Cross Marketing : Minutes of the Financial Results Briefing for FY 6/2023_Q2 (held on February 20, 2023)

Cross Marketing Group Inc.

Q2 Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ending June 2023

February 20, 2023

Event Summary

[Company Name]	Cross Marketing Group Inc.
[Company ID]	3675-QCODE
[Event Language]	JPN
[Event Type]	Earnings Announcement
[Event Name]	Q2 Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ending June 2023
[Fiscal Period]	FY2023 Q2
[Date]	February 20, 2023
[Number of Pages]	35
[Time]	15:30 - 16:21
	(Total: 51 minutes, Presentation: 33 minutes, Q&A: 18 minutes)
[Venue]	Webcast
[Venue Size]
[Participants]
[Number of Speakers]	1
	Miki Igarashi	Representative Director, President and CEO

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Presentation

Moderator: Hello everyone. The time has come, so we will now begin the IR meeting of Cross Marketing Group Inc. This information session will be held in a hybrid format with live streaming in addition to the on- site session.

First of all, I would like to introduce you to today's attendees. Miki Igarashi, Representative Director, President, and CEO. Today, Mr. Igarashi will give an explanation, and after that, we will begin a question-and-answer session to take questions from the on-site audience. Afterwards, we will be available to take questions from those participating online. Online questions are always welcome via the Q&A function at the bottom of the screen. Please include your company name and name when asking questions.

Now, we will begin.

Igarashi: Hello, everyone. My name is Igarashi from the Cross Marketing Group. Thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedule to attend our presentation today. I will remove my mask during the presentation.

Today, I would like to explain our financial results for H1 of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023. The contents of today's meeting are as indicated here.

First, we would like to give a brief overview of the Group and its business, since many of the participants have attended the meeting more than once. I will now begin my explanation.

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The company profile is explained here, for Cross Marketing Group, Inc. The Company was founded on April 1, 2003, and will celebrate its 20th anniversary on April 1 of this year.

With regard to last year's key financial indicators, as an indication of the size of the Company, we are a company with sales of JPY24.9 billion and operating income of JPY2.52 billion. The three main businesses are the digital marketing business, which has the largest sales scale, followed by the data marketing business, and then the insight business.

Regarding affiliated companies, 32 consolidated subsidiaries and four affiliates accounted for by the equity method, making a total of 36 companies in the Group. The total number of employees in the Group will be 1,440. We are a company that operates in 10 countries around the world, and we have approximately 450 employees overseas.

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Briefly, here is my self-introduction. I was born in 1973, which makes me 49 years old now. I will become 50 this year.

Here is a brief explanation of my career. After graduating from university, I worked as a venture capitalist in charge of investment in venture businesses. After that, I went through the period of the Internet bubble and founded Cross Marketing in 2003.

As for outside work, I am an outside director of a company called RareJob, an online English conversation company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime. At the same time, I also serve as vice president of the Japan Marketing Research Association, an industry organization.

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