Tranche Update on Business Brain Showa-Ota Inc.'s Equity Buyback Plan announced on October 31, 2022.

Business Brain Showa-Ota Inc. is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the consultation and development of business system. The Company operates through two business segments. Consulting and System Development segment is involved in the provision of consultation for accounting system and its peripheral system, system development and establishment, system development for financial institutions, among others. Management Service (BPO) segment is involved in the outsourcing of personnel, salary, labor, accounting and finance, system management, the dispatch of information technology (IT) engineers, medical office workers and others, as well as the provision of system support for insurance agencies of non-life insurance companies and system support for financial institutions.