Avant Receives Excellence Award in NIC Partners Co., Ltd. Hosted "IBM Partner Plus Software S&S Campaign"

Avant Corporation (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Takahiro Okabe; hereinafter referred to as Avant), which provides group management, consolidated accounting, and business management solutions within the Avant Group, has been recognized as an excellent partner and received an award for its outstanding achievements in renewal rate at the "IBM Partner Plus Software S&S Campaign (Second Half of FY2025)" hosted by NIC Partners Corporation (Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Goichi Susaki; hereinafter referred to as NIC Partners). This campaign aims to promote the renewal of IBM software S&S (Support and Subscription).

*From left in the photo (titles omitted):

- Takahiro Okabe, President, CEO, Avant Corporation

- Goichi Susaki, President, NIC Partners Corporation

This campaign recognizes partners who have demonstrated excellent performance in the renewal and sales promotion of IBM software during the target period (October 1, 2025, to February 28, 2026).

The evaluation based on "renewal rate," for which we received this award, is a testament to our company's diligent follow-up and comprehensive support provided to existing customers, deepening customer engagement. We believe our support system, which not only handles renewals but also stably and long-term supports our customers' management infrastructure, was highly evaluated.

From Goichi Susaki, President, NIC Partners Corporation:

We sincerely appreciate your continued patronage.

Avant Corporation has made significant contributions to our IBM software maintenance business and achieved extremely excellent results in terms of "renewal rate." We express our deep respect and heartfelt gratitude.

We are confident that Avant's sincere commitment, which consistently supports customers from system implementation to stable operation and ultimately to the improvement of corporate value, has led to this remarkable achievement.

We will continue to provide further value to our customers and contribute to mutual business development under our strong partnership with Avant Corporation.

From Takahiro Okabe, President and CEO, Avant Corporation:

We are deeply honored to receive such a prestigious recognition. This award is the result of the unwavering efforts of our employees and the trust of our customers who have been with us on our journey.

In our business, system implementation is merely the starting point. We believe that supporting our customers' success through its subsequent utilization is our contribution to enhancing their corporate value through DX in management. We will continue to grow with our customers as a partner supporting the advancement of management.

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Avant will continue to support customers in "visualizing and maximizing their unseen corporate value" through the provision of IBM software.

About Avant Corporation:

We promote management DX that leads to improved corporate value for our customers through the development of management system software and the provision of various third-party products. With over 1,200 implementation cases, we provide one-stop support for consulting, system construction, implementation support, and operation/maintenance. Focusing on "Group Management," "Consolidated Accounting," and "Business Management," we support the integration, analysis, and utilization of management information and data from both management and IT perspectives to realize data-driven management.

Company Name: Avant Corporation Established: October 1, 2013 (Founded: May 26, 1997) *Name changed from Diva Corporation on October 1, 2022 Representative: Takahiro Okabe, President and CEO Headquarters Location: Shinagawa Intercity B Building 13F, 2-15-2 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo URL: https://www.avantcorp.com/ Business Activities: One-stop support from consulting to system planning, construction, implementation, operation, and maintenance in the fields of group management, consolidated accounting, and business management. In-house development of management systems and provision of other CPM software. Proprietary Products: Management system "AVANT Cruise" for enhancing corporate value. Corporate value analysis, evaluation, and monitoring system "AVANT Compass." Visualizes consolidated financial statements and enables scenario creation, comparison, and future forecasting "AVANT Chart."

About Avant Group:

The Avant Group, with Avant Group Corporation (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Tetsuji Morikawa; Listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Securities Code: 3836) as the holding company, contributes to "DX in Management" by providing software development, sales, maintenance, and software-based consulting and BPO services that enable customers to make timely and appropriate management decisions and promote management reforms based on various information, regardless of whether it is financial or non-financial. Corporate Site: https://www.avantgroup.com/

Major Group Subsidiaries (all 100% owned) are as follows: Avant Corporation Internet Disclosure Inc. ZEAL Inc. Diva Corporation VISTA Inc.