BOOKOFF GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED

(TSE First Section: 9278)

Financial Results

Presentation Materials

for the Fiscal Year Ended May 2021

(FY5/2021)

July 14, 2021

Contents

FY5/2021 Overview of

Consolidated Financial Results

Highlights of FY5/2021

Goals and Outlook for Medium-term Performance

FY5/2022 Sales and Earnings Forecast

Appendix

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*Financial data up to and including 1H FY3/2019 in these materials are consolidated figures for BOOKOFF CORPORATION.

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FY5/2021 Overview of Consolidated Financial Results

Change of Fiscal Year End to May 31

Until now

Major events

Peak

New Year

Peak

Golden

buying

sales

buying

Week sales

season

events

season

events

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

Jun.

Settlement of accounts

3Q balance

Establishment of next year's

4Q balance

sheet

sheet

inventory

business plan

inventory

Lower store productivity because peak buying seasons and ends of quarters happen at the same time

Now

Major events

Peak

New Year

Peak

Golden

buying

sales

buying

Week sales

season

events

season

events

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

Jun.

Settlement

3Q balance

Establishment of next year's

4Q balance

of accounts

sheet

sheet

inventory

business plan

inventory

  • Shifting the fiscal year end to May move the ends of the 3Q and 4Q away from the January and March peak buying periods. This is expected to result in the largest possible volume of purchases as well as higher operating efficiency.
  • FY5/2021 is a 14-month transitional fiscal period that goes from April 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021
  • Year-on-yearcomparisons using the 14-month period that ended in May 2021 and the 12-month period that

ended in March 2020 are provided for reference in these materials.

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Statement of Income

(Million yen)

Net sales

Gross profit

SG&A expenses

Operating profit

Ordinary profit

Profit attributable to owners of parent

FY5/2021

FY3/2020

YoY change

YoY change

(Amount)

(Ratio)

93,597

84,389

+9,207

110.9%

56,890

51,077

+5,813

111.4%

54,953

49,648

+5,305

110.7%

1,936

1,428

+508

135.6%

2,509

1,898

+611

132.2%

157

240

-82

65.6%

First quarter performance was severely impacted by store closings due to the state of emergency,

but performance in the following quarters was supported by strong book sales due to demand

linked with people staying home and cost savings due to restrictions on travel and other reasons.

The result was higher sales and earnings.

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