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Notice Regarding the Launch of a New Business and Establishment of a New Company

The Company has decided to establish a new “Growth M&A Company” responsible for M&A, strategic investments and supporting the growth of investee companies, and to launch the new business on the same day. The Company stated that it aims to create growth opportunities and enhance corporate value through collaboration with its existing businesses.

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Date of board resolution25 August 2026
Publication date25 August 2026

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Key initiatives
01Strategic investments in companies expected to generate synergies with the Group
02Investments in and growth support for companies with growth opportunities
03Investments in and management support for companies with business succession needs
04Sourcing M&A opportunities, valuing companies and executing investments
05Enhancing corporate value through post-merger integration and post-acquisition management support
06Creating and expanding synergies through collaboration with Group companies
07Developing and producing the next generation of management talent through M&A and management support
Size of the Target MarketFigures Approximately 2 million companies will reach a leadership succession period over the next 10 years, Approximately 1 in 3 small and medium-sized enterprises is affected, Approximately 1.27 million companies (63.5%) have not determined a successor, 30,000–50,000 companies close down each year, Approximately half of these companies closed despite having been in sound financial condition, Estimated at 10,000–20,000 companies per year: “closures resulting from failed business succession”, Approximately 70%: small and medium-sized enterprises with no potential successor among family members, Approximately 80%: companies with no suitable successor among their employees / Source Based on the report of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency’s Study Group on Management Succession at Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Small Businesses, among other sources
Risks identified by the company
Lack of successors
Risk of profitable businesses closing and business disappearance
Increasing difficulty of business succession
Business closures resulting from failed succession
Loss of valuable corporate assets, including technology, human resources, business partners and local employment
Reason for revision or withdrawal

Through its consideration and execution of M&A transactions to date, the Company has recognized the potential to create greater synergies and new growth opportunities by leveraging the management resources of each company in the Group across the Group. To further advance these initiatives, the Company will establish a new “Growth M&A Company.”

Items stated in the management plan
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Key initiativesStrategic investments in companies expected to generate synergies with the Group, Investments in and growth support for companies with growth opportunities, Investments in and management support for companies with business succession needs, Sourcing M&A opportunities, valuing companies and executing investments, Enhancing corporate value through post-merger integration and post-acquisition management support, Creating and expanding synergies through collaboration with Group companies, Developing and producing the next generation of management talent through M&A and management support
Reason for revision or withdrawalThrough its consideration and execution of M&A transactions to date, the Company has recognized the potential to create greater synergies and new growth opportunities by leveraging the management resources of each company in the Group across the Group. To further advance these initiatives, the Company will establish a new “Growth M&A Company.”
Size of the Target MarketFigures Approximately 2 million companies will reach a leadership succession period over the next 10 years, Approximately 1 in 3 small and medium-sized enterprises is affected, Approximately 1.27 million companies (63.5%) have not determined a successor, 30,000–50,000 companies close down each year, Approximately half of these companies closed despite having been in sound financial condition, Estimated at 10,000–20,000 companies per year: “closures resulting from failed business succession”, Approximately 70%: small and medium-sized enterprises with no potential successor among family members, Approximately 80%: companies with no suitable successor among their employees / Source Based on the report of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency’s Study Group on Management Succession at Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Small Businesses, among other sources
Risks identifiedLack of successors, Risk of profitable businesses closing and business disappearance, Increasing difficulty of business succession, Business closures resulting from failed succession, Loss of valuable corporate assets, including technology, human resources, business partners and local employment
Date of board resolution25 August 2026
Publication date25 August 2026
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Through its consideration and execution of M&A transactions to date, the Company recognized the potential to create greater synergies and new growth opportunities by leveraging the management resources of each company across the Group. It also aims to further develop its M&A initiatives and promote collaboration and co-creation across the Group.

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