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1. Overview 2. Operating Environment 3. Business Activities Contents Contents 1. Overview p11 ........D&S (Design & Story) Trains and p1 ..........Business Activities, Revenues Cruise Train: Seven Stars in Composition Kyushu p2 ..........Route Summary p12 ........New Shinkansen Lines p3 ..........Group Companies Non-Railway Services p4 ..........JR Kyushu Group Medium-Term p13-14 ...Real Estate Businesses Business Plan 2016-2018 p15-17 ...Other Businesses p18 ........Future Development Plans 2. Operating Environment Environment p5 ..........Trends in Kyushu Area Population p19 ........Environmental Activities and City Growth Potential p6 ..........Comparison to Alternative Modes 4. Data of Transportation p20 ........Employees p7 ..........Demand From Inbound Travel p21 ........Capital Investment Amounts p22-23 ...Financial Results 3. Business Activities p24 ........Revenues from Railway Railway Services Transportation p8 ..........Safety and Service Efforts p25 ........Transportation Data p9 ..........Kyushu Shinkansen and Limited p26 ........Financial Highlights Express Train Network (Consolidated) p10 ........Transportation Service Improvement 1. Overview 2. Operating Environment 3. Business 4. Data Business Activities (as of April 1, 2018) Revenues Composition (FY2018/3, consolidated) Date established...April 1, 1987 9% Head office ...........3-25-21 Hakata-ekimae, Hakata-ku, Operating Revenues (from external customers) Fukuoka Issued capital .......¥16 billion Total number of issued shares 25% .............................160,000,000 billion Tokyo ¥413.3 43% Number of subsidiaries Kyushu and affiliates .......... Subsidiaries: 44 (including 39 consolidated subsidiaries) 15% 8% Affiliates: 4 (including 1 affiliate accounted for under the equity method) Osaka EBITDA* Total Assets (as of March 31, 2018) Transportation Construction 5% 13% 6% • Railway Services Construction, rolling stock mechanical 6% equipment engineering and electrical work, etc. Total route length ........... 2,273.0 km (22 train lines) Real Estate No. of Stations................ 567 Real estate leasing (commercial facilities, office 31% No. of Rolling Stocks...... 1,652 billion buildings, residential apartments, etc.), real ¥81.8 42% ¥749.5 billion No. of Passengers*......... 337 million estate sales (condominiums) Passenger-kilometers* ... 9,336 million Retail and Restaurants Of which: Shinkansen...2,004 million 9% Retailing, restaurants, agriculture 8% • Bus Services 39% 41% • Hydrofoil Ferry Services Other • Rental Car Services Hotel operation, golf course operation, tourist Transportation Construction Real Estate *FY2018/3 complex operation, advertising, leasing of Retail and Restaurants Other movable properties, senior care services, * EBITDA = Operating income + Cost of depreciation (after elimination of intersegment transactions, construction machinery sales, rental, etc. excluding depreciation of leased assets held for subleasing purposes) 1 1. Overview 2. Operating Environment 3. Business 4. Data Route Summary (as of April 1, 2018) Conventional Lines Shinkansen Sanyo Main Line Chikuho Main Line Shimonoseki Sasaguri Line Wakamatsu Kyushu Shinkansen Mojiko 813 Series New 800 Series Kashii Line Kokura Moji Jono Service Section: Fukuoka Service Section: Hakata to Keisen Metropolitan Area etc. Kagoshima-Chuo Saitozaki Shin-Iizuka Gotoji Line Formation: 3 to 9 cars Formation: 6 cars Meinohama Yoshizuka Maximum Speed: 120km/h Maximum Speed: 260km/h Chikuhi Line Umi Hakata Tagawa-Gotoji Nishi-Karatsu Haruda Soeda Shin-Tosu Tosu Hitahikosan Line Karatsu Line Imari Kubota Sanyo / Kyushu Shinkansen Kurume Yoake Kyudai Main Line Oita N700 Series Sasebo Sasebo Line Limited Express Sonic Saga Service Section: Chikugo-Funagoya 883 Series Haiki Hizen- Kagoshima-Chuo to Shin-Osaka Yamaguchi Shin-Omuta Service Section: Hakata to Oita Formation: 8 cars Service suspended due to Formation: 7 cars Maximum Speed: 260km/h Omura Line Nagasaki Main Line Shin- natural disasters Maximum Speed: 130km/h (300km/h within Sanyo Shinkansen service area) Tamana Kagoshima Main Line Aso Houhi Main Line Isahaya Kumamoto Higo-Ozu Operating No. of Double CTC Ratio Electrification Max. Speed Nagasaki Name of Line Section Kilometers Stations Track Ratio (%) Ratio (%) (km/h) Misumi Uto (%) Kyushu Shinkansen Hakata – Kagoshima-Chuo 288.9 4(11) 100 100 100 260 Shinkansen Misumi Line Subtotal 288.9 4(11) 100 100 100 — Sanyo Main Line Shimonoseki – Moji 6.3 — 100 — 100 95 Shin-Yatsushiro Mojiko - Yatsushiro 100 130 Kagoshima Main Line 281.6 96 100 100 Yatsushiro Sendai – Kagoshima 66 95 Nippo Main Line Kokura – Kagoshima 462.6 109 26 100 100 130 Nippo Main Line Nagasaki Main Line Tosu– Nagasaki 148.8 40 32 100 84 130 Shin-Minamata Trunk Lines Hisatsu Line Sasebo Line Hizen-Yamaguchi – Sasebo 48.8 13 — 100 100 95 Kyushu Shinkansen Chikuhi Line Meinohama – Imari 68.3 28 19 100 62 85 Izumi Kitto Line Sasaguri Line Keisen – Yoshizuka 25.1 9 — 100 100 100 Yoshimatsu Miyazaki Airport Line Tayoshi – Miyazaki Airport 1.4 1 — 100 100 85 Subtotal 1,042.9 296 43 99 95 — Miyazaki Miyazaki Airport Line Chikuho Main Line Wakamatsu – Haruda 66.1 23 60 100 52 95 Minami-Miyazaki Omura Line Haiki – Isahaya 47.6 11 — — 10 95 Sendai Kashii Line Saitozaki – Umi 25.4 14 — 100 — 85 Hayato Miyazaki Airport Tayoshi Karatsu Line Kubota – Nishi-Karatsu 42.5 12 — 100 5 85 Miyakonojo Hitahikosan Line Jono – Yoake 68.7 22 — 100 — 85 Kagoshima Gotoji Line Shin-Iizuka – Tagawa-Gotoji 13.3 4 — 100 — 85 Kyudai Main Line Kurume – Oita 141.5 35 — 100 — 95 Nichinan Line Local Lines Kagoshima-Chuo Shibushi Houhi Main Line Kumamoto – Oita 148.0 35 — 100 15 95 Ibusuki Makurazaki Line Hisatsu Line Yatsushiro – Hayato 124.2 26 — — — 85 Misumi Line Uto – Misumi 25.6 8 — — — 85 Makurazaki Ibusuki Makurazaki Line Kagoshima-Chuo – Makurazaki 87.8 35 — 100 — 85 Kyushu Shinkansen Kitto Line Miyakonojo – Yoshimatsu 61.6 15 — — — 85 Notes: 1. Operations on the segment between Sanyo Shinkansen Nichinan Line — Teruoka and Hita of the Kyudai Main Minami-Miyazaki – Shibushi 88.9 27 2 2 85 Trunk Lines Line, which were halted due to natural Subtotal 941.2 267 4 63 7 — disasters, are scheduled to resume on Local Lines July 14, 2018. Total 2,273.0 567 34 85 59 — Fukuoka City Subway Notes: 2. Number of stations in parentheses represent the number of stations including stations served by both Shinkansen and conventional lines. 2 1. Overview 2. Operating Environment 3. Business 4. Data Group Companies (as of April 1, 2018) Issued Proportion Company Name Main Business Fields Capital of Voting (Million yen) Rights (%) JR Kyushu Maintenance Co., Ltd. *1 Rolling stock maintenance, stations, rolling stocks, 45 100.0 building cleaning, management Transportation Construction Real Estate JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., Ltd. *1 Contract of station duties 51 100.0 JR Kyushu Bus Company Bus services 100 100.0 JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Inc. Hydrofoil ferry services 100 100.0 Transportation JR Kyushu-Rent-A-Car & Parking Co., Ltd. Rental car services, parking construction and management business 20 100.0 JR Kyushu Linen Co., Ltd. Linen supply business 30 100.0 KYUTETSU CORPORATION Construction business 216 72.6 KSK Ltd. *1 Rolling stocks mechanical equipment engineering 100 100.0 Sanki Construction Co., Ltd. Construction business 110 81.6 Kyushu Electric System Company Electrical work, communication system installation 92 100.0 JR Kyushu Maintenance Co., Ltd. KYUTETSU CORPORATION JR Hakata City Co., Ltd. Construction JR Kyushu Consultants Company Construction consulting and design 20 100.0 JR Kyushu Housing Company Construction and sale of custom home, renovation 100 100.0 JR Hakata City Co., Ltd. Management and operation of station buildings 1,150 100.0 Kokura Terminal Building Inc. Management and operation of station buildings, hotel management 100 100.0 Nagasaki Terminal Building Inc. Management and operation of station buildings 480 100.0 JR Oita City, Inc. Management and operation of station buildings 100 100.0 Kagoshima Terminal Building Inc. Management and operation of station buildings 480 100.0 Real Estate JR Kyushu Building Management Co., Ltd. Management and operation of station buildings and roadside stores 100 100.0 JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., Ltd. KSK Ltd. JR Kyushu Building Management Co., Ltd. JR Kyushu Capital Management(Thailand)Co.,Ltd. Investment in real estate operations THB125 million 49.0 JR Kyushu Business Development(Thailand)Co.,Ltd. Management of real estate held for lease purposes THB375 million 98.0 JR Kyushu Retail, Inc. Convenience store business, management of station stands 490 100.0 Retail and Restaurants Sightseeing, Leisure Business Services JR KYUSHU DRUG ELEVEN CO., LTD. Management of drugstores (Drug Eleven) 100 92.8 Restaurants (bars, noodle restaurants etc.), JR Kyushu Food Service Inc. sale of light meals and boxed lunches 100 100.0 Restaurants JR Kyushu Fast Foods Inc. Restaurants (fast food) 100 100.0 Inc Train D’or Bread making and selling 100 65.0 Retail and JR Kyushu Farm Co., Ltd. Production, processing and sale of agricultural products 100 42.0 JR Kyushu Huis Ten Bosch Hotel Co., Ltd. Hotel management (Hotel Okura JR Huis Ten Bosch) 100 100.0 JR Kyushu Hotels Inc. Management of hotels and Japanese style inns 100 100.0 JR Kyushu Resort Development Co., Ltd. Management of golf courses (JR Uchino Country Club) 100 90.0 JR Kyushu Fast Foods Inc. JR Kyushu Hotels Inc. JR Kyushu Senior Life Support, Inc. Oyama Yumekobo, Inc. Management of lodging and bathing facilities, Michi-no-Eki 180 72.2 Sightseeing, Leisure Sightseeing, (Roadside Rest Areas) JR Kyushu Trading Co., Ltd. Selling/buying of
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