May 28, 2024
Restar Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market: 3156)

Notice Concerning Procurement of Funds by Subordinated Loan
Restar Corporation (hereinafter, the "Company") hereby announces that today it has decided toprocure funds totaling 10.0 billion yen through a new subordinated loan (hereinafter, the"Subordinated Loan"), as follows.

1. Purpose and significance of the Subordinated Loan
Based on the management philosophy of "We help society evolve by leveraging information andtechnology to create and deliver new value and services," the Company values its relationships of trustwith all stakeholders, including customers, shareholders, employees, business partners, and local
communities, and aims to be “The Electronics Value Platformer.”
As described in “Notice Concerning Formulation of Medium-Term Management Plan and ‘Actions
toward achieving management conscious of cost of capital and stock prices ’” which was separately
disclosed today, the Company has formulated basic policies for the Medium-term Management Plan
through the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027. The basic policies are “Growth of existing businesses”,“Expansion of business areas”, and “Pursuit of business synergies”, and the Company will endeavor toachieve future growth with the vision of becoming “The Electronics Value Platformer” with a scale of 1
trillion yen.
The Company has decided to procure funds through the Subordinated Loan in order to maintain andstrengthen its financial position and improve capital efficiency as it implements the growth strategies in theMedium-term Management Plan.
2. Characteristics of the Subordinated Loan
The Subordinated Loan is between equity and debt in nature, and although it is debt, its nature andcharacteristics are similar to equity. Accordingly, the Company expects for 50% of the amount borrowed
to be recognized as equity by the rating agency (Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd.), and this will enable
the Company to enhance financial soundness by improving the effective ratios of its financial structure,
without diluting its shares.
3. Regional development initiatives
The Company believes that addressing the social issue of "regional development" is one of the solutions
for the future development of Japan. As announced in the "Announcement of Execution of Capital andBusiness Alliance Agreement with SBI Holdings, Inc." dated May 10, 2024, the Company will promotecollaboration and other activities related to the smart solution business for local governments, which it isworking on, in the field of regional development, which the SBI Group is focusing on.
The Company believes that regional financial institutions will be indispensable partners in thepromotion of regional development in the future. The Company will promote efforts to contribute to therevitalization of the local economy by having regional financial institutions underwrite a portion of theSubordinated Loan as partners in regional development.
4. Future schedule
The Company has appointed SBI Shinsei Bank, Limited. as the arranger of the Subordinated Loan,
and it expects to borrow the funds by the end of August this year. In addition, the Company intends tocontinue considering the use of hybrid financing.

[Company Profile]■ Restar Corporation Location: Restar Building, 2-10-9 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Representative Director Chairman and President: Kunihiro Konno
Share capital: 4,383 million yen
Aiming to become "the Electronics Value Platformer" that solves problems around the world, based on themanagement philosophy of “we help society evolve by leveraging information and technology to create anddeliver new value and services.” Promoting diverse types of business development, technological domain
expansion, and sustainable scale expansion through group synergies, active co-creation with external
partners, capital and business alliances, etc.
Business overview: The Company engages in sales and technical support of semiconductors and electroniccomponents, as well as the proposal of solutions for video, audio, communications, and measurement, andoperation and management for the introduction and diffusion of renewable energy through solar power
generation.
URL: https://www.en.restargp.com/[Contact Information]
PR・IR Department, Finance & Accounting Headquarters, Restar Corporation
Tel.: +81-80-8000-9989 E-mail: pr-hd@restargp.com