Asahi : Announcement Regarding the Restructuring Plan of Production, Distribution Network

February 15, 2022

For immediate release

Company Name: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.

President and CEO, Representative Director: Atsushi Katsuki

Stock Ticker: 2502

Stock Listings: Tokyo Stock Exchange, First Section

Contact: Osamu Ishizaka

Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Communications

Phone: [phone]

Announcement Regarding the Restructuring Plan of Production/Distribution Network

Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. ("the Company") today announced its decision to restructure the supply chain network of Asahi Group Japan, Ltd.' and its subsidiaries. The aim of the restructuring plan is to build an optimal production and distribution system in Japan and further enhance the Company's sustainability strategy. The restructuring plan was formulated based on the Company's new Medium- to Long-term Management Policy, also announced today. Details are as follows.

The restructuring is aimed at increasing capacity utilization levels at the Company's breweries in Japan by optimizing production capacity at each facility. The plan also involves further boosting cost-competitiveness and efficiency Group-wide by increasing the number of hybrid breweries able to produce a wide range of products including alcohol and non- alcohol beverages. The Company will use a new brewery with sustainable production facilities as a model for other facilities to dramatically enhance their energy efficiency, and will also introduce CO2 capture technologies on the way to making all facilities carbon negative (with CO2 absorption volumes exceeding CO2 emissions) as soon as possible. The Company will reinvest the resources freed up through this restructuring into making all Asahi Group production bases in Japan carbon negative as part of the Company's efforts to help create a more sustainable world and earn the trust of stakeholders into the future.

1. Regarding the End of Operations in Asahi Breweries' Kanagawa Brewery and Shikoku Brewery

After consideration of medium- to long-term market trends, the decision was made to end operations at Asahi Breweries' Kanagawa Brewery and Shikoku Brewery at the end of January 2023 with the aim of enhancing overall Group productivity and earnings power. The 137 employees of these two breweries will be given the opportunity to transfer to other Asahi Group's bases or provided with the Company's reemployment support and other such services. The Company is currently considering how to utilize the brewery sites after operations cease.

Impairment losses on the abovementioned breweries' fixed assets etc. are expected to lead to the recording of "other operating expenses" of approximately 14.5 billion JPY in the

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Company's financial results for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. The details are, however, yet to be determined.

2. Regarding the End of Operations in Asahi Breweries' Hakata Brewery and the launch of Asahi Breweries' Shin-Kyushu Brewery (tentative name)

Asahi Breweries' Hakata Brewery is also scheduled to end operations at the end of 2025, with operations to be transferred to a new facility located nearby. Preparations for the launch of operations at the Shin-Kyushu Brewery (tentative name) will begin in 2026. The Hakata Brewery's 122 employees will be given the opportunity to transfer to the Shin- Kyushu Brewery (tentative name) and other Group operations. The Company is currently considering how to utilize the Hakata Brewery site after operations cease.

The Shin-Kyushu Brewery (tentative name) will be utilized as a model facility for the Asahi Group's next-generation production system. New production methods and other innovations will be used to reduce energy consumption by 50% from current levels, and production facilities will shift to using renewable energy. In addition, by introducing CO2 capture technologies, the Company aims to make the brewery carbon negative as soon as possible. In addition, by producing a wide range of products, from beer and non-alcoholbeer-taste beverages to ready-to-drink beverages and products of Asahi Soft Drinks as well as the containers for these products, the Group aims to streamline distribution and increase brewery capacity utilization.

The impact of the End of Operations in Hakata Brewery and the transfer of operations to the Shin-Kyushu Brewery (tentative name) on the Company's consolidated results in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 will be minimal.

3. Regarding the End of Operations in Asahi Breweries Nishinomiya-higashi Distribution Center and Nikka Whisky Nishinomiya Plant

The Asahi Breweries Nishinomiya-higashi Distribution Center is scheduled to end operations at around the end of 2024. The Nikka Whisky's Nishinomiya Plant, which is located on the same site, is scheduled to cease operations around March 2024. Production of the kegged Taruhai Club and Taruzume Highball on-premise market products will be transferred to Asahi Breweries' Suita Brewery. Employees at the Asahi Breweries' Nishinomiya-higashi Distribution Center and Nikka Whisky Nishinomiya Plant will be given the opportunity to transfer to other Group operations. The Company is currently considering how to utilize the distribution center/plant site after operations cease.

The impact of the End of Operations in the distribution center and plant on the Company's consolidated results in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 will be minimal.

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4. Overview of the breweries, distribution center, and plant included in the restructuring plan

Name	Asahi Breweries	Asahi Breweries	Asahi Breweries
	Kanagawa Brewery	Shikoku Brewery	Hakata Brewery
	1223, Nuda, Minami	2-6 Hiuchi, Saijo City,	3-1-1, Takeshita,
Location	Ashigara City,	Ehime Prefecture	Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
	Kanagawa Prefecture		City
Operation	May 2002		June 1998	April 1921
Started
Chief	Yutaka Miyajima	Mika Kawaguchi	Shinichi Hada
Manager
Number of	79			58	122
Employees
Annual	Approx. 10.65 million	Approx. 4.73 million	Approx. 17.53 million
Production	cases		cases	cases
Volume
	Asahi Super Dry	Asahi Super Dry	Asahi Super Dry
	Clear Asahi		Asahi Nama Beer	Clear Asahi
Main	Asahi Style Free	Clear Asahi	Asahi Style Free
Asahi Off		Asahi Style Free	Asahi Off
Products
Asahi The Rich	Asahi The Rich	Asahi The Rich
	etc.		etc.	Asahi Dry Zero
					etc.
Site Size	Approx. 412,000 sq.	Approx. 76,000 sq.	Approx. 120,000 sq.
metre		metre	metre
Shipping	Tokyo, Kanagawa,	All Shikoku and	All Kyushu and
Shizuoka, and	Hiroshima prefectures	Yamaguchi prefectures
Area
Yamanashi Prefectures
Name			Asahi Breweries Nishinomiya-higashi Distribution Center
Location			2-117, Tsutoiidencho, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture
Operation Started		1983
Number of Employees		39
Site size			Approx. 84,000 sq. metre
Name			Nikka Whisky Nishinomiya Plant
Location			2-118, Tsutoiidencho, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture
Operation Started		September 1959
Chief Manager			Tetsuo Tatsumi
Number of Employees		13
Annual Production		Approx. 15,790 kl
Volume
Main Products			Taruhai Club and Taruzume Highball
Site Size			Approx. 4,200 sq. metre
Shipping Area			All areas of Kyushu, Kansai, and Shikoku

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