Third Quarter of FY2008.3 Performance Outline YAMAHA CORPORATION (billions of yen) (Oct. 07-Dec. 07) 3Q Results (Previous Year) (Oct. 06-Dec. 06) FY2008.3 148.2 3Q Results Net Sales Japan Sales Initial Projections (Apr. 07-Dec. 07) 3Q Results (Previous Year) (Apr. 06-Dec. 06) FY2007.3 FY2008.3 FY2007.3 FY2008.3 FY2008.3 FY2007.3 152.0 428.9 416.5 558.0 554.0 550.4 3Q Results Projections Results (Previous Year) (Oct. 31, 2007) 66.1 (44.6%) 74.9 (49.3%) 213.3 (49.7%) 219.1 (52.6%) 282.4 (50.6%) 277.2 (50.0%) 291.3 (52.9%) Overseas Sales 82.1 (55.4%) 77.1 (50.7%) 215.6 (50.3%) 197.4 (47.4%) 275.6 (49.4%) 276.8 (50.0%) 259.1 (47.1%) Operating Income 14.2 (9.6%) 13.0 (8.6%) 35.5 (8.3%) 26.9 (6.5%) 33.5 (6.0%) 33.5 (6.0%) 27.7 (5.0%) Recurring Profit 13.7 (9.2%) 15.5 (10.2%) 35.3 (8.2%) 38.5 (9.2%) 32.0 (5.7%) 33.0 (6.0%) 42.6 (7.7%) 11.4 (7.7%) 12.5 (8.2%) 42.2 (9.8%) 29.9 (7.2%) 38.0 (6.8%) 39.0 (7.0%) 27.9 (5.1%) (*4) 117/US$ Net Income Currency Exchange 114/US$ 117/US$ 118/US$ 116/US$ 117/US$ 117/US$ Rate (=yen) 159/EUR 146/EUR 159/EUR 142/EUR 157/EUR 158/EUR 144/EUR ROE (*1) 12.1% 14.7% 15.6% 12.0% 10.5% 10.9% 8.4% ROA (*2) 7.3% 8.9% 9.7% 7.4% 6.6% 6.8% 5.2% Earnings per share ‐ ‐ 204.5yens 145.2yens 184.2yens 189.0yens 135.2yens Capital Expenditure 3.7 4.2 16.4 15.9 25.0 23.5 25.2 (4.9) (5.0) (15.5) (14.7) (20.6) (20.2) (20.0) 6.3 6.2 18.3 17.9 24.5 24.5 24.2 14.1 11.1 14.3 13.3 34.6 34.6 39.7 -22.4 (Depreciation) R&D Expenditure Free Cash Flow Operating Activities Investing Activities Total Inventories at period-end 2.1 -5.3 51.0 -17.1 45.5 43.4 16.2 5.8 65.3 -3.8 80.1 78.0 17.3 ‐ ‐ 84.2 86.3 74.9 78.2 82.2 ‐ ‐ 10,803 11,785 10,770 10,834 11,661 Number of Employees Japan Overseas Total (*3) ‐ ‐ 15,206 14,023 15,255 15,777 14,348 ‐ ‐ 26,009 25,808 26,025 26,611 26,009 (Newly consolidated) Sales by Business Segment Musical Instruments 93.0 (62.8%) 88.7 (58.4%) 263.8 (61.5%) 246.1 (59.1%) 343.0 (61.5%) 343.0 (61.9%) 326.0 (59.2%) AV/IT 22.9 (15.4%) 22.8 (15.0%) 56.6 (13.2%) 57.6 (13.8%) 74.0 (13.3%) 72.0 (13.0%) 72.8 (13.2%) 8.9 (6.0%) 14.3 (9.4%) 36.8 (8.6%) 41.9 (10.1%) 46.5 (8.3%) 45.5 (8.2%) 54.8 (10.0%) Electronic Equipment and Metal Products Lifestyle-Related 12.1 (8.2%) 12.9 (8.5%) 35.0 (8.1%) 35.4 (8.5%) 48.0 (8.6%) 46.0 (8.3%) 46.6 (8.5%) Recreation 1.5 (1.0%) 4.2 (2.8%) 10.2 (2.4%) 13.2 (3.2%) 11.5 (2.1%) 11.5 (2.1%) 17.8 (3.2%) Others 9.8 (6.6%) 9.0 (5.9%) 26.5 (6.2%) 22.3 (5.3%) 35.0 (6.2%) 36.0 (6.5%) 32.4 (5.9%) Operating Income by Business Segment Musical Instruments 11.1 9.3 29.1 20.3 29.0 29.5 22.0 AV/IT 1.9 1.9 2.7 2.6 0.5 1.0 2.1 Electronic Equipment and Metal Products 0.7 1.3 2.5 3.5 2.0 1.5 3.1 Lifestyle-Related 0.1 0.6 0.4 1.0 1.0 0.5 1.2 Recreation 0.0 -0.5 -0.7 -1.1 -1.0 -1.0 -1.5 Others 0.4 0.5 1.5 0.6 2.0 2.0 0.8 79.4 82.0 251.3 251.7 Non-Consolidated Basis Net Sales 323.0 Operating Income 4.6 (5.8%) 4.3 (5.2%) 17.4 (6.9%) 14.8 (5.9%) 12.6 (3.9%) Recurring Profit 5.5 (6.9%) 6.7 (8.2%) 20.6 (8.2%) 19.9 (7.9%) 19.9 (6.1%) Net Income 5.4 (6.8%) 5.0 (6.1%) 63.7 (25.3%) 14.0 (5.6%) 11.3 (3.5%) *1, 2 ROE and ROA are calculated on an annually adjusted basis. *3 Number of Employees = Number of full-time staff at end of period + Number of temporary staff at end of period *4 4Q Currency Exchange Rates US$=115JPY EUR=155JPY The forward-looking statements in this document contain inherent risks and uncertainties insofar as they are based on future projections and plans that may differ materially from the actual results achieved.