Monthly Operational Summary FY2009 (December 2009)

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Total sales for December 2009 were 143,414 million yen, down 4.7% year on year. Existing store sales on a consolidated basis decreased 6.4% (down 6.7% on a non-consolidated basis) and average daily sales per store were 497,000 yen. The average amount spent per customer was 573 yen, down 3.3%, and the average number of customers per store per day was 851, down 3.2%.

The rice dishes category saw sales stop falling, due in part to strong sales of products from the Surprise Product Development Project, such as the Double Sirloin Steak Bento (550 yen (incl. tax)) and the Jumbo Fried Shrimp and Pork Cutlet Rice Bowl with Egg (530 yen (incl. tax)).

Sales in the bakery item category, which is eligible for the Miffy Plate present campaign, continued to be strong.

Total sales in the cooked noodles category were up year on year on the back of firm performance from the renewed pasta brand.

Sales of soft drinks were sluggish, influenced by low temperatures around the country in the mid to late part of the month.

In the dessert category, sales rose sharply year on year thanks to strong sales of Uchi Café Sweets products and Christmas cakes.

As of December 31, 2009, there were 9,714 stores in the LAWSON Group in Japan, including 93 NATURAL LAWSON stores, 827 LAWSON STORE100 stores and 136 SHOP99 stores.

LAWSON announced its business results for the third quarter of the current fiscal year on January 7. The flash report and other related information can be found on this website.

Monthly Data

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Consolidated

Number of Stores

  MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB TOTAL
Opening 15 44 38 48 61 67 24 54 42 39 33 64 529
  Closure 12 21 13 18 18 21 23 16 21 22 8 56 249
Re-location 15 8 7 24 11 10 6 11 5 3 10 9 119
Subtotal 27 29 20 42 29 31 29 27 26 25 18 65 368
Total 8,662 8,677 8,625 8,631 8,663 8,699 8,694 8,721 8,737 8,751 8,766 8,765 8,765
Net Increase -12 15 -52 6 32 36 -5 27 16 14 15 -1 91

Sales

  MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB
Total Sales
(¥millions)		 131,757 127,012 146,065 142,566 151,249 154,840 142,054 146,830 135,845 143,414 131,832 124,066
All Stores yoy 107.0% 105.1% 102.7% 99.1% 93.1% 96.6% 95.7% 97.2% 96.4% 95.3% 95.6% 97.4%
Existing Store yoy 104.8% 103.1% 100.6% 97.3% 91.3% 94.5% 93.6% 94.5% 93.3% 93.6% 93.7% 95.6%
Ave.Daily Sales per store
(¥thousands)		 505 502 503 510 523 533 504 503 479 497 454 474
Number of Customers (Number) 840 867 888 928 932 942 919 911 866 851 801 842
comparison
w/ previous yr		 104.8% 106.1% 102.2% 100.6% 94.4% 97.9% 97.6% 97.4% 96.8% 96.8% 98.0% 97.5%
Spending per Customer (¥) 593 571 559 539 551 556 540 542 544 573 559 554
comparison
w/ previous yr		 100.0% 97.1% 98.5% 96.7% 96.7% 96.5% 95.8% 96.9% 96.4% 96.7% 95.6% 98.1%

Number of Stores by Region and Prefecture

  MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB
Hokkaido 499 504 506 506 512 515 515 516 518 517 518 518
Tohoku 806 810 810 811 810 815 815 818 819 822 825 828
Kanto 2,859 2,858 2,859 2,859 2,860 2,863 2,873 2,884 2,893 2,901 2,906 2,919
Koshinetsu 299 297 297 297 295 298 299 300 299 301 304 303
Hokuriku 277 278 281 284 286 290 288 291 292 293 293 292
Tokai 784 789 794 797 801 812 811 811 818 816 823 826
Kinki 2,035 2,035 2,044 2,049 2,045 2,056 2,050 2,057 2,061 2,068 2,072 2,075
Chugoku 530 533 532 530 532 534 531 536 537 541 543 548
Shikoku 417 418 420 419 419 419 417 418 418 416 417 416
Kyushu 1,012 1,018 1,019 1,021 1,025 1,027 1,032 1,034 1,039 1,039 1,037 1,036
Total 9,518 9,540 9,562 9,573 9,585 9,629 9,631 9,665 9,694 9,714 9,738 9,761
Shanghai 294 293 293 292 290 288 288 287 296 300 296 298

*Since May, "Sales" includes those of Ninety-nine Plus Inc.
**"Number of Stores" excludes those operated by Ninety-nine Plus Inc. Because Ninety-nine Plus Inc. and VALUE LAWSON, Inc. merged on May 1, 2009, stores operated by the former VALUE LAWSON, Inc. have been excluded from May.
***"Number of Stores by Region and Prefecture" is on a consolidated basis.
****LAWSON Okinawa, Inc. became affiliated company on December 2009. However, "Number of Stores" and "Number of Stores by Region and Prefecture" include LAWSON Okinawa, Inc.

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