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

	April 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 [phone])

Notice Regarding March 2021 Preliminary 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	534	539		542	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%					84.4%	99.1%
	# of customers	84.1%	76.8%	96.3%	85.8%					85.8%	96.6%
（New restaurants
		included）	# of restaurants	550	553	559
			at end of period
		Existing	Net sales	78.3%	69.1%	88.8%	78.9%					78.9%	92.7%
		# of customers	78.9%	72.0%	89.1%	80.1%					80.1%	90.6%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	478	480	482
			at end of period
		Yakiniku	Net sales	79.9%	66.7%	86.8%	77.9%					77.9%	95.3%
		# of customers	80.9%	68.5%	87.8%	79.1%					79.1%	94.8%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	228	230	231
			at end of period
		Ramen	Net sales	83.4%	77.4%	91.6%	84.2%					84.2%	91.5%
		# of customers	80.0%	75.6%	88.7%	81.4%					81.4%	88.6%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	148	148	149
			at end of period
		Okonomiyaki	Net sales	69.6%	67.1%	80.8%	72.9%					72.9%	86.4%
		# of customers	74.5%	71.8%	84.0%	77.1%					77.1%	88.7%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	27	27	27
			at end of period
			Net sales	71.5%	70.2%	95.1%	78.8%					78.8%	89.1%
		"Yuzu-An"	# of customers	71.0%	70.8%	97.2%	79.5%					79.5%	86.9%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	68	68	68
			at end of period
			Net sales	46.1%	50.9%	92.7%	60.4%					60.4%	68.5%
		Specialty	# of customers	60.2%	68.6%	102.9%	75.6%					75.6%	77.4%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	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%					84.5%	101.1%
	# of customers	85.5%	77.2%	96.7%	86.6%					86.6%	99.3%
（New restaurants
		included）	# of restaurants	327	328	333
			at end of period
		Existing	Net sales	77.1%	68.2%	86.9%	77.6%					77.6%	92.5%
		# of customers	78.0%	71.4%	87.7%	79.1%					79.1%	90.5%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	273	272	274
			at end of period
			Net sales	80.1%	66.8%	84.7%	77.3%					77.3%	96.1%
		Yakiniku	# of customers	81.4%	69.4%	86.5%	79.1%					79.1%	95.7%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	137	136	137
			at end of period
		Ramen	Net sales	82.2%	76.4%	87.9%	82.2%					82.2%	89.8%
		# of customers	78.2%	74.1%	85.0%	79.1%					79.1%	86.7%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	59	59	60
			at end of period
		Okonomiyaki	Net sales	73.2%	71.1%	81.4%	75.6%					75.6%	88.9%
		# of customers	79.6%	77.4%	85.3%	81.0%					81.0%	91.9%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	16	16	16
			at end of period
		"Yuzu-An"	Net sales	71.1%	69.1%	94.3%	78.1%					78.1%	88.6%
		# of customers	70.9%	70.0%	96.6%	79.0%					79.0%	86.4%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	54	54	54
			at end of period
		Specialty	Net sales	46.1%	50.9%	92.7%	60.4%					60.4%	68.5%
		# of customers	60.2%	68.6%	102.9%	75.6%					75.6%	77.4%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	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.

1. Existing restaurants are defined as those in operation 18 months or more since opening.
2. Restaurants remodeled to different industry formats (e.g., from "Kalvi" to "King") are considered existing restaurants from the first month after remodeling.
3. Closed restaurants (including those remodeling to a different industry) are considered existing restaurants up to one month prior to the month of closure.
4. 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.
5. The numbers presented are preliminary, and therefore not audited by an audit corporation.
6. 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.
7. From the fiscal year ending June 2021, the results of the "Nikugen" format have been included in the Specialty restaurants category. No retrospective adjustments have been made to previous years figures (it was included in the "Yakiniku" category until June 2020).
8. Number and names of restaurants not included in existing restaurants for March 2021 are presented below.

Number of restaurants: 2

Restaurant name:

Yakiniku Ichiban KALVI Toyokawa Restaurant (Yakiniku category) (Temporarily closed due to renovation)

Yakiniku King Niigata-eki Minami Restaurant (Yakiniku category) (Temporarily closed due to renovation)

3. Number of restaurants at the end of month

(July 2020 - December 2020)

		Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
	# of directly managed restaurants	150	151	152	153	156	157
Yakiniku	# of FC restaurants	101	101	101	101	101	101
restaurants
	# of restaurants	251	252	253	254	257	258
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants	72	72	75	75	75	76
Ramen	# of FC restaurants	91	91	92	92	92	93
restaurants
	# of restaurants	163	163	167	167	167	169
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants	16	16	17	17	17	17
Okonomiyaki	# of FC restaurants	15	14	14	13	13	12
restaurants
	# of restaurants	31	30	31	30	30	29
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants	63	63	63	65	65	67
"Yuzu-An"	# of FC restaurants	16	16	16	16	17	17
restaurants
	# of restaurants	79	79	79	81	82	84
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants	9	9	9	9	9	10
Specialty	# of FC restaurants	-	-	-	-	-	-
restaurants
	# of restaurants	9	9	9	9	9	10
	at end of period
Other restaurants	# of restaurants in China	10	10	11	11	11	12
	# of restaurants	10	10	11	11	11	12
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants	310	311	316	319	322	327
Total	# of FC restaurants	223	222	223	222	223	223
# of restaurants in China	10	10	11	11	11	12
	# of restaurants	543	543	550	552	556	562
	at end of period

(January 2021 - June 2021)

		Jan.	Feb.	Mar.		Apr.	May	Jun.
	# of directly managed restaurants	158	157		160
Yakiniku	# of FC restaurants	101	102		103
restaurants
	# of restaurants	259	259		263
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants	74	75		77
Ramen	# of FC restaurants	94	95		95
restaurants
	# of restaurants	168	170		172
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants	17	17		17
Okonomiyaki	# of FC restaurants	11	11		11
restaurants
	# of restaurants	28	28		28
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants	68	69		70
"Yuzu-An"	# of FC restaurants	17	17		17
restaurants
	# of restaurants	85	86		87
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants	10	10		9
Specialty	# of FC restaurants
restaurants
	# of restaurants	10	10		9
	at end of period
Other restaurants	# of restaurants in China	13	13		13
	# of restaurants	13	13		13
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants	327	328		333
Total	# of FC restaurants	223	225		226
# of restaurants in China	13	13		13
	# of restaurants	563	566		572
	at end of period

【Reference】

Fiscal year ended June 2020 Monthly YoY Change in Sales and Number of Restaurants

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

(July 2019 - December 2019)

				Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	1Q	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	2Q	1H
	All restaurants	Net sales	105.8%	113.7%	107.2%	109.1%	107.7%	116.9%	111.5%	112.0%	110.5%
	# of customers	109.0%	114.1%	108.8%	110.8%	109.2%	117.6%	111.9%	112.8%	111.8%
（New restaurants
		included）	# of restaurants	499	499	501	－	506	513	516	－	－
			at end of period
		Existing	Net sales	96.9%	105.4%	99.1%	100.7%	99.8%	107.1%	102.0%	102.9%	101.8%
		# of customers	98.4%	104.4%	99.6%	100.9%	99.7%	106.1%	100.5%	102.0%	101.4%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	429	430	435	－	440	442	448	－	－
			at end of period
			Net sales	95.3%	107.2%	99.2%	100.8%	100.6%	109.8%	103.3%	104.5%	102.6%
		Yakiniku	# of customers	95.0%	106.5%	99.4%	100.5%	101.5%	110.6%	102.0%	104.5%	102.5%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	209	211	212	－	217	217	220	－	－
			at end of period
			Net sales	101.9%	104.0%	100.0%	102.0%	99.2%	104.5%	100.0%	101.1%	101.6%
		Ramen	# of customers	101.2%	103.3%	99.8%	101.5%	98.4%	103.6%	99.3%	100.3%	100.9%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	126	126	127	－	127	128	130	－	－
			at end of period
		Okonomiyaki	Net sales	96.1%	99.3%	94.8%	96.8%	96.7%	101.9%	103.7%	100.9%	98.8%
		# of customers	97.8%	98.9%	95.0%	97.3%	99.3%	103.2%	104.6%	102.5%	99.8%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	37	36	36	－	36	36	35	－	－
			at end of period
		"Yuzu-An"	Net sales	95.2%	102.3%	98.7%	98.9%	99.3%	104.2%	100.2%	101.2%	100.1%
		# of customers	98.0%	103.6%	101.0%	101.0%	99.9%	104.2%	99.4%	101.0%	101.0%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	54	54	57	－	57	58	60	－	－
			at end of period
			Net sales	103.4%	106.9%	98.6%	103.1%	92.3%	95.4%	98.0%	95.6%	98.9%
		Specialty	# of customers	101.5%	109.3%	101.1%	104.1%	93.3%	96.0%	100.5%	97.0%	100.3%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	3	3	3	－	3	3	3	－	－
			at end of period

(January 2020 - June 2020)

				Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	3Q	Apr.	May	Jun.	4Q	2H	Full-year
	All restaurants	Net sales	114.5%	136.0%	105.3%	117.1%	29.6%	60.9%	102.3%	64.1%	90.9%	100.4%
	# of customers	115.0%	130.3%	102.2%	114.5%	32.4%	63.2%	96.6%	64.2%	89.4%	100.3%
（New restaurants
		included）	# of restaurants	517	522	523	－	525	524	529	－	－	－
			at end of period
		Existing	Net sales	104.7%	124.2%	97.1%	107.3%	27.9%	57.2%	96.3%	60.1%	84.3%	92.8%
		# of customers	103.6%	117.7%	93.7%	103.9%	31.1%	59.5%	91.0%	60.4%	82.6%	91.8%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	449	450	452	－	455	453	454	－	－	－
			at end of period
		Yakiniku	Net sales	105.8%	137.0%	103.0%	113.5%	27.0%	58.5%	102.4%	62.4%	88.6%	95.4%
		# of customers	104.6%	135.8%	101.1%	112.1%	27.0%	60.7%	99.9%	62.5%	88.3%	95.1%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	220	220	221	－	222	222	224	－	－	－
			at end of period
		Ramen	Net sales	103.5%	107.3%	91.9%	100.5%	39.7%	65.1%	92.3%	65.5%	83.0%	92.1%
		# of customers	103.1%	107.0%	90.2%	99.6%	38.5%	63.2%	87.5%	63.1%	81.3%	91.0%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	132	133	133	－	134	133	135	－	－	－
			at end of period
		Okonomiyaki	Net sales	102.7%	113.7%	94.5%	102.4%	24.7%	46.8%	81.3%	49.8%	77.5%	88.2%
		# of customers	102.7%	113.4%	95.0%	102.6%	25.2%	47.1%	80.2%	49.7%	77.6%	88.7%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	34	34	34	－	34	32	30	－	－	－
			at end of period
			Net sales	103.2%	106.5%	84.4%	97.0%	16.2%	45.2%	84.7%	47.9%	73.4%	86.3%
		"Yuzu-An"	# of customers	102.5%	104.6%	81.8%	95.2%	16.0%	44.1%	80.7%	46.3%	71.6%	85.7%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	60	60	61	－	62	63	62	－	－	－
			at end of period
			Net sales	102.1%	108.0%	65.0%	90.2%	8.2%	28.9%	70.7%	34.6%	63.8%	81.5%
		Specialty	# of customers	103.4%	106.5%	72.4%	92.9%	10.9%	35.5%	79.0%	40.7%	67.8%	83.9%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	3	3	3	－	3	3	3	－	－	－
			at end of period

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

(July 2019 - December 2019)

				Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	1Q	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	2Q	1H
	All restaurants	Net sales	105.7%	114.6%	108.0%	109.7%	108.8%	118.2%	112.8%	113.2%	111.4%
	# of customers	111.3%	117.5%	112.0%	113.8%	113.0%	122.3%	116.4%	117.2%	115.4%
（New restaurants
		included）	# of restaurants	277	278	280	－	285	290	294	－	－
			at end of period
			Net sales	97.1%	106.1%	99.0%	101.0%	100.4%	107.5%	102.7%	103.5%	102.2%
		Existing	# of customers	98.5%	105.5%	99.7%	101.4%	100.6%	106.7%	101.3%	102.8%	102.1%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	230	231	235	－	237	239	246	－	－
			at end of period
		Yakiniku	Net sales	95.9%	107.4%	98.8%	101.0%	101.1%	109.8%	103.7%	104.8%	102.8%
		# of customers	95.7%	106.4%	98.7%	100.5%	102.2%	110.3%	102.1%	104.6%	102.5%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	125	126	127	－	129	129	132	－	－
			at end of period
		Ramen	Net sales	102.5%	105.8%	100.4%	103.0%	99.9%	104.9%	100.5%	101.7%	102.4%
		# of customers	101.9%	105.3%	100.5%	102.7%	99.0%	103.9%	99.9%	100.8%	101.8%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	44	44	44	－	44	45	47	－	－
			at end of period
		Okonomiyaki	Net sales	96.1%	99.8%	96.3%	97.5%	97.0%	102.0%	105.6%	101.8%	99.6%
		# of customers	98.4%	99.2%	97.1%	98.3%	100.6%	103.2%	107.0%	103.8%	100.9%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	17	17	17	－	17	17	17	－	－
			at end of period
		"Yuzu-An"	Net sales	96.7%	103.6%	99.4%	100.1%	100.4%	105.3%	101.5%	102.3%	101.3%
		# of customers	99.5%	105.1%	101.5%	102.2%	100.8%	104.9%	100.5%	101.9%	102.0%
		restaurants
		# of restaurants	41	41	44	－	44	45	47	－	－
			at end of period
			Net sales	103.4%	106.9%	98.6%	103.1%	92.3%	95.4%	98.0%	95.6%	98.9%
		Specialty	# of customers	101.5%	109.3%	101.1%	104.1%	93.3%	96.0%	100.5%	97.0%	100.3%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	3	3	3	－	3	3	3	－	－
			at end of period

(January 2020 - June 2020)

				Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	3Q	Apr.	May	Jun.	4Q	2H	Full-year
	All restaurants	Net sales	116.3%	139.5%	107.4%	119.4%	15.2%	53.1%	104.2%	57.2%	88.8%	99.7%
	# of customers	119.6%	137.5%	106.5%	119.7%	15.6%	55.6%	98.8%	56.8%	88.4%	101.4%
（New restaurants
		included）	# of restaurants	295	300	301	－	302	303	308	－	－	－
			at end of period
		Existing	Net sales	105.3%	125.7%	97.2%	107.9%	13.8%	48.6%	96.1%	52.3%	80.7%	91.0%
		# of customers	104.2%	120.1%	93.8%	104.8%	13.8%	50.1%	90.4%	51.3%	78.6%	89.8%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	245	246	248	－	251	253	255	－	－	－
			at end of period
			Net sales	106.4%	137.5%	103.7%	114.1%	14.9%	50.3%	103.3%	55.6%	85.6%	93.8%
		Yakiniku	# of customers	105.2%	136.1%	101.4%	112.5%	14.9%	52.7%	100.5%	55.7%	85.2%	93.5%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	132	132	133	－	134	135	136	－	－	－
			at end of period
		Ramen	Net sales	104.6%	107.7%	90.5%	100.4%	14.3%	54.1%	90.8%	53.1%	76.5%	88.8%
		# of customers	103.9%	107.6%	88.6%	99.5%	14.0%	52.1%	84.7%	50.6%	74.8%	87.8%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	47	48	48	－	49	49	51	－	－	－
			at end of period
		Okonomiyaki	Net sales	103.6%	114.0%	97.7%	104.2%	13.2%	42.7%	82.9%	45.8%	76.0%	87.8%
		# of customers	103.2%	112.6%	98.8%	104.1%	13.5%	42.8%	81.5%	45.5%	75.8%	88.3%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	16	16	16	－	16	16	16	－	－	－
			at end of period
		"Yuzu-An"	Net sales	103.6%	107.6%	84.7%	97.5%	10.9%	42.6%	83.7%	44.9%	72.1%	86.0%
		# of customers	102.7%	105.4%	81.9%	95.5%	10.8%	41.5%	79.3%	43.2%	70.1%	85.2%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	47	47	48	－	49	50	49	－	－	－
			at end of period
		Specialty	Net sales	102.1%	108.0%	65.0%	90.2%	8.2%	28.9%	70.7%	34.6%	63.8%	81.5%
		# of customers	103.4%	106.5%	72.4%	92.9%	10.9%	35.5%	79.0%	40.7%	67.8%	83.9%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	3	3	3	－	3	3	3	－	－	－
			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.
8. From the fiscal year ending June 2021, the results of the "Nikugen" format have been included in the Specialty restaurants category. No retrospective adjustments have been made to previous years figures (it was included in the "Yakiniku" category until June 2020).
9. Number and names of restaurants not included in existing restaurants for March 2021 are presented below.

Number of restaurants: 2

Restaurant name:

Yakiniku Ichiban KALVI Toyokawa Restaurant (Yakiniku category) (Temporarily closed due to renovation)

Yakiniku King Niigata-eki Minami Restaurant (Yakiniku category) (Temporarily closed due to renovation)