Fan Communications Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Koji Ninomiya; Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market: 2461), which operates a prosumer support business, is pleased to announce that its affiliate service "A8.net" (https://www.a8.net/), one of Japan's largest, has been ranked No. 1 for affiliate satisfaction by affiliate site operators for the 16th consecutive year in the "Affiliate Program Survey 2026" (Survey period: March 25 - April 15, 2026; 991 valid responses from 23 major domestic ASPs) conducted and announced by the NPO Affiliate Marketing Association. The survey polled affiliate site operators (referred to as media members by our company) who are registered members of major affiliate ASPs. "A8.net" was rated by 38.6% of respondents. ■ ASP with the Highest Satisfaction Among Those Used "A8.net" Support Rate: 38.6% ▼ Points of Evaluation ・ Large number of advertisements ・ Many profitable advertisements for me ・ Easy-to-use management screen We, the entire staff, sincerely thank our media members who use "A8.net" daily and our advertisers who post on our platform for this 16th consecutive year of No. 1 ranking. The reasons for being selected as No. 1 in satisfaction, as in the previous year, were the "large number of advertisements" and the "ease of use of the management screen." In recent years, affiliate media customer acquisition methods have diversified beyond SEO to include social media and paid advertising. To adapt to these environmental changes, "A8.net" has renewed its media member management screen. This allows media members, particularly those active on social media, to more smoothly search for programs, apply, and check results from their smartphones. Furthermore, we have revamped our reporting functions to allow users to grasp results by diversified customer acquisition channels and have expanded features such as "parameter tracking." The affiliate market environment is expected to continue changing, including the spread of