Vision & Strategy

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Supporting lifelong growth
to forge a new future
Our Vision and Business Strategies
What future does the Benesse Group envision for itself, and how isthe Group aiming to achieve that vision?
In this chapter we describe the medium- to long-term vision andstrategies that the Group is pursuing for value creation.

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01 Our Vision and Business Strategies

Benesse’s Value Creation Process
We seek sustainable growth for both the Benesse Group and society by bringing people “Benesse = well-being” through ourbusiness and social activities, and continuously creating new value that helps solve social problems.

INPUT (FY2022)

Transformation Business Plan

Financial capital

541.5
152.3 billion yen

Total assets

billion yen

Shareholders’equity

Productive capital

2,204

Prep schools
and classrooms

locations(Total for Tokyo Individualized Educational
Institute, UP, Ochanomizu Seminar, Tetsuryokukai,
Benesse BE studio, and StudyHacker)

352 locations

Nursing homes

Human capital
Employees(consolidated)

Approx.

17,000DigitaltransformationApprox.
(DX) human resources

Strong brands for childcare, education, andnursing care
Teaching materials and methods for instillingthe ability to learn
Expertise in developing and grading
simulated exams
Unique nursing care methods andmechanisms
Multifaceted surveys and research in theeducation field

Social capital
Cumulative enrollments in Shinkenzemi /learning data
Approx.
millionmembers
Students taking Shinken Simulated
Exams and other exams / test data

18.31

9.10 million people

Approx.

Number of Udemy users in Japan
More thanpeople
1.40 million(as of June 2023)

Approx.

1517,000 people

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Financial key
performance indicator (KPI)

Transformationof core businesses(Core Education)

Operating income*
FY2025

Transformationof core businesses(Core Nursing Care)

Return on equity (ROE)FY2025

1,200Intellectual capital

Nursing home residents

Portfolio strategy

Materiality (See page 37 for details.)

Challenges for
new growth(New Fields)

32 billion+ yen

10%+
Sales growth in New
Fields
FY2022–2025

Doubled as of FY2025

Toward the achievement of our purpose

Supporting diversified andmultilayered learning experiences
to provide motivational education
services
Supporting sustainable corporate
growth and personal careerdevelopment through learningexperiencesRespecting the unique individualityof the elderly while resolving
structural nursing care issues

Achievement of the Benesse
Group’s Purpose

Anybody can enjoy lifelong
growth.
Toward a world in which
everyone can live theirown life.
Benesse will continue to aim
for these ideals.

(Relative to FY2022)+Management systemtransformation
Corporate transformation
Promotion of DX
mainly through theGroup-wideorganization DIP*
*DIP: Digital Innovation Partners

Portfolio structure
vision for FY2028:
Well-balanced profit
generation from threepillars:Core Education,
Core Nursing Care,and New FieldsFoundation that underpins the above

Nurturing organizations and people asdrivers of transformation
Preserving a sustainable global
environment
Cultivating a corporate culture
conductive to serving society andcustomers with integrity*Goodwill from future M&As are excluded.

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