14 August 2020
Company Name: Oisix ra daichi Inc.
Representative: Kohey Takashima
Representative Director & CEO
Securities Code: 3182, TSE
Contact: Hajime Yamanaka
Corporate Officer, Administration(TEL．03-6867-1149)
Notice of Business Alliance with OOTOYA Holding Co., Ltd.
Oisix ra daichi Inc (hereafter the Company) have entered into a business alliance agreement with OOTOYA Holdings
Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Musashino-shi, Tokyo; Representative Director & CEO: Kenichi Kubota; Tokyo Stock Exchange
JASDAQ; Stock Code: 2705; hereinafter "OOTOYA HD"), and we are pleased to announce the following.
NOTICE
1． Purpose for the business alliance
The company have engaged a subscription home delivery business specializing in high value-added foods with low
environmental with our own production standards,based on our corporate philosophy of "Farm for tomorrow, Tablefor Tomorrow".The three brands of "Oisix", "Daichi" and "Radish Boya" are used by about 360,000 subscribers
nationwide. In addition, based on “Implementing growth strategy that responds to changes in needs for foods”, westarted other company's EC support business in 2013 by utilizing our marketing and logistics know-how specialized
in subscription home delivery survice. Currently, we are engaged in various alliance businesses such as “ISETANDOOR” of Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. and “d meal kit” of NTT Docomo Inc., and the business scale isexpanding steadily.
On the other hand, OOTOYA HD operates a set meal chain stores such as "OOTOYA restaurant" in Japan andoverseas with the aim of providing customers delicious and healthy dishes, and since its establishment, they havethoroughly cooked in-store using reliable ingredients selected carefully. In addition, as a new initiative, they plan tofocus on the external sales business by strengthening the delivery and takeout functions and e-commerce sales offrozen foods.
Both companies share the same basic policy that we are developing businesses related to high-quality, high-valueadded food, such as the use of safe and secure ingredients and cooking of fresh ingredients. Under thesecircumstances, the Company and OOTOYA HD had the opportunity to discuss. We believe that through joint projects
such as "Enjoying the OOTOYA menu at home", we will be able to expand the market and promote further
contribution to a better society through food between the two companies.Therefore both comapnies reached theconclusion of the business alliance.
Through this business alliance, we will deliver safe and secure dining tables to more customers. Details of future
initiatives will be decided through discussions between both companies.
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Contents of the Business Alliance2-1. Details of business alliance
The Company and OOTOYA HD will launch the "Home OOTOYA Subscription Business (tentative name)." Bothcompanies plan to make frozen ready meals, meal kits by utilizing our marketing/logistics know-how specialized insubscription home delivery and OOTOYA’s brand power, healthy recipe development, store network.
In addition to customers who use our home delivery service, we also aim to make it possible for customers who use
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“OOTOYA restaurant” to eat meals at home easier, that are in line with the value we provide.
At this time, the Company and OOTOYA HD are aiming to grow the “Home Otoya Subscription Business(tentative name)” into a business with annual sales of about 3 billion yen based on the retail price in the medium/longterm, and we will continue to discuss.
(1) Launch subscription home delivery service for frozen ready meals
Regarding sales of frozen ready meals, which OOTOYA HD will focus on future, the Company and OOTOYA HD
plan to launch a subscription home delivery service that can be used by Oisix subscribers as well as in-store sales toOOTOYA customers. Both companies will make new frozen ready meals by utilizing our product development andlogistics know-how and OOTOYA HD's product planning and menu development capabilities.
(2) Kit Oisix supervised by “OOTOYA restaurant”
Both companies will develop Kit Oisix supervised by “OOTOYA restaurant” used our organic vegetables andingredients and “OOTOYA restaurant” seasonings and recipes. Both companies aim to develop products quickly andstart trial sales in early September.
(3) Providing a collaboration menu with us at “OOTOYA restaurant”
We plan to develop a collaboration menu using our organic vegetables/ingredients and provide it at “OOTOYA
restaurant.
2-2. Business Alliance Promotion System
The Company and OOTOYA HD will launch the "Home OOTOYA Subscription Business (tentative name)."Inaddition, a Business Alliance Committee will be established to promote this alliance and build a wide-ranging
collaboration system.
3. Overview of the OOTOYA Holding Co., Ltd.
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Name

OOTOYA Holdings Co., Ltd.

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Location (Head Office)1-20-8, Nakacho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo(3)

Name & Title ofRepresentative(4)

Business Description

Kenichi Kubota: President and Representative Director
Planning, management, and operation of group companies operating chain
stores in Japan and overseas, such as the “OOTOYA restaurant”

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CapitalJPY 1,522 million (As of Mar 31, 2020)(6)

Date of Establishment

Apr 22, 1977

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Relationship between

Capital Ties

There are no notable capital ties.

Companies

Personal Ties

There are no notable personal ties

Business Ties

There are no notable business ties

Related Parties

There are no notable related parties

Prospects
The company believe that the impact of this business alliance on our consolidated business results for the year
ending March 31, 2021 is unknown at this time but it will contribute to improving the corporate value of bothcompanies over the medium/long term.
In the future, we will promptly disclose any information that becomes apparent that this will have a significant impact
on our business performance.
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