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Cookbiz Co.,Ltd.

Cookbiz Co., Ltd. operates Japan's leading food and beverage industry-specialized human resources platform 'cookbiz,' offering recruitment advertising, headhunting/placement (contingency fee-based), and direct recruiting (scout) services exclusively to F&B operators and job seekers. The company also provides adjacent services including foreign skilled worker (Tokutei Gino) placement and support through subsidiary World in Worker Co., Ltd., staff training via 'Cookbiz Food College,' and a SaaS workforce management tool ('CAST') covering shift, attendance, and payroll management for restaurant operators. Its deep domain expertise in the F&B sector—spanning kitchen staff, hall staff, sommeliers, and patissiers—underpins its competitive differentiation versus generalist HR platforms.

Market Cap

¥1.85B

US$11.8M

¥2.53B

US$16.1M

Stock¥664▲+1.68%

US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)

LTM EV/EBITDA

LTM EV/EBIT

LTM PER

LTM PBR

2.3

Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▼-14.5%pt

Oct 24, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX

1Jan 5, 26New Year small-cap rotation benefit

2Jan 19, 26Stock option dilution selling pressure

3Jul 16, 26Q2 FY2026/11 earnings announced

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Performance & Balance

Revenue 5Y (¥B)

EBITDA 5Y (¥B)

Net Income 5Y (¥B)

Capital Structure

30%

70%

EquityD/E 2.35xDebt

Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▼ Net Debt

CashInv. Sec.Debt

Shareholders

Top 10 hold 80.0%

as of 2026-05-31 · Source: Annual Securities Report

Kenji YABUNO

32.60%

Shinkuro YAMAMOTO

11.76%

SBI SECURITIES Co., Ltd.

7.64%

Ikuko YABUNO

7.54%

Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)

6.54%

OIC Group Co., Ltd.

5.02%

Cookbiz Co.,Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Association

3.54%

GFC Co., Ltd.

2.59%

Akito IKUTA

1.64%

Scala,Inc.

1.08%

Management

6 officers

Kenji YABUNO

Representative Director, President

May 2005 Established Nexcity Co., Ltd. (Yugen Kaisha) Dec 2007 Established the Company; Representative Director Feb 2016 Representative Director, President and CEO of the Company Feb 2021 Representative Director, President of the Company (current) Oct 2022 Representative Director, President, Kyuichi Co., Ltd. Mar 2023 Representative Director, President, World In Worker Co., Ltd. (current) Oct 2024 Director, Kyuichi Co., Ltd. (current)

1980-05-02

Koichiro YOSHIZAKI

Director

Apr 1990 Joined Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corporation (now Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation) Jul 1996 Joined Japan AT&T K.K. Apr 1998 Joined Schroder Ventures K.K. Jul 2002 Joined MKS Partners K.K. as Partner Sep 2005 Joined Carlyle Japan LLC Oct 2009 Established Growth Initiative Inc.; Representative Director (current) Sep 2011 Director, Alflex Japan Inc. (current) Nov 2013 Director, Overseas Demand Development Support Organization (Cool Japan Fund) Sep 2015 Director, Eed Inc. (current) Feb 2016 Director of the Company (current) Jul 2016 Director, Lifestyle Accent Co., Ltd. (current) Feb 2017 Established Growth Point Equity LLP; Partner (current) May 2017 Director, No.1 Co., Ltd. (current) Aug 2018 Director, News2U Holdings Inc. (current) Mar 2022 Director, Silver Egg Technology Co., Ltd. (current) Nov 2024 Director, Mobilus Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2025 Director, Numajiri Sangyo Co., Ltd. (current)

1966-11-28

Hideyuki SHIMAUCHI

Director

Apr 1996 Joined Orix Corporation Sep 2009 Established Entrepreneur Factory Inc. (now Anfac Inc.); Representative Director (current) Sep 2009 Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University Sep 2009 Part-time Lecturer, Graduate School of Management, Ritsumeikan University Dec 2013 Statutory Auditor of the Company Sep 2023 Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Management, Ritsumeikan University (current) Feb 2024 Director of the Company (current)

1973-07-30

Takashi ENDO

Full-time Statutory Auditor

Sep 1998 Joined Japan Leisure Sport Diving Industry Association Apr 2003 Joined Sandas Resort Co., Ltd. (now Wyndham Destinations Japan K.K.) May 2010 Joined Epoch Japan Inc. (now Famille Inc.) Apr 2014 Joined the Company Jul 2014 Manager, Recruitment Business Division (now Recruitment Department, HR Business Division) Feb 2017 Deputy General Manager, Recruitment Business Division (now Recruitment Department, HR Business Division) Dec 2018 General Manager, Internal Audit Office Jul 2019 Provisional Statutory Auditor of the Company Feb 2020 General Manager, Internal Audit Office Feb 2021 Statutory Auditor of the Company (current) Oct 2022 Statutory Auditor, Kyuichi Co., Ltd. (current) Mar 2023 Statutory Auditor, World In Worker Co., Ltd. (current) Sep 2025 Statutory Auditor, Maruhiro Ota Foods Co., Ltd. (current)

1975-08-01

Yoichi FUKUMOTO

Statutory Auditor

Oct 2003 Registered as attorney-at-law; joined Daiichi Law Office (now Daiichi Law Office LPC) Jan 2014 Partner, Daiichi Law Office LPC (current) Feb 2016 Director, Japan Systems Audit Association NPO (current) Feb 2017 Statutory Auditor of the Company (current) Jun 2024 Statutory Auditor, Flowbal Co., Ltd. (current)

1975-09-12

Kotoe YAMADA

Statutory Auditor

Mar 2006 Joined Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC Oct 2015 Statutory Auditor, Fringe81 Inc. (now Unipos Inc.) Dec 2019 Statutory Auditor, Bridge Consulting Group Inc. Dec 2021 Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Bridge Consulting Group Inc. (current) Feb 2024 Statutory Auditor of the Company (current)

1983-03-24

Large Shareholding Reports

SBI SECURITIES Co., Ltd.

2026-08-06

7.58%→8.57%

Annual report (as of 2026-05-31): 7.64%

Shinkuro YAMAMOTO

2026-03-12

10.79%→11.92%

Annual report (as of 2026-05-31): 11.76%

Shinkuro YAMAMOTO

2026-03-05

10.79%→11.92%

Annual report (as of 2026-05-31): 11.76%

Shinkuro YAMAMOTO

2026-01-08

9.30%→10.00%

Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing

Annual report (as of 2026-05-31): 11.76%

Shinkuro YAMAMOTO

2026-01-08

9.47%→10.79%

Annual report (as of 2026-05-31): 11.76%

Shinkuro YAMAMOTO

2025-12-25

6.05%→7.33%

Annual report (as of 2026-05-31): 11.76%

Shinkuro YAMAMOTO

2025-12-25

8.00%→9.47%

Annual report (as of 2026-05-31): 11.76%

Shinkuro YAMAMOTO

2025-12-24

10.00%→11.04%

Annual report (as of 2026-05-31): 11.76%

OIC Group Co., Ltd.

2025-12-18

5.01%

Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing

Annual report (as of 2026-05-31): 5.02%

OIC Group Co., Ltd.

2025-12-17

5.01%

Annual report (as of 2026-05-31): 5.02%

Shinkuro YAMAMOTO

2025-12-15

9.30%→10.00%

Annual report (as of 2026-05-31): 11.76%

Kenji YABUNO

2025-12-12

37.52%→32.51%

Annual report (as of 2026-05-31): 32.60%

Kenji YABUNO

2025-12-12

37.52%→37.52%

Annual report (as of 2026-05-31): 32.60%

Shinkuro YAMAMOTO

2025-12-09

8.00%→9.30%

Annual report (as of 2026-05-31): 11.76%

Shinkuro YAMAMOTO

2025-12-09

6.05%→7.19%

Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing

Annual report (as of 2026-05-31): 11.76%

Shinkuro YAMAMOTO

2025-12-09

5.00%→6.05%

Correction filing (name/detail fix only) — ratio carried over from the original filing

Annual report (as of 2026-05-31): 11.76%

Shinkuro YAMAMOTO

2025-12-04

7.19%→8.00%

Annual report (as of 2026-05-31): 11.76%

Shinkuro YAMAMOTO

2025-10-29

5.00%→6.05%

Annual report (as of 2026-05-31): 11.76%

Shinkuro YAMAMOTO

2025-10-29

6.05%→7.19%

Annual report (as of 2026-05-31): 11.76%

Shinkuro YAMAMOTO

2025-10-16

6.70%→5.00%

Annual report (as of 2026-05-31): 11.76%

Shinkuro YAMAMOTO

2025-09-16

6.70%

Annual report (as of 2026-05-31): 11.76%

Disclosures

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Primary Source Filings

TDnet

2026-10-14

Q3 Earnings Flash

FY ending Nov 2026

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