Aoki Shoten Co. made an offer to acquire additional 46.679436% stake in Aoki Super Co., LTD. (TSE:9977) from Toshimichi Aoki and other individual shareholders for ¥10.7 billion on January 5, 2024. The minimum number of planned purchases is 805,500 shares and planned number of purchases is 2,815,986 shares. Currently, Aoki Shoten owns 172,240 shares of Aoki Super. The Period of purchase is from January 9, 2024, to February 20, 2024. Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. acted as financial advisor and Nishimura & Asahi acted as legal advisor to Aoki Shoten Ltd, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune LPC acted as legal advisor and YAMADA Business Consulting Co.,Ltd as financial advisor to Aoki Super Co., LTD. Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd and Kabucom Securities Co., Ltd. are tender offer agents.

Aoki Shoten Co. completed the acquisition of additional 43.12926% stake in Aoki Super Co., LTD. (TSE:9977) from Toshimichi Aoki and other individual shareholders for for ¥9.8 billion on February 20, 2024. As of May 2, 2024, Aoki Super delisted from Japan Exchange Group.