(8) Segment information CONSOLIDATED a) Industry Segment Information The first half of FY2001 (%) (Yen millions) Electronic The first half of FY2000 (US$ thousands) Change (%) (Yen millions) FY2000 % (Yen millions) (%) 1.Net sales 1)Unaffiliated materials customers and Components Total revenue 2.Operating expenses Operating profit Recording 1)Unaffiliated customers and 258,956 0 0 11.7 525,807 0 289,239 100.0 2,678,139 258,956 100.0 11.7 525,807 100.0 249,931 86.4 2,314,176 223,028 86.1 12.1 453,694 86.3 39,308 13.6 363,963 35,928 13.9 9.4 72,113 13.7 62,787 581,361 70,531 -11.0 148,657 0 0 0 2)Intersegment Total revenue 2.Operating expenses Operating profit Total 2,678,139 0 1.Net sales media systems 289,239 2)Intersegment 0 62,787 100.0 581,361 70,531 100.0 -11.0 148,657 100.0 65,646 104.6 607,833 70,151 99.5 -6.4 146,163 98.3 380 0.5 - 2,494 1.7 6.8 674,464 (2,859) -4.6 (26,472) 1.Net sales 1)Unaffiliated customers 352,026 3,259,500 329,487 0 0 0 2)Intersegment Total revenue 2.Operating expenses Operating profit 0 352,026 100.0 3,259,500 329,487 100.0 6.8 674,464 100.0 315,577 89.6 2,922,009 293,179 89.0 7.6 599,857 88.9 36,449 10.4 337,491 36,308 11.0 0.4 74,607 11.1 Note: Effective from the fiscal year ending March 31,2001, certain products that had been included in Electronic materials and Components are now included in Recording media and systems. Results in the first half of the previous fiscal year and the previous fiscal year have been restated accordingly. b) Geographic segment information The first half of FY2001 (Yen millions) Japan Americas Net Sales others Intersegment eliminations Total Change FY2000 (Yen millions) % (Yen millions) 232,777 2,155,343 215,245 8.1 19,751 182,880 12,312 60.4 28,075 Net Sales 69,960 647,778 58,326 19.9 116,888 Net Sales Operating profit Asia and The first half of FY2000 Operating profit Operating profit Europe (US$ thousands) Net Sales Operating profit Net Sales Operating profit Net Sales Operating profit 440,258 451 4,176 1,240 -63.6 2,302 44,764 414,481 38,276 17.0 87,300 1,189 11,009 352 237.8 3,248 160,041 1,481,861 150,654 6.2 307,482 -29.4 15,626 144,685 22,146 155,516 1,439,963 133,014 40,704 277,464 568 5,259 352,026 3,259,500 329,487 (258) 6.8 674,464 (278) 36,449 337,491 36,308 0.4 74,607 The sales are classified by geographic areas of the seller and include transfers between geographic areas. c) Sales by Region The first half of FY2000 The first half of FY2001 (Yen millions) Americas Europe (%) (US$ thousands) 55,787 15.8 516,546 (Yen millions) (%) Change % 53,780 16.4 3.7 FY2000 (Yen millions) (%) 108,245 16.1 45,732 13.0 423,445 39,678 12.0 15.3 90,564 13.4 Asia and others 129,925 36.9 1,203,009 121,236 36.8 7.2 243,716 36.1 Overseas sales total 231,444 65.7 2,143,000 214,694 65.2 7.8 442,525 65.6 Japan 120,582 34.3 1,116,500 114,793 34.8 5.0 231,939 34.4 Net sales 352,026 3,259,500 329,487 6.8 674,464 Notes: 1. Sales by region are classified by geographic areas of the buyer. 2. In millions of Yen and thousands of U.S.Dollars. 3. U.S.$1 = Yen 108