Monogatari : Notice Regarding July 2021 Preliminary Monthly YoY Change in Sales and Number of Restaurants

	August 11, 2021
Company name	The Monogatari Corporation
Representative	Hisayuki Kato, President and Representative Director
	(3097 TSE1)
Inquiries	Tsuyoshi Tsudera, Director, Managing Executive Officer,
In charge of Finance & Growth Strategy Section
	(TEL [phone])

Notice Regarding July 2021 Preliminary Monthly YoY Change in Sales and Number of Restaurants

As there were some items that need to be revised in the "Notice Regarding June 2021 Preliminary Monthly YoY Change in Sales and Number of Restaurants" announced on July 9, 2021, we are pleased to announce the following corrections. Corrections have been made to the year-on-year changes in the number of customers visiting existing stores in the Specialty restaurants category in Items 4 and 5 of this document, and these are shown with bold underlines.

This revision has no impact on net sales at all stores.

1. Monthly YoY change in sales （Domestic directory managed restaurants + franchise restaurants）

(July 2021 - December 2021)

				Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	1Q	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	2Q	1H
	All restaurants	Net sales	99.7%			99.7%					99.7%
	# of customers	101.8%			101.8%					101.8%
（New restaurants
		included）	# of restaurants	573
			at end of period
		Existing	Net sales	92.2%			92.2%					92.2%
		# of customers	93.8%			93.8%					93.8%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	497
			at end of period
			Net sales	92.5%			92.5%					92.5%
		Yakiniku	# of customers	94.7%			94.7%					94.7%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	236
			at end of period
			Net sales	92.9%			92.9%					92.9%
		Ramen	# of customers	93.1%			93.1%					93.1%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	155
			at end of period
		Okonomiyaki	Net sales	85.9%			85.9%					85.9%
		# of customers	91.0%			91.0%					91.0%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	26
			at end of period
		"Yuzu-An"	Net sales	91.1%			91.1%					91.1%
		# of customers	93.5%			93.5%					93.5%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	73
			at end of period
			Net sales	92.2%			92.2%					92.2%
		Specialty	# of customers	110.3%			110.3%					110.3%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	7
			at end of period

(January 2022 - June 2022)

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

3Q

Apr.

May

Jun.

4Q

2H

Full-year

All restaurants

Net sales

99.7%

# of customers

101.8%

（New restaurants

included）

# of restaurants

at end of period

Existing

Net sales

92.2%

# of customers

93.8%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

Yakiniku

Net sales

92.5%

# of customers

94.7%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

Ramen

Net sales

92.9%

# of customers

93.1%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

Okonomiyaki

Net sales

85.9%

# of customers

91.0%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

Net sales

91.1%

"Yuzu-An"

# of customers

93.5%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

Net sales

92.2%

Specialty

# of customers

110.3%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

2. Monthly YoY change in sales (Domestic directly managed restaurants)

(July 2021 - December 2021)

				Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	1Q	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	2Q	1H
	All restaurants	Net sales	101.1%			101.1%					101.1%
	# of customers	105.4%			105.4%					105.4%
（New restaurants
		included）	# of restaurants	343
			at end of period
			Net sales	91.7%			91.7%					91.7%
		Existing	# of customers	94.9%			94.9%					94.9%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	288
			at end of period
		Yakiniku	Net sales	91.5%			91.5%					91.5%
		# of customers	94.9%			94.9%					94.9%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	141
			at end of period
		Ramen	Net sales	95.4%			95.4%					95.4%
		# of customers	95.4%			95.4%					95.4%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	66
			at end of period
		Okonomiyaki	Net sales	83.4%			83.4%					83.4%
		# of customers	89.3%			89.3%					89.3%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	16
			at end of period
		"Yuzu-An"	Net sales	90.7%			90.7%					90.7%
		# of customers	93.6%			93.6%					93.6%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	58
			at end of period
			Net sales	92.2%			92.2%					92.2%
		Specialty	# of customers	110.3%			110.3%					110.3%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	7
			at end of period

(January 2022 - June 2022)

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

3Q

Apr.

May

Jun.

4Q

2H

Full-year

All restaurants

Net sales

101.1%

# of customers

105.4%

（New restaurants

included）

# of restaurants

at end of period

Existing

Net sales

91.7%

# of customers

94.9%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

Net sales

91.5%

Yakiniku

# of customers

94.9%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

Ramen

Net sales

95.4%

# of customers

95.4%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

Okonomiyaki

Net sales

83.4%

# of customers

89.3%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

"Yuzu-An"

Net sales

90.7%

# of customers

93.6%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

Specialty

Net sales

92.2%

# of customers

110.3%

restaurants

# of restaurants

at end of period

(Note)

1. The numbers in this monthly preliminary report show trends in outlet sales and customer traffic relative to the prior year, please note that the data is not representative of the Company's business.

1. Existing restaurants are defined as those in operation 18 months or more since opening.
2. Restaurants remodeled to different industry formats (e.g., from "Kalvi" to "King") are considered existing restaurants from the first month after remodeling.
3. Closed restaurants (including those remodeling to a different industry) are considered existing restaurants up to one month prior to the month of closure.
4. Net sales and number of customers of restaurants with less business days which had extraordinary holidays for renovation etc., are not included in existing restaurants.
5. The numbers presented are preliminary, and therefore not audited by an audit corporation.
6. Due to the spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, all our directly managed stores and some franchise stores were temporarily closed in April and May 2020.

3. Number of restaurants at the end of month

(July 2021 - December 2021)

		Jul.		Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
	# of directly managed restaurants		168
Yakiniku	# of FC restaurants		107
restaurants
	# of restaurants		275
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants		80
Ramen	# of FC restaurants		96
restaurants
	# of restaurants		176
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants		17
Okonomiyaki	# of FC restaurants		10
restaurants
	# of restaurants		27
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants		72
"Yuzu-An"	# of FC restaurants		17
restaurants
	# of restaurants		89
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants		6
Specialty	# of FC restaurants
restaurants
	# of restaurants		6
	at end of period
Other restaurants	# of restaurants in China		16
	# of restaurants		16
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants		343
Total	# of FC restaurants		230
# of restaurants in China		16
	# of restaurants		589
	at end of period

(January 2022 - June 2022)

		Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.
	# of directly managed restaurants
Yakiniku
# of FC restaurants
restaurants
	# of restaurants
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants
Ramen
# of FC restaurants
restaurants
	# of restaurants
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants
Okonomiyaki
# of FC restaurants
restaurants
	# of restaurants
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants
"Yuzu-An"
# of FC restaurants
restaurants
	# of restaurants
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants
Specialty
# of FC restaurants
restaurants
	# of restaurants
	at end of period
	# of restaurants in China
Other restaurants
	# of restaurants
	at end of period
	# of directly managed restaurants
	# of FC restaurants
Total
# of restaurants in China
	# of restaurants
	at end of period

【Reference】

Fiscal year ended June 2020 Monthly YoY Change in Sales and Number of Restaurants

1. Monthly YoY change in sales （Domestic directory managed restaurants + franchise restaurants）

(July 2020 - December 2020)

				Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	1Q	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	2Q	1H
	All restaurants	Net sales	109.1%	97.8%	104.4%	103.4%	117.6%	119.7%	99.7%	111.5%	107.4%
	# of customers	102.4%	93.7%	100.1%	98.4%	111.1%	112.9%	96.9%	106.4%	102.3%
（New restaurants
		included）	# of restaurants	533	533	539		541	545	550
			at end of period
		Existing	Net sales	103.4%	91.8%	97.4%	97.1%	109.1%	111.6%	93.2%	103.8%	100.5%
		# of customers	97.7%	88.7%	93.4%	93.0%	103.3%	106.2%	91.4%	99.8%	96.4%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	456	458	464		470	474	483
			at end of period
			Net sales	110.3%	95.8%	100.4%	101.7%	115.4%	120.4%	96.9%	109.9%	105.7%
		Yakiniku	# of customers	108.5%	93.6%	96.0%	98.9%	112.4%	122.5%	96.8%	109.8%	104.2%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	222	223	225		228	229	231
			at end of period
			Net sales	94.7%	89.9%	96.5%	93.5%	101.9%	97.9%	92.2%	97.1%	95.3%
		Ramen	# of customers	91.9%	87.4%	93.3%	90.7%	98.6%	94.9%	89.0%	93.9%	92.3%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	135	137	140		143	145	149
			at end of period
		Okonomiyaki	Net sales	96.3%	82.6%	93.9%	90.5%	106.6%	111.1%	80.8%	97.8%	94.0%
		# of customers	95.8%	83.1%	93.6%	90.5%	106.3%	112.8%	86.0%	100.5%	95.3%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	30	29	29		28	28	28
			at end of period
		"Yuzu-An"	Net sales	97.2%	85.6%	91.6%	91.0%	102.3%	105.0%	89.2%	97.9%	94.6%
		# of customers	91.0%	81.6%	86.6%	86.1%	97.4%	102.4%	87.2%	95.0%	90.7%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	63	63	64		64	65	68
			at end of period
			Net sales	70.3%	59.1%	74.5%	67.6%	89.7%	83.5%	61.9%	76.4%	72.3%
		Specialty	# of customers	73.0%	64.9%	81.9%	72.9%	90.3%	89.9%	72.1%	83.2%	78.3%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	6	6	6		7	7	7
			at end of period

(January 2021 - June 2021)

				Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	3Q	Apr.	May	Jun.	4Q	2H	Full-year
	All restaurants	Net sales	83.6%	73.6%	95.4%	84.4%	327.3%	149.1%	83.0%	141.7%	104.4%	106.0%
	# of customers	84.1%	76.8%	96.3%	85.8%	292.8%	144.0%	88.1%	140.8%	105.5%	103.8%
（New restaurants
		included）	# of restaurants	550	553	559		562	565	569
			at end of period
		Existing	Net sales	78.3%	69.1%	89.0%	79.0%	300.7%	139.0%	77.8%	132.1%	97.4%	99.0%
		# of customers	78.9%	72.0%	89.1%	80.1%	266.1%	134.2%	82.1%	130.6%	98.2%	97.2%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	478	480	482		487	492	493
			at end of period
		Yakiniku	Net sales	79.9%	66.7%	87.2%	78.0%	318.0%	140.8%	75.0%	131.9%	96.3%	101.2%
		# of customers	80.9%	68.5%	87.8%	79.1%	322.2%	141.1%	78.2%	135.0%	97.8%	101.2%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	228	230	231		232	232	235
			at end of period
		Ramen	Net sales	83.4%	77.4%	91.6%	84.2%	209.9%	126.0%	83.0%	122.3%	99.3%	97.1%
		# of customers	80.0%	75.6%	88.7%	81.4%	208.7%	123.4%	84.1%	121.7%	97.1%	94.5%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	148	148	149		151	154	153
			at end of period
		Okonomiyaki	Net sales	69.6%	67.1%	80.7%	72.9%	326.8%	137.3%	74.8%	134.6%	91.5%	92.9%
		# of customers	74.5%	71.8%	84.0%	77.1%	336.8%	150.5%	81.5%	145.1%	97.5%	96.3%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	27	27	27		27	27	26
			at end of period
			Net sales	71.5%	70.2%	95.1%	78.8%	481.0%	156.9%	81.8%	150.6%	101.5%	97.6%
		"Yuzu-An"	# of customers	71.0%	70.8%	97.2%	79.5%	487.2%	161.7%	86.0%	156.8%	103.6%	96.3%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	68	68	68		70	72	72
			at end of period
			Net sales	45.7%	50.9%	91.8%	60.0%	1167.3%	176.1%	71.7%	161.0%	85.1%	77.3%
		Specialty	# of customers	60.2%	68.6%	102.9%	75.6%	1456.5%	276.6%	98.5%	220.1%	115.0%	92.9%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	7	7	7		7	7	7
			at end of period

2. Monthly YoY change in sales (Domestic directly managed restaurants)

(July 2020 - December 2020)

				Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	1Q	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	2Q	1H
	All restaurants	Net sales	112.2%	100.5%	106.8%	106.0%	120.9%	125.1%	103.0%	115.3%	110.7%
	# of customers	106.5%	96.9%	102.7%	101.7%	115.2%	119.7%	100.5%	111.1%	106.4%
（New restaurants
		included）	# of restaurants	310	311	316		319	322	327
			at end of period
			Net sales	104.0%	92.2%	97.3%	97.4%	109.3%	114.0%	93.9%	104.8%	101.1%
		Existing	# of customers	98.3%	88.6%	92.4%	92.8%	103.1%	109.5%	92.3%	101.1%	96.9%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	256	257	260		265	269	274
			at end of period
		Yakiniku	Net sales	111.5%	97.6%	101.6%	103.1%	116.7%	123.3%	99.2%	112.1%	107.5%
		# of customers	109.1%	94.9%	96.1%	99.6%	112.9%	126.2%	99.4%	112.1%	105.7%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	134	134	135		136	137	137
			at end of period
		Ramen	Net sales	93.7%	88.3%	94.5%	91.9%	99.7%	96.7%	91.6%	95.8%	93.9%
		# of customers	90.9%	85.9%	91.3%	89.2%	96.5%	93.3%	88.1%	92.4%	90.8%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	51	52	53		56	58	60
			at end of period
		Okonomiyaki	Net sales	96.8%	85.1%	96.3%	92.3%	108.3%	114.6%	83.9%	100.8%	96.5%
		# of customers	96.9%	86.2%	96.2%	92.8%	108.4%	116.3%	90.0%	103.9%	98.2%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	16	16	16		16	16	16
			at end of period
		"Yuzu-An"	Net sales	96.1%	84.9%	91.0%	90.2%	101.2%	106.6%	89.4%	98.1%	94.3%
		# of customers	89.4%	80.5%	85.8%	85.0%	95.9%	104.2%	87.3%	95.2%	90.2%
		restaurants
		# of restaurants	49	49	50		50	51	54
			at end of period
			Net sales	70.3%	59.1%	74.5%	67.6%	89.7%	83.5%	61.9%	76.4%	72.3%
		Specialty	# of customers	73.0%	64.9%	81.9%	72.9%	90.3%	89.9%	72.1%	83.2%	78.3%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	6	6	6		7	7	7
			at end of period

(January 2021 - June 2021)

				Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	3Q	Apr.	May	Jun.	4Q	2H	Full-year
	All restaurants	Net sales	84.2%	73.7%	95.0%	84.5%	643.2%	172.6%	83.0%	161.1%	108.8%	109.8%
	# of customers	85.5%	77.2%	96.7%	86.6%	640.5%	171.3%	90.2%	166.8%	112.2%	109.0%
（New restaurants
		included）	# of restaurants	327	328	333		335	337	340
			at end of period
		Existing	Net sales	77.1%	68.2%	87.3%	77.7%	600.4%	160.4%	76.9%	149.7%	100.1%	100.7%
		# of customers	78.0%	71.4%	87.7%	79.1%	589.6%	158.3%	82.3%	153.0%	102.6%	99.5%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	273	272	274		279	282	284
			at end of period
			Net sales	80.1%	66.8%	85.3%	77.5%	577.0%	163.1%	74.0%	147.3%	98.9%	103.5%
		Yakiniku	# of customers	81.4%	69.4%	86.5%	79.1%	585.0%	162.9%	78.5%	151.7%	101.0%	103.5%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	137	136	137		138	137	140
			at end of period
		Ramen	Net sales	82.2%	76.4%	87.9%	82.2%	546.9%	148.9%	82.9%	147.2%	105.4%	99.1%
		# of customers	78.2%	74.1%	85.0%	79.1%	538.1%	145.8%	84.3%	146.6%	102.7%	96.1%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	59	59	60		62	65	64
			at end of period
		Okonomiyaki	Net sales	73.2%	71.1%	81.3%	75.6%	586.3%	160.1%	75.3%	151.4%	97.7%	97.0%
		# of customers	79.6%	77.4%	85.3%	81.0%	604.6%	177.9%	82.8%	165.1%	105.3%	101.4%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	16	16	16		16	16	16
			at end of period
		"Yuzu-An"	Net sales	71.1%	69.1%	94.3%	78.1%	697.3%	162.7%	81.6%	158.2%	102.3%	97.8%
		# of customers	70.9%	70.0%	96.6%	79.0%	704.4%	168.5%	86.3%	165.9%	104.9%	96.5%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	54	54	54		56	57	57
			at end of period
		Specialty	Net sales	45.7%	50.9%	91.8%	60.0%	1167.3%	176.1%	71.7%	161.0%	85.1%	77.3%
		# of customers	60.2%	68.6%	102.9%	75.6%	1456.5%	276.6%	98.5%	220.1%	115.0%	92.9%
		restaurants	# of restaurants	7	7	7		7	7	7
			at end of period
(Note)

1. The numbers in this monthly preliminary report show trends in outlet sales and customer traffic relative to the prior year, please note that the data is not representative of the Company's business.
2. Existing restaurants are defined as those in operation 18 months or more since opening.
3. Restaurants remodeled to different industry formats (e.g., from "Kalvi" to "King") are considered existing restaurants from the first month after remodeling.
4. Closed restaurants (including those remodeling to a different industry) are considered existing restaurants up to one month prior to the month of closure.
5. Net sales and number of customers of restaurants with less business days which had extraordinary holidays for renovation etc., are not included in existing restaurants.
6. The numbers presented are preliminary, and therefore not audited by an audit corporation.
7. Due to the spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, all our directly managed stores and some franchise stores were temporarily closed in April and May 2020.