Avant Corporation (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Takahiro Okabe; hereinafter referred to as Avant), which provides group management, consolidated accounting, and business management solutions within the Avant Group, has been recognized as an excellent partner and received an award for its outstanding achievements in renewal rate at the "IBM Partner Plus Software S&S Campaign (Second Half of FY2025)" hosted by NIC Partners Corporation (Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Goichi Susaki; hereinafter referred to as NIC Partners). This campaign aims to promote the renewal of IBM software S&S (Support and Subscription). *From left in the photo (titles omitted): - Takahiro Okabe, President, CEO, Avant Corporation - Goichi Susaki, President, NIC Partners Corporation This campaign recognizes partners who have demonstrated excellent performance in the renewal and sales promotion of IBM software during the target period (October 1, 2025, to February 28, 2026). The evaluation based on "renewal rate," for which we received this award, is a testament to our company's diligent follow-up and comprehensive support provided to existing customers, deepening customer engagement. We believe our support system, which not only handles renewals but also stably and long-term supports our customers' management infrastructure, was highly evaluated. From Goichi Susaki, President, NIC Partners Corporation: We sincerely appreciate your continued patronage. Avant Corporation has made significant contributions to our IBM software maintenance business and achieved extremely excellent results in terms of "renewal rate." We express our deep respect and heartfelt gratitude. We are confident that Avant's sincere commitment, which consistently supports customers from system implementation to stable operation and ultimately to the improvement of corporate value, has led to this remarkable achievement. We will continue to provide further value to our customers and contribute to mutual business