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Bridge Report Cybernet Systems Co., Ltd. (4312)

－ Stock Information －

Share Price Number of Shares Issued

(excluding treasury shares) Total Market Cap ROE (Actual) Trading Unit

¥758 31,158,269 shares ¥23,617 million 6.8% 100 shares

DPS (Est.) Dividend Yield (Est.) EPS (Est.) PER (Est.) BPS (Actual) PBR (Actual)

¥16.52 2.2% ¥33.02 23.0x ¥453.15 1.7x

*The share price is the closing price on March 8. The number of shares issued was calculated by subtracting the treasury shares from the number of

outstanding shares at the end of the latest quarter.

－ Consolidated Earnings Trends－ (Unit: Million yen)

Fiscal Year Net Sales Operating Income Ordinary Income Net Income EPS (¥) DPS (¥)

December 2014 (Actual) 15,396 810 974 596 19.14 13.80

December 2015 (Actual) 15,518 851 1,003 463 14.87 13.80

December 2016 (Actual) 16,031 1,027 1,001 462 14.83 13.00

December 2017 (Actual) 17,987 1,504 1,639 937 30.09 15.05

December 2018 (Forecast) 19,510 1,561 1,709 1,029 33.02 16.52

*The forecasted values are from the Company. *From FY 12/16, net income is profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company. Hereinafter the

same shall apply.

This bridge report presents fiscal year ended December 2017 earnings results, fiscal year ending December 2018 earnings estimates,

progress of medium-term business plan (2015 to 2020) and an interview with President Tanaka of Cybernet Systems Co., Ltd. listed on

TSE First Section.

1. Company Overview

2. Fiscal Year Ended December 2017 Earnings Results

3. Fiscal Year Ending December 2018 Earnings Estimates

4. Progress of Medium-Term Business Plan (2015 to 2020)

5. Interview with President Tanaka

6. Conclusions

President & CEO

Kuniaki Tanaka

Company Cybernet Systems Co., Ltd.

Code No. 4312

Exchange TSE 1st Section

Industry Information and

communications

President &

CEO Kuniaki Tanaka

Address FUJISOFT Bldg. 3 Kanda-neribeicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Business

A subsidiary of FUJISOFT. Approximately 80% of its business is the CAE business

(virtually reproducing and simulating phenomena (things, physical events) on computer

for new products development). It is currently strengthening in-house products.

Year-end December

URL http://www.cybernet.co.jp/english/

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Key Points

1. Company Overview With “Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) Solution” and “IT Solution” as two pillars of the business, Cybernet supports the manufacturing of

goods, “Monozukuri.” CAE includes virtual designing and experimentation (simulation) on a computer. In the process of product development,

CAE helps achieve high quality, shorten the development period, and reduce development cost. It is also environmentally friendly as it reduces

waste materials generated by trial production. The Company is engaged in a license sales and maintenance service of more than 50 kinds of

globally recognized software provided by more than 10 companies as well as an agency service to approximately 2,000 companies in the fields

of automobiles, machinery, electric machinery and 500 research institutions and universities.

The Group is composed of the Company and its 13 consolidated subsidiaries. Its business is operated in North America, the UK, France,

Germany, Belgium, and Asia. Among the main consolidated subsidiaries, there are 3 development subsidiaries: Sigmetrix, L.L.C. (US), which

develops and sells tolerance analysis (the permissible range of variation in a dimension set at the time of design) software with technical support;

Waterloo Maple Inc. (Canada) for formula manipulation systems; and Noesis Solutions NV (Belgium), which develops and sells the Process

Integration and Design Optimization (PIDO) tools with technical support. The Group also has 3 distributor subsidiaries of CAE Solutions:

CYBERNET SYSTEMS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. (Shanghai), CYBERNET SYSTEMS TAIWAN CO., LTD. (Taiwan, 57% ownership),

and CYFEM Inc. (South Korea, 65% ownership).

【Corporate Philosophy】

Cybernet’s corporate philosophy is “We will contribute to the advancement of our customers and society by providing solutions that generate

high satisfaction through enhanced value-added and high-quality services.” With its corporate message of “Energy for your Innovation,”

Cybernet aims to become the “First Contact Company” for customers, that always walks with them and that they trust.

・ Cybernet Systems is a leading company in the field of Computer Aided Engineering (CAE). CAE carries out virtual experiments and

tests on computers and is used in almost every process of the manufacturing industry such as research and development, design, production

and maintenance. The Company manages Distributor Business (as its core business), Vendor Business and solutions. Reflecting a high

rating from both customers and CAE manufacturers, the Company’s average gross profit rate is about 50%. It also handles solutions such

as security, asset management, and AR/VR.

・ In FY 2017, sales increased by 12.2% year on year (YoY), and operating income also grew 46.4% YoY. Sales of the CAE Solution

Services increased by 13.2% YoY due to favorable sales of mainstay products and business expansion of the development and sales

subsidiaries. The operating income margin improved by 2% points to 8.4%, exceeding 8%, which was the target of the first phase of the

current medium-term business plan (2015 to 2017). The forecast for FY 2018 is up 8.5% YoY for sales and up 3.7% YoY for operating

income. It positions the next fiscal year as the “period of upfront investment” to achieve the targets of the medium-term business plan, and

it will focus on human resources investment, brushing up group products and development of new products.

・ The goals of the medium-term business plan (the second phase: from 2018 to 2020), which will be ending in FY 2020, are net sales of

30 billion yen and an operating income of 3 billion yen. As basic strategies, Cybernet aims to “Provide value unique to Cybernet,” “Focus

on automotive field,” and “Strengthen cooperation with partners.” By leading CAE’s technological innovation, it will create unique added-

values (MBD, Multi-domain Solutions and MBSE to be described later), respond to the demand related to automobiles, and enter the Asian

market. Also, by strengthening cooperation with partners, it will build a support system globally and locally.



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【Business Description】

Cybernet’s business is devided into CAE Solution Services providing CAE solutions and related technical services, and IT Solution Services

providing IT solutions and data solutions. CAE Solution Services account for over 80% of the entire business of the Group.

FY2017 Composition ratio of Net Sales

By business By sales form By region

CAE

Non-consolidated 59.8% Distributor 68.1% Japan 78.5%

Development subsidiaries 17.3% Vender (in-house) 20.5% North America 10.3%

Sales subsidiaries 5.5% Service 11.4% Asia 6.5%

IT 17.3% Europe 4.4%

Others 0.4%

CAE Solution Services

In addition to Distributor Business and Vendor Business, both of which sell CAE software and hardware for analysis and simulation in

conjunction with a Computer Aided Design (CAD) system, CAE Solution Services manage Consulting Business that provides solutions to

respond to advanced demands from customers, design of electronic circuits and boards, model-based development (MDB, to be described later),

engineering (consignment) services such as PIDO, and user education and support services such as holding seminars, user conferences, and

case presentations.

6 CAE application areas and development/sales subsidiaries

The trend in this segment is described separately in the 6 application areas in which the Company (non-consolidated) utilizes CAE, as well as

in development subsidiaries and sales subsidiaries.

6 CAE application areas:

(1) Mechanical CAE (MCAE)

After completing the designing process using CAD, it provides software and services that support analysis of structure, heat transfer,

electromagnetic, and thermal fluid. The main product is the multiphysics (multiple physical forces) analysis tool “ANSYS,” a product of

ANSYS, Inc. (US)

(2) Optical Design

It provides optical analysis such as lens design, illumination analysis, optical communication system analysis and measurement tools related to

organic EL and optical member characteristics, and solutions and services. Main products include “CODE V” (optical design evaluation

program) and “LightTools” (analytical software for lighting design) manufactured by Synopsys, Inc. (US)



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(3) Electronic Design Automation (EDA)

It provides software that automates electronic devices and semiconductors, and operation proposal/design analysis services in the process

through design, analysis and manufacture/installation of a printed-circuit board (PCB). Main products include “Xpedition Enterprise” and

“HyperLynx” manufactured by Mentor Graphics, Inc. (US)

(4) Model Based Development (MBD)

MBD is a design methodology that implements a development process of plan, design, and verification based on formula models. Major

products are provided by Maplesoft, a subsidiary of the Group. The products include the STEM computing platform “Maple” and the system-

level modeling and simulation tool “MapleSim.”

(5) Test and Measurement, Others

In the area of test and measurement, the Company provides Flat Panel Display (FPD) Inspection System developed by the Company itself. In

the area of others, it provides products of the Group: 3D tolerance management tools (optimization of cost and quality based on variation

evaluation of sizes and sites of assembly parts) and optimized design support tools (analysis automation, robust control/reliability evaluation,

application of quality engineering, etc.), as well as CAE technical education services.

Development subsidiaries

The 3 development subsidiaries are Sigmetrix, L.L.C. (US), which develops, sells and provides technical support for the 3D tolerance analysis

software “CETOL 6σ;” Waterloo Maple Inc. (Canada), which develops, sells and provides technical support for the formula manipulation

software “Maple” to formulate (visualize) various physical phenomena and 1D CAE software “MapleSim;” and Noesis Solutions NV

(Belgium), which develops, sells and provides technical support for “Optimus id8” for Process Integration and Design Optimization (PIDO).

Sales subsidiaries

The 3 sales subsidiaries are CYBERNET SYSTEMS TAIWAN CO., LTD. (Taiwan), CYBERNET SYSTEMS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.

(Shanghai) and CYFEM Inc. (Korea), of CAE Solutions.

IT Solution Services

IT Solution Services are composed of IT Solution Business and Data Solution Business. As for the IT Solution Business, the Company offers a

wide range of solutions that support various companies’ IT infrastructures including Symantec’s endpoint security products that prevent

computer virus infections and information leaks in the servers and client PCs, as well as “SKYSEA Client View” (SKY Inc.) and “ISM

CloudOne” (Quality Software Inc.) designed for IT asset management solutions, database development support and application performance

management.

Meanwhile, in the Data Solution Business, the Company offers digital solutions that support manufacturing of goods, including visualization

solutions which visualize CAE analysis data plainly as well as AR (Augmented Reality)/VR (Virtual Reality), and big data. AR related solutions

include AR application development tools and AR content distribution systems. VR related solutions include VR design review support systems

and 3D application composite display software. The big data related solutions include the Company’s original big data visualization tool

“BIGDAT @ Viewer (big data viewer).”

In addition, the Company provides services such as operation consulting, introduction support, and user education support, according to the

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Net Sales by Application Area (Non-consolidated)

FY12/14 FY12/15 FY12/16 FY12/17 Component ratio YoY Change %

MCAE 5,306 5,462 5,653 6,281 43.8% +11.1%

Optical Design 2,482 2,530 2,602 2,756 19.2% +5.9%

EDA 902 391 399 520 3.6% +30.2%

MBD 611 734 872 936 6.5% +7.4%

Test and Measurement 59 141 62 143 1.0% +129.6%

Others 271 350 344 413 2.9% +20.0%

CAE Total 9,631 9,611 9,935 11,053 77.1% +11.2%

IT Solution 1,557 1,819 2,043 2,263 15.8% +10.8%

Data Solution 1,103 900 975 1,015 7.1% +4.2%

IT Total 2,660 2,720 3,019 3,279 22.9% +8.6%

Total 12,294 12,331 12,955 14,332 100.0% +10.6%

Net Sales by Category of Industry (Non-consolidated)

FY12/14 FY12/15 FY12/16 FY12/17 Component ratio YoY Change %

Electrical equipment 4,217 4,257 4,129 4,613 32.2% +11.7%

Machinery &

Precision Machinery1,873 1,898 2,094 2,232 15.6% +6.6%

Transportation equipment 1,512 1,579 1,779 2,036 14.2% +14.5%

Other manufacturing industry 1,311 1,344 1,619 1,778 12.4% +9.8%

Education institution/

government and municipal offices1,465 1,147 1,118 1,224 8.5% +9.4%

Telecompunication industry 555 758 841 770 5.4% -8.4%

Others 1,357 1,345 1,370 1,675 11.7% +22.3%

Total 12,294 12,331 12,955 14,332 100.0% +10.6%

(unit: million yen)

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【Corporate History】

The Company’s roots lie in CDC Japan established in May 1971 by the US Control Data Corporation (CDC), which developed the world’s first

supercomputer. CDC Japan had two separate departments, the sales department of supercomputers and the remote service department providing

a remote service (CYBERNET service) for supercomputers with an analysis software (CAE) via telephone lines. The remote service department

became independent in April 1985, and Cybernet Systems Co., Ltd. was born.

In the latter half of the 1980s, with the advent of minicomputers, workstations, personal computers, etc., demand shifted from a remote service

to software license purchase. The Company therefore acquired the sales agency right of the analysis (CAE) software that had been provided by

a remote service and changed the business model. It focused more on localization (making menus and manuals in Japanese), technical support

and consulting, instead of being a trading company that sells imported software, which led to subsequent growth of the Company. In April 1989,

Kobe Steel, Ltd. acquired all outstanding shares of Cybernet, and then in October 1999, FUJISOFT ABC Co., Ltd. (currently FUJISOFT

INCORPORATED) acquired them.

In October 2001, Cybernet listed shares on JASDAQ, and through the listing on TSE 2nd Section in August 2003, it changed the market to TSE

1st section in September 2004. Thereafter, the Company expanded its business by actively establishing subsidiaries and implementing M&A

both inside and outside of Japan. In Japan, it incorporated visualization and network related technologies, etc. (an absorption-type merger after

making a subsidiary). For overseas strategies, it expanded its business to China in December 2004, and established the current Shanghai sales

subsidiary in August 2006 and Taiwan sales subsidiary in July 2008. From 2009 to 2010, it acquired vender companies that had unique

technologies in the US and Europe as subsidiaries, with the purpose of developing Vendor Business. Subsequently, it acquired Sigmetrix, L.L.C.

(US) in July 2009, Waterloo Maple Inc. (Canada) in September 2009, and Noesis Solutions NV (Belgium) in July 2010 as subsidiaries.

As of the end of December 2017, FUJISOFT INCORPORATED (TSE 1st Section 9749) owns 51.88% of the voting rights, and three out of

nine executives are from FUJISOFT INCORPORATED. However, as the FUISOFT Group stated in its charter that “the group respects the

dignity, autonomy, and independence of each group company as an independent entity,” and “based on the principle of coexistence, mutual

prosperity and cooperation, the Group companies will unite to strengthen the Group’s management,” each Group company has developed their

businesses based on its own policy under this charter. Therefore, independence from FUJISOFT INCORPORATED and the FUJISOFT Group

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FY3/09 FY3/10 FY3/11 FY3/12 FY3/13 FY12/13 FY12/14 FY12/15 FY12/16 FY12/17

Current assets 10,517 7,431 8,213 10,609 12,758 14,049 14,503 14,857 15,680 17,142

Noncurrent assets 5,242 8,768 8,417 6,607 4,745 5,007 5,362 4,028 3,842 3,744

Total Assets 15,759 16,199 16,630 17,216 17,504 19,056 19,865 18,885 19,522 20,887

Current liabilities 3,668 3,031 3,310 3,865 3,486 4,397 4,733 4,175 4,701 5,282

Noncurrent liabilities 569 540 585 656 724 834 913 1,150 1,278 1,393

Total net assets 11,522 12,627 12,734 12,694 13,292 13,825 14,218 13,560 13,541 14,211


Net sales 18,610 14,411 13,019 13,613 13,575 11,772 15,396 15,518 16,031 17,987

Gross profit 7,998 5,831 5,433 5,762 5,743 5,411 6,806 6,876 7,105 7,707

Gross profit rate 43.0% 40.5% 41.7% 42.3% 42.3% 46.0% 44.2% 44.3% 44.3% 42.9%

SG&A 5,381 4,368 4,851 5,130 5,188 4,917 5,996 6,024 6,077 6,203

Operating income 2,617 1,463 581 631 555 494 810 851 1,027 1,504

Ordinary income 2,574 1,572 635 698 731 676 974 1,003 1,001 1,639

Net income 1,382 1,253 569 300 380 335 596 463 462 937


CAE Solution 16,836 12,676 11,278 11,967 11,770 10,557 13,839 13,699 13,166 14,910

IT Solution 1,776 1,739 1,729 1,645 1,804 1,215 1,557 1,820 3,004 3,262

Adjustments -2 -4 11 0 0 0 0 -1 -138 -185

Total net sales 18,610 14,411 13,019 13,613 13,575 11,772 15,396 15,518 16,031 17,987

CAE solution 4,437 2,909 1,860 1,885 1,699 1,443 2,082 2,017 2,252 2,732

IT Solution -177 -69 108 101 216 176 127 210 361 324

Adjustments -1,642 -1,376 -1,386 -1,354 -1,359 -1,125 -1,399 -1,376 -1,586 -1,552

Total operating income 2,617 1,463 581 631 555 494 810 851 1,027 1,504


Operating CF 1,913 1,465 1,171 1,464 401 1,466 1,101 487 1,573 1,493

Investing CF -606 -2,032 -797 -1,854 985 -80 -747 1,470 380 -273

FCF 1,306 -567 373 -390 1,387 1,386 354 1,958 1,953 1,219

Financing CF -585 -375 -311 -182 -324 -323 -337 -481 -420 -434

Cash and cash equivalents

at term end3,241 2,224 2,306 1,665 2,795 4,042 4,239 5,664 7,186 7,993

ROE


ROE 12.3% 10.4% 4.5% 2.4% 2.9% 2.5% 4.3% 3.4% 3.4% 6.8%

Net income margin 7.43% 8.70% 4.37% 2.21% 2.80% 2.85% 3.87% 2.99% 2.88% 5.21%

Total assets turnover rate 1.15 0.90 0.79 0.80 0.78 0.64 0.79 0.80 0.83 0.89

Leverage 1.44 1.32 1.29 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.39 1.40 1.42 1.46

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Income Statement

Sales and Profit by Segment

Cash Flow Statement

2. Fiscal Year ended December 2017 Earnings Results

(1) Consolidated results (unit: million yen)

FY12/16 Component ratio FY12/17 Component ratio YoY

Change % Initial forecast

Initial forecast comparison

Net sales 16,031 100.0% 17,987 100.0% +12.2% 17,400 +3.4%

Gross profit 7,105 44.3% 7,707 42.9% +8.5% - -

SG & A expenses 6,077 37.9% 6,203 34.5% +2.1% - -

Operating income 1,027 6.4% 1,504 8.4% +46.4% 1,400 +7.5%

Ordinary income 1,001 6.2% 1,639 9.1% +63.6% 1,500 +9.3%

Net income 462 2.9% 937 5.2% +102.9% 900 +4.2%

*Figures include reference figures calculated by Investment Bridge Co., Ltd. Actual results may differ (same applies to all tables in this report).

Sales increased by 12.2 % YoY and operating income grew 46.4% YoY.

Sales increased by 12.2% YoY to 17,987 million yen. Sales of the CAE Solution Services increased to 14,910 million yen, up 13.2% YoY due

to steady sales of mainstay products and business expansion of the development and sales subsidiaries. Sales of the IT Solution Services also

increased to 3,262 million yen, up 8.6% YoY mainly due to sales of security related solutions such as the products of Symantec (US).

As for profit, the gross profit rate remained at a high level of 42.9%, although it fell below the previous year’s result due to changes in product

composition. Despite increased personnel costs because of recruitment on schedule along with payment of performance achievement bonuses,

the increase of overall SG&A expenses was minimum, and operating income grew 46.4% YoY to 1,504 million yen. The Company achieved

the operating income margin of 8%, which was the target for FY 2017 in the medium-term business plan.



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Operating income before amortization of goodwill increased by 32.9% YoY to 1,790 million yen, while EBITDA increased by 31.8% YoY to

2,064 million yen. Because goodwill amortization of a subsidiary in the US was completed in FY 2016, total amortization of goodwill decreased

from 320 million yen to 286 million yen (amortization of goodwill of subsidiaries in Belgium and in Canada will be done in 2020 and 2024,

respectively). Non-operating income improved due to an increase in a subsidy and a decrease in foreign exchange loss, and tax burden ratio

decreased. As a result, the net income increased by 102.9% YoY to 937 million yen.

While sales were much higher than the estimate, SG&A fell below the estimate because the renewal of the core system (ERP) of 100 million

yen was postponed for a year and advertising promotion expenses and campaign sales promotion expenses of about 50 to 60 million yen were

not spent.

The year-end dividend was ¥7.83 per share, which became a total of 15.05 yen per year, together with the dividend at the end of the first-half.

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In the first quarter (January to March), sales declined due to a reaction from large-scale projects in the same period last year (without this effect,

sales increased). However, since the second quarter when many customers entered the new fiscal year, the trend changed significantly. In the

2nd, 3rd and 4th quarters, sales increased by more than 10% year on year.

(2) Trend by segment (unit: million yen)

FY12/16 Component ratio

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YoY Change %

CAE Solution Services 13,166 81.4% 14,910 82.0% +13.2%

IT Solution Services 3,004 18.6% 3,262 18.0% +8.6%

Adjustments -138 - -185 - -

Consolidated sales 16,031 - 17,987 - +12.2%

CAE Solution Services 2,252 86.2% 2,732 89.4% +21.3%

IT Solution Services 361 13.8% 324 10.6% -10.1%

Adjustments -1,586 - -1,552 - -

Consolidated operating income (Operating income margin)

1,027 6.4% 1,504 8.4% +46.4%

CAE Solution Services

Sales were 14,910 million yen (up 13.2% YoY) and operating income was 2,732 million yen (up 21.3% YoY). Sales increased mainly in the

areas of Mechanical CAE (MCAE) and Electronic Design Automation (EDA), and profit increase rate exceeded 20%. By industry,

transportation equipment grew in the automobile-related field that the Company is focusing on. In addition, electric equipment is on a recovery

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Mechanical CAE (MCAE) area Up 11.1% YoY on a non-consolidated sales basis

The Company’s core product, multiphysics analysis software “ANSYS” (product of ANSYS, Inc.), is broadly classified into three fields,

“structural analysis,” “thermal fluid analysis,” and “electromagnetic field and circuit/system analysis.” In FY 2017, sales of the “electromagnetic

field and circuit/system analysis” required for analysis of electromagnetic field and high frequency (sensor related) grew based on the demand

related to IoT, automobile communication and 5G. However, the cost rate of the products in “electromagnetic field and circuit/system analysis”

is higher (70%) than that of products in other areas (about 50%), so the cost rate of “ANSYS” as a whole has increased by 1.8% points. The

Company has been negotiating purchase price since February, because the “electromagnetic field and circuit/system analysis” is expected to

grow in the future. An improvement in cost rate from the second half to the next term is expected.

Optical Design area Up 5.9 % YoY on a non-consolidated sales basis

Although new licensing sales of the core products, the analysis software for lighting design “Light Tools” and the optical design evaluation

software “CODE V,” declined, they were offset by increased sales of strategic conversion products such as the automotive lighting (headlight)

analysis software “LucidShape” and software for analysis of communication (both are the products of Synopsys).

Electronic Design Automation (EDA) area Up 30.2 % YoY on a non-consolidated sales basis

In addition to large-scale orders from the electrical equipment industry, sales of electronic circuit board design software “Xpedition Enterprise”

and “HyperLynx” (both are the products of Mentor Graphics Co., Ltd., US) increased. Sales of the printed-circuit board (PCB) engineering

service also increased mainly in the machinery and precision machinery industries.

Model Based Development (MBD) area Up 7.4 % YoY on a non-consolidated sales basis

While sales of the 1D CAE tool “MapleSim,” which is one of the Group products, seem to have passed the peak, delivery of the model-based

development engineering services, which the Company is focusing on, has shifted from the end of December to January of the following year.

As a result, sales growth rate rose only by about 7% YoY. In the model-based development engineering services, orders are on track for

autonomous driving, such as Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS), from the automobile industry.

Test and Measurement area Up 129.6 % YoY on a non-consolidated sales basis

The sales of the Company’s new version of Flat Panel Display (FPD) Inspection System “FPiS” which corresponds to organic EL panel,

increased mainly among Chinese companies. The measurement platforms targeting organic EL and solar cells also increased for the electrical

equipment industry, reflecting the growing need for organic EL inspection.

Other area Up 20.0 % YoY on a non-consolidated sales basis

Sales of the optimized design support software “Optimus id8” increased thanks to large-scale orders from the electrical equipment industry.

Sales of the 3D tolerance analysis software “CETOL 6σ” (both are products of its subsidiaries) that contributes to yield improvement also

increased.

IT Solution Services

Sales were 3,262 million yen (up 8.6% YoY) and operating income was 324 million yen (down 10.1% YoY). Sales in the IT Solution Services

(on a non-consolidated basis) increased by10.8% YoY, due to favorable performance of CYBERNET Cloud, which provides IT asset

management software and Symantec products, etc. via cloud. Sales in the Data Solution Services (on a non-consolidated basis), which handles

analysis tools of big data, also increased by 4.2% YoY and maintained a trend for an increase in sales, although sales of visualization solutions

and big data analysis tools were lower than expected. In the IT asset management solution, the strategy of acquiring sales rights (agency) of all

IT asset management software sold in Japan and providing solutions that meet customer needs was successful and contributed greatly to the

increase in the segment sales. On the other hand, that of encryption software for mobile products such as notebook computers (Check Point

Software Technologies Inc. in the US and Israel) decreased due to delay in response to Windows 10 (a downward factor of about 100 million

yen). On the sales side, the Company managed to cover the declined sales of the encryption software. On the profit side, however, the encryption

software could not cover the decrease in profit because of its low cost and high profitability.



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Net Sales by Application Area (non-consolidated) (unit: million yen

FY12/16 Component ratio FY12/17 Component ratio YoY Change %

MCAE 5,653 35.3% 6,281 34.9% +11.1%

Optical Design 2,602 16.2% 2,756 15.3% +5.9%

EDA 399 2.5% 520 2.9% +30.2%

MBD 872 5.4% 936 5.2% +7.4%

Test and Measurement 62 0.4% 143 0.8% +129.6%

Others (products of subsidiaries, etc.) 344 2.1% 413 2.3% +20.0%

CAE Total 9,935 62.0% 11,053 61.4% +11.2%

IT Solution 2,043 12.7% 2,263 12.6% +10.8%

Data Solution 975 6.1% 1,015 5.6% +4.2%

IT Total 3,019 18.8% 3,279 18.2% +8.6%

Total 12,955 80.8% 14,332 79.7% +10.6%

Net Sales by Category of Industry (unit: million yen)

FY12/16 Component ratio FY12/17 Component ratio YoY Change %

Electrical equipment 4,129 31.9% 4,613 32.2% +11.7%

Machinery & Precision Machinery 2,094 16.2% 2,232 15.6% +6.6%

Transportation equipment 1,779 13.7% 2,036 14.2% +14.5%

Other manufacturing industry 1,619 12.5% 1,778 12.4% +9.8%

Education institution/government and municipal offices 1,118 8.6% 1,224 8.5% +9.4%

Telecompunication industry* 842 6.5% 770 5.4% -8.5%

Others 1,370 10.6% 1,675 11.7% +22.3%

Total 12,955 100.0% 14,332 100.0% +10.6%

*The sales for telecompunication decreased because the sales of the products of Symantec Corporation in the US was changed from sales via Symantec

Corporation (sales for telecompunication field) to direct sales by the Company (sales per customer field). Sales related to Symantec Corporation rose by about

4.5% from the previous fiscal year.

Development subsidiaries

Although Waterloo Maple Inc. (Canada) won large-scale OEM projects just like the previous term, its sales were unchanged from the previous

fiscal year due to a decline in sales in North America and Japan (local currency base: 100.4%, yen-base: 105.5%). It plans to sell businesses for

nonmanufacturing industries and concentrate the management resources on the model-based development (MBD) area targeting the

manufacturing industry. Noesis Solutions NV (Belgium), which develops and sells the optimized design support software “Optimus id8,”

struggled in Europe, but it was offset by an increase in other regions (local currency base:118.8%, yen-base: 123.3%). In Europe, the Company

is intending to switch from agency sales to direct sales in Germany, the mainstay sales region, but development of the system is lagging due to

a delay in recruitment of personnel. Sales of 3D tolerance analysis software by Sigmetrix, L.L.C. (US) increased worldwide. It also acquired

large-scale OEM projects, and large orders continued in China (local currency base: 134.9%, yen-base: 138.8%).

Sales subsidiaries

Sales of CYBERNET SYSTEMS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. (China) increased due to increased sales of the mainstay optical software (local

currency basis: 107.3%, yen basis: 107.7%), but it recorded operating loss due to loss of received orders or failure to receive orders towards the

end of the term as well as shifting of multiple projects to the next term. For CYBERNET SYSTEMS TAIWAN CO., LTD. (Taiwan), sales of

the Group’s products were sluggish, but the sales of mainstay optical software and multiphysics analysis software for which it acquired sales

agency right in Taiwan two years ago increased (local currency basis: 122.3%, yen basis: 133.0%).

In South Korea, where operations began in October 2017 (a subsidiary was established in September), the subsidiary will take over the customers

of the former optics related agency. Therefore, in FY 2018, it is expected to contribute to profits, even if it is the first year of the establishment.



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(3) Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement

Balance sheet (unit: million yen)

December 2016 December 2017 December 2016 December 2017

Cash and deposits 2,777 2,890 Trade payables 1,065 1,255

Trade receivables 3,950 4,604 Advance received 2,035 2,028

Securities 4,500 5,200 Current liabilities 4,701 5,282

Short-term loan receivable 3,068 2,905 Net defined benefit liability 1,225 1,327

Current assets 15,680 17,142 Noncurrent liabilities 1,278 1,393

Intangible assets 2,747 2,569 Net assets 13,541 14,211

Investments, others 764 781 Total liabilities, net assets 19,522 20,887

Noncurrent assets 3,842 3,744 Total interest-bearing liabilities 0 0

Total assets at the end of the fiscal year increased to 20,887 million yen, up 1,365 million from the end of the previous fiscal year. The total of

cash and deposits, securities with surplus fund management, and loans (short-term loans: approximately 3 billion yen) to the parent company

FUJI SOFTWARE based on the group banking system account for most of total assets. How to use this fund to strengthen profitability and

expand earnings is the future challenge.

Current ratio is 324.5% (333.5% at the end of the previous fiscal year), fixed ratio is 26.5% (28.5% at the end of the previous fiscal year), capital

ratio is 67.6% (69.0% at the end of the previous fiscal year), and return rate on invested capital is 6.6% (3.8% at the end of the previous fiscal

year).

Cash flow statement (unit: million yen)

FY12/16 FY12/17 YoY

Operating Cash Flow (A) 1,573 1,493 -79 -5.1%

Investing Cash Flow (B) 380 -273 -654 -

Free Cash Flow (A+B) 1,953 1,219 -734 -37.6%

Financing Cash Flow -420 -434 -14 -

Cash and Equivalents at Term End 7,186 7,993 +807 +11.2%

Operating CF fell below the previous fiscal year due to receiving orders for large-scale projects at the end of the fiscal year (December), but it

maintained a high level at 1,493 million yen. Investing CF was associated with surplus fund management. Because there was no redemption of

investment securities (FY 12/16: ¥ 0.8 billion FY 12/17: ¥ 0), it became negative during this fiscal year. Financing CF is based on dividends.

3. Fiscal Year Ending December 2018 Earnings Estimates Consolidated Earnings (unit: million yen)

FY12/17 Results Component ratio FY12/18 Forecast Component ratio YoY Change

Net sales 17,987 100.0% 19,510 100.0% +8.5%

Operating income 1,504 8.4% 1,561 8.0% +3.7%

Ordinary income 1,639 9.1% 1,709 8.8% +4.2%

Net income 937 5.2% 1,029 5.3% +9.8%

Sales is estimated to increase by 8.5% YoY and operating income is estimated to increase by 3.7% YoY.

FY 2018 is considered as the “period of upfront investment” to achieve the targets of the medium-term business plan. It will focus on HR

investment, improving the Group’s products, and on development of new products. The estimates include an increase in personnel expenses (an

increase of about 20 employees both inside and outside of Japan), development expenses (an increase of slightly over 100 million yen), and cost

increase of more than 100 million yen associated with renewal of the core system (ERP). On the sales side, although the pace of sales growth

has been over 10% mainly in the field of electrical equipment and transportation equipment since the second quarter of FY 2017, the estimates

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The annual dividend is scheduled to be 16.52 yen per share (8.26 yen/share at the end of the first half and 8.26 yen/share at the end of the year)

(dividend payout ratio 50.0%). It is to be an increase of 1.47 yen/share.

The Company’s basic principle of profit allocation is to make a comprehensive judgement, using a dividend payout ratio of 50% or a net asset

(shareholders’ equity) dividend rate of 3.0%, whichever is higher, as a reference indicator for dividend determination, together with medium

and long-term investment amounts to enhance its corporate value in the future.

4. Progress of the Medium-Term Business Plan (2015 to 2020) The Company is currently implementing the medium-term business plan, which is a six year period plan from 2015 to 2020 (first phase: 2015

to 2017, second phase: 2018 to 2020). The medium-term business plan is based on these basic strategies: “Provide value unique to Cybernet,”

“Focus on automotive field,” and “Strengthen cooperation with partners.” Target figures for the final FY2020 are consolidated net sales of 30

billion yen (15.39 billion yen in 2014) and consolidated operating income of 3 billion yen.

【First phase (2015 to 2017) Overview - Target operating income margin of over 8.0% achieved- 】

The operating income margin for FY2017 was 8.4%, exceeding the target of 8.0% for the first phase of the medium-term business plan. The

Company also achieved certain results on the basic strategies. For the basic strategy “Provide value unique to Cybernet,” the domestic sales of

Multi-domain Solutions (to be explained later) development on which the company focused grew from 12.7 billion yen in FY2014 to 14.6

billion yen in FY2017. With regard to “Focus on automotive field,” the Company made investment in development associated with electrically-

powered cars and computerization of cars, and rate of sales in the automobile-related field in the domestic sales grew from 12.0% in FY2014

to 16.4% in FY 2017. As for “Strengthen cooperation with partners” aiming at the expansion of the Vendor Business, the number of sales

partners increased from 81 to 123 companies (increased by 52%) and OEM sales towards partners increased from 450 million yen to 550 million

yen (increased by 23%) (since OEM sales are almost equal to the operating income, their impact in terms of profit is huge).

【Second phase (2018 to 2020) - Rise of the top line accompanied by improvement of profitability- 】

To achieve sales of more than 30 billion yen and an operating income of more than 3 billion yen (operating income margin of 10%), the

Company is aiming at double-digit growth and an operating income margin of 10% for the Distributor Business and Consulting Business and

double-digit growth and an operating income margin of 20% for the Vender Business. In addition to expansion of existing businesses and new

businesses that began in the first phase (2015 to 2017), the Company anticipates contributions from new businesses that will be launched in the

second phase (2018 to 2020). With respect to the existing businesses, the Company will grow from 17.3 billion yen in FY 2017 to 22.6 billion

yen (average growth rate of 9.4%). With respect to the new businesses that began in the first phase, it will increase “1D CAE + 3D CAE Multi-

domain Solutions,” etc. from 0.7 billion yen to 3.4 billion yen. As for the businesses that will be launched in the second phase, it will grow the

“Extended Multi-domain Solutions by MBSE (to be described later)” to the scale of 3.9 billion yen.



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Basic strategies

Provide value unique to CYBERNET ・1DCAE+3DCAE Multi-domain Solutions

・(From planning stage) Extended Multi-domain Solutions by MBSE

Consolidated sales targets (ratio to consolidated sales)

FY 2014: 12.7 billion yen (82.7%) ⇒ FY 2017: 14.6 billion yen (81.4%) ⇒

FY 2020: 24.5 billion yen (81.7%)

Focus on automotive field Domestic sales targets (ratio to the domestic sales)

FY 2014:1.5 billion yen (12.0%) ⇒ FY 2017: 2.4 billion yen (16.4%) ⇒

FY 2020: Approximately 5.0 billion yen (25.0%)

Strengthen cooperation with partners ・Establish sales/support structure globally and locally

・Promote OEM offering (after determining the end-user targets) (Entering the IoT field)

Provide value unique to Cybernet

CAE software virtually reproduces and simulates(analyzes) phenomena on a computer, decreasing the number of prototypes (or eliminating

them) and contributing to shorten development time and reduction of development cost. There is software for each specialized field such as

structural analysis, circuit design, and optical design. Furthermore, in the case of structural analysis, for example, software is available for each

area such as “structural analysis,” “thermal fluid analysis,” “electromagnetic field and circuit/system analysis.” There is no software that

simultaneously covers all fields or areas, and each piece of software is independent. However, in the process of product development, analysis

needs to be performed across multiple fields. For this reason, the Company provides a solution that links the optical design software “CODE

V” with the multiphysics analysis software “ANSYS” (optical characteristics by temperature change can be analyzed without developing

prototypes).

This is the Multi-domain Solutions that the Company was working on in the first phase of the medium-term business plan. It is leveraging the

strengths of Noesis Solutions NV (Belgium), which handles the optimized design support software “PIDO tool,” and has Multi-domain

technologies that combine various CAEs for full optimization, in addition to the strengths of the Company that sells and supports more than 50

world-class CAE software products and can simultaneously handle unlimited combination of the fields and physical domains.

(Taken from the reference material of the company)

In the first phase of the medium-term business plan, the Company also worked on creating a linkage between “1D CAE” and “3D CAE.”

Product development proceeds from the upstream process of conceptual design (0D) and functional design (1D) to the downstream process of

placement design (2D), structural design (3D), and manufacturing design (4D). It would be efficient if all dimensions can be covered by “3D

CAE.” However, since the upstream process of design is high in abstraction, it cannot be handled by “3D CAE” which is used in the downstream

process and requires detailed design information, and therefore “1D CAE” is used for the upstream process. This has been causing inefficiency

due to lack of linkage between “1D CAE” and “3D CAE.” The Company is trying to address this issue by taking advantage of the technology

of Waterloo Maple Inc. (Canada), which handles 1D CAE software “MapleSim,” in combination with its years of technical support and

consulting experiences of CAE and MDB.

If “1D CAE” and “3D CAE” are linked, the Company will be able to design a function (determine the specification) with “1D CAE,” send the

data to “3D CAE,” and carry out circuit design, optical design, structural analysis, etc. (Multi-domain Solution). After that, the Company can

return the results of “3D CAE” to “1D CAE” and verify the function as a product. This means, in theory, the solution will make it possible to

analyze without prototypes.



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(Taken from the reference material of the company)

In the second phase of the medium-term business plan, the Company will continue to promote “1DCAE + 3DCAE Multi-domain Solutions,”

which are becoming increasingly popular, and will expand “Extended Multi-domain Solutions by MBSE” to contribute to improve development

efficiency. MBSE is a development method to manage the entire development process on a formula model basis across multiple disciplines.

With “Extended Multi-domain Solutions by MBSE,” the Company will be able to build a solution that will cover the entire process from 0D,

the preliminary stage of 1D, to validation. The Company’s strengths are, in addition to the technology of its subsidiaries, years of technical

support and consulting experiences of CAE and MDB. In the long term, it plans to build MBSE platforms and initiate a platform business.

Regarding technologies that are insufficient to build the MBSE platforms, it is intending to establish partnerships or implement M&A using

surplus funds of about 10 billion yen.

Focus on automotive field

In the field of automobiles in which development of Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS), EV, and Connected Car is advancing,

technical challenges are welcomed. For this reason, the Company will provide solutions in various technical fields. Specifically, the fields

include sensors, controllers, structural function design, and telecompunications. It will also focus on proposing “Optimus id8,” an optimized

design support software that automates and integrates the analysis process in each field, for realizing effective utilization of internal resources

and shorten development period.

Onboard Electronics/Electric Field

Head light auto adjust Engine control Electronic control (ECU)

Head-up display (HUD) Transmission control Electronic noise, vibration noise,

V to V radar Battery control aerodynamic noise, weight reduction

Autonomous driving support

Especially in the sensor field, in addition to an increase in the number of sensors installed in vehicles such as camera sensors (CMOS sensor) to

see nearby, and millimeter wave radar or laser to see far, development of fusion sensors that combine functions of multiple sensors has also

begun. As the number of sensors in vehicles increases, the car safety will improve. However, the number of sensors that can be installed is

restricted within a limited automobile space. For this reason, fusion sensors are attracting attention, and “Extended Multi-domain Solutions by

MBSE” is indispensable for shortening development time and reducing development cost.



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Sensor field Night driving light environment (LucidShape), lens optics (CODE V), light design (Light Tools)

(All are products of Synopsys.)

Controller field Control design/model base development (Canadian subsidiary: MapleSim), electronics circuit/PCB (Mentor

Graphics: Xpedition Enterprise and HyperLynx)

Structural function design field Structure, thermic fluid, electromagnetic field (ANSYS: ANSYS), sounds such as noise and vibration

(In-house product：WAON）

Telecommunications field In-house product: Big data visualization engine, toorPIA, and CYBERNET Cloud

Strengthen cooperation with partners

The Company will work on building sales and support systems globally and locally and promote OEM. Specifically, it will build a global agency

network in North America, Europe and Asia to expand the subsidiaries’ businesses and build an agency network to increase sales of new

products in Japan. It will also work on strengthening partnerships with overseas consulting companies that have expertise in CAE solutions.

Meanwhile, as for OEM, although it had been focusing on OEMs targeting the companies in the same industry, it will also put emphasis on the

end-users by expanding OEM to the field of IoT (Digital Twin). More and more manufacturers in the fields of electronics, electricity,

transportation, machinery etc. are seeking profit-making opportunities not only in sales of their products but also in a maintenance and follow-

up service, which leads to a possibility that CAE can be used for both development and maintenance. Specifically, it is a service that utilizes

both IoT and CAE to build a platform and analyze the causes of failure or malfunction in advance. The Company is paying attention to the

Digital Twin field. Digital Twin is a concept or system that reproduces physical events into a digital field and predicts and analyzes causes of

failure and malfunction in advance. Preliminary analysis of causes of failure or malfunction using IoT predicts occurrence of faults and

malfunctions based on sensor information. In parallel with this, Digital Twin reproduces the same environment as the actual usage situation on

a computer and carries out preliminary analysis of the causes of failure or malfunction. The Company will develop OEM targeting the Digital

Twin users.

Strategies by Business Domain, Global Strategies and Strategies by Application Area

Under the basic strategies, the Company will implement the Strategies by Business Domain, Global Strategies and Strategies by Application

Area.

Strategies by Business Domain

The Company will increase the highly profitable Vendor Business and Consulting. As for the Distributor Business, it will improve sales by its

expanding sales territory while reducing the sales component ratio. Specifically, it will increase the sales component ratio of the Vender Business

and Consulting, which accounted for 32 % (5.8 billion yen) in FY 2017 to 36% (10.8 billion yen) in FY2020 and reduce the component ratio

of the Distributor Business from 68% (12.2 billion yen) to 64% (19.2 billion yen). In the Distributor Business, it will further strengthen its

relationship with vendors, pursue added value by Multi-domain Solutions and technical support, and expand its sales territory.

For the Distributor Business, it will focus on Asia where there is much room for business expansion. In terms of market, it will focus on the

automotive field where demand for ADAS, EV, and Connected Car can be expected and IoT field including Digital Twin. It is intending to

differentiate itself through development of MBSE.

Global Strategies

While expanding businesses in Japan, the Company will expand the businesses from 10% (1.8 billion yen) to 14% (4.2 billion yen) in North

America, from 4% (700 million yen) to 6% (1.8 billion yen) in Europe, from 7% (1.3 billion yen) to 11% (3.3 billion yen) in Asia. The CAE

market share by region is 40% in North America, 30% in Europe and 30% in Asia including Japan, and in the case of the Company, there is

large room for overseas business expansion, considering its performance in Japan.

The Company will acquire sales agency rights and develop the Distributor Business by expanding its sales territory to Asia, ASEAN and India.

In North America and Europe, it will cultivate local sales partners or strengthen partnerships with consulting companies through alliances and

capital tie-ups, and expand sales of subsidiary products with a focus on OEM. In Europe, it will especially focus on the German market.

Meanwhile, in Japan, it will make efforts to provide products of the subsidiaries using OEM and promote the MBSE business by strengthening

collaboration among the Group companies. It will also strengthen collaboration between CAE Solution and IT Solution (security, asset

management, big data visualization, etc.).



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Strategies for Application Area

(hundred million yen) FY 2017 FY 2020 Strategies

MCAE 65 95 【Existing】

Sales expansion of new products

Enhance partnership with Asian agency subsidiaries

【New】 Expansion of sales territory and start new products distribution

Optical Design 34 52 【Existing】

Accelerate deployment to automotive industry

Enhance partnership with Asian agency subsidiaries

【New】 Expansion of sales territory (2017/ Oct start operation of Korea)

EDA 5 9 【Existing】 Sales expansion by replacing of competitors

MBD 31 60 【Existing】

OEM strategy and enhancement of the North American and

European markets

Expansion of domestic automotive consulting business

【New】 Establish MBSE solution

Others 11 29 【Existing】 Expand deployment to CAD users

Expand sales by PIDO new products development investment

Total CAE 146 245

IT Solution 34 55 【Existing】 3 main strategies consist from “security, IT asset management, and

cloud solution”

【New】 Enhance cooperation with CAE through CAE cloud

Data Solution 【Existing】 Enhance cooperation with AR/VR and big data

【New】 Sales expansion with Medical Visualization Business investment

For MCAE, the Company’s mainstay area, it will work to expand the products of ANSYS in Asia by strengthening cooperation with the sales

subsidiaries in China and Taiwan. It will also strengthen sales of mechanism analysis software which it began handling in January 2018. Because

the Company can work closely with the ANSYS products for the mechanism analysis software to analyze movement, it will develop mechanism

analysis solutions targeting the users of the ANSYS products. For optical design, it will try to expand into the automobile field (analysis solutions

for head lights) that the Company entered full-scale in the first phase of the medium-term business plan. For MBD, it will promote OEM

development of the model-based analysis software “1D CAE tool” in North America and Europe. Furthermore, it will develop MBSE solutions

targeting automobile-related field in Japan. In other fields, the 3D tolerance analysis software “CETOL 6σ” handled by its subsidiary Sigmetrix

(US) will grow. It is a favorable factor that this software program became compatible with all 3 major CADs in the world in the second phase

of 2017. The 3 major CADs in the world are “CATIA” of Dassault Systèmes (France), “Creo Parametric” of PTC (US) and “NX” of Siemens

AG (Germany). Until that time, “CETOL 6σ” had not been supporting “NX” of Siemens AG (Germany). With this effect, the sales of Sigmetrix

in FY 2017 grew 30% YoY and the operating income margin exceeded 20%.

In IT Solution Services, in addition to the existing 3-pillar strategies based on “security, IT asset management, and cloud solution,” the Company

will strengthen the linkage with CAE for the CYBERNET Cloud, which provides various functions such as asset management, security

measures, and work efficiency improvement, for computers, smart phones and tablet devices. Currently, provision of CAE software on a cloud-

basis is not common, but the Company believes that it will become popular in the future. In Data Solution, it will promote the Medical

Visualization Business as a new business in addition to strengthening the on-going project to link AR(Augmented Reality), VR(Virtual Reality)

and big data with CAE. The Medical Visualization Business is a national project in collaboration with Olympus, Showa University School of

Medicine and Nagoya University, which oversees AI, and it is developing the image processing software for colonoscopy. (It is aiming at

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5. Interview with President Tanaka Following the announcement of the financial results for fiscal year ended December 2017, the president made some time for us, so we visited

the head office in Akihabara and interviewed him about the results of the M&A that are beginning to become apparent, the business environment,

etc.

Born on January 13, 1963 in Hiroshima Prefecture. 55 years old. Graduated from the School of Business

Administration, Meiji University in March 1985. Mr. Tanaka joined the company in August 1998, and after

serving as director of the Technical Sales Division and general manager of the Applied Systems Division 1,

director general, and executive vice president, he became the president in June 2006. He is currently the president,

executive officer and chief executive officer (CEO).

The Results of M&A are Gradually Becoming Apparent. Expansion of New Business that Utilizes the Products and Technology of

Subsidiaries.

The three basic strategies set forth in the medium-term business plan produced certain results with sales and profits growing greatly in FY 2017.

The results of the M&A implemented from 2009 to 2010 are also starting to be apparent. Considering the development of Multi-domain

Solutions and MBSE that offer the Company’s unique values, it is easy to see the strategic significance of the M&A. Your foresight, or more

precisely your judgement, is amazing.

President Tanaka: Before the acquisition of the three development subsidiaries, the Company totally relied on a distributor business with an

exceedingly high level of dependency on control system design tools. However, because those design tools began being sold directly and the

licensing agreement ended in June 2009, we lost approximately 40% of our sales and over 70% of our profits. Disributor businesses don’t need

large investments at the time of entry into the market, but there is the risk of a change to direct sales after the business becomes large. Because

of this, we are always thinking about trying to lessen the risk by having several main products, having some in-house products, then enhancing

our consulting and support based on those, evaluating the Company’s consulting and support, and working hard in order to have people purchase

our company’s solutions. In fact, as well as acquiring the sales agency rights for competitive products in parallel with developing our own

promising products, we have been working to improve customer satisfaction levels via support and consulting that manage them.

All three of the companies we acquired had high potential. We have been involved in the CAE business for over 30 years. Based on that

experience, when we considered the next direction of the CAE business, we expected the importance of tolerance analysis and optimization to

rise. tolerance analysis is used for yield calculation (note: business domain of US Sigmetrix, L.L.C.). Also, as we thought that it would be

necessary to link multiple CAEs to pursue overall optimization, we focused on optimization tools (note: business domain of Belgium’s Noesis

Solutions NV). Simulations that can be substituted for experiments cannot be done with one piece of CAE software. Since it is necessary to use

multiple CAEs, we expected that optimization tools would be required for the next step. We also focused on a formula model-based development

(MBD) and methods of deepening development. In the upstream of product development, the degree of abstraction is high, and as development

progresses, that degree of abstraction decreases (note: shape and structure are considered in a diagram). To shorten development time and cut

development costs, it is necessary to streamline from the upstream to the downstream (linking of the upstream and downstream), but 3D CAE

used at the step of shape and structure formation cannot be used in upstream processes that have a high degree of abstraction. To streamline,

together with formula manipulation, data analysis, optimization, process integration and other technologies, MBSE solutions would be required.



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You mean to say that you were able to acquire those three development companies because the market wasn’t big at the time.

President Tanaka: That’s right. Although we had assumed that each field would grow a little faster, still each of the three companies has been

steadily growing. Formula manipulation will become extremely important in the fields that we will enter in second phase of the medium-term

business plan, and tools for full optimization will also be needed. With those as a base, we are working to develop new products that mix in our

more than 30 years’ worth of CAE know-how. The development process uses not only 3D CAE fields such as structural analysis and optical

design, but also 2D, 1D, and even 0D. We are trying to make a platform that combines all these fields. Although I say “new products

development,” we are not making simulation software, but establishing a platform that links 1D, 2D, and 3D software. Within the process of

manufacturing goods, there is 0D, 1D, 2D, and 3D, but for efficient development, there needs to be a link between 0D and 1D, and “3D CAE.”

The vertical line that leads from the upstream to the downstream cannot be made without integrating CAE know-how, formula manipulation

know-how, and optimization know-how. We have all of those, which is why we are making it.

I see. So, the M&A had strong strategic implications with a view to medium-term business development. May I assume that, in the second

phase of the medium-term business plan, it will gradually become a reality?

President Tanaka: Yes. It means we plan to make use of it from now on. Up until now, we have focused on launching products to get the

management on track for the companies we purchased, but since that’s been done to a certain degree, next we are going to create our own unique

added value. That means we will be moving onto the next mode, which is the establishment of a platform for streamlining from the upstream

to the downstream. However, because there are some points where we don’t have the technology for streamlining from the upstream to the

downstream, we are considering new M&As and business partnerships to cover them.



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Continuation of a Favorable Business Environment with New Demands.

I’m looking forward to the establishment of the manufacturing platform. In implementing the medium-term business plan, it seems that the

business environment will continue to be favorable for the foreseeable future.

President Tanaka: The rise of new demands is the reason behind it. One of those is the automotive field. Even now the automotive field is a

leading field of CAE, and there is already a large market in CAE for engines and chassis, in which our company does not particularly excel, but

there is barely any room in that market for our company to expand its operations into. However, the demand for CAE in the automotive field in

electronics and electricity, for which demand has been low in the past, has been expanding in the course of digitization and electrification, such

as ADAS (Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems), EV, and Connected Cars. Because of this, our business, which excels at electronics and

electricity, is expanding.

Another would be the IoT environment. The IoT system requires a large number of sensors, but if the sensors receive interference, they become

unable to acquire correct data, so it’s necessary to analyze the effects of interference between the sensors. That’s a high frequency and

electromagnetic field analysis. The same can be said for the automotive field, where many sensors and microcomputers must be installed within

limited space under severe conditions, such as heat and vibrations. Strict simulations are necessary as car accidents are a matter of life and death.

Additionally, a new market that uses IoT called “Digital Twin” is also emerging. Although CAE has started being used in development, it is

said that its use in after-sales service will begin in earnest in the following 3 to 5 years.

Message to Investors

In the explanation of the financial results, you explained that electronics and electricity are making a comeback. I now see the real reason behind

this is the digitization and electrification of automobiles. Do you have any last words for investors?

President Tanaka: Our message is “Energy for your Innovation.” We would like Japan to continue to be a big manufacturing-of-goods nation

and would also like to support manufacturing of goods not only in Japan, but in the world. For that purpose, we believe that we need to continue

to be a company passionate about supporting engineers. We are never on the front lines, but we would like to think that behind the scenes of the

creation of great products, we are making our own contribution with our support. For example, I heard that various corporations providing CAE,

including ours, supported engineers and succeeded in greatly shortening the development time of the iPhone, which has made life convenient.

In order to create new value, we will continue to aim to be the “First Contact Company” for our customers. We appreciate your understanding

in this regard and look forward to your continued support.

“CAE” can be difficult to understand and at first it even gave the impression of something from another dimension, but I can see that it’s in fact

making our lives more convenient, keeping us safe, and is all around us. Thank you very much for your time and your kind explanation. I will

pray for the continued success and growth of you, President Tanaka, and Cybernet Systems Co., Ltd., which supports manufacturing of goods

globally.

6. Conclusions Although over 30 years have passed since the founding of the Company, the CAE market on which it has focused is a growing market with a

backdrop of the spreading and expansion of digitization, electrification, and IoT. CAE itself, as represented by MBD and MBSE, continues to

see technological innovation. Management of development subsidiaries is still on track at the Company and we can expect results from the

M&A and group synergy in the future. Additionally, similarly to how an agency in South Korea was successfully replaced, Asia also has great

potential for expansion. The 30-year history of proceeding with the CAE market is an asset to the Company and is even its strength, but there

is a difference between the image associated with the Company’s history and its actual potential. Understanding CAE is difficult, let alone the

high hurdle that is understanding MBD or MBSE. However, the Company actively engages in IR activities such as holding all kinds of briefing

sessions and enhancing information disclosure. I would like people to make use of these opportunities to deepen their understanding. I believe

that recognizing that this is a leading company in the growing market is the “first step forward” to understanding the Company.



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Reference: Regarding Corporate Governance

◎ Organization type, and the composition of directors and auditors

Organization type Company with audit and supervisory board

Directors 9 directors, including 2 outside ones

Auditors 4 auditors, including 2 outside ones

◎ Corporate Governance Report The Latest Update: March12, 2018

Basic Policy

Our company will thoroughly observe all applicable laws and regulations in all corporate activities and take actions that conform to social ethics

as we have set forth in the “Cybernet Group Compliance Policy Guidelines” (hereinafter referred to as “Cybernet Policy Guidelines”). This is

our basic attitude towards all shareholders. In addition, we respect the Cybernet Policy Guidelines as our company’s basic policy in regard to

corporate governance and we strive to ensure the soundness of our management, clarify accountability, and disclose impartial and timely

information. We are also aiming to expedite management decisions and improve supervisory functions of business execution, as well as

endeavoring to create organizations with effective risk management and screening functions.

<Reasons for Non-Compliance with the Principles of the Corporate Governance Code (Excerpts)>

We have implemented all the principles of corporate governance code.

<Disclosure Based on the Principles of the Corporate Governance Code (Excerpts)>

Principle 1-4 “Strategically-held shares”

As a general rule, our company does not hold listed stocks as “strategically-held shares.” However, in the event of holding for business

partnerships or other logical business reasons, we verify that the holding is for a goal related purpose and regularly confirm the rationality of it.

Principle 1-7 Transactions between related parties

Regarding important transactions with related parties, the board of directors makes decisions after sufficient deliberation concerning the

rationality and validity of the transaction details. Also, as necessary, the legal department will conduct a review based on the opinions of external

experts. Furthermore, for transactions with controlling shareholders, please refer to “I. 4. Guidelines on Measures to Protect Minority

Shareholders in Transactions with Controlling Shareholders.”

Principle 5-1 Policy on constructive interaction with shareholders

The Company has established a department in charge of IR, and the director in charge of that department is working as the director in charge of

the administrative department to design an organic collaboration within the administration department. In addition, the department will report

IR activity to the representative director or director in charge once a quarter. Furthermore, regarding the management of insider information,

please refer to the following “V.2 (3) Disclosure Policy” and the “Information Disclosure Standard (Disclosure Policy)” listed on our website

via the URL below.

(Information Disclosure Standard (Disclosure Policy))

http://www.cybernet.jp/ir/ir_policy/standard/

The Company’s main IR activities are as follows:

(1) Financial results briefing (once a year)

(2) Medium-Term Business Plan briefing (once a year)

(3) General shareholders meeting (once a year)

(4) Briefing for individual investors (irregular)

(5) Personal meetings for institutional investors

(6) Information provision by e-mail


http://www.cybernet.jp/ir/ir_policy/standard/


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