Strategic investments to achieve group growth

「(ii) Investment - In addition to strengthening the foundations of existing businesses, targeted capital investment in data and technology, which will drive future growth」

「Executing bold growth investments in strategic areas Strategic growth investment ¥30.0 billion (cumulative)」

「Through this capital and business alliance, we will work to maximize the value of data by combining the approximately 100 million customers and extensive behavioral data held by NTT DOCOMO with the Group's data-handling capabilities, including data collection, aggregation, analysis and visualization.」

「Through this capital and business alliance, we will work to maximize the value of data by combining the approximately 97 million customers and extensive behavioral data held by NTT DOCOMO with the Group's data-handling capabilities, including data collection, aggregation, analysis and visualization.」

「In the consolidated fiscal year under review, the final year of the 13th Medium-Term Management Plan, we are accelerating investment activities based on our growth strategy under the Group's basic policy: "Let's change the design of business!! – Along with the changes in our customers and consumers – Reframe, Connect, Create."」

「We have redefined investment activities under our growth strategy as "platform investments" and "strategic investments," and will accelerate strategic investments from the 14th Medium-Term Management Plan onward.」

「With regard to growth investment, the 13th Medium-Term Management Plan, which began in the fiscal year ended June 2021, also provides for the continued active execution of business investments and M&A. Based on a policy of investing to support customers' digital transformation and their response to changes in social structures through “monetizing data” and “systematizing data utilization,” the Company will make investments while taking the business environment into account.」

「During the third quarter of the consolidated fiscal period under review, we transferred all shares in ㈱マーケティングアプリケーションズ, an equity-method affiliate, and excluded it from the scope of equity-method accounting. During the same quarter, we acquired shares in ㈱プログラミングファスト and included the company in the scope of equity-method accounting.」

「In our Group's marketing support business for consumer goods and services, we intend to expand our mobile panel base and strengthen our technological capabilities in Asia by making 株式会社データスプリング, established through the transfer of the international business of 株式会社マーケティングアプリケーションズ, an equity-method affiliate, a subsidiary.」

「In the consolidated fiscal year under review, the final year of the 12th Medium-Term Management Plan, our group continued to adopt “Take the Initiative — Take the lead in data utilization” as its basic policy. We continued to develop next-generation services and make proactive business investments and R&D activities.」

「In the fiscal year, the final year of the 12th Medium-Term Management Plan, the Group continued to pursue next-generation service development, active business investment and R&D activities, under its basic policy of “Take the Initiative — Be First in Data Utilization,” with the aim of achieving sustainable Group growth and enhancing corporate value.」

「The Company made エヌ・エス・ケイ株式会社 a Group company, with the aim of strengthening joint proposal-based sales with 株式会社インテージテクノスフィア and its systems development capabilities, thereby expanding the business and enhancing corporate value. エヌ・エス・ケイ株式会社 has a track record of systems development across a range of industries, primarily manufacturing.」

「Net cash used in investing activities during the six months ended the second quarter was ¥3,610 million, an increase in outflows of ¥2,889 million from the same period of the previous year. This was mainly due to increased expenditures for the acquisition of shares in subsidiaries involving a change in the scope of consolidation.」

「During the six months ended the first quarter, we acquired additional shares in our consolidated subsidiary INTAGE VIETNAM LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.」

「During the fiscal year, the Company issued stock acquisition rights through a third-party allotment to fund R&D investments for new business development and prepare for new M&A transactions and capital and business alliances.」

「During the first quarter consolidated accounting period, we acquired additional shares in our consolidated subsidiary INTAGE VIETNAM LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. During the second quarter consolidated accounting period, our consolidated subsidiary 株式会社IXT received payment for a third-party allotment of shares.」

「Net cash used in financing activities during the six months ended the second quarter was ¥980 million, an increase in outflows of ¥223 million from the same period of the previous year. This was mainly due to expenditures for the acquisition of shares in subsidiaries without a change in the scope of consolidation.」

「We have actively invested in businesses and carried out R&D activities to accelerate the development of next-generation services.」

「株式会社インテージ entered into a capital and business alliance with 株式会社マーケティングアプリケーションズ to develop its research platform business. The Company also entered into a capital and business alliance with 株式会社高速屋, which specializes in high-speed data processing, while 株式会社アスクレップ made 株式会社京都コンステラ・テクノロジーズ, which possesses advanced computational science and technology, a subsidiary. The Group has also carried out various investments and M&A transactions.」

「During the third quarter, the Company established INTAGE Open Innovation Investment Limited Partnership and included it in the scope of consolidation.」

「The Business Intelligence business posted higher revenue but lower profit, despite solid orders for healthcare-related projects, due in part to increased investment in new businesses using AI.」

「In the fiscal year, the second year of the 11th Medium-Term Management Plan, the Company accelerated initiatives addressing the Group's key priorities: optimizing the Group structure, making strategic investments to achieve Group growth, and further advancing Group governance, under the Group's basic policy of “Renovation & Innovation: Accelerating Further Growth with ‘Understanding Consumers’ as Our Greatest Weapon.”」