1. What was the purpose of adopting a holding company structure?

2. What was the purpose of including CCS INC. in the Group?

3. Please provide us with brief descriptions of the major operating companies in the Group.

4. Please provide us with a simple explanation of the Group's slogan "Global Niche No.1."

5. Please tell us about the Group's stance on shareholder returns.

What was the purpose of adopting a holding company structure?

The Optex Group has achieved growth as a community of enterprises that develop highly unique businesses in various fields. How the Group can increase its creative businesses will continue to be the key to its future success. The purpose of the adoption of a holding company structure is to laterally supervise the community of the companies with various products, customers and business models and ensure the optimized management and decision-making of the Group.

What was the purpose of including CCS INC. in the Optex Group?

The secutiry sensor business has represented 50% of the Optex Group's sales in the past. Under these circumstances, the purpose of including CCS INC. in the Group was to place the Factory Automation Business as the second pillar of the Group's businesses by using synergies with OPTEX FA CO., LTD.

Please provide us with brief descriptions of the major operating companies in the Group.

OPTEX CO., LTD. develops, manufactures and sells secutiry sensors and automatic door sensors that are used mainly by security companies for protecting residences, buildings, important facilities, etc.
OPTEX FA CO., LTD. manufactures and sells sensors that are used to automated factory production lines.
CCS INC. develops, manufactures and sells LED lights that are used for image inspections of quality inspection lines in factories.

Please provide us with a simple explanation of the Group's slogan "Global Niche No.1."

There are niche markets that other companies have not exploited. This slogan represents the Group's strategy of discovering markets that major companies do not enter and achieving globally dominant shares in such markets.

Please tell us about the Group's stance on shareholder returns.

The OPTEX Group has positioned returning profits to shareholders as one of the most important management issue, and has delivered dividends based on the basic policy of stable implement a payout ratio of 30%.
In order to serve the shareholders support, the Optex Group will continue to strive the profitability of the business to ensure higher returns for the shareholders.