Tranche Update on Karula Co.,LTD.'s Equity Buyback Plan announced on January 29, 2024.

Karula Co., LTD. is a Japan-based company engaged in the operation of various Japanese style restaurants. The Company's restaurants include Marumatsu, a Japanese-style family restaurant which serves set meals, Japanese noodles and sushi dishes; KANIMASAMUNE, which provides crab-related food; KATEU- GOURMET, which serves pork cutlets; MARUMATSU, which serves Japanese traditional noodles, as well as Sushisen, which serves conveyor belt-style sushi dishes. Through its subsidiary, the Company is also engaged in the repair and maintenance of stores, as well as the real estate agency business.