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Medium-Term Management Plan 2029 ~Toward New Growth~ (Revised)

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Medium-Term Management Plan 2029

~ Toward New Growth ~

October 8, 2025 MANI, INC.

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Director, President and Representative Executive Officer Masaya Watanabe





MANI's Identity

MANI's mission to fulfill for society

What MANI wants to be

Values that MANI will continue to cherish

MISSION

VISION

VALUE

Contributing to the welfare of people worldwide through distribution of products beneficial to patients and doctors



The Best Quality in the World, to the World

  • Ardent, tenacious and persistent efforts with a scientific mind

    • Commitment to "Trade-Off"

  • Relentless challenge to creativity

and evolution



Introduction of the New Management Team


Chairperson of Board of

President and

Senior Managing Executive

Senior Managing Executive

Managing Executive Officer, Managing Executive Officer,

Executive Officers, Technical Fellow

Masahiko

Saito

Representative Executive Officer

Masaya

Watanabe

Officer, Division Head of Business Division

Shuichi

Kurita

Officer, Division Head of Monozukuri Division

Hideshi

Fukumoto

Department Head of Manufacturing Department

Tomomi Kosaka

CFO, Office Head of Corporate Planning Office

Takayuki Yamamoto



Administrative Officer, Department Head of Global Operations Department

Administrative Officer, Department Head of Research & Development Department

Administrative Officer, Department Head of Product Business Department

Administrative Officer, Department Head of Human Resources and General Affairs Department

Senior Medical Officer (Dentist)

Kaoru Ogane Norio Ozaki Noritomo Koike Hajime Terada Keiko Yamamura



Review of the FY25 Mid-Term Plan & Future Initiatives for Key Measures

Notation

"FY25 mid-term plan": Four-year plan (FY22-FY25) "FY29 mid-term plan": Four-year plan (FY26-FY29)



Performance Trends

Note: FY25 refers to fiscal year ending August 31, 2025

(Unit: ¥100 million)

FY25 Mid-Term Plan

FY21

FY22

FY23

FY24

FY25

Actual

Actual

Actual

Actual

Actual

Net sales

172

204

245

285

300

Operating income

53

62

72

84

82

ROE

11.3%

12.5%

12.5%

12.3%

8.8%

Exchange rate (USD/JPY)

¥107.1

¥121.7

¥138.6

¥150.8

¥148.9

Initial Target

FY26

300

100

12%







Development of New Products

JIZAI

NiTi Rotary File

Vitreous Forceps

Strengths

/ Business Goals

  • Excellent root canal centering ability, flexibility, and durability

  • Achieved market share equivalent to hand files (20%)

    FY25 Mid-

    Term Plan Results

  • Launched in February 2020 (Japan)

  • Added new file to the lineup in September 2024

  • Expanding to major markets (regulatory approval pending in China)

  • Establishing the optimal treatment protocol with KOLs

    FY29 Mid-

    Term Plan

  • Additional product lineup (JIZAI-2)

  • Mass production at the Smart Factory (from 2027)

  • Significant improvement in cutting and operability with new materials (JIZAI-3)

    New product development: Foster JIZAI and vitreous forceps as main products New product sales target as of FY29: ¥3 billion (including other new products)

    (Note) KOL: Key Opinion Leader

  • Tip of the forceps have excellent gripping strength

  • Global market share: Over 20%

  • Launched in April 2023 (27G, Japan)

  • Acquired MDR certification in Europe

  • Added 25G to the lineup

  • Product Improvements (Better user experience)

  • Launch mainly in Japan, Europe, China

  • Develop production technology at the Smart Factory



    Dental Restoration Material Business (MMG)

    Strengths

    / Business Goals

  • Compatible with customization, easy to create color tones and shapes, small lot production

  • High aesthetics

  • Contributes to strengthening dental business portfolio

    FY25 Mid-

    Term Plan Results

  • 2015: Acquired Schütz Dental

  • 2018: Sold sales subsidiary and began specializing in development and manufacturing

  • 2023: Changed company name to MMG and began operation at the new factory

  • OEM business for private brands leads

  • Develop and expand products as MANI brand in Vietnam, India, Europe (DACH)

  • Asset optimization through impairment loss in FY25

    FY29 Mid-

    Term Plan

  • Improve profitability in FY26

  • Expand sales by OEM business and MANI brand

    Turn around from a loss-making situation and get back on the growth track Sales: ¥1.9 billion (FY25) → ¥4 billion (FY29)

  • Building our strengths by leveraging our R&D capabilities



MMG's New Head Office Factory (Germany)



Global Production System


  • Building completed in January 2025

  • Mass production starts in 2026

Sequential launch: Ophthalmic knives, JIZAI,

vitreous forceps, etc.

Smart Factory (Hanaoka Factory)

Production technology development/ new product launch

Rolling out to Vietnam and China as the mother factory

Vietnam Factory

Main production base

High-quality and low-cost manufacturing

Begin production at our 2 main production bases from 2025

3,300 employees (as of August 2025)

Establish new factory in China (production will start in 2028)


Overview of FY29 Mid-Term Plan



Core Technology

Proprietary materials / Microfabrication technology



Global Customer Base

  • Sales countries and regions: Over 120

  • Sales partners: Around 500

  • B-to-B customers: Around 250

  • Dental clinics: Covered 50% in Asia

  • Ophthalmic clinics: Around 10,000 globally

MANI's Growth Path and Strengths




2026 Marks Our 70th Anniversary, Aiming to Become a Century-Old Company

Our Vision

Become a trusted company that provides outstanding products and solve issues in medical practice

What will not Change

Commitment to being the Best in the World Global niche top strategy and trade-off management

Achieve high profitability

What will Change

Product-out Solving issues in medical practice

100% in-house principle

Operations centered in Japan

Use of strategic alliances, M&A Improve business speed

Global management



From a "niche company specialized in R&D" to a "true global company"

Our Approach to Future Growth (1)

  • Product-out approach

  • Expansion of global niche top products

  • Global expansion:

Japan/Asia → Europe/US

  • Market-in approach

  • Support for clinical protocols

  • Building new organizational capabilities: Clinical understanding, expanding technical fields

Customers

Technology

Create New Value

Become a partner to solve issues in medical practice

Strengthen Strengths Unlock the full potential of MANI's success model

+

Co-Creation

Strategic Investment



Our Approach to Future Growth (2)

Create New Value

Become a partner to solve issues in medical practice

+

Strengthen Strengths

Unlock the full potential of MANI's success model

Ophthalmic

Surgical

Surgery

Eyeless Needle

Dental

Ophthalmic knife

Ophthalmic suture

Stapler

Vascular knive

Eyeless needle

Dia-bur

Hand file

Existing products

Vitreous forceps

Micro-needle

JIZAI

FY25→FY29

mid-term plan launch

Retinal/vitreous surgery devices

New business exploration (research stage)

Robotic surgery field

Endodontic treatment (irrigation/ obturation)

Full-scale start from FY29

  • Provide our unique MANI value

  • Expand portfolio with global niche top products

  • Explore new businesses leveraging strong technologies, strengthen both own brand and OEM

  • Establish win-win relationships with suture manufacturers

  • Focus on minimally invasive/robotic surgery fields

  • Become the leading player in endodontic treatment

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1

2

3

4

Strategic business development, including the utilization of alliances and M&A

Strengthen the management foundation in line with MANI's scale expansion Develop and secure human capital to implement growth strategies

Expand business to solve issues in medical practice using core technology Plant the seeds for Beyond 2029

Further expand global market share by leveraging product advantages Strengthen MANI-style 'monozukuri' capabilities (development and production) as an R&D driven company

(*) 'Monozukuri' is the Japanese term for 'manufacturing'

Key Policies

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Sales Growth

Base plan: Sales of ¥45 billion, operating income margin of 32% in FY29 Stretch: Leverage ¥20 billion M&A investment to achieve sales of over ¥50 billion

(Note) <xx%> is in local currency

CAGR14.9%

<10.6%>

CAGR11%

<11%>

1.9

¥30 bn 27.3%

4.0

¥45 bn 32%

Aim for sales over

¥50 bn, including M&A investment

Inorganic growth

1.1

Net sales Operating income margin

¥17.2 bn 31.1%

Organic growth

↑

Dental restorative material business (MMG)

Actual Actual Base Plan Stretch

FY21

FY25

FY29

USD/JPY

¥107.1 ¥148.9 ¥143 15



Performance Targets

FY25

FY29

Base Plan

Net sales

¥30 bn

¥45 bn

Operating income [%]

¥8.2 bn [27.3%]

¥14.5 bn

[32%]

Net income

¥4.6 bn

¥10.5 bn

EBITDA

¥10.7 bn

¥18 bn

FCF

(¥1 bn)

¥11.5 bn

Operating CF

¥7 bn

¥13.5 bn

Investment CF

(¥7.1 bn)

(¥2 bn)

ROE

8.8%

16%



Business Strategy





Recognition of the Business Environment Surrounding MANI

Business Opportunities

  • Medical device market is growing worldwide (CAGR approx. 6%)

  • Treatments will be more minimally invasive and and robotized

  • Continuous progress in technological innovation

Evolve into a true global company

Risks

Current strength

Global niche top products Proprietary microfabrication technology

  • Preferential policies for domestic production (China, India, Indonesia, etc.)

  • Intensifying cost competition among competitors in emerging countries

  • Retention by global major companies

  • Stricter standards and regulations



    Aim for profitable growth in all business segments

    Business Portfolio

    Net Sales

Operating Income Margin

Unit: ¥100 million



Dental

Eyeless

172

300

19

450

restoration material (MMG)

12

61

127

93

49

50

112

154

129

40

76

Dental (excluding MMG)

Eyeless Needle

Surgical

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%

-10%

-20%

FY21

FY25

Needle Surgical

Dental (excluding MMG)

Dental restoration material (MMG)

FY29

FY21 FY25 FY29 19



Expand product portfolio and accelerate growth through strategic alliances

  • Achieving unrivaled product superiority

  • Expand market share

Ophthalmic

sutures

Vitreous

forceps

Trocar

Trabeculotomy

hook

Glaucoma and Vitreous Surgeries Expand Product Lineup



Strengthen Strategic Alliances

Surgical (1) Ophthalmic
  • Focus regions: India, Asia, the

U.S., Europe

  • Application to ICL (Implantable Collamer Lens) surgery

Cataract Surgery: Expand Ophthalmic Knives' Global Market Share from 30 to 50%

Double step knife

(joint development product)

Joint development with Santen

Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Providing advanced devices for DDS (Drug Delivery System)

⚫

⚫

Collaborative Innovation with Pharmaceutical Companies



  • Sales partnership in the U.S.

  • Discussions on other themes

MST (the United States)



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Redefine and strengthen as a growth segment, utilizing microfabrication technology

Surgical (2) Surgery

Company A's

thoracic stent frame

Cardiovascular

surgical vessel knife

Skin stapler

Current Main Products (FY25 Sales: ¥1.6 billion)





Intiatives for FY29 Mid-Term Plan

  • Strengthening existing products based on the roadmap

  • Explore new business opportunities

    • Entered the R&D phase by FY25 mid-term plan

    • Established the "New Product Development Project" in September 2025

Application of ophthalmic knives to other treatments

Biopsy needle



Eyeless Needle





Maintain and Strengthen the Global No.2 Position

  • Establish win-win relationships with existing customers

    • Adding product numbers to meet the demands

    • Deepening relationships with major global customers

    • Providing production technology support services to customers

      Business Opportunities in the Minimally

      Invasive/Robotic Surgery Field

      4 Mechanism

      3 Suture

      Current

      1

      2

      Robotic surgical needle

      General-purpose needle

      Product

  • New projects/customers

    • Responding to GPO (Group Purchasing Organization) in China

    • Expanding into the Middle East and Central and South America

      Value

  • Strengthen high-value-added products

    • Micro-needles (for cardiovascular and microsurgery)

    • Minimally invasive/robotic surgery fields

  • Competing with emerging market players

    • 20% reduction in manufacturing costs at the Vietnam factory

Silver needle, Black needle

Eyeless needle for robotic surgery



Restorative Treatment

Dental (1) Product Portfolio

Actions for FY29 mid-term plan

Product

<> means market share

Market

General Dental Treatment/ Esthetic Treatment

Endodontic Treatment MANI Endodontic Compass

Preparation

Patency & Shaping

Irrigation

Obturation

Restoration

¥150 bn 6%

¥67 bn CAGR 6%



¥53 bn 4〜5%

¥56 bn 5〜6%

¥40 bn 5〜7%



Dia-bur

<16%>



Hand file Rotary file

<30%>

Irrigation device

Bioceramic sealer



Dental restorative material (composite resin)

  • China Recovery

  • Add new product numbers to support new procedures

  • Roll out JIZAI

  • Provide optimal treatment protocols by combining hand files and rotary files

  • R&D stage in FY25 mid-term plan

  • Commercialization in the future

  • Strengthen product advantages

  • Expand sales

・OEM business

・MANI brand business



Dental (2) Expanding the Endodontic Treatment Portfolio

Unmet Needs in Endodontic Treatment

  • Low success rate in difficult cases

    (Dealing with complex root canal morphology, risk of reinfection, retreatment of root canals)

  • Limitations even with current precision treatment using microscopes

  • Addressing unmet needs requires technological innovation

Endodontic treatment Aims to preserve teeth without extraction



Aims of MANI Endodontic Compass

  • In "Patency & Shaping," provide optimal treatment protocols by combining hand files and rotary files, contributing to improved clinical outcomes

  • By entering the "Irrigation" and "Obturation" business areas, provide total solutions for endodontic treatment and help resolve unmet needs

  • Utilize assets developed over the years (customers, sales channels) to become a trusted partner

Reference:

Endodontics Principles and Practice, 6th edition. Mahmoud Torabinejad, DMD, MSD, PhD et. al.



Global Strategy for Sales Expansion


Key Policies of Global Strategy

"The Best Quality in the World, to the World"

In FY29 mid-term plan, focus on expanding sales in North America, Europe, and Asia

NEXT frontier

  • Middle East, Central and South America, Africa

  • Invest in the first half of the FY29 mid-term plan, harvest results in the second half

Regions to focus on during FY29 mid-term plan

  • North America, Europe

  • Asia: Covering the region broadly through the establishment of RHQ

Regions with high market share

  • Japan, China, etc.

  • Expansion with new products

  • Responding to changes in the business environment

1

2

Business development centered on a 5-region global system

  • Japan, China, Asia, Americas, EMEA

  • Regional business rooted through RHQ (Regional Headquarters)

3

Strengthening brand value by providing clinical value and high quality, moving beyond price competition

  • Strengthening the global KOL network and integrating clinical protocols

  • Marketing activities focused on brand value (academic conferences, online)

(Note) KOL stands for Key Opinion Leader 26



Market share(*)

Sales Strategy by Region

E

S

D

Note

Japan

Strategy for FY29

Sales structure as of FY25

India

Vietnam

Others

Key

countries

Others

  • Drive a new product development based on a strong customer base and brand

Global ONE MANI Sales Structure

  • Global marketing

    • Digital marketing

    • Improve brand power

  • Enhance relationships with KOL doctors

  • Horizontal development of successful models

  • Human Resource Exchange

  • Strategic alliances with local partners

  • Deal with preferential policies for localization and GPO (Group Purchase Organization)

  • Regional expansion through establishment of regional HQ

  • Focus investment in India

  • Focus on Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines

  • Established MMA in September 2024

  • Go-To-Market strategy based on market conventions

  • Expand the Surgical segment's high market share of surgical across the region

  • Strengthen sales through strategic investments

16%

China

25%

Asia

20%

Americas

14%

EMEA

25%

(*) E: Eyeless needle, S: Surgical, D: Dental

means shares are over 20% means strengthening in FY29 mid-term plan



Regional Sales Plan

CAGR

Sales Ratio by Region

FY21

↓

FY25

FY25

↓

FY29

FY25

FY29

Others

21%

14%

10%

12%

Japan

7%

5%

16%

13%

China

13%

10%

25%

24%

Asia

25%

10%

20%

20%

North America

18%

17%

10%

12%

Europe

13%

11%

19%

19%

Unit: ¥100 million

300

32

450

29

46

55

58

110

35

15

57

24

87

59

37

15

75

48

86

54

Others Japan

China

172

FY21 FY25 FY29

Asia

合計

Total

15%

11%

North America Europe



Improving Profitability and Strengthening Cash Generation


Revenue Structure Plan

Key Initiatives Toward Achieving 32% Operating Income Margin

  • Improve gross profit margin and SG&A expense ratio

  • Top-down cost planning+ongoing cost reduction at the operational level+ Progress visualization/PDCA cycle execution

Net sales ¥45 bn

111 [37.2%]

Operating

income

SG&A

expenses

Cost of Sales

Net Sales ¥30 bn

107 [35.5%]

158 [35%]

147 [33%]

82 [27.3%]

145 [32%]

(USD/JPY)

FY25 Actual FY29 Base Plan

148.9 143 30