Pepper Food Service Co., Ltd. announced that the Company will establish a Corporate Planning Office to strengthen the management structure. The Company will establish the Ikinari! Steak East Japan Business Division and the Ikinari! Steak West Japan Business Division as two new business divisions under the Ikinari! Steak Business Division. In association with this move, the Company will place the 1st to 4th Ikinari! Steak Sales Departments under the Ikinari! Steak East Japan Business Division, and will newly establish the 5th to 8th Ikinari! Steak Sales Departments and place them under the Ikinari! Steak West Japan Business Division. The 5th Pepper Lunch Sales Department will be newly established under the Pepper Lunch Business Division. The Personnel Division will be abolished and the Human Resource Planning Department and Recruitment Planning Department will be placed under the Management Division.

The company announced change in Representative Director decided at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on December 14, 2018. The change is due to the new organizational structure effective from January 1, 2019 following a decision to further strengthen the company's management framework in line with the expansion of business operations. The company appointed Kensaku Ichinose as Representative Director, Vice President, General Manager of Management Division, CFO effective January 1, 2019. His previous titles are Executive Director General Manager of Management Division, CFO. The company also announced changes in directors effective from January 1, 2019. The company announced Kazunori Kanno as Managing Director, General Manager of Sales Management Division, General Manager of Restaurant Business Division, General Manager of Global Business Division from the previous titles Managing Director, General Manager of Sales Management Division, General Manager of Pepper Lunch Business Division, General Manager of Ikinari! Steak Business Division, General Manager of Restaurant Business Division, General Manager of Global Business Division and General Manager of Sales Support Business Division. The company announced Hidemitsu Ashida as Managing Director, General Manager of Development Division from the previous titles Director General Manager of Development Division. The company announced Hiroto Saruyama as Managing Director, Manager of Corporate Planning Office from the previous titles Director General Manager of General Affairs Division. The company announced Takashi Tsuchiyama as Director President's Office from the previous titles Director General Manager of Personnel Division. The company announced Yuta Tsukamoto as Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of Ikinari! Steak Business Division, Sales Management Division, General Manager of Ikinari! Steak East Japan Business Division from the previous titles Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager of Ikinari! Steak Business Division, Sales Management Division, Manager of 1st Sales Department, Ikinari! Steak Sales Division. The company announced Daiju Yamaki as Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of Ikinari! Steak West Japan Business Division, Manager of 5th Sales Management Department, Ikinari! Steak Sales Division from the previous titles Executive Officer, Manager of 4th Sales Management Department, Ikinari! Steak Sales Division. The company announced Kenji Obushi as Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of Pepper Lunch Business Division, Sales Management Division from the previous titles Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager of Pepper Lunch Business Division, Sales Management Division, Manager of 1st Sales Department, Pepper Lunch Business Division. The company announced Kunihiko Kondo as Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of Sales Support Business Division, Sales Management Division, Manager of Store Health Management Office from the previous titles Executive Officer Deputy General Manager of Sales Support Business Division, Sales Management Division, Manager of Sales Support Department, Manager of Store Health Management Office. The company announced Ichiro Yasuda as Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of General Affairs Division from the previous titles Executive Officer Manager of General Affairs Department, General Affairs Division. The company announced Yuta Sano as Senior Executive Officer, Manager of Accounting Department and Management Division from the previous titles Executive Officer Manager of Accounting Department, Management Division. The company announced Hideo Akimoto as Executive Officer, Manager of Development Department, Development Division from the previous titles Manager of Development Department, Development Division. The company announced Nobuo Masaka as Executive Officer, Manager of Development Department, Development Division from the previous titles Manager of Development Department, Development Division. The company announced Toshio Suzuki as Executive Officer, Manager of Sales Planning Promotion Department, Sales Planning Division from the previous titles Manager of Sales Planning Promotion Department, Sales Planning Division. The company announced Koji Kobayashi as Executive Officer, Manager of Sales Planning Promotion Department, Sales Planning Division from the previous titles Manager of Sales Planning Promotion Department, Sales Planning Division.