Tranche Update on Espec Corp.'s Equity Buyback Plan announced on November 11, 2022.

ESPEC CORP. is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the equipment business, service business and others. The Company operates in three business segments. The Equipment segment is engaged in the provision of environmental testing equipment, providing environmental test equipment for testing the effects of temperature, humidity, and other environmental factors on automobiles, communications, and other electronic components, energy device equipment, providing charge and discharge evaluation systems, and electrode drying device used in battery manufacturing process, as well as semiconductor-related devices. The Service segment is involved in the provision of after services, engineering services and contract testing services; the rental of environmental testing equipment. The Others segment is involved in the environmental protection business and plant growing equipment business.