Establishment of a Preparatory Committee for a Consortium Aiming to Co-create Corporate Value and Enhance Monitoring, with Practical Discussions Initiated by Nine Companies

YK Planning Co., Ltd. (Location: Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture; Representative Director and President: Tatsunori Okamoto) has launched a preparatory committee for a consortium (hereinafter referred to as "the Consortium") aimed at contributing to the development of regional economies by continuously implementing monitoring through a network, with the goal of "visualizing corporate value" primarily for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and ensuring "transparency and improvement of corporate value" by partners who support corporate management. Practical discussions have begun with nine companies, including accounting firms and system vendors.

### ■Private Cross-Industry Network for Continuous Visualization and Improvement of SME Corporate Value This Consortium is a nationwide framework where private entities (accounting firms, financial institutions, IT companies, AI companies, etc.) collaborate to visualize and improve corporate value, in alignment with the following government policy trends:

* Advancement of Business Feasibility Assessment Loans * Creation of Corporate Value Collateral Rights * Regional Financial Strength Enhancement Plan * Value Co-creation Guidance * Digital Integration and Data Utilization of Business Operator Data, etc.

### ■Composed of Preparatory Committee Members and "Endorsing Participants" from Accounting Firms Nationwide This Consortium will first establish a preparatory committee consisting of nine member companies to not only develop the system design, requirements, and content, but also to create practical case studies. Simultaneously, we will widely solicit endorsements from accounting firms, financial institutions, and support organizations nationwide to build a cross-industry collaborative system.

### ■What this Consortium Aims For

1. **Establishment of a Mechanism to "Digitize" SME Corporate Value** We will create a framework for recording and sharing corporate activity information (financial, non-financial, qualitative, external environment, etc.) as "reusable digital data."

2. **Three-Way Collaboration Model: Company × Accounting Firm × Financial Institution** We will achieve a seamless and sustainable co-creation process from business plan formulation to monitoring, improvement proposals, and value enhancement.

3. **Expediting Monthly Closings and KPIs, Improving Quality of Dialogue** By enabling companies to articulate their financials themselves and improving the quality of dialogue with stakeholders such as financial institutions, we will contribute to enhancing the overall productivity of the regional economy.

4. **Alignment with Government Initiatives** In conjunction with government initiatives such as: * Advancement of Business Feasibility Assessment Loans * Corporate Value Collateral Rights System * Advanced Monitoring * Digital Integration of Corporate Information

we will promote the creation of a "regional economic ecosystem" from the private sector.

### ■Preparatory Committee Members (5 firms)

* SOT Consulting Co., Ltd. (Up Partners Group) * MMPC Consultants Co., Ltd. * SHIP Tax Accountant Corporation * Tsuji-Honko IT Consulting Co., Ltd. * Yokohama Sogo Management Co., Ltd.

### ■Founding Members (4 companies)

* Kusaka Corporate Management Consulting Office (Accounting Firm/Financial Institution Bridge) * Intellectual Asset Management Support Organization Co., Ltd. (Financial Institution Driver) * TempestAI Co., Ltd. (Artificial Intelligence Driver) * YK Planning Co., Ltd. (Accounting Firm Driver)

### ■Endorsing Accounting Firms (58 companies) *In no particular order

* General Incorporated Association Center for Corporate Growth Strategy Support * Mitsuhiro Inada Tax Accountant Office * Osaka Sogo Human Resources Management Co., Ltd. * Yuhei Ogawa Tax Accountant Office * Manabu Yoshikawa Tax Accountant Office * Satsuki Tax Accountant Corporation * MigakU Consulting Office Co., Ltd. * Ogido Certified Public Accountant and Tax Accountant Office * Yoko Tada Tax Accountant Office * Grow-Up Partners Co., Ltd. * Yoshikazu Seto Tax Accountant Office * M Partners Tax Accountant Corporation * Hinata Tax Accountant Corporation * LINK Tax Accountant Corporation * Honda Certified Public Accountant and Tax Accountant Office * Kenichiro Oka Tax Accountant Office * Tokorozawa CHO Homma Tax Accountant Office * Yuta Okahara Tax Accountant Office * Hiroshima Tax Accountant Office * I Partners Tax Accountant Corporation * First Partners Accounting Office * N & Partners Co., Ltd. / N & Partners Certified Public Accountant and Tax Accountant Office * Hisao Nagatsuka Tax Accountant Office * Gyomu Kaizen Tax Accountant Office * Act-Aid Tax Accountant Corporation * Kinouchi Tax Accountant Office * Saito Tax Accountant Office * Takanori Suzuki Tax Accountant Office * Fresco Tax Accountant Corporation * VanGrowth Tax Accountant Office * BIZARQGroup / BIZARQ Accounting Office * Kasumigaseki Tenjin Tax Accountant Office * Goofice Tax Accountant Corporation * Yagoto Zaisan Tax Accountant Corporation * Genki Kaikei Tax Accountant Corporation * Irie Kaikei Keiei Partners * Saiko no IT Tax Accountant Corporation * Kaneda Accounting Office * Shonan Cloud Accounting Office * TFP Consulting Co., Ltd. * Nanairo Tax Accountant Corporation * Nozomi Takashima Tax Accountant Office * Masahiro Miyazaki Tax Accountant Office * Libertad Co., Ltd. * NBN Consulting Co., Ltd. * Tatsuya Soeda Tax Accountant Office * Nozomi Tax Accountant Corporation * Japan BIG Network Co., Ltd. * Yu Tax Accountant Office * Asitao Tax Accountant Corporation * ...and 8 other companies

### ■Comment (Asahi Inamine, Senior Managing Director, YK Planning Co., Ltd.) Amidst the progressing decline in the labor force, to sustainably support regional economies, multiple players must bring together their strengths and cooperate constructively. We are establishing this Consortium with the "improvement of corporate value" at its core, building a foundation for cooperation between accounting firms, which have supported corporate activities through "numbers," and financial institutions, which have supported through "loans." We aim to expand this collaborative network to support regional economies by including support organizations, local governments, universities, and more.

Financial institutions, as well as accounting firms, who are closest to their client companies, are expected to play an active role as implementers who correctly understand business feasibility and corporate value and provide continuous ongoing support. Specifically, the early finalization of monthly financials will be a Service Level Agreement (SLA) requirement for this Consortium. In the coming digital society, in addition to financial statements, trial balances, and cash flow statements, a wealth of information such as corporate business models, mid-to-long-term strategies, management policies, KPIs, management challenges, market environment, and trends will be required in a "highly fresh state." What is crucial is a mechanism for timely digital sharing of live information and a continuous corporate support mechanism through monitoring. To fundamentally solve this challenge, we, together with "accounting firms nationwide who are seriously committed to their clients and wish to support the improvement of corporate value," will take the first step.

### ■Inquiries regarding this release YK Planning Co., Ltd. Corporate Value Data Co-creation Monitoring Network Secretariat cvup@yk-planning.com https://bixid.net/cvup-network.html