Financial Information
R&D Expenditures / Plant and Equipment Investment / Depreciation and Lease Expense

(Billions of yen)

	2020/3	2021/3	2022/3	2023/3	2024/3
	R&D expenditures	34.5	33.6	33.8	36.2	36.1
Ratio to net sales (%)	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.3
Plant and equipment investment (including leases)*1	48.2	35.9	59.3	84.1	68.3
Ratio to net sales (%)	5.4	4.1	6.5	8.3	6.2
Depreciation and lease expense*2	29.1	32.4	36.0	41.2	47.2
Ratio to net sales (%)	3.2	3.7	4.0	4.1	4.3
Number of employees (people)	27,960	27,593	26,757	27,123	27,325
Number of consolidated subsidiaries	73	74	71	70	68
Number of equity-method associates	4	4	4	4	4

*1: Plant and equipment investment is the total of investment in tangible fixed assets and acquisition amounts for lease contracts.

*2: Depreciation and lease expense is the total of depreciation expense for tangible fixed assets and lease expense related to manufacturing equipment.