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Asahi Group Holdings reported a 69% rise in first-half net profit and a 56% jump in operating profit, but core business profit fell 8.5% once currency effects are stripped out, and its Japan and East Asia unit is still absorbing the fallout from a September 2025 cyberattack.
A ransomware attack in September that let an intruder roam Asahi Group Holdings' Japan network delayed the brewer's annual securities report by four months and forced a rare admission that its internal controls over financial reporting were not effective for the year to December 2025, even though auditors signed off on the underlying numbers.
A cyberattack that froze Asahi's Japan order and shipping systems in September 2025 cut annual operating profit 30.9% to ¥185.9bn and delayed the results so long that the brewer now needs a September 2026 shareholders' meeting just to report them.
Asahi cut its outlook for the year ended December 2025 ahead of a delayed July 8 results release, trimming revenue by 2.0% but cutting operating profit to ¥185 billion and net profit attributable to owners to ¥120 billion. The company tied the reset to a cyberattack-related system disruption in Japan, higher raw-material costs, impairment losses and related expenses. An extraordinary shareholders meeting is now planned for early September because the same disruption delayed settlement procedures and reporting materials. The figures are revised guidance, not final results.
Asahi cut revenue guidance for the year ended December 2025 to ¥2.89 trillion from ¥2.95 trillion, but the bigger damage is below the line, with business profit reduced to ¥260 billion from ¥290 billion and net profit to ¥120 billion from ¥167.5 billion. The brewer blamed cyberattack-related system disruption in Japan, higher raw-material costs, impairment losses and other system-related expenses. It now says the overdue full-year results are due on July 8, and the reporting item skipped at the March shareholders' meeting will move to an extraordinary meeting in early September, with June 30 set as the record date.