Zeal to Exhibit at Microsoft Japan Booth at "The 17th EDIX (Education IT Solutions Expo) Tokyo" Hosted by EDIX Executive Committee

Zeal Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Yoshiyuki Numata; hereinafter "Zeal"), a company within the Avant Group that develops digital transformation (hereinafter "DX") promotion businesses, will exhibit at the Microsoft Japan booth at "The 17th EDIX (Education IT Solutions Expo) Tokyo," held from May 13 (Wed) to May 15 (Fri), 2026, at Tokyo Big Sight. They will introduce support for building dashboards in educational settings and implementing IR (Institutional Research) platforms for university faculty and staff realized on the Microsoft Azure platform. ■ About The 17th EDIX (Education IT Solutions Expo) Tokyo EDIX is Japan's largest exhibition in the education sector, targeting all those involved in education, including schools, educational institutions, and companies handling teaching materials and ICT equipment. It consists of three areas that address educational challenges, where various products and services can be directly consulted, experienced, and introduced on-site. Event Name: The 17th EDIX (Education IT Solutions Expo) Tokyo Date: May 13 (Wed) - 15 (Fri), 2026, 10:00-18:00 *Ends at 17:00 only on the last day Venue: Tokyo Big Sight Exhibition Hall: East 1, 2, 3 / Seminar Hall: East 8, Conference Tower Admission: Free (pre-registration required) How to Participate: Please access the event website from the URL below and apply. https://www.zdh.co.jp/event/20260513-3/ Organizer: EDIX Executive Committee (Planning and Operation: RX Japan Co., Ltd.) May 14 (Thu), 2026, 13:20-13:40, Booth No.: 25-6 "Next-generation IR strategy to transform data into 'educational assets' and data platform construction recipes" Masanori Tamura, Senior Chief Specialist, Microsoft Business Promotion Office, Zeal Co., Ltd. In this lecture, we will clearly explain why modern data platforms represented by Microsoft Fabric are necessary for school and cram school management and educational improvement. Based on numerous achievements in supporting data utilization with a view to "the future," we will introduce how to connect scattered data such as grades, attendance, career paths, and learning history, and utilize it for daily guidance and management decisions, as well as points that are easy to stumble upon during construction and design concepts for the AI era with concrete examples. Zeal's exhibition will introduce support for building dashboards that capture students' interests and concerns, and support for implementing IR platforms for university faculty and staff realized on the Microsoft Azure platform. All concerned parties are sincerely looking forward to your visit to the Zeal booth. Moving forward, Zeal will continue to leverage its over 30 years of experience and expertise in the data utilization domain to contribute to improving corporate value as a partner accompanying companies in their DX realization, and to realize a society where all people can utilize data and benefit from it. [About Zeal Co., Ltd.] Zeal Co., Ltd. provides end-to-end services with cutting-edge technology and expertise throughout all project phases, including consulting for DX concept formulation, data platform construction, advanced data utilization support centered on AI, and accompanying support for in-house development, thereby supporting companies in promoting digital transformation and data-driven management. As its own products, it also develops "ZEUSCloud" (cloud-based data analysis platform), "ZEAL DX-Learning Room" (supports DX human resource development), "CO-ODE" (open data utilization service), and "STORYAI" (AI SaaS). It is a 100% subsidiary of Avant Group Co., Ltd., listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market. Company Name: Zeal Co., Ltd. Established: July 2012 Representative: Yoshiyuki Numata, President and CEO URL: https://www.zdh.co.jp/ Main Business: Development, license sales, consulting services, support services for business solution packages, etc. Head Office: Gotanda JP Building 11F, 8-4-13 Nishi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Osaka Branch: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Korai Bridge Building 7F, 2-1-1 Fushimimachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka Sapporo Office: 5-11-15-4 Kita 5-jo Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo [About Avant Group Co., Ltd.] Avant Group Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Tetsuji Morikawa; listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market, Securities Code: 3836) is a holding company that develops and sells software to enable customers to make timely and appropriate management decisions and promote management reforms based on various information, both financial and non-financial.