August 13, 2024
To AllCompany Name Frontier Management Inc.
Representative

Shoichiro Onishi,President & Executive Officer(TSE Prime Market Code No. 7038)

Contact

Hiroaki Hamada,
Executive Officer, Head of Company
Planning and Administration Dept
(TEL．+81-3-6862-8335)

Announcement of business alliance with Hakky Inc.
Frontier Management Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "FMI") hereby announces that at the Board ofDirectors meeting held today, it has decided to form a business alliance with Hakky Inc. (hereinafterreferred to as "Hakky"), a provider of digital solutions, in the field of data and AI utilization support.
1. Background and Purpose
FMI provides a variety of solutions such as management consulting, M&A advisory,
management execution support, and business revitalization support, and we have beenworking to expand various solutions to strengthen hands-on support for digitaltransformation (DX), which is one of our growth strategies.
Hakky is a startup company established in 2021 that promotes the use of data and AI, andprovides various solutions mainly to large and medium-sized companies.
We are pleased to announce that we will form a business alliance with Hakky for the following
purposes:① Strengthen solutions related to data infrastructure construction support, data utilization
support, AI product development support, digital human resource development support,
etc.
② Strengthen our DX hands-on support capabilities through joint sales, joint service
provision, and personnel exchange
2. Main details of the business alliance
Through this business alliance, we have agreed to cooperate with each other in the promotionof DX for our clients, especially in the provision of services related to the utilization of data,cloud, and AI. At the same time, in order to promote personnel exchanges, we will consider
mutual secondment of human resources.
13. Outline of business alliance partners
Hakky Inc.
Hakky is a start-up company established in 2021 and provides data and AI-related
support business. The company provides services in areas such as data infrastructure
construction, data utilization, and AI product development. They are characterized byhaving expert data scientists, project managers, and system engineers in those areas,
and are highly trusted in technical areas by a wide range of companies, especially thosethat develop and provide DX solutions as products.
In addition, providing machine learning model building tool "aigleApp" to develop
demand forecasting models and image analysis solutions for clients at a lower cost, and“FindVox,” an online qualitative research and analysis tool enables rapid development ofvaluable products.
1. NameHakky Inc.

2. Location

5-18-20 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

3. Title and Name of theRepresentative

Representative Director, Kazumasa Saito

4. Description ofBusiness

Data Utilization Support Business
Machine Learning Product Development Support Business
Data Infrastructure Development Business

5. Date of Establishment

October 14, 2021

4. Future Prospects
Although the impact of this transaction on the Group's business performance for the fiscal
year ending December 2024 is expected to be minor. However, we believe that it will contributeto the improvement of the Group's performance in the medium to long term.
Contact:

Executive Officer, General Manager of Company Planning and Management Department,
Hiroaki Hamada（TEL．03-6862-8335）

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