CareerIndex Inc.

Through its proprietary "aggregation model" built since its founding, the company possesses a massive job seeker and property database that is systematically linked across multiple services in the job change, part-time work, temporary staffing, and real estate domains. Alliance marketing leveraging this database drove Marketing Business net sales of ¥3,917 million (up 26.6% year on year) in FY2026 (ending March 2026).

Following the transition to a holding company structure in October 2024, strengthened coordination at the business and personnel level expanded the results of alliance marketing, and job seeker registrations and applications increased across the group as a whole. The annual securities report explicitly states this as "a successful example of synergy creation, including in personnel exchange and organizational revitalization," and the company has also achieved cost efficiency optimization by utilizing Marginal Inc.'s development resources as a technology hub for the entire group.

ContractS Inc. achieved full-year profitability in FY2026 (ending March 2026) through a review of its service menu and cost structure, with the DX Business segment turning from a loss of ¥104 million in the previous fiscal year to a profit of ¥29 million. On a group-wide basis, the financial foundation remains sound, with an equity ratio of 63.5% and a current ratio of 202.5%, while operating cash flow secured ¥998 million.

In response to the continuing labor shortage anticipated in the HR sector, we aim to achieve further growth through additional expansion of the job sharing business and the aggressive rollout of new initiatives. We will promote app development that accurately captures customer needs and improve the efficiency of production operations through the use of generative AI, thereby realizing speedy and highly profitable service deployment.

At ContractS Corporation, which achieved full-year profitability, we aim to reduce churn rates and maximize LTV through enhanced functionality for high-value enterprise (large corporate) customers and strengthened customer success efforts. While building stable profit contribution through the accumulation of recurring revenue, we will also concurrently advance service development for lower-priced offerings targeting smaller companies.

Building on our traditional customer base centered on SaaS companies, we aim to capture demand for external resource utilization driven by the severe labor shortage, thereby expanding orders from a broader range of industries. We view the market changes brought about by the advancement of generative AI as an opportunity, and while pursuing new customer development, we will also promote the internal use of generative AI, aiming for a significant expansion of our target addressable market (TAM).

In addition to driving the digitalization of the recruitment market through Marginal Co., Ltd.'s online interview system "BioGraph," we will utilize the company's development resources as a technology hub for the entire group. Through support for in-house system development within the group and the development of new features leveraging generative AI, we will improve development speed and optimize cost efficiency across the entire group.

In our corporate services, we aim to expand sales by both capturing large-scale projects amid the trend of returning to the office and improving sales efficiency for mid-sized projects. In our consumer services, we will continue to strengthen customer acquisition and expand real estate-related ancillary services such as moving cost estimates, further stabilizing our revenue base.