Monthly Operational Summary FY2005 (February 2006)

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Total sales for February 2006 edged down 0.3% year on year, to 102,335 million yen. Existing store sales declined 4.8% and average daily sales per store were 446,000 yen, and the average amount spent per customer was 580 yen, down 3.8%. The average number of customers per store per day dropped 1.0% to 766.

Although there was a year-on-year decline in existing store markups, an important indicator for LAWSON, the percentage decline was less than that of existing store sales.

The discontinuation of Highway Card sales brought down monthly sales by over 1%.

A special campaign was launched on February 21 whereby customers had the chance to win on-the-spot prizes.

By area, sales remained strong in Kanto, Chubu and other regions with large urban areas.

In the rice dishes category, there was a slight improvement in monthly sales from January on the back of the launch of new products in the Gohantei series, including Bibinkuppa and Kogashi Shoyu no Yakitoridon, which both sold for 500 yen each. Rolled sushi, including Marukaburi-zushi, in particular, contributed to sales.

Fast food category sales continued to grow strongly, exceeding sales in the previous year.

In March, LAWSON will continue to introduce new products it hopes to turn into core products and unify bakery brands.

As of February 28, 2006, in addition to our nationwide network of regular LAWSON stores, we had 51 NATURAL LAWSON stores and 35 LAWSON STORE100 stores. Data for February represents the result of 8,331 stores, excluding LAWSON STORE100 stores.

LAWSON plans to announce its business results for the year ended February 28, 2006 on April 12, 2006. The earnings release and supplementary materials will be available on this website soon thereafter.

Monthly Data

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Consolidated

Number of Stores

  MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB TOTAL
Opening 53 58 43 58 69 84 27 53 57 64 32 92 690
  Closure 39 36 12 11 29 12 21 13 13 41 9 38 274
Re-location 20 10 13 16 17 17 11 13 19 7 8 11 162
Subtotal 59 46 25 27 46 29 32 26 32 48 17 49 436
Total 8,071 8,083 8,101 8,132 8,155 8,210 8,205 8,232 8,257 8,273 8,288 8,331 8,331
Net Increase -6 12 18 31 23 55 -5 27 25 16 15 43 254

Sales

  MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB
Total Sales
(¥millions)		 117,701 116,632 117,141 119,009 127,314 128,829 117,934 118,673 111,764 121,007 109,258 102,335
All Stores yoy 104.9% 104.4% 103.4% 105.9% 100.8% 102.7% 103.3% 101.3% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
Existing Store yoy 99.9% 99.3% 98.3% 100.6% 95.8% 97.8% 98.5% 96.4% 95.1% 95.4% 95.5% 95.2%
Ave.Daily Sales per store
(¥thousands)		 477 487 473 494 510 514 485 471 459 478 431 446
Number of Customers (Number) 790 824 809 860 865 872 839 826 803 781 725 766
comparison w/
previous yr		 100.3% 100.5% 99.8% 101.7% 95.5% 99.9% 98.9% 100.1% 98.0% 97.1% 97.2% 99.0%
Spending per Customer (¥) 601 589 582 573 588 588 577 569 570 611 593 580
comparison w/
previous yr		 99.6% 98.9% 98.5% 98.9% 100.4% 97.9% 99.7% 96.3% 97.0% 98.3% 98.2% 96.2%

Number of Stores by Region and Prefecture

  MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB
Hokkaido 496 498 496 500 504 504 502 503 500 499 499 500
Tohoku 736 738 738 738 739 744 743 745 747 746 747 755
Kanto 2,113 2,113 2,124 2,140 2,149 2,164 2,165 2,171 2,174 2,175 2,173 2,183
Koshinetsu 305 305 306 304 303 305 304 303 306 306 306 304
Hokuriku 236 237 236 239 242 244 244 246 246 249 249 249
Tokai 643 638 639 636 636 646 648 646 656 656 660 662
Kinki 1,766 1,770 1,780 1,781 1,782 1,788 1,786 1,796 1,800 1,805 1,807 1,818
Chugoku 463 465 465 465 464 467 466 470 475 474 476 482
Shikoku 383 389 386 390 391 395 396 400 400 404 407 407
Kyushu 930 930 931 939 945 953 951 952 953 959 964 971
Total 8,071 8,083 8,101 8,132 8,155 8,210 8,205 8,232 8,257 8,273 8,288 8,331
Shanghaig 218 225 230 237 247 255 263 269 276 285 280 281

Note)Data for LAWSON STORE100 is not included.

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