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Employee Data

Scope: Employees of Lion Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “non-consolidated employees”) and employees who work for affiliated companies or organizations while also being employed by Lion Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “employees on loan”). This includes executive officers not under delegated contracts, but excludes temporary, part-time and dispatched employees.

The Lion Group as a whole: Employees of domestic and overseas affiliated companies^* in addition to non-consolidated and employees on loan.

* Temporary, part-time and dispatched employees are not included.

* Domestic and overseas affiliates included in calculations (16 companies):Lion Chemical Co., Ltd., Lion Expert Business Co., Ltd., Lion Specialty Chemicals Co., Ltd., Lion Hygiene Co., Ltd., Lion Pet Co., Ltd, Lion Engineering Co., Ltd., issua Company, Ltd., Lion Tomoni Co., Ltd., Lion Dental Products Co., Ltd., Lion Daily Necessities Chemicals (Qingdao) Co., Ltd., Lion Home Products (Taiwan) Co., Ltd., Lion Corporation (Korea), Lion Corporation (Singapore) Pte Ltd., Lion Corporation (Hong Kong) Ltd., Lion Corporation (Thailand) Ltd., Southern Lion Sdn. Bhd.
Reference: 23 linked subsidiaries
As of December 31 of each year

Diversity & Inclusion

		2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
		Employees
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Male	2,237	2,355	2,347	2,317	2,253
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Female	1,044	1,205	1,238	1,270	1,292
Lion Group	Male	-	-	4,454	4,425	4,306
Lion Group	Female	-	-	2,944	2,979	2,976
		Female employee ratio
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)		31.8%	33.8%	34.5%	35.4%	36.6%
Lion Group		-	-	39.8%	40.2%	40.9%
		Ratios of employees by age group
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Below 30 y/o	-	16.0%	16.0%	16.0%	14.9%
	30-50 y/o	-	47.0%	46.0%	46.0%	46.2%
	Over 50 y/o	-	37.0%	38.0%	38.0%	38.9%
Lion Group	Below 30 y/o	-	21.0%	20.0%	19.0%	18.0%
	30-50 y/o	-	52.0%	53.0%	53.0%	52.7%
	Over 50 y/o	-	27.0%	27.0%	28.0%	29.2%
		New hires (new graduates) *The historical data contained an error, which has been corrected in the figures.
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Male	55	42	54	46	35
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Female	33	34	33	38	30
		New hires (mid-career hires) *The historical data contained an error, which has been corrected in the figures.
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Male	12	6	20	7	17
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Female	4	12	13	14	8
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Employees in management position	-	-	-	5	5
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Employees in non-management positions	-	-	-	14	20
		Ratio of companies with labor unions, labor-management councils, or other mechanisms for consultation between employees and management
Lion Group	%	-	86.4%	86.4%	86.4%	86.4%
		Ratio of employees who are members of the above
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	%	-	66.2%	77.9%	65.9%	62.6%
Lion Group	%	-	73.4%	75.1%	72.9%	71.3%
		Re-hired retirees
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Number	207	243	293	343	462
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	%	6.3%	6.8%	8.2%	9.6%	12.8%
		Temporary employees
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Number	400	196	130	104	78
		Employees with disabilities
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Number	77	75	77	79	85
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	%	2.8%	2.7%	2.7%^*1	2.8%^*1	2.9%^*1
Lion Group	Number	-	94	127	131	135
Lion Group	%	-	1.3%	1.7%	1.8%	1.9%

		2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
		Average service years (excluding rehired retirees)
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Male	20.1	19.7	19.5	19.6	18.3
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Female	15.1	14.0	14.1	14.2	13.1
		Total employee turnover rate^*2
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)		4.6%	2.4%	2.8%	3.3%	3.1%
		Voluntary employee turnover rate
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)		2.1%	1.2%	2.3%	1.6%	2.0%
Lion Group		-	3.0%	4.9%	5.5%	5.8%
		Employees who resigned within three years of entering the Company
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Number	8	10	4	6	11
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	%	0.3%	4.0%	1.6%	2.4%	4.4%
		Percentage of female employees in management positions^*3
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Number	81	83	93	98	127
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	%	9.2%	9.1%	10.3%	11.1%	14.2%
Lion Group	Number	-	-	289	267	334
Lion Group	%	-	-	20.4%	19.6%	23.5%
		Percentage of female employees in top-level management positions (Senior Management)
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Number	-	-	2	2	3
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	%	-	-	12.5%	9.1%	12.5%
Lion Group	Number	-	-	47	44	44
Lion Group	%	-	-	40.2%	38.9%	39.3%
		Percentage of female employees in low- and mid-level management positions
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Number	-	-	91	96	124
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	%	-	-	10.3%	11.2%	14.2%
Lion Group	Number	-	-	242	223	290
Lion Group	%	-	-	18.6%	17.8%	22.1%
		Percentage of female employees in junior management positions^*4
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Number	-	-	163	180	160
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	%	-	-	27.8%	31.4%	32.0%
Lion Group	Number	-	-	232	231	233
Lion Group	%	-	-	28.1%	30.2%	26.3%
		Percentage of female employees in management positions with revenue-generating functions
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Number	-	-	36	37	42
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	%	-	-	9.9%	10.5%	12.8%
Lion Group	Number	-	-	154	147	155
Lion Group	%	-	-	24.0%	23.1%	25.2%
		Percentage of female employees in STEM-related positions
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Number	-	-	19	19	32
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	%	-	-	11.8%	12.3%	14.7%
Lion Group	Number	-	-	39	40	58
Lion Group	%	-	-	16.8%	16.3%	18.8%

		2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
		The percentage of average salary of female employees against that of male employees
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Male directors	-	100%	100%	100%	100%
	Female directors	-	-	-	-	-
	Male external directors	-	100%	100%	100%	100%
	Female external directors	-	100%	100%	100%	100%
	Male employees in management positions	-	100%	100%	100%	100%
	Female employees in management positions	-	89%	89%	93%^*5	92%^*5
	Male employees in non-management positions	-	100%	100%	100%	100%
	Female employees in non-management positions	-	76%	79%	79%^*5	81%^*5
Lion Group	Male employees in management positions	-	100%	100%	100%	100%
	Female employees in management positions	-	88%	93%	97%	91%
	Male employees in non-management positions	-	100%	100%	100%	100%
	Female employees in non-management positions	-	90%	91%	89%	92%
		Regionally based employees
	Users	17	2	0	8	9

*1 Uses the standard calculation for the domestic hiring rate

*2 Total employee turnover rate number should be the sum of the Voluntary employee turnover and the involuntary employee turnover rate (such as retirement, end of term, or death)

*3 Total of those in top-level (equivalent to Executive General Managers, Deputy Executive General Managers, etc., excluding the CEO and directors) and mid-level and low-level (equivalent to General Managers, managers, etc.) management positions

*4 Equivalent to supportive roles, such as assistant managers, etc.

*5 Verified by a third party

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Work-Life Enrichment

		2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
		Employees who took childcare leave
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Male	13	32	54	55	57
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Female	61	78	84	77	89
		Employees who took shorter work hours for childcare
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Male	0	0	0	0	0
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Female	66	77	78	65	74
		Average overtime per month [hours]
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)		11.2	9.2	12.5	13.8	12.4
		Annual paid leave used
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)		74.0%	68.0%	65.9%	69.2%	74.8%
		Volunteer leave used
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Users (total)	15	0	0	0	0
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Days taken	19	-	-	-	-
		Employee Awareness and Behavior Survey Employees who take pride in their work*
Lion Corporation (excluding employees on loan)	Overall response rate	85.8%	83.0%	84.3%	89.5%	93.5%
	Overall	95.7%	97.3%	80.5%	77.1%	74.5%
	Male	96.5%	97.5%	84.3%	78.2%	76.4%
	Female	94.3%	96.8%	77.0%	78.1%	75.4%
	Below 30 y/o	94.0%	95.3%	74.9%	71.9%	75.2%
	30–39 y/o	93.9%	96.7%	78.9%	76.9%	70.6%
	40–49 y/o	96.1%	96.8%	79.0%	75.9%	72.8%
	50–59 y/o	95.7%	97.9%	84.6%	79.5%	76.7%
	60 y/o and above	98.0%	97.2%	85.4%	82.1%	78.4%
	Non-management positions	94.4%	96.6%	77.5%	74.9%	72.1%
	Management Positions (Including executives)	98.7%	98.8%	89.6%	85.1%	82.1%

* The survey options were changed starting in 2021 for the purpose of more rigorously assessing the current situation and aiming for a better state of affairs.

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Developing Human Resources

		2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
		Average hours per FTE of training and development
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)		-	14.6	52.8^*1	58.1	50.2
Lion Group		-	12.1	31.0^*1	34.9	32.1
		Average hours per FTE of training and development breakdown
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Employees below 30 y/o	-	-	97.7	93.1	80.4
	Employees 30–50 y/o	-	-	49.3	55.2	56.7
	Employees 50 y/o and above	-	-	54.5	46.3	31.0
	Male	-	-	49.2	66.9	54.4
	Female	-	-	59.8	41.9	43.0
	Top management positions	-	-	39.7	281.5	48.2
	Low- and mid-level management positions	-	-	83.3	128.5	79.0
	Junior management positions	-	-	42.9	18.7	67.4
Lion Group	Employees below 30 y/o	-	-	44.2	44.1	43.7
	Employees 30–50 y/o	-	-	26.3	31.7	32.8
	Employees 50 y/o and above	-	-	36.6	34.1	23.7
	Male	-	-	30.1	40.9	35.6
	Female	-	-	30.3	26.1	26.9
	Top management positions	-	-	21.1	63.8	29.3
	Low- and mid-level management positions	-	-	60.4	95.0	58.2
	Junior management positions	-	-	33.4	16.8	47.8
		Average amount spent per FTE on training and development
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)		-	¥52,300	¥67,100	¥94,800	¥74,793
Lion Group		-	¥29,300	¥36,700	¥51,400	¥43,992
		Average amount spent per FTE on training and development breakdown
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Employees below 30 y/o	-	-	¥67,100	¥288,300	¥107,671
	Employees 30–50 y/o	-	-	¥107,700	¥82,900	¥103,211
	Employees 50 y/o and above	-	-	¥24,100	¥27,700	¥28,557
	Male	-	-	¥70,800	¥98,300	¥76,049
	Female	-	-	¥60,000	¥87,500	¥72,602
	Top management positions	-	-	¥65,000	¥643,500	¥562,378
	Low- and mid-level management positions	-	-	¥105,000	¥176,600	¥119,545
	Junior management positions	-	-	¥44,000	¥182,900	¥62,361
Lion Group	Employees below 30 y/o	-	-	¥43,500	¥120,000	¥48,381
	Employees 30–50 y/o	-	-	¥46,700	¥40,700	¥52,257
	Employees 50 y/o and above	-	-	¥16,900	¥20,400	¥22,207
	Male	-	-	¥41,300	¥55,900	¥45,954
	Female	-	-	¥29,200	¥41,900	¥38,129
	Top management positions	-	-	¥33,700	¥108,200	¥168,668
	Low- and mid-level management positions	-	-	¥76,800	¥127,600	¥87,895
	Junior management positions	-	-	¥33,500	¥139,200	¥44,186

		2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
		Type of individual performance appraisal
Coverage of the MBO system^*2 at Lion Corporation	Top management positions	-	Introduced	Introduced	Introduced	Introduced
	Low- and mid-level management positions	-	Introduced	Introduced	Introduced	Introduced
	Junior management positions	-	Introduced	Introduced	Introduced	Introduced
	Employees in non-management positions	-	Introduced	Introduced	Introduced	Introduced
Coverage of the MBO system^*2: % of all employees	Top management positions	-	55.7%	57.3%	53.3%	59.8%
	Low- and mid-level management positions	-	95.4%	95.5%	94.8%	94.7%
	Junior management positions	-	94.6%	94.9%	94.4%	97.6%
	Employees in non-management positions	-	62.1%	63.6%	66.2%	69.4%
		Percentage of open positions filled by internal candidates (internal hires)^*3
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)		-	88.5%	69.0%	89.1%	95.1%
Lion Group		-	49.2%	55.7%	67.6%	82.5%

*1 Figures for 2021 increased due to the inclusion of divisional training and development hours

*2 MBO: Management by Objectives

*3 Percentage of internal hires: Internal hires / (external mid-career hires + internal hires)

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Improving Employee Health

			2020年	2021年	2022年	2023年
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Physical health	Rate of employees getting regular health checkups	100.0%	100.0%	99.8%	99.9%
		Rate of employees getting necessary follow-up examinations	58.0%	59.6%	59.4%	55.7%
		Rate of employees requiring specific health guidance (ages 40 and over)^＊1	17.8%	16.8%	15.8%	—
		Rate of employees requiring specific health guidance (ages 40 and over)^＊1	74.9%	83.6%	79.4%	—
		Rate of employees with metabolic syndrome (ages 40 and over)	13.6%	14.3%	13.6%	12.9%
		Rate of employees who fall into the pre-metabolic syndrome group (ages 40 and over)	14.7%	14.4%	12.1%	13.4%
		Rate of employees maintaining a healthy body weight	69.4%	66.9%	67.5%	67.7%
	Living habits	Employee nonsmoker rate	81.7%	82.6%	83.1%	83.6%
		Rate of employees who habitually exercise	23.7%	24.8%	26.1%	26.1%
		Proportion of employees who are sufficiently rested after sleep	66.0%	67.4%	68.0%	66.9%
		Proportion of employees who eat breakfast habitually	80.7%	75.8%	75.3%	74.4%
		Suitable rate for employees who habitually drink alcohol	83.0%	84.5%	83.0%	89.2%
	Mental health	Stress level check implementation rate	98.2%	94.7%	97.5%	98.3%
	Mental health	Rate of employees with high stress levels	7.9%	9.2%	8.7%	9.5%
	Health literacy	Proportion of employees who respond that they “mostly understand” or “understand well” their health checkup results	89.8%	89.8%	91.2%	90.8%
	Health literacy	Proportion of employees who respond that they “know what to do” or “mostly know what to do” to improve their health based on their health checkup results	86.3%	87.2%	88.6%	88.6%

*1 Figures calculated by health insurance society (insured persons of the entire group)

Productivity and Professional Fulfillment Indicators

			2020	2021	2022	2023	Target 2030
Lion Corporation (including employees on loan)	Productivity	Performance(Presenteeism)^*1	74.5%	86.7%	84.7%	85.9%	85.0% or more
	Productivity	Rate of absence due to illness or poor health(Absenteeism)^*2	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%	0.9%	Decrease in 2021 (0.7%)
	Professional fulfillment^*3	Work engagement	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.4	3.0 or more
		Proportion of employees that respond that they are “satisfied” or “mostly satisfied” with their jobs	74.3%	71.8%	75.4%	69.4%	-
		Proportion of employees that respond “I believe so” or “I somewhat believe so” to the statement “My job is professionally fulfilling”	76.3%	74.8%	71.2%	73.2%	-

*1 Presenteeism: A condition in which a person goes to work while suffering from some disease or symptom and has reduced work performance and labor productivity.
Measured using SPQ (University of Tokyo 1-item version), 2023 Number of respondents: 3,372, Response rate: 97.6%.

*2 Absenteeism: sick leave, state of being absent from work due to illness
Absence rate = number of days lost/total number of days worked (calculated from work information)

*3 Work engagement: measured using stress check (Work Engagement: average score of 2 questions on a 4-point scale)
2023 Number of respondents: 3,388, response rate: 98.3%

Sustainable Material Procurement

Switching rate to RSPO-certified products for key raw materials (Domestic)

2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
14%	93%	93%	99%	99%

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Procurement rate of third-party certified paper from domestic paper manufacturers for key products

2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
96%	98%	98%	99%	98%

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Number of primary suppliers who filled out self-checks questionnaires and Response Rate

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Number of suppliers	585	574	502	474	436
Response Rate	99%	100%	100%	96%	96%

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Key Suppliers

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Number of key suppliers	90	90	90	90	90
Percentage of key suppliers among primary suppliers	15.4%	15.7%	17.9%	17.9%	19.3%
Portion of purchasing that is from key suppliers (monetary basis, among all primary suppliers)	80%	89%	89%	89%	89%

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