SG Holdings Co., Ltd. ("SG Holdings") sets a basic policy to disclose information in a fair, timely and appropriate manner, aiming to achieve highly transparent management to maintain and develop relationships of trust with our various stakeholders, including our shareholders, investors, customers, business partners, employees and local communities based on our corporate philosophy of "Trust, Create, and Challenge." Furthermore, it is our basic policy to actively engage in a constructive dialogue with market participants including our shareholders and investors, etc., to achieve sustained growth and enhance the medium- to long-term value of the Company.

SG Holdings observes the provisions of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and other laws, rules on timely disclosure ("Rules for Disclosure") as defined by the Tokyo Stock Exchange and "Fair Disclosure Rules" to disclose information in a fair, timely and appropriate manner while ensuring the accuracy of the content of the disclosure. This is in order to meet the strong demand for information disclosure from our stakeholders including shareholders and investors, etc. We also disclose information that does not fall under the criteria within the Rules for Disclosure in a fair and proactive manner when we consider it useful to our stakeholders for understanding our management policies and the content of our business.

This policy covers disclosure of information by the following means.

IR-related materials, Integrated Reports and other voluntary disclosure materials

SG Holdings discloses information that falls under the criteria for the Rules for Disclosure through TDnet, a system for timely disclosure of information provided by the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and disclosure documents including Annual Securities Reports pursuant to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act through electronic disclosure system EDINET. Furthermore, in consideration to transmitting the information to our stakeholders including shareholders and investors, etc., in a fair and accurate manner, the disclosed information is posted promptly on the Company's website as necessary and efforts are made to disclose the information not only in Japanese but also in English.

SG Holdings has the following internal systems for ensuring a fair, timely and appropriate disclosure of information.

SG Holdings has stipulated the basic matters to be observed in the "SG Holdings Insider Trading Prevention Regulations" regarding appropriate management of internal information and trading of stocks, etc. This is in order to prevent insider trading by disseminating insider trading restrictions and establishing appropriate management system for stock trading.

In order to prevent leaks of financial information before announcement and to ensure fairness, SG Holdings observes a quiet period from the closing date (including quarterly closing date) to the announcement of business results. During this period, we do not comment on or answer questions concerning business results or forecasts. However, in the event that results are expected to differ substantially from forecasts, SG Holdings will disclose such information as appropriate under the Rules for Disclosure.

Statements made by SG Holdings with respect to plans, forecasts and strategies that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements involving reasonable assumptions based on information available at the time of disclosure. These forward-looking statements include risks and other uncertainties related to economic trends, market demand and various other factors.

As for these statements, we continuously ascertain and analyze changes in the assumed external environment and revise them as needed in the event of a certain deviation from the initial content of disclosure, and fairly, timely and appropriately disclose such revision to stakeholders including shareholders and investors, etc.

The Director in charge of Corporate Planning is the person responsible as spokesperson in dialogue with shareholders and investors, and the management centered on the President or a Director nominated by the President, and Directors in charge of the Group's core businesses serves in this role to a reasonable extent as required, and the Investor Relations Office that is a dedicated department also handles this task.

Furthermore, the Investor Relations Office coordinates with the relevant departments within the Company and Group companies through regular sharing of information, etc., and support constructive dialogue by management with shareholders and investors, etc.

The main means of dialogue with shareholders and investors, etc. include individual meetings by management with domestic and overseas shareholders and investors, etc., financial results briefings, briefings on management plans and small meetings, conducting dialogue to deepen mutual understanding such as providing explanations on the Company's management strategy, business model and initiatives to enhance medium- to long-term corporate value.

Furthermore, the members of the Investor Relations Office provide updates on business conditions and explanations of financial information through individual meetings and small meetings with shareholders and investors, etc. in an effort to promote understanding of the Company.

Opinions and assessments received through dialogue with shareholders and investors, etc. are shared with management and broadly throughout the Company, and used as a reference for initiatives aimed at enhancing the Company's medium- to long-term corporate vale and for making explanations of the Company's management strategy and business model more easily understandable and more useful.