AUTOWAVE Co.,Ltd.

Auto Wave is diversifying around its core automotive business to improve everyday convenience, including through its Gyomu Super business. Its core operations comprise vehicle sales and purchases, vehicle inspections and servicing, and sales of automotive products. It positions the Gyomu Super business, which sells frozen and processed foods, as a growth driver. Going forward, it will promote initiatives to turn customer contacts generated through vehicle sales into lifelong customer relationships, beginning with vehicle inspections and servicing. It is also pursuing environmentally conscious initiatives, including the use of remanufactured parts, recycling of used tires, and the introduction of fabric seat covers. The release of the “myCARカルテ” maintenance-record app provides maintenance-history checking and booking functions to improve customer convenience and encourage store visits. The Gyomu Super business will continue surveying and selecting potential store locations and plans to expand its store network in cooperation with Kobe Bussan and others. Measures include reducing energy costs, such as by introducing LED lighting, strengthening inventory management, preventing losses, and using idle space. Matters concerning the future are based on judgments made as of the end of the fiscal year.