Our bank supports companies that contribute to the local community through the issuance of private placement bonds. On February 20 (Fri), we acted as underwriter and financial agent for BROS Co., Ltd.'s "SDGs Private Placement Bonds "Community Support Type"*. A portion of the fees received was used to jointly donate a monitor for the gymnasium to Okayama Prefectural Okayama Higashi Commercial High School with the company, and a donation ceremony was held on June 16 (Tue). *"SDGs Private Placement Bonds "Community Support Type" A type of private placement bond where a portion of the fees received from the issuing company related to SDGs is used to purchase equipment, etc., which is then jointly donated by the issuing company and our bank to a designated SDGs-related recipient. [Overview of Issuing Company and Private Placement Bonds] Bond Name: BROS Co., Ltd. 13th Unsecured Corporate Bonds (Guaranteed by our bank and limited to qualified institutional investors) Location: 1109-22 Hirai, Naka-ku, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture Representative: Hideyuki Iida Industry: Other printing-related industries Sales: 546 million yen (Fiscal year ending December 2025) Issue Amount: 50 million yen Issue Date: February 20, 2026 (Fri) Term: 7 years Repayment Method: Periodic redemption (semi-annual installment redemption) Use of Funds: Working capital Recipient: Okayama Prefectural Okayama Higashi Commercial High School Comment: Our company is primarily engaged in the printing and binding of doujinshi (self-published works), disseminating the works of individual artists to the world. This time, with the desire to support the children who will carry the future of our local community, we donated a monitor for the gymnasium to Okayama Higashi Commercial High School, the alma mater of our founder, Akio Iida. Furthermore, founder Akio Iida has retired, and the current president, Hideyuki Iida, has taken over. Under the new structure, as a company that supports the creative activities o