Tranche Update on Kitoku Shinryo Co., Ltd.'s Equity Buyback Plan announced on June 25, 2019.

KITOKU SHINRYO CO., LTD. is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the rice business, the feed business, the chicken egg business and the food business. The Company operates in four business segments. The Rice segment is engaged in the manufacture and sale of general milled rice and rinse-free milled rice for commercial uses and family uses, rice for cooked rice uses, and minimum access rice, as well as the sale of brown rice to wholesalers and retailers. The Feed segment is engaged in the sale of feed products such as rice bran products and imported pastures, and feed raw materials. The Chicken Egg segment is engaged in the sale of eggs for commercial uses and family uses, and processed egg products. The Food segment is engaged in the manufacture and sale of rice flours for confectioneries and processed food products, as well as processed food products and protein-modified rice.