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Notice Regarding the Launch of a New Business Through the Acquisition of Shares in a Small-Amount and Short-Term Insurance Provider (Making It a Wholly Owned Subsidiary)

ライフネット生命 plans to acquire all shares of 株式会社きずな少額短期保険, making it a wholly owned subsidiary, and launch a new small-amount, short-term insurance business.

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This transaction

This transaction
CounterpartyOta Takaaki (太田孝昭)
Disclosing companyLIFENET INSURANCE COMPANY
株式会社きずな少額短期保険Voting rights ownership percentageNumber of shares acquired 212,620 shares (number of voting rights: 212,620)

The voting-rights ratio is the share of the votes exercisable at a shareholders’ meeting that will be held after this transaction.The percentage before the change is not stated in this document.

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Target company

Small Amount and Short-Term Insurance Business

Location Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi PrefectureShare capital ¥96 million, including capital reservesDate of incorporation 13 July 2022
Net Sales¥1.836 million (fiscal year ending March 2026; ordinary revenue)
Net income for the current fiscal yearA net loss of ¥22.951 million (fiscal year ending March 2026)
Net assets¥26.397 million (fiscal year ending March 2026)
Consideration and expenses
Acquisition priceThe acquisition price is not disclosed pursuant to an agreement with the counterparty.
Impact on Business Performance

The impact on the company's earnings forecast for fiscal 2026 (the fiscal year ending March 2027) is expected to be immaterial.

Procedures and assumptions
Valuation methodologyThe amount was reasonably calculated after conducting due diligence within the company, reviewing recent comparable transactions and confirming the reasonableness of the amount.
Conditions Precedent to ExecutionFulfillment of the prescribed conditions, including obtaining approval under the Insurance Business Act and other applicable laws and regulations to make a small-amount, short-term insurance provider a subsidiary of the company.
Management structure after acquisitionきずな少短 is expected to become a consolidated subsidiary of the company from the first quarter of fiscal 2027 (the fiscal year ending March 2028). The corporate name, representative and treatment of employees are Not disclosed.
This transaction
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Transaction nameThis transaction
Counterparty nameOta Takaaki (太田孝昭)
Name of the Subject Company株式会社きずな少額短期保険
Business Description of the Subject CompanySmall Amount and Short-Term Insurance Business
Location of the Subject CompanyNaka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Capital Stock of the Subject Company¥96 million, including capital reserves
Date of Establishment of the Subject Company13 July 2022
Net Sales of the Subject Company¥1.836 million (fiscal year ending March 2026; ordinary revenue)
Net Income of the Subject CompanyA net loss of ¥22.951 million (fiscal year ending March 2026)
Net Assets of the Subject Company¥26.397 million (fiscal year ending March 2026)
Acquisition priceThe acquisition price is not disclosed pursuant to an agreement with the counterparty.
Number of shares acquired212,620 shares (number of voting rights: 212,620)
Voting rights ownership percentageBefore -% → after 100%
Impact on Business PerformanceThe impact on the company's earnings forecast for fiscal 2026 (the fiscal year ending March 2027) is expected to be immaterial.
Date of board resolution15 October 2026
Contract Date15 October 2026
Execution Date / Effective DateApril 2027 (scheduled)
Valuation methodologyThe amount was reasonably calculated after conducting due diligence within the company, reviewing recent comparable transactions and confirming the reasonableness of the amount.
Conditions Precedent to ExecutionFulfillment of the prescribed conditions, including obtaining approval under the Insurance Business Act and other applicable laws and regulations to make a small-amount, short-term insurance provider a subsidiary of the company.
Management structure after acquisitionきずな少短 is expected to become a consolidated subsidiary of the company from the first quarter of fiscal 2027 (the fiscal year ending March 2028). The corporate name, representative and treatment of employees are Not disclosed.
Items this document does not state (12)
Operating Profit of the Subject CompanyExpenses other than the acquisition priceType of ConsiderationMerger ratio/share exchange ratioTender offer priceMinimum number of shares to be purchasedTender offer periodFunding arrangementsGoodwill amountAmount of extraordinary income (loss)Independent valuation institutionSpecial Committee

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The reasons the company gives

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The transaction is intended to leverage the flexible product development capabilities, system infrastructure and license of the small-amount, short-term insurance business to provide small-scale, easy-to-use insurance products to customers of the company's business partners in a flexible and timely manner.

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