July 4, 2018

To whom it may concern
TOKAI Holdings Corporation
Katsuhiko Tokita, President & CEO(Code No. 3167 Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section)

Expansion of LP Gas Business into Kyushu Area
TOKAI CORPORATION (Headquarters: Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka; Representative Director and President:
Katsuo Oguri), a wholly-owned subsidiary of TOKAI Holdings Corporation, which conducts energy
business such as sale of LP gas established “Kyushu Office” in Fukuoka Prefecture last month on June 1. In
association with this matter, the TOKAI Group will expand the LP gas business into the Kyushu area tofollow the existing building management support business, industrial gas business, and Aqua (bottled waterdelivery) business with the aim of further strengthening earning power.
TOKAI Holdings Corporation intends to make aggressive investment for the four years until end of the fiscal
year ending March 31, 2021 to expand its LP gas business into new business areas and to further increase its
share within the areas under the new medium-term management plan “Innovation Plan 2020 ‘JUMP’”announced on May 9, 2017.
In the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018, the initial year of the Innovation Plan 2020, supply areas of LP gas
expanded into Okayama and Gifu Prefectures, steadily progressing to achieve the goals of the medium-term
management plan. We will continue to aggressively promote expansion of our customer base and increase
the number of customers of the LP gas business to 760,000 by the end of the fiscal year ending March 31,2021, a 30% increase from 590,000 at the end of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017.
Under the TLC (Total Life Concierge) vision, the TOKAI Group has been offering comprehensive lineup ofvarious lifestyle infrastructure services closely connected to people’s lives, including energy, informationand communications, and CATV, which are currently being used by 2,880,000 customers. Going forward, bycontinuing to actively work toward providing products and services that can contribute to solving regionaland social issues, the Group will aim to improve customer satisfaction.

Contact: Yoshihiro Taniguchi
Public Relations and Investor Relations Office
TEL: +81-(0)3-5404-2891
Email: overseas_IR@tokaigroup.co.jp

Medium-Term Plan for LP Gas Business～Policy and Plan to Increase Customers◎ Implementation of aggressive investment for area expansion and market share
increase to realize sustainable business growth◎ Plan to increase number of customers by 30% to 760,000 over 4 years
Number of LPG Customers PlanAreaExpansion

MarketShare
Increase(10 thousandcustomers)

Increase by 30%
over 4 years

7659

Aggressive
Investment

Sustainable BusinessGrowth

FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020

Expansion Measures for Supply Area of LP Gas Business◎ Expansion of 5 bases (Iwaki, Sendai, Toyokawa, Gifu, Nishimikawa) into Chubu area
(Gifu and Aichi Prefectures) and Tohoku area (Miyagi Prefecture) from FY2015◎ Expansion into Okayama and Gifu (Tajimi) in FY2017◎ Expansion of customer base in Kyushu area with recent establishment of Kyushu Office
as foothold
MiyagiNew expanded bases (FY2015-FY2016)

5 bases

New expanded bases (FY2017)

2 bases

New expanded bases (FY2018)

1 baseTajimi OfficeSendai Office

Gifu Office

Iwaki OfficeTokyoGifu

Kyushu Office

OkayamaShizuoka
Aichi

Toyokawa
OfficeNishimikawa
OfficeFukuokaOkayamaOffice

Expanded areas
New expanded areas (FY2017)
New expanded areas (FY2018)