TOKAI : Announcement of Investment in Atomis Inc.

February 28 2025

For Immediate Release

Company Name: TOKAI Holdings Corporation

Representative Name: Katsuo Oguri, Representative

Director, President, and CEO

(Code No.3167, TSE Prime Market)

Announcement of Investment in Atomis Inc.

TOKAI Holdings Corporation (Headquarters: Aoi-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture; President and CEO: Katsuo Oguri; hereinafter referred to as "our company") is pleased to announce that we have made an investment in Atomis Inc. (Headquarters: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture; CEO: DaisukeAsari; hereinafter referred to as "Atomis"), a startup company aiming to solve environmental and energy issuesby controlling gases with next-generation new materials, as detailed below.

1. Reason for Investment
   Our company is committed to investing in and supporting domestic startup companies. Through collaboration and partnerships with these startups, we aim to strengthen our group businesses, promote GX (Green Transformation) and DX (Digital Transformation), and foster open innovation for the creation of new businesses.
   The investment in Atomis Inc. is made with the expectation of gathering information and accumulating expertise in the GX domain as part of the TOKAI Group, as well as exploring potential future collaborations.
2. About Atomis
   Atomis was established in 2015 with the mission of "Solving environmental and energy challenges through gas control and contributing to the realization of a sustainable society." The company is a startup that aims to address issues such as global warming and energy resource problems by utilizing porous coordination polymers (PCP/MOF), a new material with nano-level controlled pores that enable the control of gases for separation, recovery, and storage.
   Atomis is developing a gas distribution service using next-generation high-pressure gas containers and aims to eventually realize a carbon recycling system that captures and converts CO2 from the atmosphere, as well as a decentralized sharing system for energy gases.

Next-generation porous materials such as PCP/MOF (left), next-generation high-pressure gas container CubiTan® (right) [Provided by Atomis]

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3. About TOKAI Group's Initiatives

In its ongoing "Medium-Term Management Plan 2025," the TOKAI Group has identified efforts toward decarbonization and reducing carbon emissions as a key strategy, aiming to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Through this investment, we intend to support the growth of Atomis while also advancing the TOKAI Group's GX initiatives and efforts toward realizing carbon neutrality.

[Contact for inquiries] TOKAI Holdings Corporation

Corporate Management Division, CVC Development Office (Contact: Honma)

TEL: 03-5404-2892 (Office hours: Weekdays 9:00-12:00, 13:00-17:45)

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