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• Overall Financial Performance

  • Cumulative 9-month revenue grew ~20% YoY, gross profit grew ~15% YoY. Reported operating profit appears down YoY due to a large one-off profit in the prior year period; adjusted operating profit from core business grew 14.5% YoY to 1.2 billion yen (from 1 billion yen after excluding the prior year one-off gain), in line with management expectations.
  • A small number of large deals are delayed compared to the original schedule, but cumulative results through Q3 are broadly in line with internal forecasts.

• Product and Business Development

  • Unconsolidated subsidiary JAPAN AI is achieving over 500% YoY growth, with strong performance in the October-December 2025 quarter, and is on track to close its full FY2026 results by end of March 2026. JAPAN AI has launched new role-specific AI agents, including JAPAN AI HR for recruitment automation, which has already been adopted by major Japanese enterprise clients including a leading Japanese automotive company. JAPAN AI AGENT won the Grand Prize in the AI Agent category at the AIsmiley AI PRODUCTS AWARD 2026, and the Leader award at the ITreview Grid Award 2026 Winter, while JAPAN AI CHAT won the High Performer award at the same ITreview event. Geniee plans to consolidate JAPAN AI in the future, and cross-selling synergies between Geniee and JAPAN AI are already delivering results, with cross-selling opportunities converted into active pipeline for both current and next fiscal year.
  • Geniee was selected as a constituent stock of the JPX Startup Rapid Growth 100 Index, which management expects could support future share price performance through passive inflows from index-tracking funds and ETFs.
  • Cross-selling initiatives between Marketing SaaS and JAPAN AI have been implemented at both product and organizational levels: selling GENIEE CDP to JAPAN AI clients and selling JAPAN AI solutions to Geniee clients, which has advanced pipeline conversion for current and next fiscal year.

• Operational Improvements

  • Geniee has dedicated significant resources to resolving delivery issues for enterprise GENIEE SFA/CRM implementations, with CEO Kudo personally allocating ~50% of his time to this effort over the past year. Key issues have now been resolved, improving the company's enterprise project delivery capability, and the improvements have already led to additional orders from enterprise clients in Q4, alongside increased interest in adopting AI and other Geniee products.
  • The company hired a former IT consultant to strengthen enterprise large deal project management and delivery capabilities, and is also working to strengthen its business model and advance management sophistication. It has also improved pre-sales processes for enterprise clients, adding formal requirement gathering and system migration explanation steps before order close, to maximize order volume and value in Q4 going forward.

• Management maintains the prior revised full-year fiscal 2026 earnings guidance, and is currently working to close the remaining large deals to hit the full-year target. Achievement of the full-year budget, particularly the operating profit target, hinges on closing multiple large SaaS deals scheduled between February and March 2006, and the CEO is personally leading the closing efforts for these deals.
• Management expects structural restructuring initiatives in the Ad Platform segment to deliver visible improved growth starting in Q4, and early Q4 flash results are already showing positive performance. Management aims to deliver YoY revenue growth for the full fiscal year ending March 2026.
• The Marketing SaaS segment is expected to see improved momentum in Q4 after resolving delivery issues, with cross-selling synergies with JAPAN AI starting to deliver revenue contribution from Q4 onward.
• The Digital PR segment is currently on track to meet its full-year target as planned, and management expects continued revenue growth in future fiscal years driven by the ongoing shift from traditional press release PR to influencer marketing aligned with market trends.

1. Marketing SaaS Business: 23% YoY revenue growth for the 9-month cumulative period; 15.5% YoY revenue growth in Q3 alone. The recurring revenue share is now far higher than one-time revenue. ARR grew 16% YoY, total account count increased ~20% YoY, and churn rate is trending downward. The segment expanded temporary losses in Q2 and Q3 due to enterprise delivery and development challenges and associated consulting costs. This segment currently represents a core growth driver for the company.
2. Digital PR Business (led by Socialwire): 71% YoY revenue growth, with Q3 revenue exceeding 1 billion yen. The acquisition of iHack contributed to accelerated growth in H2, driven by strong performance in the influencer segment aligned with current SNS market trends. This is the fastest-growing core segment and is on track to meet full-year targets as planned.
3. Ad Platform Business: 3% YoY revenue growth in Q3, maintaining a slight increasing revenue trend. Total client count increased slightly YoY, while reported average revenue per client declined temporarily due to one-off project timing and accounting recognition factors; adjusted underlying average revenue per client saw a slight YoY increase. The segment is undergoing internal structural restructuring in Q3, with results expected to show improvement starting in Q4.

• A number of large new SaaS deals scheduled for closing in FY2026 have experienced minor delays in Q3, creating uncertainty around full-year budget achievement that remains unresolved as of the Q3 earnings call.
  • The company encountered delivery and project management issues for large enterprise deals in Marketing SaaS during the current fiscal year, which led to temporary expanded losses in Q2 and Q3, and required the company to dedicate significant senior management resources to resolve these issues.
  • The Ad Platform segment has been facing industry headwinds that have limited growth to only 3% YoY in Q3, requiring ongoing structural reform to restore stronger growth momentum.

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