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March 31, 2023
To whom it may concern:
Company Name:

Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

Name of Representative: Kenichi Hori
Representative Director, President and Chief
Executive Officer(Securities code: 8031)
Location of Head Office: 2-1, Otemachi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Company Name:

Otemachi Holdings G.K.

Name of Representative: Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Representative Member
Executor:

Kensuke Yoshida

Location of Head Office: 2-1, Otemachi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Notice Regarding Progress of Tender Offer for
Shares of Relia, Inc. (Security Code: 4708) by Otemachi Holdings G.K. in Connection withBusiness Integration of Relia, Inc. and KDDI Evolva, Inc.
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui") and Otemachi Holdings G.K. (the "Offeror," and together with Mitsui, the"Offeror Parties") announced, in the "Notice Regarding Planned Commencement of Tender Offer for Sharesof Relia, Inc. (Security Code: 4708) by Otemachi Holdings G.K. in Connection with Business Integrationof Relia, Inc. and KDDI Evolva, Inc." dated January 13, 2023, that the Offeror would acquire shares of thecommon stock of Relia, Inc. through a tender offer (the "Tender Offer") promptly upon the satisfaction (orwaiver by Mitsui and KDDI CORPORATION) of certain conditions, including the completion of theprocedures and actions required under the competition laws and other similar laws of Japan, China, South
Korea, France, the Philippines, and Vietnam, and as of the same date, it was targeted to commence in or
around March 2023.
Although the Offeror Parties are proceeding with the procedures and actions required under the Japaneseand foreign competition laws to implement the Tender Offer, as of today, such procedures and actions havenot been completed in some countries. At present, since the procedures and actions required under thecompetitions laws in such countries are expected to be completed in or around May 2023, the Tender Offer
is expected to commence in or around May 2023, and the Offeror Parties will continue to strive to complete1these procedures and actions at an early date.
If the conditions for the commencement of the Tender Offer are satisfied and the Tender Offer iscommenced, or if there is any significant change in the expected timing of the commencement of the Tender
Offer as described above, the Offeror Parties will promptly make an announcement.

U.S. Regulations
Although the Tender Offer will be consummated in compliance with the procedures and information
disclosure standards prescribed by the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (Act No. 25 of 1948, asamended), these procedures and standards are not necessarily the same as the procedures and information
disclosure standards in the United States. In particular, Sections 13 (e) or 14 (d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder do not apply to the Tender Offer and theTender Offer is not consistent with these procedures and standards.
Unless otherwise stated, all procedures relating to the Tender Offer shall be conducted in the Japanese
language. Although all or part of the documents relating to the Tender Offer are prepared in English, if
there is any discrepancy between the English documents and the Japanese documents, the Japanese
documents shall prevail.
END
Notice:This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on Mitsui's
current assumptions, expectations and beliefs in light of the information currently possessed by it and involve known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause Mitsui's actualresults, financial position or cash flows to be materially different from any future results, financial position or cash
flows expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors referred
to above include, but are not limited to, those contained in Mitsui's latest Annual Securities Report and Quarterly
Securities Report, and Mitsui undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.
This announcement is published in order to publicly announce specific facts stated above, and does not constitute a
solicitation of investments or any similar act inside or outside of Japan, regarding the shares, bonds or other securities
issued by us.

The information contained in this release is true and accurate at the time of publication; however, it may be subject tochange without prior notice.

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