First Quarter of FY2005 Performance Outline YAMAHA CORPORATION (billions of yen) Initial Projections (May 07, 2004) 1Q 134.3 Net Sales Results 1Q 132.9 Results Initial Projections (Previous Year) (May 07, 2004) 1Q FY2005 126.1 Projections FY2005 Results (Previous Year) FY2004 553.0 554.5 539.5 JAPAN Sales 86.1 (64.1%) 87.2 (65.6%) 81.5 (64.6%) 320.3 (57.9%) 319.6 (57.6%) 320.8 (59.5%) Overseas Sales 48.2 (35.9%) 45.7 (34.4%) 44.6 (35.4%) 232.7 (42.1%) 234.9 (42.4%) 218.7 (40.5%) Operating Income 11.9 15.0 (11.3%) 11.8 Recurring Profit (8.9%) 13.6 (10.1%) 17.2 (12.9%) (9.4%) 37.5 (6.8%) 39.0 (7.0%) 45.1 (8.4%) 13.4 (10.6%) 40.0 (7.2%) 41.0 (7.4%) 51.0 (9.5%) 12.6 (10.0%) 16.0 (2.9%) 19.5 (3.5%) 43.5 (8.1%) (*3) 114/US$ -19.2 -12.6 Currency Exchange 110/US$ 109/US$ 119/US$ 110/US$ 110/US$ Rate (=yen) Net Income 127/EUR 132/EUR 124/EUR 127/EUR 128/EUR 129/EUR ROE(%) -7.7% -5.0% 5.7% 6.0% 7.3% 18.4% ROA(%) -3.9% -2.5% 2.5% 3.3% 3.9% 8.5% -93.2yens -61.1yens 61.4yens 77.6yens 94.6yens 210.6yens Earnings per share Capital Expenditure 6.6 4.0 4.2 25.1 25.0 21.2 Depreciation 5.2 4.8 4.4 21.3 20.5 17.5 R&D Expenditure 5.7 5.4 5.5 23.0 23.1 22.5 30.4 22.3 50.0 3.1 2.3 16.8 Operating Activities -3.2 1.0 3.4 37.3 37.6 58.3 Investing Activities -6.7 -3.4 -5.4 -16.2 -16.2 -18.8 Total -9.9 -2.4 -2.0 21.1 21.4 39.5 Inventories at end of period 76.2 79.3 88.5 68.1 70.4 72.1 JAPAN 12,060 11,964 12,230 11,806 11,777 11,849 Overseas 12,159 12,453 12,484 11,797 11,856 12,054 Total (*2) 24,219 24,417 24,714 23,603 23,633 23,903 Loans & Equivalents( (*1) Free Cash Flow No. of Employees Sales by Business segment Musical Instruments 74.9 (55.8%) 73.6 (55.4%) 72.6 (57.6%) 301.5 (54.5%) 304.0 (54.8%) 293.4 (54.4%) AV/IT 17.7 (13.2%) 17.7 (13.3%) 14.2 (11.3%) 86.0 (15.6%) 86.0 (15.5%) 78.3 (14.5%) Life Related 11.5 10.4 11.3 46.0 44.0 44.8 Electronic Equipment 20.2 (15.0%) Recreation Others Operating Income by Business segment 4.5 5.5 (8.6%) (3.4%) (4.1%) (7.8%) 21.2 (16.0%) 4.3 5.8 (3.2%) (4.4%) (9.0%) 16.9 (13.4%) 4.8 6.3 (3.8%) (5.0%) (8.3%) (7.9%) 77.5 (14.0%) 76.9 (14.3%) 20.5 23.0 20.0 23.0 20.1 26.1 (3.7%) (4.2%) (3.6%) (4.1%) Musical Instruments 5.1 6.6 5.5 14.0 15.5 10.5 AV/IT 0.4 1.8 0.2 4.0 4.5 4.4 Life Related 0.5 -0.1 0.4 1.5 0.1 1.5 Electronic Equipment 6.5 7.7 6.1 18.5 20.0 30.0 -0.7 -0.8 -0.4 -1.0 -1.2 -1.1 0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.5 0.1 -0.2 89.6 345.0 Recreation Others (8.3%) 76.0 (13.7%) (3.7%) (4.8%) Non Consolidated Basis 92.5 86.9 9.9 (11.0%) 13.7 (14.8%) 10.1 (11.6%) 21.0 (6.1%) 22.0 (6.3%) 27.0 (7.8%) 10.7 (11.9%) 14.7 (15.9%) 10.7 (12.3%) 22.0 (6.4%) 23.0 (6.6%) 28.1 (8.1%) -21.6 -18.3 10.8 (12.4%) 0.5 (0.1%) *1 Loans & Equivalents = Loans(Short term , Long term) + Convertible Bonds - Cash & Bank Deposit *2 No. of Employees = No. of Full-time Staff at end of period + Average No. of Temp. Staff *3 2Q-4Q Currency Exchange Rates US$=110JPY EUR=127JPY 0.5 (0.1%) 25.6 (7.4%) Net Sales Operating Income Recurring Profit Net Income 347.0 345.4 The forward-looking statements in this flash report contain inherent risks and uncertainties insofar as they are based on future projections and plans that may differ materially from the actual results achieved.