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Our wholly-owned subsidiary THE SEVEN US, INC. has subscribed to a third-party allotment by Legend Pictures, LLC, investing 150 million US dollars to establish a capital and business alliance.

The commencement of the tender offer for our shares by MM Holdings Co., Ltd. has been postponed from the initially scheduled early December 2025 and is now expected not to start by January 16, 2026.

Tsumura & Co. concluded a total unsecured loan agreement of 50 billion yen with a syndicate led by MUFG Bank as agent on January 16, 2026.

On January 14, 2026, FOOD & LIFE COMPANIES Co., Ltd. finalized the issuance of 533 stock price conditions-based stock compensation stock options, with the payment amount set between 1,874,800 yen and 1,911,600 yen depending on the vesting rate.

Cumulative 3rd quarter sales of 116.61 billion yen (100.5% YoY), operating income of 3.70 billion yen (170.0% YoY), net income of 3.28 billion yen (2053.4% YoY), marking significant profit growth.

From January 1 to 14, 2026, 45,800 ordinary shares were acquired through market purchase at a total acquisition cost of 79,964,000 yen, and the share buyback pursuant to the board resolution on January 14, 2025, was completed.

The consolidated earnings guidance for the fiscal year ending December 2025 has been upwardly revised to net sales of 70,700 million yen (+1.0% from previous forecast) and operating income of 10,800 million yen (+8.0%). The dividend forecast has also been raised, with a year-end dividend of 30 yen, resulting in an increased annual dividend of 55 yen.

For the fiscal year ending November 2025, consolidated net sales were 119.377 billion yen (3.4% YoY increase), operating income was 11.913 billion yen (2.3% YoY increase), and net income attributable to owners of parent was 9.09 billion yen (1.3% YoY increase).

For the fiscal year ending November 2025, net sales were 119.37 billion yen (3.4% increase YoY), operating income was 11.91 billion yen (2.3% increase YoY), ordinary income was 12.96 billion yen (7.2% increase YoY), and net income attributable to owners of parent was 9.09 billion yen (1.3% increase YoY), marking record highs.

Nikke has decided to acquire up to 200 million yen and 2 million shares (2.98% of the total number of issued shares) through market purchases from January 19, 2026 to May 22, 2026 as a share buyback.

Special additional payments totaling 1.1 billion yen will be paid to 44 applicants for the fiscal year ending March 2026. The impact on business performance is minor, and there are no revisions to consolidated earnings forecasts.

As of January 15, 2026, officer Hidenori Hanaoka's assigned duties were changed; he assumed the roles of Executive Managing Director, General Manager of the Administration Headquarters, General Affairs Manager, and BCP Officer.