Financial Results

for Q3 of Fiscal Year Ending March 31,2021

D C E-COMMERCE MARKETING

Itsumo.Inc

Tokyo Stock Exchange(TSE) Mothers listed company: 7694

Our mission:

Creating the Future of Japan with EC

With our mission, "Creating the future of Japan with EC", we provide comprehensive support for EC business to a wide range of manufacturers from small-and-medium to large companies. As the EC partner of manufactures, we provide the total support from the planning of the EC strategy to website construction, warehousing and fulfillment services.

We help you deliver Japanese brands to the world by combining "people" and "technology," and by maximizing the manpower with an excellent EC sales method.

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Contents

1.

Company Overview

Company Information ------------------------------------ 4

Our Services

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2. Financial Results for Q3 FY2021 (Ending March)

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  • 3. Business Details

  • 4. Our Future Goals

EC Marketing Services ------------------------------ 15

EC Marketplace Services ------------------------------ 18

Our image of growth ----------------------------------- 22

1. Company Overview

Company Information

Name

Itsumo. Inc.

Founded

February 14th, 2007

Office location

1-12-1 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 100-0006

Capital

726,984,000 yen

Employees

217 (as of December, 2020)

※included executive officers, regular staff, and part-time employees

Description of business

E-Commerce One Platform Business (Comprehensive support for EC)

Our services

  • We provide 2 types of services - EC Marketing Service and EC Marketplace Service

EC Marketing Service

itsumo.

Support

Sell

  • Provide comprehensive EC support that matches the particular needs of our clients

  • Provide the value-chain support (partial/total support)

  • Sales will be classified into 2 categories: the "Stock sales" which is stable, and the "Spot sales" which is temporary

  • The "Stock sales" represents the sales of marketing service generated by the clients who have continuous contract with us.

EC Marketplace Service

Client

Purchase

Sell

  • itsumo. provides overall support for EC business and operates EC website.

  • itsumo. purchases goods from our clients and sell them directly to consumers through the official EC website.

  • Profit from sales to consumers= itsumo.'s company sales

  • Cost of sales is: cost of purchased goods, payments to e-commerce channels and logistics companies

2. Financial Results for Q3 FY21 (Ending March)

Highlights of Financial Results for Q3 FY2021

(in JPY million)

Performance by service

EC Marketing Service

EC Marketplace Service

Sales:

1,310

+27.3 y/y

5,328

+76.5 y/y

e

Gross profit on sales:

913

697

Sales Ratio of

"Stock Sales" :

88.4

*

Summary:

  • A steady growth was driven by an increase in the continuing contracts and large orders

  • Exceeded budget by securing the "Spot" sales-based contracts steadily after the Rakuten Super SALE at the end of the year

  • Secured the steady growth of each brand

  • Opened new brand websites which has contributed to the increasing number of brands handled by itsumo.

*Note: the "Stock sales" refers to the sales of marketing service generated by the clients who have continuous contract with itsumo. The "stock sales" includes the sales based on pay-per-use program. This figure is not subject to audit review.

P/L Q3 FY21/3 (cumulative)

Significant growth in sales and the below profit compared to the same period last year Gross profit on sales is: +57.8% YoY

(in JPY million)

Fiscal year:

Cumulative total of 2020/3 3Q

Cumulative total of 2021/3 3Q

Growth Rate

Period:

April-December

April-December

y/y

Sales:

4,047

6,638

64.0%

Gross profit:

1,020

1,610

57.8%

Operating profit:

251

491

95.8%

Ordinary profit:

259

505

95.0%

Current net profit:

175

357

104.4%

Sales trends

EC Marketing Service

  • Up +35.0% YoY thanks to steadily increased "Stock sales"

  • Large orders contributed to sales

  • Increased the sales of pay-per-performance due to good performance of our business partners as the year-end is the best time to make a profit

FY20/3

EC Marketplace Service

  • Up +68.6% YoY thanks to continued high growth of each brands

  • Q1 and Q2 saw a temporary boom in demand due to the closure of brick-and-mortar stores following the state of emergency order. Also, there was a seasonal fluctuation in demand for the high-price, light hair remover, BRAUN Silk Expert from spring to summer. These two factors caused Q3 sales down compared to Q1 and Q2

FY21/3

(in JPY million)

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Temporary increased revenue in EC marketplace estimated [as the influence of COVID 19] based on consideration the difference between the YoY growth rate of each brand in April-May 2020 and other periods stems from the temporary increase of demand in 1st half of the FY Growth Rate

Q3

Trends in Gross Profit

  • Q3 saw gross profit grew65.7 YoY

  • Highly profitable EC Marketing Service steadily accumulated profit and contributed to growth

  • EC Marketplace Service declined in QoQ due to temporary demand and seasonality

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Note: Gross profit by service for FY2021 ended March is given in total figure as it is incalculable. Gross profit amount by service is not subject to audit review.

Trends in SGA

(selling, general and administrative expenses)

  • Overall SGA: 56.2% YoY for 3Q

  • Aggressive hiring pushed up labor costs and accumulation of bonus reserves according to business performance

  • Payment-processing fees increased as EC Marketplaces grew

(in JPY million)

Q1

Q2

Q3

(注)人件費には、賞与、採用関連費用を含んでいます。

Q4

支払手数料は、主にECマーケットプレイスサービスにおける決済手数料です。

Q1

Q2

Q3

通期業績予想

  • Annual profit forecast has been revised considering the progress until Q3 as follows:

  • In Q4, we will actively invest in advertising & promotion

(in JPY million)

Fiscal Year:

FY21/3

FY21/3

Increase/ decrease

percent change

Original forecast on

Dec.21A

Announced forecast on

Feb.12B

B-A

Sales:

8,090

8,650

559

6.9%

Operatingprofi:

438

527

88

20.2%

Ordinary profit:

434

540

105

24.3%

Net income:

350

393

42

12.2%

BS 2021年3月期3Q

  • Capital ratio improved to 43.3% by raising funds at IPO

(in JPY million)

20203月期

4Q

2021年3月期

3Q

増減額

Cash and Deposit

1,077

2,255

1,178

Inventory assets

339

493

154

Accounts receivable

424

701

276

Current assets

1,917

3,540

1,622

Fixed assets

342

312

-30

Total assets

2,260

3,852

1,592

Total current liabilities

1,134

1,426

+292

Total fixed assets

949

758

+191

Total net assets

176

1,667

1,491

3. Business Details

EC Marketing Service

Offering comprehensive services

By providing comprehensive services, we can make our support efficient and effective for clients.

*Traditional model

*Advantages to our clients

Client

Client

EC Marketing Service

Extensive achievements of EC platform support

  • Out of the 9,821 projects we have supported so far, most of them have been for the EC platform.

  • Our wide experience enables us to effectively support the EC multi-channel development of our business partners.

Clientitsumo.

Our achievements :

9,821 projects*

*Total number of projects supported by our company

(As of Jan 6, 2021)

EC Marketing Service

Big data system for EC

Our big data system for EC stores information on the past transactions of clients and huge amounts of data of each EC platform. This system gives us know-how of standardized sales improvement and a systematic training system.

Basis for the accumulated purchasing data:

EC big data system

Output of big data for EC

Estimating market size / market share

Preparation of sales plan and P/L

Planning and execution of precisely planned marketing measures Accurate allocation and assessment of promotion budget

Standardized know-how to increase sales

  • Manualized method to increase sales

  • Accumulation for knowledge portal

  • Collection and accumulation of the latest information

Marketplace Service

Build direct-to-consumer (D2C) system for manufacturers quickly, at low-risk, and directly

Our well-equipped system enables us to build D2C system quickly and provide support.

Our services enables manufacturers to build a direct-to-consumer (D2C) system quickly at low risk.

Challenges for manufacturers in opening store and making growth in EC

Resolution is our D2C support for manufacturers

  • No need of EC business infrastructure

  • Able to maintain with existing structure

    In general, 24mths

    In general,

Marketplace Service

Logistics services and infrastructure to increase sales

We have logistics services to increase sales and the infrastructure that supports them through our partnerships with outside companies.

Our service

1DAY

  • Next-day quick shipping

  • Scheduled-time delivery

Our infrastructure

  • Partnership with 16warehouses nationwide to reduce logistics cost

Our service

  • Highly value-added logistics services optimized for each commercial product

Our infrastructure

  • Streamlined warehouses with state-of-the-art automation

Marketplace Service

Official EC site of brands are jointly operated with manufacturers

We operate official EC site approved by manufacturers.

We have cultivated strong ties with manufacturers by increasing their brand value and sales over the long term..

Contracts for sales in

EC

We focus on:

Long-time improvement of brand valueIncrease sales

4.Our Future Goals

Our image of growth

  • Stimulate growth by expanding steadily growing EC Marketplace service

  • Further increase sales and profit through sales of EC big data system service, expansion of cross-border EC, and the selling-amount-based commission system service

Explanatory note

This document contains forward-looking statements that are made based on the information considered reasonable at the time of creation These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual operating results may differ substantially due to a number of factors. Such risks that may include, without limitation: domestic and international economic conditions and relevant industry trends in our company.

itsumo. is not obligated to update or revise any forward-looking statements in this document, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Any information about the companies other than itsumo. contained in this document is obtained from public information, etc., and our company has not verified, nor does it guarantee, the accuracy or appropriateness of such information.

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