For Immediate Release
March 20, 2019
SKYLARK HOLDINGS CO., LTDSkylark to Prohibit Smoking on the Premises of All
Group Restaurants from September 1, 2019
Skylark aims to protect the health of customers and employees
and also remove ashtrays installed outside stores to thoroughly prevent passive smoking
Skylark Holdings Co., Ltd. (headquartered in Musashino City, Tokyo; President and CEO: Makoto
Tani; code: 3197, Tokyo Stock Exchange; “Skylark,” hereafter) today announced that it will prohibit
smoking on the premises of all Skylark Group restaurants from September 1, 2019. Skylark also
places importance on protecting the health of customers, advancing the health of its employees andpreventing passive smoking. Accordingly, Skylark will completely ban smoking during working
hours.
Skylark regards “putting smiles on the faces of every customer” to be a core element of its
philosophy. In keeping with this idea, Skylark will prohibit smoking on the premises of allrestaurants and develop an environment that considers the health of customers averse to passive
smoking, including women, children and elderly guests.
For areas with customer seating currently set aside for smoking, renovations will be carried out sothat the areas can be used as non-smoking seating in the future. Going forward, Skylark is also
considering remodeling the smoking booths installed in some restaurants into kids rooms, babyrooms or spaces that can be used for changing diapers, breast feeding and so on.
Skylark also recognizes the importance of creating an environment in which its employees canengage in lively work while enjoying mental and physical health. To further promote the ban on
smoking by employees, Skylark will continue the company-wide non-smoking movement it has
implemented since August 2014, along with the supply of smoking cessation support tools and freehospital visits to stop smoking for full-time employees. Further support will also be offered asrequired.
Regarding this latest policy, Skylark kindly asks for understanding on the part of smoking customers
who have been using Skylark restaurants to date.

[Press Inquiries]
Contact: Maki Yokota, Mai Kitaura
Public Reations, SKYLARK HOLDINGS, CO.LTD.
TEL：0422-37-5310 E-MAIL: pr@skylark.co.jp

[Overview]
Application

3,201 Skylark Group restaurants (as of February 28, 2019)

Implementation Date

Sunday, September 1, 2019 *To be phased in starting April 2019

Details

Prohibited smoking in all restaurants and on restaurant premises* Outdoor ashtrays will also be removed.

Notification

The changes will be announced on company websites
and on notices placed inside and outside restaurants.

[Skylark’s Company-wide Non-smoking Project]
The Skylark Group established the cross-divisional “Clean & Healthy Air Project” to promote
non-smoking as a united company-wide endeavor.
By September 1, 2019, a complete prohibition on smoking will be instituted across all Skylark Group
restaurants, and the 100,000 employees of the Group will strive to safeguard the health of customers,
employees and their families as “makers of delicious air.”

Clean & Healthy Air Project
Something is always going into our mouths.
It’s not only food and drink.
Everyone, even now, is breathing in air to survive.
We want everything that goes into the mouths
Of customers and employees to be healthierand taste delicious, including the air.
That is our vision for the future.
This year, the Skylark Group will launch theDelicious Air for the Body project.

【Company Information】
Company Name

： SKYLARK HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

Representative： Makoto Tani, Chairman, President & CEO

Business Activities： Food services and related businesses

Listed Market： First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange （TSE code 3197）

Group Stores： 3,201 stores including overseas location （as of February 28, 2019）