Restar CorporationTSE: 3156

Notice Concerning Absorption type Merger (Simplified Merger/Short form Merger) of Wholly Owned Subsidiary

· Issued by Restar Corporation

Note: This document has been translated from a part of the Japanese original for reference purposes only. In the event of any discrepancy between this translated document and the Japanese original, the original shall prevail.

January 30, 2025

Company Name

Restar Corporation

(Code: 3156 Tokyo Stock

Exchange Prime Market)

Representative

Tomoharu Asaka,

Representative Director

Vice President

Contact Information:

Atsuki Ishida,

Corporate Officer

(Tel.: +81-3-3458-4618)

Notice Concerning Absorption-type Merger (Simplified Merger/Short-form Merger) of Wholly Owned Subsidiary

Restar Corporation (the "Company") hereby announces that at a meeting of the Board of Directors held today, it resolved to carry out an absorption-type merger (the "merger") with Vitec Green Energy Co., Ltd. ("VGEN"), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, effective April 1, 2025.

As the merger is a simplified absorption-type merger involving a wholly owned subsidiary, certain disclosures and details have been omitted.

Details

1. Purpose of the Merger

The Company has decided to conduct an absorption-type merger because of the current status of VGEN as a dormant company.

2. Summary of the Merger

(1)

Schedule of the Merger

Resolution by the Board of Directors to conclude an

January 30, 2025

absorption-type merger agreement

Conclusion of absorption-type merger agreement

January 30, 2025

Effective date of absorption-type merger

April 1, 2025 (scheduled)

(Note) Since the merger is classed as a simplified merger as provided for in Article 796, paragraph (2) of the Companies Act, and is classed as a short-form merger as provided for in Article 784, paragraph (1) of the same for VGEN, neither the surviving company nor the disappearing company will hold a General Meeting of Shareholders to approve the merger agreement.

  1. Method of the Merger
    VGEN will be dissolved in an absorption-type merger, with the Company as the surviving company.
  2. Details of Allotment Related to the Merger
    There will be no issuance of shares or other allotment of money, etc., as a result of the merger.
  3. Handling of Stock Acquisition Rights and Bonds with Stock Acquisition Rights of the Disappearing Company
    Not applicable.

3. Overview of the Companies Involved in the Merger

Surviving company

Disappearing company

(1)

Name

Restar Corporation

Vitec Green Energy Co., Ltd.

(2)

Location

2-10-9 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo

2-10-9 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo

(3) Name and job title of

Tomoharu Asaka, Representative Director Vice

Susumu Nishima, President and

representative

President

Representative Director

(4)

Description of

⚫ Sales and technical support of

Environmental energy business and power

business

semiconductors and electronic components,

generation business

LSI design and development, contracted

reliability testing services

⚫ Solutions, design, construction, and

maintenance engineering for video, audio,

communications, and measurement

⚫ Operation and management for the

introduction and diffusion of renewable

energy through solar power generation

(5)

Share capital

JPY4,383 million

JPY10 million

(6)

Date of

October 1, 2009

May 1, 2015

establishment

(7)

Number of issued

30,072,643 shares

10,000 shares

shares

(8)

Fiscal year end

March

March

(9)

Major shareholder

KMF Corporation

20.04%

Restar Corporation

100%

and its ownership

S-GRANT CO., LTD.

9.63%

ratio

The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.

(as of March 31,

(trust account)

7.44%

2024)

Retirement Benefit Trust (Sony Group

003) of Mizuho Trust & Banking

Co., Ltd. Retrustee: Custody Bank of

Japan, Ltd.

7.43%

MUFG Bank, Ltd.

2.72%

Retirement Benefit Trust (Sony Group

008) of Mizuho Trust & Banking

Co., Ltd. Retrustee: Custody Bank of

Japan, Ltd.

2.38%

CITY INDEX ELEVENTH CO.,Ltd.

2.34%

Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

2.30%

Restar Holdings Employee Stock

Ownership Association

2.18%

Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust

account)

1.94%

(10) Financial position and operating results for the most recent fiscal year

Fiscal year end

March 31, 2024 (consolidated)

March 31, 2024 (non-consolidated)

Net assets

JPY91,024 million

JPY695 million

Total assets

JPY291,704 million

JPY696 million

Net assets per share (Yen)

2,800.38 yen

69,572.89 yen

Net sales

JPY512,484 million

JPY0 million

Operating profit

JPY15,931 million

JPY0 million

Ordinary profit

JPY9,690 million

JPY0 million

Profit attributable to

JPY7,004 million

JPY0 million

owners of parent

Basic earnings per share

232.95 yen

14.54 yen

(Yen)

4. Status after the Merger

There will be no change in the name, location, job title and name of representative, business, share capital, or fiscal year end of the Company as a result of the merger.

5. Future Outlook

Since the merger is a merger with a wholly owned subsidiary, the impact of the merger on the Company's consolidated financial results will be negligible.

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