June 2021 Skylark Group Monthly IR Report (Flash Figures)

Jul 2, 2021

Preliminary figures for the most recent month

Skylark Holdings Co., Ltd.

The finalized figures will be disclosed in the report next month

(Code 3197)

2021 vs. 2020

(%YoY)

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Total

All

Sales

-35.3%

-30.8%

-8.8%

60.9%

23.1%

-12.2%

-9.0%

Sales

-33.5%

-29.1%

-6.3%

64.6%

28.6%

-7.6%

-5.9%

Same Store

Traffic

-38.7%

-34.9%

-13.9%

54.6%

29.1%

-9.5%

-11.4%

ATP

8.6%

8.9%

8.9%

6.5%

-0.4%

2.1%

6.2%

New Store Openings

10

7

4

6

2

1

30

Store Renovations

0

0

0

2

0

0

2

Brand Conversions

9

21

10

10

4

0

54

Gusto

1,327

1,336

1,333

1,335

1,335

1,333

1,333

Bamiyan

337

340

339

339

340

340

340

Syabu-Yo

265

268

272

275

275

274

274

Jonathan's

242

232

227

224

223

220

220

# of Stores

Yumean

181

180

174

174

174

174

174

Steak Gusto

126

126

126

125

125

125

125

Overseas

62

62

63

64

65

64

64

Other

567

573

570

573

575

574

574

Total

3,107

3,117

3,104

3,109

3,112

3,104

3,104

*Total number of stores excludes 4 stores that are temporarily closed for store renovations

2021 vs. 2019

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Total

Same Store Sales

-34.7%

-29.3%

-29.1%

-30.0%

-33.0%

-35.3%

-31.9%

Highlights

Overview

Same Store Sales (vs. 2020): -7.6%, Same Store Sales (vs. 2019): -35.3%

    • In June, approx. 2,050 stores continued to shorten business hours by following local authorities' stricter measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19
  • Menu & Promotions Yumean and Aiya's limited-time "Tohoku and Sanriku special" campaign offers exclusive ingredients and items. Highlighted 2 menu items are

Yumean's "Sanriku seafood rice-bowl", and Aiya's "Premium Sendai beef steak and scallops set"

As part of campaign, customers who spent more than 1,100 receive a lottery ticket which can be exchanged with various kinds of gifts

    • Jonathan's started offering "Hokkaido special" campaign which enables customers to enjoy various kinds of Hokkaido delicacies such as "Hokkaido lean beef steak with Kale salad", "Hokkaido lean beef steak with chicken, prawn, and vegetable", and "Premium Hokkaido melon parfait"
  • Store Development New opening: 1 was FLO Prestige

Others

The Company was selected as a component for inclusion into FTSE Russell's FTSE4Good Index Series for the first time

Also, the Company was selected as a constituent of all four indices used by Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), as references

for making ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investments into the country's corporate sector for the first time in the restaurant industry

The Group has begun "Children's Playground Support Fundraising" activities supported by "Playground of Hope (POH)" as part of social contribution

activities. Thorough the activities, handmade playgrounds will be donated to disaster-stricken areas and orphanages. Also, Skylark employees will

participate in installing playground equipment

The Company started the COVID-19 workplace vaccinations. Total of 1,200 employees received the first-dose vaccine by the end of June

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Highlights

2020 vs. 2019

(%YoY)

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Total

All

Sales

0.0%

1.8%

-22.2%

-57.2%

-46.6%

-29.2%

-25.2%

-25.9%

-21.0%

-11.1%

-15.7%

-23.9%

-23.4%

Sales

-2.4%

-0.4%

-23.9%

-58.2%

-47.8%

-30.6%

-26.4%

-26.8%

-21.7%

-11.6%

-14.9%

-21.9%

-24.3%

Same Store

Traffic

-6.2%

-4.7%

-25.8%

-59.6%

-52.6%

-34.1%

-29.8%

-30.9%

-25.2%

-16.4%

-20.9%

-27.7%

-28.1%

ATP

4.1%

4.4%

2.6%

3.5%

10.2%

5.3%

4.8%

5.9%

4.6%

5.7%

7.5%

8.0%

5.3%

New Store Openings

0

7

11

13

5

1

3

2

3

0

0

1

46

Store Renovations

0

0

10

15

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

25

Brand Conversions

2

6

4

4

3

5

4

0

2

1

7

15

53

# of Stores

3,251

3,252

3,261

3,272

3,269

3,261

3,239

3,222

3,217

3,201

3,131

3,119

3,119

Note

  1. The data is consolidated domestic sales at restaurant level and does not include overseas sales.
  2. Total sales and Customer traffic are calculated on a monthly sales basis
  3. Same store for YoY sales comparison is defined as a store which has been open for 13 months or longer (includes stores which underwent brand conversion) Customer traffic includes traffic from the delivery business*
    *Customer traffic from delivery = Delivery sales / Average check
  4. Same store for sales compare to 2019 is defined as a store which has been open for 25 months or longer (includes stores which underwent brand conversion)

Contacts:

IR team

IR_group@skylark.co.jp

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