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On April 2, UNIVA Pay, a payment service provided by UNIVA Paycast (UPC), was adopted by Shoplus, an e-commerce platform that is said to be the "Chinese version of Shopify." The transaction volume of "Shoplus" settled with UNIVA Pay in April was about US$1.4 million, and in May, it more than doubled from the previous month to US$3.3 million. On April 24, Mr. Li Zhigu, CEO of Shoplus, visited UPC to discuss the future of the business. The collaboration between Shoplus and UPC was made possible through the mediation of UNIVA Guangzhou Trading (UGT). Regardless of the collaboration with overseas companies, we responded quickly and launched the service in just two and a half months. Shoplus has set a target of US$90 million for payments via UPC in FY2024 and more than US$100 million for next year and beyond.

On May 14, UNIVA Gyro-n (Gyro-n) released a new EFO tool, Gyro-n EFO Next, that makes it easy to implement step-based forms. "Gyro-n EFO Next" converts the website's input form into a step-by-step (question-and-answer formula), providing users with an intuitive and simple input experience. At the same time, by providing various input support functions of the conventional Gyro-n EFO, it prevents users from leaving the form in the middle of the process, leads to conversions such as product purchases, reservations, and inquiries, and contributes to increasing sales from the site.

On May 27, UNIVA Oak Holdings (UOH) established a subsidiary (Univa Magnum Co., Ltd.) that will be the main operator of the next-generation storage battery (magnesium storage battery) business in anticipation of entering the next-generation storage battery (magnesium storage battery) business as a new business domain. In the future, we plan to officially proceed with commercialization through the transfer of related technologies. If magnesium storage batteries, which are secondary batteries, can be realized, it will be possible to reduce costs, have high safety, and supply them in large quantities. It is also expected to contribute to solving social issues such as soaring prices and supply instability of lithium-based storage batteries, which are currently the mainstream scarce resource. As a clean energy business on a par with the solar power generation business currently undertaken by North Energy Co., Ltd., the UOH Group aims to contribute to one of the 17 goals of the SDGs, which is to ensure that all people have permanent access to cheap and safe energy.

On May 10, as a conclusion of the on-the-job training, a thank-you meeting was held for on-the-job training from new employees to senior employees of UNIVA Paycast (UPC). The Tokyo and Osaka offices, the main venues, were connected online, and the new employees gave a summary presentation of on-the-job training and expressed their gratitude. At the Tokyo office, senior employees and new employees were seen interacting over snacks after the presentation. This fiscal year, one person was assigned to the sales headquarters in Tokyo. We will continue to work with our new colleagues to make UPC even more exciting.

ON MAY 15, UNIVA FUSION (UFL) launched KOMBUCHA DETO, a food product with a functional claim for KOMBUCHA. Foods with functional claims are foods that have been notified to the Consumer Affairs Agency as having functionality on the product package that can be expected to have effects that are useful for maintaining and improving health based on scientific evidence. "KOMBUCHA DETO" is a kombucha that adds allulose (rare sugar) that burns fat and vegetable lactic acid bacteria K-1 that improves circulation, and is a triple formula that can also protect the skin from dryness. No. 1 in sales in Japan. UFL, the company behind "KOMBUCHA CLEANSE," which has sold more than 9 million units, is attracting attention in the industry as it releases a new KOMBUCHA product with a functional claim.
* Japan domestic kombucha market, November 2015 - March 2023, cumulative sales, cumulative sales share, cumulative sales share No. 1 According to a survey by the Future Trend Research Organization (formerly ESP Research Institute) (as of September 16, 2023)