Monogatari : Notice Regarding August 2021 Preliminary Monthly YoY Change in Sales and Number of Restaurants

		September 9, 2021
Company name	The Monogatari Corporation
Representative	Hisayuki Kato, President and Representative Director
	(3097	TSE1)
Inquiries	Tsuyoshi Tsudera, Director, Managing Executive Officer,
In charge of Finance & Growth Strategy Section
	(TEL	0532-63-8001)

Notice Regarding August 2021 Preliminary Monthly YoY Change in Sales and Number of Restaurants

1. Monthly YoY change in sales （Domestic directory managed restaurants + franchise restaurants）

(July 2021 - December 2021)

				Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	1Q	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	2Q	1H
	All restaurants	Net sales	99.7%	88.6%		93.9%					93.9%
	# of customers	101.8%	91.5%		96.4%					96.4%
	（New restaurants
		included）	# of restaurants	572	576
			at end of period
		Existing	Net sales	92.2%	82.0%		86.8%					86.8%
		# of customers	93.9%	84.5%		88.9%					88.9%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	496	503
			at end of period
			Net sales	92.5%	84.9%		88.5%					88.5%
		Yakiniku	# of customers	94.7%	90.2%		92.4%					92.4%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	236	238
			at end of period
			Net sales	93.0%	81.4%		86.8%					86.8%
		Ramen	# of customers	93.2%	81.1%		86.7%					86.7%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	154	156
			at end of period
		Okonomiyaki	Net sales	85.9%	78.0%		81.9%					81.9%
		# of customers	91.0%	85.9%		88.4%					88.4%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	26	26
			at end of period
		"Yuzu-An"	Net sales	91.1%	72.0%		80.9%					80.9%
		# of customers	93.5%	77.9%		85.3%					85.3%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	73	76
			at end of period
			Net sales	92.2%	83.7%		88.1%					88.1%
		Specialty	# of customers	94.0%	89.9%		92.0%					92.0%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	7	7
			at end of period

(January 2022 - June 2022)

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

3Q

Apr.

May

Jun.

4Q

2H

Full-year

All restaurants

Net sales

93.9%

# of customers

96.4%

（New restaurants

included）

# of restaurants

at end of period

Existing

Net sales

86.8%

# of customers

88.9%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

Yakiniku

Net sales

88.5%

# of customers

92.4%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

Ramen

Net sales

86.8%

# of customers

86.7%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

Okonomiyaki

Net sales

81.9%

# of customers

88.4%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

Net sales

80.9%

"Yuzu-An"

# of customers

85.3%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

Net sales

88.1%

Specialty

# of customers

92.0%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

2. Monthly YoY change in sales (Domestic directly managed restaurants)

(July 2021 - December 2021)

				Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	1Q	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	2Q	1H
	All restaurants	Net sales	101.1%	89.9%		95.2%					95.2%
	# of customers	105.4%	95.1%		100.0%					100.0%
	（New restaurants
		included）	# of restaurants	343	346
			at end of period
			Net sales	91.7%	81.6%		86.4%					86.4%
		Existing	# of customers	94.9%	85.7%		90.0%					90.0%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	288	292
			at end of period
		Yakiniku	Net sales	91.5%	84.8%		87.9%					87.9%
		# of customers	94.9%	91.7%		93.2%					93.2%
		restaurants
		# of restaurants	141	142
			at end of period
		Ramen	Net sales	95.4%	82.1%		88.3%					88.3%
		# of customers	95.4%	81.2%		87.8%					87.8%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	66	67
			at end of period
		Okonomiyaki	Net sales	83.4%	78.0%		80.7%					80.7%
		# of customers	89.3%	86.9%		88.1%					88.1%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	16	16
			at end of period
		"Yuzu-An"	Net sales	90.7%	71.4%		80.4%					80.4%
		# of customers	93.6%	78.0%		85.4%					85.4%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	58	60
			at end of period
			Net sales	92.2%	83.7%		88.1%					88.1%
		Specialty	# of customers	94.0%	89.9%		92.0%					92.0%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	7	7
			at end of period

(January 2022 - June 2022)

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

3Q

Apr.

May

Jun.

4Q

2H

Full-year

All restaurants

Net sales

95.2%

# of customers

100.0%

（New restaurants

included）

# of restaurants

at end of period

Existing

Net sales

86.4%

# of customers

90.0%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

Net sales

87.9%

Yakiniku

# of customers

93.2%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

Ramen

Net sales

88.3%

# of customers

87.8%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

Okonomiyaki

Net sales

80.7%

# of customers

88.1%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

"Yuzu-An"

Net sales

80.4%

# of customers

85.4%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

Specialty

Net sales

88.1%

# of customers

92.0%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

(Note)

1. The numbers in this monthly preliminary report show trends in outlet sales and customer traffic relative to the prior year, please note that the data is not representative of the Company's
2. Existing restaurants are defined as those in operation 18 months or more since opening.
3. Restaurants remodeled to different industry formats (e.g., from "Kalvi" to "King") are considered existing restaurants from the first month after remodeling.
4. Closed restaurants (including those remodeling to a different industry) are considered existing restaurants up to one month prior to the month of closure.
5. Net sales and number of customers of restaurants with less business days which had extraordinary holidays for renovation etc., are not included in existing restaurants.
6. The numbers presented are preliminary, and therefore not audited by an audit corporation.
7. Due to the spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, all our directly managed stores and some franchise stores were temporarily closed in April and May 2020.

3. Number of restaurants at the end of month

(July 2021 - December 2021)

		Jul.	Aug.		Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
	# of directly managed restaurants	164		166
Yakiniku	# of FC restaurants	107		108
restaurants
	# of restaurants	271		274
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants	80		80
Ramen	# of FC restaurants	95		95
restaurants
	# of restaurants	175		175
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants	17		17
Okonomiyaki	# of FC restaurants	10		10
restaurants
	# of restaurants	27		27
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants	72		72
"Yuzu-An"	# of FC restaurants	17		17
restaurants
	# of restaurants	89		89
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants	10		11
Specialty	# of FC restaurants
restaurants
	# of restaurants	10		11
	at end of period
Other restaurants	# of restaurants in China	16		17
	# of restaurants	16		17
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants	343		346
Total	# of FC restaurants	229		230
# of restaurants in China	16		17
	# of restaurants	588		593
	at end of period

(January 2022 - June 2022)

		Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.
	# of directly managed restaurants
Yakiniku
# of FC restaurants
restaurants
	# of restaurants
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants
Ramen
# of FC restaurants
restaurants
	# of restaurants
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants
Okonomiyaki
# of FC restaurants
restaurants
	# of restaurants
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants
"Yuzu-An"
# of FC restaurants
restaurants
	# of restaurants
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants
Specialty
# of FC restaurants
restaurants
	# of restaurants
	at end of period
	# of restaurants in China
Other restaurants
	# of restaurants
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants
	# of FC restaurants
Total
# of restaurants in China
	# of restaurants
	at end of period

【Reference】

Fiscal year ended June 2021 Monthly YoY Change in Sales and Number of Restaurants

1. Monthly YoY change in sales （Domestic directory managed restaurants + franchise restaurants）

(July 2020 - December 2020)

				Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	1Q	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	2Q	1H
	All restaurants	Net sales	109.1%	97.8%	104.4%	103.4%	117.6%	119.7%	99.7%	111.5%	107.4%
	# of customers	102.4%	93.7%	100.1%	98.4%	111.1%	112.9%	96.9%	106.4%	102.3%
	（New restaurants
		included）	# of restaurants	533	533	539		541	545	550
			at end of period
		Existing	Net sales	103.4%	91.8%	97.4%	97.1%	109.1%	111.6%	93.2%	103.8%	100.5%
		# of customers	97.7%	88.7%	93.4%	93.0%	103.3%	106.2%	91.4%	99.8%	96.4%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	456	458	464		470	474	483
			at end of period
			Net sales	110.3%	95.8%	100.4%	101.7%	115.4%	120.4%	96.9%	109.9%	105.7%
		Yakiniku	# of customers	108.5%	93.6%	96.0%	98.9%	112.4%	122.5%	96.8%	109.8%	104.2%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	222	223	225		228	229	231
			at end of period
			Net sales	94.7%	89.9%	96.5%	93.5%	101.9%	97.9%	92.2%	97.1%	95.3%
		Ramen	# of customers	91.9%	87.4%	93.3%	90.7%	98.6%	94.9%	89.0%	93.9%	92.3%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	135	137	140		143	145	149
			at end of period
		Okonomiyaki	Net sales	96.3%	82.6%	93.9%	90.5%	106.6%	111.1%	80.8%	97.8%	94.0%
		# of customers	95.8%	83.1%	93.6%	90.5%	106.3%	112.8%	86.0%	100.5%	95.3%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	30	29	29		28	28	28
			at end of period
		"Yuzu-An"	Net sales	97.2%	85.6%	91.6%	91.0%	102.3%	105.0%	89.2%	97.9%	94.6%
		# of customers	91.0%	81.6%	86.6%	86.1%	97.4%	102.4%	87.2%	95.0%	90.7%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	63	63	64		64	65	68
			at end of period
			Net sales	70.3%	59.1%	74.5%	67.6%	89.7%	83.5%	61.9%	76.4%	72.3%
		Specialty	# of customers	73.0%	64.9%	81.9%	72.9%	90.3%	89.9%	72.1%	83.2%	78.3%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	6	6	6		7	7	7
			at end of period

(January 2021 - June 2021)

				Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	3Q	Apr.	May	Jun.	4Q	2H	Full-year
	All restaurants	Net sales	83.6%	73.6%	95.4%	84.4%	327.3%	149.1%	83.0%	141.7%	104.4%	106.0%
	# of customers	84.1%	76.8%	96.3%	85.8%	292.8%	144.0%	88.1%	140.8%	105.5%	103.8%
	（New restaurants
		included）	# of restaurants	550	553	559		562	565	569
			at end of period
		Existing	Net sales	78.3%	69.1%	89.0%	79.0%	300.7%	139.0%	77.8%	132.1%	97.4%	99.0%
		# of customers	78.9%	72.0%	89.1%	80.1%	266.1%	134.2%	82.1%	130.6%	98.2%	97.2%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	478	480	482		487	492	493
			at end of period
		Yakiniku	Net sales	79.9%	66.7%	87.2%	78.0%	318.0%	140.8%	75.0%	131.9%	96.3%	101.2%
		# of customers	80.9%	68.5%	87.8%	79.1%	322.2%	141.1%	78.2%	135.0%	97.8%	101.2%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	228	230	231		232	232	235
			at end of period
		Ramen	Net sales	83.4%	77.4%	91.6%	84.2%	209.9%	126.0%	83.0%	122.3%	99.3%	97.1%
		# of customers	80.0%	75.6%	88.7%	81.4%	208.7%	123.4%	84.1%	121.7%	97.1%	94.5%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	148	148	149		151	154	153
			at end of period
		Okonomiyaki	Net sales	69.6%	67.1%	80.7%	72.9%	326.8%	137.3%	74.8%	134.6%	91.5%	92.9%
		# of customers	74.5%	71.8%	84.0%	77.1%	336.8%	150.5%	81.5%	145.1%	97.5%	96.3%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	27	27	27		27	27	26
			at end of period
			Net sales	71.5%	70.2%	95.1%	78.8%	481.0%	156.9%	81.8%	150.6%	101.5%	97.6%
		"Yuzu-An"	# of customers	71.0%	70.8%	97.2%	79.5%	487.2%	161.7%	86.0%	156.8%	103.6%	96.3%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	68	68	68		70	72	72
			at end of period
			Net sales	45.7%	50.9%	91.8%	60.0%	1167.3%	176.1%	71.7%	161.0%	85.1%	77.3%
		Specialty	# of customers	60.2%	68.6%	102.9%	75.6%	1456.5%	276.6%	98.5%	220.1%	115.0%	92.9%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	7	7	7		7	7	7
			at end of period

2. Monthly YoY change in sales (Domestic directly managed restaurants)

(July 2020 - December 2020)

				Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	1Q	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	2Q	1H
	All restaurants	Net sales	112.2%	100.5%	106.8%	106.0%	120.9%	125.1%	103.0%	115.3%	110.7%
	# of customers	106.5%	96.9%	102.7%	101.7%	115.2%	119.7%	100.5%	111.1%	106.4%
	（New restaurants
		included）	# of restaurants	310	311	316		319	322	327
			at end of period
			Net sales	104.0%	92.2%	97.3%	97.4%	109.3%	114.0%	93.9%	104.8%	101.1%
		Existing	# of customers	98.3%	88.6%	92.4%	92.8%	103.1%	109.5%	92.3%	101.1%	96.9%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	256	257	260		265	269	274
			at end of period
		Yakiniku	Net sales	111.5%	97.6%	101.6%	103.1%	116.7%	123.3%	99.2%	112.1%	107.5%
		# of customers	109.1%	94.9%	96.1%	99.6%	112.9%	126.2%	99.4%	112.1%	105.7%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	134	134	135		136	137	137
			at end of period
		Ramen	Net sales	93.7%	88.3%	94.5%	91.9%	99.7%	96.7%	91.6%	95.8%	93.9%
		# of customers	90.9%	85.9%	91.3%	89.2%	96.5%	93.3%	88.1%	92.4%	90.8%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	51	52	53		56	58	60
			at end of period
		Okonomiyaki	Net sales	96.8%	85.1%	96.3%	92.3%	108.3%	114.6%	83.9%	100.8%	96.5%
		# of customers	96.9%	86.2%	96.2%	92.8%	108.4%	116.3%	90.0%	103.9%	98.2%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	16	16	16		16	16	16
			at end of period
		"Yuzu-An"	Net sales	96.1%	84.9%	91.0%	90.2%	101.2%	106.6%	89.4%	98.1%	94.3%
		# of customers	89.4%	80.5%	85.8%	85.0%	95.9%	104.2%	87.3%	95.2%	90.2%
		restaurants
		# of restaurants	49	49	50		50	51	54
			at end of period
			Net sales	70.3%	59.1%	74.5%	67.6%	89.7%	83.5%	61.9%	76.4%	72.3%
		Specialty	# of customers	73.0%	64.9%	81.9%	72.9%	90.3%	89.9%	72.1%	83.2%	78.3%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	6	6	6		7	7	7
			at end of period

(January 2021 - June 2021)

				Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	3Q	Apr.	May	Jun.	4Q	2H	Full-year
	All restaurants	Net sales	84.2%	73.7%	95.0%	84.5%	643.2%	172.6%	83.0%	161.1%	108.8%	109.8%
	# of customers	85.5%	77.2%	96.7%	86.6%	640.5%	171.3%	90.2%	166.8%	112.2%	109.0%
	（New restaurants
		included）	# of restaurants	327	328	333		335	337	340
			at end of period
		Existing	Net sales	77.1%	68.2%	87.3%	77.7%	600.4%	160.4%	76.9%	149.7%	100.1%	100.7%
		# of customers	78.0%	71.4%	87.7%	79.1%	589.6%	158.3%	82.3%	153.0%	102.6%	99.5%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	273	272	274		279	282	284
			at end of period
			Net sales	80.1%	66.8%	85.3%	77.5%	577.0%	163.1%	74.0%	147.3%	98.9%	103.5%
		Yakiniku	# of customers	81.4%	69.4%	86.5%	79.1%	585.0%	162.9%	78.5%	151.7%	101.0%	103.5%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	137	136	137		138	137	140
			at end of period
		Ramen	Net sales	82.2%	76.4%	87.9%	82.2%	546.9%	148.9%	82.9%	147.2%	105.4%	99.1%
		# of customers	78.2%	74.1%	85.0%	79.1%	538.1%	145.8%	84.3%	146.6%	102.7%	96.1%
		restaurants
		# of restaurants	59	59	60		62	65	64
			at end of period
		Okonomiyaki	Net sales	73.2%	71.1%	81.3%	75.6%	586.3%	160.1%	75.3%	151.4%	97.7%	97.0%
		# of customers	79.6%	77.4%	85.3%	81.0%	604.6%	177.9%	82.8%	165.1%	105.3%	101.4%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	16	16	16		16	16	16
			at end of period
		"Yuzu-An"	Net sales	71.1%	69.1%	94.3%	78.1%	697.3%	162.7%	81.6%	158.2%	102.3%	97.8%
		# of customers	70.9%	70.0%	96.6%	79.0%	704.4%	168.5%	86.3%	165.9%	104.9%	96.5%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	54	54	54		56	57	57
			at end of period
		Specialty	Net sales	45.7%	50.9%	91.8%	60.0%	1167.3%	176.1%	71.7%	161.0%	85.1%	77.3%
		# of customers	60.2%	68.6%	102.9%	75.6%	1456.5%	276.6%	98.5%	220.1%	115.0%	92.9%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	7	7	7		7	7	7
			at end of period
(Note)

1. The numbers in this monthly preliminary report show trends in outlet sales and customer traffic relative to the prior year, please note that the data is not representative of the Company's business.
2. Existing restaurants are defined as those in operation 18 months or more since opening.
3. Restaurants remodeled to different industry formats (e.g., from "Kalvi" to "King") are considered existing restaurants from the first month after remodeling.
4. Closed restaurants (including those remodeling to a different industry) are considered existing restaurants up to one month prior to the month of closure.
5. Net sales and number of customers of restaurants with less business days which had extraordinary holidays for renovation etc., are not included in existing restaurants.
6. The numbers presented are preliminary, and therefore not audited by an audit corporation.
7. Due to the spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, all our directly managed stores and some franchise stores were temporarily closed in April and May 2020.