8/6/2025

speaker
Murakami
Science Department

I am Murakami from the Science Department. Thank you very much for joining us today. I would like to start by explaining the budget for the first quarter of March, 2026. Please take a look at the second page. From now on, I will show you the summary of the current budget as an executive summary. First of all, as a summary, this year, we will announce the results of the sales of 9.2 billion yen, the operating profit of 2.8 billion yen, and the increase and decrease in revenue. On the one hand, we aim to strengthen our investment in old people's boxes and increase our sales in recent years. On the other hand, we aim to increase our sales in recent years. On the other hand, we aim to increase our sales in recent years. On the other hand, we aim to increase our sales in recent years. This is the summary of the first quarter. First of all, the overall connection has been progressing smoothly. YOY increased by 24% in sales, and YOY increased by 4.9% in operating profits. I will briefly explain each of the four segments. First of all, the price of .com has been slow, but it has continued to increase and increase. The online reservation of Tabelog has improved, and it has increased and increased as planned. The old-people's box is in the investment phase, so it is an increase and decrease plan, but the top-line is the YOY plus 72.4%, which is a big improvement in the plan. Incubation has added Replus Holdings, which runs matching services in the living area since April, to increase and decrease. On the other hand, we are also selling our company, EGA.com, which runs EGA.com. We are also reproducing our business portfolio. Next, please look at the fourth page. Here are the joint results. The first quarter sales were 2.19.5 million yen, plus 24.0% for the previous year, and 23.9% for the current year. In addition, the operating profit was 7.3 billion yen, plus 4.9% in the previous year. The growth rate was also 26.1%. Next is the fifth page. This is the profit and sales of each segment of the first quarter. As you can see in the description, we were able to extend our top line by 72.4% for the old people's box. We also added a replacement for the incubation, which has grown significantly since last year. For page 6-8, we have shown the growth of the joint management performance, the increase in business profits, and the growth of the main costs in the graph, so please check them accordingly. This concludes the executive summary of the first quarter and the joint management performance. I will explain the details of each segment through CFO Kasei.

speaker
Kasuya
CFO

Hello, I am Kasuya from SCFO. I would like to report on the construction costs for each segment. First of all, let's take a look at the situation of the science.com business. Please see page 10. The sales revenue is 5.83 billion yen, which is a plus 4% in the previous year. Shopping, communication, and health care, the sales of these products have increased significantly, leading to the growth of the entire segment. In terms of shopping, the previous year's cost was increased by 5.7%. In terms of shopping sales, the PASECON category, which accounts for about 20% of the total sales, continued to grow with the increase in demand for windows 10 support in October. In terms of communication, the previous year's cost was increased by 15.6%. Broadband comparison, which is popular with cashback and other benefits, continued to improve. In terms of insurance, the previous year's cost was plus 7.8%. It shows that life insurance and pet insurance are particularly growing. In terms of profits, segment profits. This is from the third quarter of the previous year, but the average rate of high standards is also maintained in the first quarter. Compared to the growth of sales, The high growth rate is 9.6% in the previous year, which is a very good development. Next is the situation of the table log business. Please see page 11. The sales revenue is 9.27 billion yen, which is 21.3% in the previous year. The segment revenue is 5.22 billion yen, It is a growth rate of almost the same level as the growth rate of sales. Since last year, the growth rate has continued to increase, and we have been focusing on sales and profits, mainly in restaurants and restaurants. Regarding inbound reservations, the growth rate of the first quarter is slightly slow. We are taking measures against these issues, such as canceling the contract with a multi-language version. In any case, the effect of online bookings and the impact on the overall sales of Tabelog is about a few percent, so the impact on sales is minor. Next, page 12 is the KPI of the Tablelog business. The number of contract stores has been gradually increased in comparison with the previous quarter and the quarter of last year. The number of online reservations has reached 29.76 million. With the increase in the number of stores in stock and the improvement in the network contract ratio, Q1 has updated the past stock. Next is the situation of the old-people box business. Please see page 13. The sales revenue increased by 72.4% in the previous year and achieved a very high growth rate. The reason for this is that the direct advertising by the authorized company has increased significantly due to the collaboration enhancement with the sales agent. On the other hand, in terms of profit, TV commercials and the increase in the number of agents that aim to acquire new accounts. The segment profit is 3.56 billion yen, which is 69.0% in the previous year. It is a decrease of 69.0%. Looking at the second quarter of the supply and demand box, we will continue to strengthen our collaboration with our business partners and aim to continue to increase our sales growth rate. In terms of profits, in the first quarter, we are growing in the form of remaining profits, but we are starting a new commercial campaign from the end of July, and we will use the branding fee for the second quarter in earnest. In this respect, the segment profit is in line with the weather plan, but the second quarter is expected to be red. The 14th page is the situation of the KPI of the 9-person box. In order to make the effect of growth investment and sales growth factors easier to understand, we have added an additional number of mobile accounts that show the number of visits and paid 9-person ads to the site and the number of paid 9-person ads to the site. The graph on the left shows the number of users per month and the number of visits per month. The number of users per month has also continued to grow, but the effect of brand investment has also increased, and the number of visits per month has increased even more. This means that more users are using the rescue box and are actively searching for rescue information. The graph in the middle is the number of mobile accounts. The number of mobile accounts has increased by 45.3% in YY due to the collaboration with the sales agent. The increase is mainly individual company accounts, but this increase is directly related to the expansion of sales. The graph on the right is the sales of mobile accounts. This also has a 17.1% increase in YY, which is very good. In the case of QOQ, it has slightly decreased compared to the previous year's fourth quarter, but this is due to the season. Finally, let's look at the situation of the incubation business. Please see page 15. In the real estate sector and the travel industry, the growth is almost doubled. As a result of the addition of Liplas, which is shown as a living area from this period, this part is used to expand sales and profits as it is. Since Liplas continues to exist in the second half of the year, we think that this will continue to grow as it did in the first half of the year. Regarding the sales of EIGA.com, which Murakami mentioned earlier, it is a small company, and the percentage of sales and profits is quite small, so the impact it has on the industry is significant. In the future, we will continue to consider M&A and existing business growth strategies for incubation, and we are in the process of preparing for the construction of the fourth pillar of business. Thank you for your attention.

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