

—  

 

Retained earnings carried forward

    

51,143

  

25,378

 

 

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Significant Accounting Policies for the Non-Consolidated Financial Statements

 

The accompanying non-consolidated financial statements of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (“the Company”) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in Japan.

 

1.   Depreciation of non-current assets

 

  (1)   Property, plant and equipment

 

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment is computed by the declining balance method with the exception of buildings, which are depreciated on the straight-line method.

 

  (2)   Intangible assets

 

Intangible assets are amortized using the straight-line method.

 

Computer software for internal use is amortized on the straight-line method over the estimated useful life.

 

2.   Valuation of securities

 

  (1)   Investments in subsidiaries and affiliates are stated at cost, which is determined by the moving-average method.

 

  (2)   Available-for-sale securities whose fair value is readily determinable are stated at fair value as of the end of the fiscal year with unrealized gains and losses, net of applicable deferred tax assets/liabilities, not reflected in earnings, but directly reported as a separate component of shareholders’ equity. The cost of securities sold is determined by the moving-average method. Available-for-sale securities whose fair value is not readily determinable are stated primarily at moving-average cost except for debt securities, which are stated at amortized cost.

 

3.   Valuation of inventories

 

Inventories are stated at cost. The cost of telecommunications equipment to be sold is determined by the first-in, first-out method. The cost of other inventories is determined by the specific identification method.

 

4.   Bond issuance costs

 

Bond issuance costs are expensed at the time of payment.

 

5.   Foreign currency translation

 

Foreign currency monetary assets and liabilities are translated into Japanese yen at the current spot rate at the end of the fiscal year and the resulting translation gains or losses are included in current earnings.

 

6.   Allowance for doubtful accounts, Liability for employees’ severance payments and Reserve for point loyalty programs

 

  (1)   Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

The Company provides for doubtful accounts principally at an amount computed based on the historical bad debt experience plus the estimated uncollectable amount based on the analysis of certain individual accounts, including claims in bankruptcy.

 

  (2)   Liability for employees’ severance payments

 

In order to provide for the employees’ retirement benefits, the Company accrues the liability as of the end of the fiscal year in an amount calculated based on the estimated projected benefit obligation and plan assets at the end of the fiscal year.

 

Actuarial losses are expensed as incurred.

 

Prior service cost is amortized on the straight-line method over the average remaining service periods of the employees.

 

  (3)   Reserve for point loyalty programs

 

The costs of awards under the point loyalty programs called “DoCoMo Point Service” and “Club DoCoMo” that are reasonably estimated to be redeemed by its customers in the following fiscal years based on historical data are accounted for as reserve for point loyalty programs.

 

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7.   Leases

 

Finance leases other than those deemed to transfer ownership of properties to lessees are not capitalized and are accounted for in the same manner as operating leases.

 

8.   Hedge accounting

 

  (1)   Hedge accounting

 

Japanese GAAP provides for two general accounting methods for hedging financial instruments. One method is to recognize the changes in fair value of a hedging instrument in earnings in the period of the change as gain or loss together with the offsetting loss or gain on the hedged item attributable to the risk being hedged. The other method is to defer the gain or loss over the period of the hedging contract together with offsetting loss or gain deferral of the hedged items. The Company has adopted the latter accounting method.

 

However, when a forward foreign exchange contract meets certain conditions, it is accounted for in the following manner:

 

  (i)   The difference between the Japanese yen amounts of the forward exchange contract translated using the spot rate at the transaction date of the hedged item and the spot rate at the date of inception of the contract, if any, is recognized in earnings in the period which includes the inception date of the contract; and

 

  (ii)   The discount or premium on the contract (that is, the difference between the Japanese yen amounts of the contract translated using the contracted forward rate and the spot rate at the date of inception of the contract) is recognized over the term of the contract.

 

In addition, when an interest rate swap contract meets certain conditions, the net amount to be paid or received under the contract is added to or deducted from the interest on the hedged items.

 

  (2)   Hedging instruments and hedged items

 

Hedging instruments:

  

Hedged items:

Forward foreign exchange contracts

  

Foreign currency transactions

Interest rate swap contracts

  

Interest expense on borrowings

 

  (3)   Hedging policy

 

The Company uses financial instruments to hedge market fluctuation risks in accordance with its internal policies and procedures.

 

  (4)   Assessment method of hedge effectiveness

 

The Company does not assess hedge effectiveness, because all its forward foreign exchange contracts and interest rate swap contracts are accounted for in the manner described in 8. (1) above.

 

9.   Consumption tax

 

Consumption tax is separately accounted for by excluding it from each transaction amount.

 

10.   Early adoption of revised Telecommunications Business Law and its related accounting regulations

 

The Company’s balance sheet and statement of income for the year ended March 31, 2003 are prepared in accordance with the revised Telecommunications Business Law and its related accounting regulations.

 

Change in Presentation

 

“Short-term loans”, which had been included in “other current assets” as of March 31, 2002, was separately reported as of March 31, 2003, because the amount became significant (¥700 million as of March 31, 2002).

 

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Notes to Non-consolidated Balance Sheets

 

1.   As of March 31, 2003 and 2002, non-current assets for telecommunications businesses include those used in General Type II Telecommunications Carrier business, Special Type II Telecommunications Carrier business and supplementary businesses, because these amounts are not significant.

 

2.   Accumulated depreciation of property, plant and equipment

 

    

March 31, 2003


  

March 31, 2002


    

(Millions of yen)

Accumulated depreciation

  

1,144,727

  

927,804

 

3.   As financial institutions in Japan were closed on March 31, 2002, amounts that would normally be settled on the day was collected or paid on the following business day, April 1, 2002. The effects of the settlement on the following business day instead of the end of the reporting period were as follows:

 

    

March 31, 2002


    

(Billions of yen)

Cash and bank deposits

  

Approximately ( 234 )

Accounts receivable, trade

  

Approximately   127

Accounts payable, other

  

Approximately     20

Deposits received

  

Approximately ( 127 )

 

The deposits received were related to intercompany funds transfer with eight regional subsidiaries (such as NTT DoCoMo Kansai, Inc.).

 

4.   Assets or liabilities due from or to subsidiaries and affiliates, the amounts of which exceed one percent of total assets or total liabilities and shareholders’ equity of the Company, are as follows:

 

      

March 31, 2003


  

March 31, 2002


      

(Millions of yen)

Accounts receivable, trade

    

122,264

  

116,386

Accounts receivable, other

    

168,599

  

114,442

Accounts payable, other

    

—  

  

57,276

Short-term loans

    

79,000

  

—  

Deposits received

    

260,684

  

—  

 

5.   Common stock

 

    

March 31, 2003


  

March 31, 2002


    

(Shares)

Authorized

  

191,500,000.00

  

38,300,000

Issued

  

50,180,000.00

  

10,036,000

Outstanding

  

50,170,406.11

  

10,036,000

 

6.   Share exchanges

 

The Company repurchased ¥234,461 million (870,000 shares) as treasury stock in the share exchanges finalized during the year ended March 31, 2003 in order to make regional subsidiaries wholly-owned.

 

The Company accounts for the share repurchase in accordance with “Accounting Standard on Treasury Stock and Reversal of Legal Reserves” (Issued by Accounting Standards Board of Japan on February 21, 2002), by which the Company transferred its additional paid-in capital to other capital surplus by ¥1,000,000 million, and reduced the other capital surplus by ¥28,821 million for the losses from these treasury stock transactions.

 

As a result of completion of the share exchanges, treasury stock decreased to ¥2,584 million (9,593.89 shares).

 

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7.   Unrealized gains on marketable securities as of March 31, 2003 as stipulated in Paragraph 3 of Article 124 of Regulations regarding the Commercial Code of Japan was ¥306 million.

 

8.   Guarantee

 

In connection with its investment, the Company provides a counter indemnity of a performance guarantee up to HK$24,099 thousand (¥371 million) guaranteeing performance by Hutchison Telephone Company Limited, an affiliate of the Company, with respect to certain contracts or obligations owed to its governmental authorities in relation to its business. The Company has a HK$1,638 thousand (¥25 million) indemnity outstanding as of March 31, 2003.

 

Notes to Non-consolidated Statements of Income

 

1.   The total amounts of research and development expenses included in operating expenses of telecommunication businesses and supplementary businesses are as follows:

 

Year ended March 31, 2003                 ¥125,876 million                 Year ended March 31, 2002                 ¥100,174 million

 

2.   For the years ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, revenues and expenses related to General Type II Telecommunications Carrier business and Special Type II Telecommunications Carrier business are included in supplementary businesses, because these amounts are not significant.

 

3.   Non-operating revenues:

 

      

Year ended March 31, 2003


    

Year ended

March 31, 2002


      

(Millions of yen)

Dividends received from subsidiaries and affiliates

    

202,426

    

1,722

 

4.   For the years ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, “Write-downs of investments in affiliated companies” mainly relates to the impairment charges recognized on the investments in the following subsidiaries that have overseas investments in affiliated companies, and affiliates.

 

      

Year ended

March 31, 2003


    

Year ended

March 31, 2002


      

(Millions of yen)

DCM Capital USA (UK) Limited

[Ultimate investee: AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.]

    

338,908

    

591,726

DCM Capital NL (UK) Limited

[Ultimate investee: KPN Mobile N.V.]

    

107,863

    

300,883

DCM Capital TWN (UK) Limited

[Ultimate investee: KG Telecommunications Co., Ltd.]

    

13,533

    

32,467

DCM Capital LDN (UK) Limited

[Ultimate investee: Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Limited]

    

126,078

    

20,494

DoCoMo AOL, Inc.

    

15,616

    

—  

 

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Marketable Securities

 

For the years ended March 31, 2003, and 2002, there were no subsidiaries’ and affiliates’ shares directly owned by the Company that had readily determinable market value.

 

Subsequent Events

 

1.   Shareholder loan to H3G UK

 

After careful consideration of the necessity of a funding request from Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Limited (“H3G UK”), the loan conditions proposed by H3G UK and the provisions of the H3G UK Shareholders Agreement between DoCoMo and Hutchison Whampoa Limited, DoCoMo accepted the funding request at the Board of Directors’ meeting on April 23, 2003, and provided the following advance on May 2, 2003:

 

(1) DoCoMo’s loan:

  

£200 million (¥38,242 million)

(2) Use of proceeds:

  

Capital expenditures in 3G network and business operating expenses

(3) Term:

  

(i) Maturity:    10 years

    

(ii) Interest:     LIBOR + 1.0%

 

2.   Reduction in tariffs

 

On May 8, 2003, DoCoMo’s Board of Directors approved the amendment of the billing plans for cellular services and FOMA services. DoCoMo notified the Minister of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications of reduction of charges for calls generated from fixed wireline network that accessed to the DoCoMo’s network, which will be effective on June 1, 2003.

 

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<<Change of Board of Directors >>

 

The change of the board of directors, if any, will be decided at the board meeting to be held in May 2003, which is planned to be made public thereafter.

 

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Operation Data for 4th Quarter of 2002

 

(APPENDIX 1)

 

           

4th Quarter of 2002 (from

January to March, 2003)


      

[Ref.]

4th Quarter of 2001 (from

January to March, 2002)


    

[Ref] Fiscal 2002

ended March 31, 2003

(full year results)


      

[Ref.] Fiscal 2003

ending March 31, 2004

(full year forecasts

as of May 8, 2003)


Cellular

                                    

Subscribers

  

thousands

    

43,861

 

    

40,783

    

43,861

 

    

45,760

FOMA

  

thousands

    

330

 

    

89

    

330

 

    

1,460

i-shot compatible

  

thousands

    

8,825

 

    

—  

    

8,825

 

    

—  

Market share(1)

  

%

    

58.0

 

    

59.0

    

58.0

 

    

—  

Net Increase from previous period

  

thousands

    

987

 

    

1,148

    

3,078

 

    

1,900

FOMA

  

thousands

    

178

 

    

62

    

241

 

    

1,130

Aggregate ARPU (PDC)(2)

  

yen/month/contract

    

7,990

 

    

8,020

    

8,120

 

    

7,810

Voice ARPU(3)

  

yen/month/contract

    

6,120

 

    

6,430

    

6,370

 

    

5,980

i-mode ARPU(4)

  

yen/month/contract

    

1,870

 

    

1,590

    

1,750

 

    

1,830

ARPU generated purely from i-mode (PDC)

  

yen/month/contract

    

2,190

 

    

2,040

    

2,110

 

    

2,110

Aggregate ARPU (FOMA)(2)

  

yen/month/contract

    

8,030

 

    

8,430

    

7,740

 

    

—  

Voice ARPU(3)

  

yen/month/contract

    

—  

 

    

—  

    

5,050

 

    

—  

Packet ARPU

  

yen/month/contract

    

—  

 

    

—  

    

2,690

 

    

—  

i-mode ARPU(4)

  

yen/month/contract

    

—  

 

    

—  

    

2,120

 

    

—  

ARPU generated purely from i-mode (FOMA)

  

yen/month/contract

    

—  

 

    

—  

    

2,340

 

    

—  

MOU (PDC)(5)

  

minute/month/contract

    

162

 

    

169

    

168

 

    

—  

MOU (FOMA)(5)

  

minute/month/contract

    

—  

 

    

—  

    

109

 

    

—  

Churn Rate(6)

  

%

    

1.33

 

    

1.15

    

1.22

 

    

—  

i-mode

                                    

Subscribers

  

thousands

    

37,758

 

    

32,156

    

37,758

 

    

40,000

FOMA

  

thousands

    

303

 

    

—  

    

303

 

    

—  

i-applicompatible(7)

  

thousands

    

17,130

 

    

12,621

    

17,130

 

    

—  

i-mode Subscription Rate

  

%

    

86.1

 

    

78.8

    

86.1

 

    

87.4

Net Increase from previous period

  

thousands

    

1,549

 

    

1,974

    

5,602

 

    

2,240

i-Menu Sites

  

sites

    

3,462

 

    

2,994

    

3,462

 

    

—  

i-appli

  

sites

    

550

 

    

270

    

550

 

    

—  

Access Percentage by Content Category(8)

                                    

Ringing tone/Screen

  

%

    

39

 

    

42

    

38

 

    

—  

Game/Horoscope

  

%

    

19

 

    

19

    

19

 

    

—  

Entertainment Information

  

%

    

21

 

    

19

    

22

 

    

—  

Information

  

%

    

11

 

    

10

    

12

 

    

—  

Database

  

%

    

5

 

    

5

    

5

 

    

—  

Transaction

  

%

    

5

 

    

5

    

4

 

    

—  

Independent Sites

  

sites

    

64,207

 

    

53,534

    

64,207

 

    

—  

Percentage of Packets Transmitted(8)

                                    

Web

  

%

    

87

 

    

83

    

86

 

    

—  

Mail

  

%

    

13

 

    

17

    

14

 

    

—  

PHS

                                    

Subscribers

  

thousands

    

1,688

 

    

1,922

    

1,688

 

    

1,780

Market Share(1)

  

%

    

30.9

 

    

33.7

    

30.9

 

    

—  

Net Increase from previous period

  

thousands

    

(74

)

    

12

    

(234

)

    

90

ARPU

  

yen/month/contract

    

3,430

 

    

3,640

    

3,530

 

    

—  

MOU(5)

  

minute/month/contract

    

116

 

    

117

    

116

 

    

—  

Data Transmission Rate (time)(9)

  

%

    

79.4

 

    

75.5

    

77.6

 

    

—  

Churn Rate(6)

  

%

    

3.61

 

    

3.71

    

3.42

 

    

—  

Others

                                    

Prepaid Subscribers(10)

  

thousands

    

125

 

    

178

    

125

 

    

—  

DoPa Single Service Subscribers (11)

  

thousands

    

287

 

    

230

    

287

 

    

—  


(1)   Source: Telecommunications Carriers Association
(2)   ARPU(Average monthly revenue per unit)
     Aggregate ARPU (PDC) = Voice ARPU (PDC) + i-mode ARPU (PDC)
     Aggregate ARPU (FOMA) = Voice ARPU (FOMA) + Packet ARPU (FOMA)
(3)   Inclusive of circuit switched data communications
(4)   i-mode ARPU = ARPU generated purely from i-mode x (no. of active i-mode subscribers/no. of active cellular phone subscribers)
(5)   MOU (Minutes of Usage) : Average communication time per one month per one user
(6)   Churn Rate:
     4Q : Total cancellations for 4th quarter/Sum of subscribers at the end of each month, from December to February
     FY : Total cancellations for one year/Sum of subscribers at the end of each month, from March to February
(7)   Inclusive of FOMA handsets
(8)   Calculation does not include i-mode access via FOMA
(9)   Percent of data traffic in total outbound call time
(10)   Included in total cellular subscribers
(11)   Not included in total cellular subscribers
*   No. of active subscribers used in ARPU/MOU calculation are as below:
PDC:  
     4Q Results:{(No. of subscribers at Dec. 31+ no. of subscribers at Mar. 31) /2}x3 months
     FY Results&Forecast:{(No. of subscribers at the end of previous fiscal year +
                                     No. of subscribers at the end of current fiscal year)/2}x12 months
FOMA:  
     4Q Results: Sum of no. of active subscribers* for each month from January to March
     FY Results: Sum of no. of active subscribers* for each month from April to March

* active subscribers =

     (No. of subscribers at end of previous month+ no. of subscriber at end of current month)/2

 

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(APPENDIX 2)

 

Summary of the Company and Regional Subsidiaries

 

      

Operating revenues


    

Operating income


    

Recurring profit


  

Net income


      

(100 millions of yen)

NTT DoCoMo Hokkaido, Inc.

    

¥

2,233

    

¥

389

    

¥

385

  

¥

222

NTT DoCoMo Tohoku, Inc.

    

 

3,658

    

 

750

    

 

741

  

 

429

NTT DoCoMo, Inc.

    

 

24,768

    

 

4,552

    

 

6,332

  

 

848

NTT DoCoMo Tokai, Inc.

    

 

5,741

    

 

1,061

    

 

1,035

  

 

597

NTT DoCoMo Hokuriku, Inc.

    

 

1,167

    

 

228

    

 

227

  

 

130

NTT DoCoMo Kansai, Inc.

    

 

8,683

    

 

1,571

    

 

1,542

  

 

885

NTT DoCoMo Chugoku, Inc.

    

 

3,011

    

 

487

    

 

483

  

 

277

NTT DoCoMo Shikoku, Inc.

    

 

1,782

    

 

322

    

 

319

  

 

179

NTT DoCoMo Kyushu, Inc.

    

 

6,056

    

 

1,121

    

 

1,119

  

 

646

      

    

    

  

 

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(APPENDIX 3)

 

Reconciliations between the Disclosed Non-GAAP Financial Measures and

the Most Directly Comparable GAAP Financial Measures

 

The reconciliations for the year ending March 31, 2004 (forecasts) are provided to the extent available without unreasonable efforts.

 

1. EBITDA and EBITDA margin

 

      

Year ended March 31, 2003


      

Year ended March 31, 2002


      

Year ending March 31, 2004 (Forecasts)


 
      

(100 millions of yen)

 

a. Operating income

    

¥

10,567

 

    

¥

 10,009

 

    

¥

 10,900

 

b. Depreciation and amortization expenses + Losses on sale or disposal of property, plant and equipment

    

 

7,795

 

    

 

6,797

 

    

 

7,860

 

      


    


    


c. EBITDA (=a+b)

    

 

18,363

 

    

 

16,806

 

    

 

18,760

 

d. Total operating revenues

    

 

48,091

 

    

 

46,593

 

    

 

48,990

 

      


    


    


  EBITDA margin (=c/d)

    

 

38.2

%

    

 

36.1

%

    

 

38.3

%

      


    


    


 

2. ROCE after tax effect

 

      

Year ended March 31, 2003


      

Year ended March 31, 2002


      

Year ending March 31, 2004 (Forecasts)


 
      

(100 millions of yen)

 

a. Operating income

    

¥

10,567

 

    

¥

10,009

 

    

¥

10,900

 

b. Operating income after tax effect {=a*(1-effective tax rate)}

    

 

6,129

 

    

 

5,805

 

    

 

6,322

 

c. Capital employed

    

 

47,725

 

    

 

47,415

 

    

 

49,789

 

      


    


    


ROCE before tax effect (=a/c)

    

 

22.1

%

    

 

21.1

%

    

 

21.9

%

ROCE after tax effect (=b/c)

    

 

12.8

%

    

 

12.2

%

    

 

12.7

%

      


    


    



Notes: Capital employed =

  

Two fiscal year ends average of (Shareholders’ equity + Interest bearing liabilities)

    

Interest bearing liabilities = Current portion of long-term debt + Short-term borrowings + Long-term debt

 

3. Free cash flows and Adjusted free cash flows

 

    

Year ended March 31, 2003


  

Year ended March 31, 2002


  

Year ending March 31, 2004 (Forecasts)


    

(100 millions of yen)

a. Cash flows from operating activities

  

¥

15,846

  

¥

13,411

  

¥

16,960

b. Cash flows from investing activities

  

 

(8,714)

  

 

(11,251)

  

 

(8,560)

c. Net payments for short-term loans, deposits, and other investments

  

 

5

  

 

27

  

 

—  

    

  

  

d. Cash flows from investing activities (excluding net payments for short-term loans, deposits, and other investments) (=b-c)

  

 

(8,719)

  

 

(11,278)

  

 

(8,560)

    

  

  

e. Free cash flows (=a+d)

  

 

7,127

  

 

2,133

  

 

8,400

f. Irregular factors

  

 

2,440

  

 

(200)

  

 

—  

    

  

  

Adjusted free cash flows (excluding irregular factors) (=e-f)

  

 

4,687

  

 

2,333

  

 

8,400

    

  

  


Note:   Irregular factors represent the effects of uncollected revenues due to bank holidays at the end of the fiscal years.

 

4. Market equity ratio

 

    

March 31, 2003


    

March 31, 2002


      

March 31, 2004 (Forecasts)


    

(100 millions of yen)

a. Shareholders’ equity

  

¥

34,755

 

  

¥

32,919

 

    

¥

—  

b. Market value of total share capital

  

 

110,898

 

  

 

176,634

 

    

 

—  

c. Total assets

  

 

60,580

 

  

 

60,672

 

    

 

—  

    


  


    

Equity ratio (=a/c)

  

 

57.4

%

  

 

54.3

%

    

 

—  

Market equity ratio (=b/c)

  

 

183.1

%

  

 

291.1

%

    

 

—  

    


  


    


Note:   Market equity ratio is not forecasted because it is difficult to estimate the market value of total share capital in the future.

 

5. Capital expenditures

 

    

Year ended March 31, 2003


  

Year ended March 31, 2002


    

Year ending March 31, 2004 (Forecasts)


    

(100 millions of yen)

a. Purchases of property, plant and equipment

  

¥

(7,005)

  

¥

(8,632)

    

¥

—  

b. Purchases of intangible and other assets

  

 

(1,642)

  

 

(1,995)

    

 

—  

c. Effects of timing difference between acquisition dates and payment dates

  

 

108

  

 

304

    

 

—  

    

  

    

Capital expenditures {=-(a+b+c)}

  

 

8,540

  

 

10,323

    

 

8,180

    

  

    


Note:   Capital expenditures are calculated on an accrual basis for the purchases of property, plant and equipment, and intangible and other assets. In preparing the forecasts for the year ending March 31, 2004, capital expenditures are not broken down into purchases of property, plant and equipment and purchases of intangible and other assets. In addition, effects of timing difference between acquisition dates and payment dates are not estimated for the year ending March 31, 2004.

 

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