EDITORIAL POLICY

Editorial Policy

MARUI GROUP’s vision for the world of 2050

MARUI GROUP has been publishing co-creation management reports and co-creation sustainability reports as tools
for stakeholder engagement since 2015. Another such tool is VISION BOOK 2050. These management strategy
reports are forged over a process of more than 40 planning meetings a year led by President Hiroshi Aoi. For our pastco-creation management reports, we have referenced the International Integrated Reporting Framework released bythe International Integrated Reporting Council, Ito Report 2.0, and the Guidance for Integrated Corporate Disclosure andCompany-Investor Dialogue for Collaborative Value Creation: ESG Integration, Non-Financial Information Disclosure, andIntangible Assets into Investment. The concepts have been utilized to prepare integrated reports that present thefinancial and pre-financial information that supports the exercise of MARUI GROUP’s management philosophy as wellas the ongoing growth of the Company.
This most recent co-creation management report was reinvented in conjunction with the announcement of three
impact targets in MARUI GROUP’s new medium-term management plan, which is slated to conclude with the fiscalyear ending March 31, 2026. This new report serves as a unique form of owned media designed to give stakeholdersa vivid opportunity to engage with MARUI GROUP’s vision.

is one in which all dichotomies have been transcended toallow future generations
and all other individuals to live happily and as themselves.
Realizing this vision will require that
we engage in co-creation with MARUI GROUP
employees as well as with customers, business partners,
communities and society, investors, and the future generations thatwill shape the future.
We invite everyone who shares our vision for the future and forhappiness to join us in creating a positive impact on society.

Overview of Planning Process (Period: March–December 2021, 17 meetings) Attendees
President Hiroshi Aoi; CFO Hirotsugu Kato; representatives from the Corporate Planning Division, the IR Department,
the Financial Department, the Sustainability Department, the ESG Promotion Department, the Wellbeing Promotion
Department, the General Affairs Department, the Investment Research Department, and EDGE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Guest Attendees• Takaaki Umada, Director, FoundX, Division of University Corporate Relations, The University of Tokyo (Impact Expert)• Yoshiki Ishikawa, Representative Director of Well-being for Planet Earth Foundation (Well-being Expert)
Major Discussion Themes• Results of surveys of investors, experts, andemployees• Directives for second phase of co-creation management reports• Media venues viable for engagement with six groups ofstakeholders• MARUI GROUP’s targeted values and desired impacts• Presence and definition of future generations within
MARUI GROUP• Potential for kono yubi to-mare community site as amedia venue

LET’S JOIN HANDS
CO - CREATION•G oals of forward-looking investments and differencesfrom conventional investments• Individual empowerment and small businesses•G oals of governance focused on six stakeholder
groups•S ustainability and well-being, interests and motivation•S hareholder return policies, relationship between theAOI SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION and shareholder
returns• Indicators and scope of officer skill matrix

Afterword

Thank you for reading Co-Creation Management Report 2021 to its end.
MARUI GROUP began publishing co-creation management reports in 2015 to function as a communication tool for
facilitating engagement with stakeholders and promoting understanding with regard to the Company’s management
and businesses. Six years have passed since we issued our first co-creation management report, and each of thesereports has been met with strong praise from stakeholders. The fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, represents aturning point as this is the year in which we kicked off our new medium-term management plan. We therefore took
this as an opportunity to evolve our reports to be more than just a tool for sharing single-year information on financial
results and business activities. We wanted to develop these reports into a form of media that will give stakeholders avivid opportunity to engage with MARUI GROUP. With this goal in mind, the Groupwide project team that is a characteristic of our report-making processes began our longest production period to date with the question of how todifferentiate our reports from standard integrated reports.
The ensuing process of ongoing discussion culminated in the creation of a report focused on younger and future
generations and on MARUI GROUP’s desired impact. We thus devoted the pages of this report to discussing thefuture visions of MARUI GROUP and of its co-creation partners, the processes that led us to hold these visions, andother previously untold stories replete with the individuality of all of the parties involved. I suspect that many of ourreaders will notice how different this report feels in comparison to our previous reports. However, we also recognizethat there is still a lot of room for us to continue to evolve. We therefore hope to further evolve our co-creation management reports based on the insight gained through our conversations with stakeholders. Our co-creation reports
are tools, or platforms, for engaging with stakeholders and thereby broadening the scope of our co-creation activities.
MARUI GROUP is committed to engaging in future-oriented co-creation activities with as many stakeholders as
possible. I look forward to your ongoing support of MARUI GROUP.

www.0101maruigroup.co.jp/en/ir/lib/i-report.html
Annually published communication tool offering a condensed
look at MARUI GROUP’s present and future

VISION BOOK 2050
www.0101maruigroup.co.jp/en/sustainability/lib/s-report.html

Yukiko UdakaReport published in March 2019 declaring MARUI GROUP’s vision

General Manager, Public Relations Office,General Affairs Department, MARUI GROUP CO., LTD.
koho-ml@0101.co.jp
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Co-Creation Management Reports

for the world of 2050

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MARUI GROUP Corporate Video—The Future (in Japanese only)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WQZCdHfxno&t=2s
Corporate video explaining the positive impact thatMARUI GROUP hopes to produce through co-creation
with stakeholders
Contact
Public Relations Office, General Affairs Department
MARUI GROUP CO., LTD.
Tel: 03-3384-0101 (Receptionist) Email: koho-ml@0101.co.jp
Other contacts
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