#KusurinoAokiHoldings

Kusuri no Aoki Holdings Co., Ltd. announced the termination of its business capital alliance with AEON Co., Ltd., which began in 2003, effective January 16, 2026. The impact on business performance is expected to be minimal.

An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders will be held on February 17, 2026, with Ryoki Nishii to be appointed as an outside director. The director candidate has extensive management experience and industry expertise.

The Company plans to introduce a policy to respond to large-scale stock acquisitions with voting rights of 20% or more, subject to approval at the extraordinary shareholders meeting scheduled for February 17, 2026, aiming to protect corporate value and shareholder interests.

Announced that outside director Motoya Okada resigned due to personal reasons effective January 15, 2026.

The Company received a notice of termination of the capital and business alliance from AEON Co., Ltd., but the Company has not decided to terminate the alliance, and the report is not a Company announcement.

During the period from December 26 to December 31, 2025, no treasury stock acquisition was conducted; the number of shares acquired was 0 shares, and the acquisition cost was 0 yen.

For December 2025, total store sales were 110.6% year-over-year, existing store sales were 100.9%, total customer traffic was 108.1%, existing store customer traffic was 97.7%, average spend per customer was 102.3% overall and 103.3% for existing stores. Nine new stores opened and one store closed in December.

We have formulated a long-term management vision "50th Anniversary Vision" aiming for the 50th anniversary in 2035, and a five-year growth strategy "4th Medium-Term Management Plan" starting from the fiscal year ending May 2026.

Kusuri no Aoki Holdings Co., Ltd. has revised its dividend forecast for the fiscal year ending May 2026, announcing an annual dividend of 56 yen 00 sen including a 40th anniversary commemorative dividend.

Kusuri no Aoki Holdings Co., Ltd. acquired 163,400 shares of treasury stock for a total price of 637,186,600 yen between December 1 and December 8, 2025, and established a new acquisition framework after the completion of the acquisition.

Kusuri no Aoki Holdings Co., Ltd. has resolved to apply for a market segment change from the TSE Prime Market to the Standard Market and to apply for a new listing on the Nagoya Stock Exchange Main Market.

Kusuri no Aoki Holdings Co., Ltd. announced that it has set the record date as January 9, 2026, in preparation for the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for late February 2026.