In the second quarter, the Business Technologies Business saw revenue rise 9% in commercial and industrial printing. Overall, revenue rose 5% and operating profit reached ¥3.1 billion, a 17% increase year on year, driving the operating profit increase for the Konica Minolta Group as a whole. The "Eliminations and Corporate" item at the lower left was a factor in the deterioration, which included one-off factors in the first quarter. As a result, the decrease could not be covered by the first half total.