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Profile - SOFTBANK CORP. (OTC BB:SFTBF.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 30Price hit new 52-week low ($19.75)
Location
24-1 Nihonbashi-Hakozakicho
Chuo-ku, 103-8501
Tokyo, Japan
Phone: (617) 928-9300
Fax: (617) 928-9301
Email: ir@softbank.co.jp
Employees (last reported count): 6,865
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 ·Sector: Technology
 ·Industry: Software & Programming
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 1%
·Institutional: 0% (0% of float)
(211 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 2.46M shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
SOFTBANK CORP. has ownership positions in more than 400 Internet companies. With this, along with its Internet management concept, it is able to create market synergies for its family of companies on a global scale. In Japan, its activities encompass distribution, publishing, Internet media platforms, a broad range of e-commerce businesses and joint ventures with companies including Microsoft, Cisco, Yahoo!, the National Association of Security Dealers and many other market leaders. In the United States, SOFTBANK is a shareholder in leading Internet companies including Yahoo!, E*TRADE and ZDNet; in Europe, it has established Internet joint ventures with News Corp. and Vivendi, and it is helping build Internet companies in Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, India, China and Korea.
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Financial Summary
SOFTBANK CORP. is a provider of information infrastructure and distribution services to the computer industry. The Company also invests in and maintains a portfolio of Internet-related ventures. For the fiscal year ended 3/31/00, net sales fell 20% to Y423.22 billion. Net income fell 78% to Y8.45 billion. Revenues reflect lower software and network revenues. Earnings also suffered from increased exchange losses and the write-down of intangibles.
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Officers

Position
Masayoshi SonPres, CEO
Yoshitaka KitaoExective VP, CFO
Ken MiyauchiExective VP
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Statistics at a Glance -- OTC BB:SFTBF.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 30-Aug-2001
$19.75 
Recent Price$20.25 
52-Week High
on 1-Sep-2000
$137.00 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)3,409 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)3,000 
Stock Performance
52-Week Change-84.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-79.3%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$2.19B
Shares Outstanding108.2M
Float107.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$29.61 
Earnings (ttm)$0.51 
Earnings (mrq)$1.95 
Sales (ttm)$32.07 
Cash (mrq)$21.20 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.68 
Price/Earnings (ttm)39.71 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.63 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$3.56B
EBITDA (ttm)$70.5M
Income available to common (ttm)$71.1M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-4.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)2.0%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsMar 31
Most recent quarter31-Mar-2000
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-1.94%
Return on Equity (ttm)2.54%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.50 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.10 
Total Cash (mrq)$2.29B
Short Interest
Shares ShortN/A 
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-Mar-2000);   dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 118.8 Yen/Dollar

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