April 22, 2019

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

Expansion of LPG business into Tsu Area in Mie Prefecture
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 “Tsu Office” in Mie Prefecture . In association with this matter,
the TOKAI Group will advance to Mie Prefecture in the LP gas retail business and work to expand our sales
area in order to further strengthen our profitability.
TOKAI Holdings Corporation intends to make aggressive investment for the four years until end of the fiscalyear 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, and the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019, expanded into
Kyushu area, steadily progressing to achieve the goals of the medium-term management plan. We willcontinue 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 2,900,000 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 Business
GrowthFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020

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, Fukuoka in FY2018◎ Expansion of customer base in Mie area with recent establishment of Tus Office as
foothold
MiyagiNew expanded bases (FY2015-FY2016)

5 bases

New expanded bases (FY2017)

2 bases

New expanded bases (FY2018)

1 baseNew expanded bases (FY2019)1 baseTajimi OfficeSendai Office

Gifu Office

Iwaki Office

Tokyo
Gifu

Kyushu Office

OkayamaShizuoka
MieAichiToyokawa
OfficeNishimikawa
OfficeFukuoka

Tsu OfficeOkayama
OfficeExpanded areas
New expanded areas (FY2017)
New expanded areas (FY2018)
New expanded areas (FY2019)