PRESS RELEASE

June 28, 2024

Kansai Airports Kobe signs an agreement with Kobe City towards asustainable society using cooking oil
Kansai Airports Kobe is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement with Kobe City (MayorKizo Hisamoto), JGC Holdings Corporation (Representative Director, Chairman and CEO MasayukiSato), REVO International Inc. (President & CEO Tetsuya Koshikawa), and NPO Blue Earth Project(Representative Satoshi Taniguchi) to promote cooking oil collection in Kobe City towards asustainable society. This agreement aims to expand efforts to collect used cooking oil to be usedas the raw material for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Kansai Airports Group will continue to promote efforts to reduce environmental impact andcontribute to a further sustainable society.
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Scope of cooperation(1) Collection of used household cooking oil(2) Production of SAF and other biomass fuels with used cooking oil(3) Provision of opportunities to widely disseminate information on this project(4) Other matters as needed for this agreement

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Roles of each stakeholder
EntityKobe CityJGC Holdings Corporation

Roles
Installation of oil collecting demonstration facilities,
public relations to citizens
Establishment of a supply chain for collecting usedcooking oil
SAF production (Joint venture with Cosmo Oil Co.,
Ltd., and REVO International Inc.)REVO International Inc.

Collection and purchase of used cooking oil

NPO Blue Earth Project

Public relations from the students’ perspective

Kansai Airports Kobe

Cooperation in the installation of oil collecting
demonstration facilities

The cycle of collecting used cooking oil

Contact:
Group Corporate Communications Department
Kansai Airports
pr@kansai-airports.co.jp

Kansai Airports was established by a consortium made up of VINCI Airports and ORIX Corporation as its coremembers. Kansai Airports took over the operations of Kansai International Airport (“KIX”) and Osaka
International Airport (“ITAMI”) from New Kansai International Airport Company (“NKIAC”) and has been
operating the two airports since April 1, 2016.
Kansai Airports Kobe, Kansai Airports’ wholly-owned subsidiary, took over the operations of Kobe Airport(“KOBE”) from Kobe City and started its business as an operating company on April 1, 2018.
Under the concept of “One Kansai Airports Group”, Kansai Airports group strives to continuously improve its
services for all airport guests through appropriate investments and efficient operations, with safety and security
being the top priority. Kansai Airports group aims to maximize the potential of the three airports, for the benefitof the communities they serve.
For more information, please visit：http://www.kansai-airports.co.jp/en/

Kansai Airports
Location

1-banchi, Senshu-kuko kita, Izumisanoshi, Osaka

Shareholders

ORIX 40%,VINCI Airports 40%,
Other investors 20%1

Company
Representatives

Representative Director and CEO:Yoshiyuki Yamaya
Representative Director and Co-CEO: Benoit Rulleau

Business Scope

Operation and management services, etc. of Kansai International Airport and Osaka
International Airport

Kansai Airports KobeLocation

1-ban, Kobe-kuko, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi,
Hyogo

Shareholder

Company
Representatives

Representative Director and CEO: Yoshiyuki Yamaya
Representative Director and Co-CEO: Benoit Rulleau

Business Scope

Operation and management services, etc. of Kobe Airport

Kansai Airports 100％

Established in 1964, ORIX Group has grown into a diverse corporate group active worldwide in financing andinvestment, life insurance, banking, asset management, real estate, concession, environment and energy,
automobile-related services, industrial/ICT equipment, ships, and aircraft. ORIX operates in around 30 countries
and regions with approximately 35,000 people. Its Purpose, “Finding Paths. Making Impacts.” which defines
why ORIX exists in our world. With this Purpose, ORIX will unite globally to help our world develop in a betterway.
For more details, please visit our website: https://www.orix.co.jp/grp/en/

The world’s leading private airport operator, VINCI Airports operates more than 70 airports in 13 countries.
Thanks to its expertise as a global integrator, VINCI Airports develops, finances, builds and manages airports byproviding its investment capacity and its know-how in optimizing operational performance, modernizing
infrastructure and managing their operations and environmental transition. VINCI Airports is the first airport
operator to have committed to an international environmental strategy in 2016, to achieve the goal of net zeroemissions across its entire network by 2050.
For more details, please visit our website: www.vinci-airports.com
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Holdings, Inc.; Rengo Co., Ltd.; The Senshu Ikeda Bank, Ltd.; Kiyo Holdings, Inc.; The Bank of Kyoto, Ltd.; THE SHIGA BANK，LTD.; The Nanto Bank, Ltd.; Nippon Life
Insurance Company; Mizuho Bank, Ltd.; Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited; MUFG Bank, Ltd.; Resona Bank, Limited; and the Private Finance Initiative Promotion
Corporation of Japan.