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Next is about the cash flows.
The cash flows from operating activities fell by 71.9 billion yen from last fiscal year, with reductions in working capital and deposits received.
For the cash flows from investing activities, "purchase and proceeds from sale of leased assets" is separately presented starting from the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, with leased vehicles of the financial subsidiary taken out of the previous "purchase and proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment". Therefore, the sales and acquisition of the tangible fixed assets through capital investment resulted in a 32.9 billion yen increase, and there was a 12.0 billion yen decrease from "purchase and proceeds from leased assets", resulting in the total increase of 21.0 billion yen. The 21.0 billion yen increase of disbursement and collections of loans receivable was from liquidation of receivables by the financial subsidiary. According to those matters caused an increase of 32.3 billion yen from the previous fiscal year.
Free cash flow was 22.2 billion yen.
The cash flows from financing activities increased 52.7 billion yen, due to lower purchase of treasury stock, and repayment of long-term and short-term borrowings to reduce the interest bearing debt, etc.
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of year fell by 13.3 billion yen from the previous fiscal year, to 99.1 billion yen.