Ratings, Awards, and Recognition

More detailed information on these and other awards and recognition can be found on the Company’s corporate website.
www.0101maruigroup.co.jp/en/ci/award.html

MARUI GROUP was awarded a score of A- for thesecond consecutive year in CDP Climate Change
Report 2017, Japan edition, out of recognition for its
efforts to control emissions of CO2 and othergreenhouse gases and manage risks related toclimate change.

MARUI GROUP was included in the Excellent
Enterprise of Health and Productivity Management —White 500 selection. This inclusion acknowledged
our proactive healthcare management approach that
goes beyond simply addressing lifestyle diseases andmental health issues in an attempt to energize
employees.

MARUI GROUP was awarded with a silver rating in
the PRIDE INDEX, which was established by workwith Pride, in 2016 and then the highest rating ofgold in 2017 out of recognition of its inclusion of aclear declaration that individuals are not to suffer
discrimination on the basis of sexual identity orsexual orientation among the items prohibiting
discriminatory treatment in its labor agreements andits establishment of an internal consultation venue forLGBT issues, among other initiatives.

MARUI GROUP was selected for inclusion in theMorningstar Socially Responsible Investment Index.
This index compiles the stock price of listed companies in Japan that display excellence in terms ofsocial contributions based on ESG concerns andhuman resource-related matters.

MARUI GROUP was listed among the Companies
Exhibiting Excellence in Promoting Women’s
Empowerment in the SMBC Nadeshiko Loans andPrivate Placement Bonds selection out of reflection of
the Company’s establishment of women’s empowerment indexes for measuring the empowerment offemale employees.

MARUI GROUP received the highest rank of A in theDevelopment Bank of Japan Inc.’s DBJ EnvironmentallyRated Loan Program, which scores companies onenvironmental management activities, selects
companies exhibiting excellence, and sets financing
conditions accordingly. The Company was alsopresented with a special award reserved for companies with particularly high ratings that can serve asmodel examples.

MARUI GROUP received a Best IR Award in the 2017
IR Award program of the Japan Investor Relations
Association based on the high evaluation of theCompany’s efforts to step up its investor relations
activities, particularly those conducted by membersof senior management; the stance to co-creating
corporate value with investors expressed in these
activities; and its explanatory forums pertaining toESG matters and integrated reports.

MARUI GROUP has received Platinum “Kurumin”
certification, which is designed to recognize companies that have acquired regular “Kurumin” certification for providing superb levels of support for
employees’ childrearing efforts and that have madeexceptional progress in introducing and promoting
the use of work-life balance systems and are implementing high-level initiatives.

MARUI GROUP received an award of excellence inthe 6th Carbon Offset Awards, making it the first
apparel company to be recognized by this program,out of acknowledgment of the Rakuchin Kirei series ofshoes being eco-friendly products and the highevaluation of related carbon offset initiatives.

MARUI GROUP was awarded the 16th Porter Prizeout of recognition for how we ensure the convenienceof credit card issuance, how our cards are largely
held by customers under the age of 40, and the large
ratio of revolving payment usage.

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare presented
MARUI GROUP with a Special Encouragement Awardin 2014 and then the Grand Prix Award in 2016 in its
Ikumen Enterprise Award program as part of its
Ikumen Project for supporting men in participating inchildrearing and acquiring childcare leave. Theseawards are a reflection of the high evaluation of theCompany’s introduction of a short-term childcare
leave system and the rapid increase in usage ofchildcare leave systems by men.

MARUI GROUP received the grand prize in the GP
Environmental Award in 2015 and 2016 and arunner-up prize in 2017. In this program, which isoperated by the Japan Federation of Printing
Industries, the Company was recognized for its
proactive utilization of the “Green Printing” certification
scheme and its environmental preservation initiatives.

Global Socially Responsible Investment Indexes

DISCLOSURE INSIGHT ACTIONMARUI GROUP was chosen for inclusion in the FTSE4Good Index Series,
comprising companies selected by FTSE Russell for meeting evaluation
standards based on ESG criteria.

MARUI GROUP has been selected for inclusion in the Dow Jones
Sustainability Asia Pacific Index, the Asia Pacific division of the Dow JonesSustainability Index series, a major global socially responsible investment
index series.

Three ESG Indexes Utilized bythe Government Pension Investment FundMARUI GROUP was included in the FTSE Blossom Japan Index. This index ismeant to reflect the performance of Japanese companies that meet various
ESG-related requirements, and industry is therefore not considered whenselecting companies for inclusion.

MARUI GROUP was included in the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index.*
This ESG index comprises Japanese companies with relatively high MSCIESG Ratings in each industry selected from among the top 500 companiesin terms of market capitalization after excluding those companies with thelowest MSCI ESG Rating of CCC.

MARUI GROUP has been included in the MSCI Japan Empowering WomenIndex,* an ESG index for Japanese stocks consisting of companies thatexhibit gender diversity excellence in each industry, based on the Global
Industry Classification Standard, selected from among the top 500 companies in terms of market capitalization.
* THE INCLUSION OF MARUI GROUP CO., LTD. IN ANY MSCI INDEX, AND THE USE OF
MSCI LOGOS, TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS OR INDEX NAMES HEREIN, DO NOTCONSTITUTE A SPONSORSHIP, ENDORSEMENT OR PROMOTION OF MARUI GROUPCO., LTD. BY MSCI OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES. THE MSCI INDEXES ARE THE EXCLUSIVEPROPERTY OF MSCI. MSCI AND THE MSCI INDEX NAMES AND LOGOS ARE
TRADEMARKS OR SERVICE MARKS OF MSCI OR ITS AFFILIATES.

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Rating and Investment Information, Inc.
MARUI GROUP has been granted a rating of A- for its overall debt repayment
capacity with regard to financial liabilities.

MARUI GROUP Ranked High Among Retail Sector Companiesin the 2017 All-Japan Executive Team Rankings Released by U.S.
Financial Industry Magazine Institutional Investor
Honored Companies
Combined No. 3
Best IR Companies
Best CEOBest Analyst Days

Combined No. 1,Buy Side No. 1, Sell Side No. 2
Buy Side No. 3
Combined No. 2

The All-Japan Executive Team Rankings is a ranking of major listed Japanesecompanies compiled by U.S. financial industry magazine Institutional Investor,
based on votes from institutional investors and securities analysts from aroundthe world. In 2017, votes were received from 1,007 institutional investors andsecurities analysts from 368 institutions.

Nikkei DUAL Companies Supporting Childrearing
by Two-Income Households Grand PrixMARUI GROUP has received a Special Encouragement Award in thisprogram for two consecutive years, in 2016 and 2017, out of recognition of
the high evaluation of its efforts to promote diversity within the Companyand understanding in this regard and to increase the ratio of applicable male
employees taking childcare leave and to reduce overtime. This award also
recognizes MARUI GROUP’s efforts to support the work-life balance ofemployees raising children and implement workstyle reforms among itsmanagement strategies.

MARUI GROUP was selected for an award in theImpact category of Universal Manners Award 2017,
which is sponsored by the Japan Universal Manners
Association to recognize companies and organizations that are working to create more comfortableenvironments for a diverse range of people including
senior citizens and differently abled individuals.

2017

MARUI GROUP received an award for excellence ofCo-Creation Management Report 2016 and
Co-Creation CSR Report 2015 in the environmental
report category of the 20th Environmental
Communication Awards out of recognition of its
proactive environmental communication initiatives
through the publishing of environmental reports.

The MerComm Annual Report Competition is a global
competition for annual reports held by U.S. independent evaluation firm MerComm, Inc. This competition
judges and evaluates annual reports from various
perspectives, including financial and management
information, concept, and design. In 2017, 1,987
reports from 33 countries were judged, and MARUIGROUP’s Co-Creation Sustainability Report 2016(English-language version) was able to rise above thecompetition to receive a Silver award.

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