Monthly Operational Summary FY2006 (May 2006)

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Total sales for May 2006 edged up 0.1% year on year, to 117,283 million yen. Existing store sales declined 3.5% and average daily sales per store were 462,000 yen. The average amount spent per customer was 577 yen, down 0.8%, and the average number of customers per store per day dropped 2.7% to 798.

Although there was a year-on-year decline in existing store markups, an important performance 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 more than 1%.

By area, sales were strong in Kanto and other urban areas, but were sluggish in Chugoku and Shikoku.

In the rice dishes category, LAWSON launched Super Shrimp Tenju (500 yen) and Juicy Tamago Chicken Rice (420 yen), those products have sold in the past and became a big hit. Despite these and other product launches, there was no major change in the sales trend from the previous month.

Sales in the cooked noodles category were higher than a year earlier, reflecting the benefits of a promotion for cold noodles run from May 23 to May 29, 2006.

Fast food category sales remained strong, posting double-digit growth on the back of new product launches and promotions.

The dessert category posted strong sales, as it did in April.

In June, LAWSON will extend sales promotion initiatives launched in May on a larger scale than similar initiatives in the previous year, with the priority goal of increasing the number of customers. Centered on LAWSON Fair, which kicked off on June 6, these initiatives are designed to lift LAWSON's performance from the summer months onward.

As of May 31, 2006, in addition to our nationwide network of regular LAWSON stores, we had 59 NATURAL LAWSON and 40 LAWSON STORE100 stores.

LAWSON held its 31st Ordinary Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on May 26. A streamed video of the meeting is available on our web site (Japanese only) along with details of the resolutions approved by shareholders.

LAWSON plans to announce its business results for the first quarter of the current fiscal year on July 4. The flash report and other related information would be posted on this web site.

Monthly Data

For Print

Consolidated

Number of Stores

  MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB TOTAL
Opening 28 68 46 52 63 113 25 34 78 52 32 109 700
  Closure 54 37 15 21 31 24 29 19 30 36 7 43 346
Re-location 10 22 20 17 14 16 10 9 7 12 6 13 156
Subtotal 64 59 35 38 45 40 39 28 37 48 13 56 502
Total 8,330 8,339 8,350 8,364 8,382 8,455 8,441 8,447 8,488 8,492 8,511 8,564 8,564
Net Increase -36 9 11 14 18 73 -14 6 41 4 19 53 198

Sales

  MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB
Total Sales(¥millions) 116,966 114,426 117,283 121,767 125,223 132,625 117,883 121,833 114,808 125,479 112,392 104,758
All Stores yoy 99.4% 98.1% 100.1% 102.3% 98.4% 102.9% 100.0% 102.7% 102.7% 103.7% 102.9% 102.4%
Existing Store yoy 95.7% 94.5% 96.5% 98.7% 95.1% 99.6% 96.7% 99.6% 99.6% 100.8% 100.1% 99.8%
Ave.Daily Sales per store(¥thousands) 461 466 462 495 491 519 475 475 462 488 437 450
Number of Customers (Number) 785 800 798 850 843 884 830 820 795 787 729 769
comparison w/ previous yr 98.0% 95.9% 97.3% 97.5% 96.2% 100.0% 97.6% 98.1% 97.9% 99.5% 99.4% 99.2%
Spending per Customer (¥) 586 581 577 581 581 586 571 578 580 618 597 583
comparison w/ previous yr 97.7% 98.6% 99.2% 101.3% 98.9% 99.6% 99.1% 101.5% 101.7% 101.2% 100.6% 100.6%

Number of Stores by Region and Prefecture

  MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB
Hokkaido 500 502 503 506 503 501 500 500 504 499 498 500
Tohoku 756 755 755 755 763 768 770 772 775 776 776 770
Kanto 2,214 2,209 2,219 2,228 2,228 2,249 2,251 2,255 2,264 2,265 2,273 2,286
Koshinetsu 304 303 301 301 308 310 310 310 310 309 310 308
Hokuriku 251 250 250 249 251 252 251 250 252 253 256 256
Tokai 647 648 649 649 649 661 660 656 652 651 651 665
Kinki 1,809 1,817 1,818 1,815 1,814 1,831 1,822 1,825 1,839 1,837 1,838 1,855
Chugoku 480 478 480 481 483 493 493 491 499 501 505 509
Shikoku 405 411 410 412 413 416 415 420 423 425 426 429
Kyushu 964 966 965 968 970 974 969 968 970 976 978 986
Total 8,330 8,339 8,350 8,364 8,382 8,455 8,441 8,447 8,488 8,492 8,511 8,564
Shanghai 279 277 280 285 283 283 281 282 284 291 292 286

Note)Number of Stores includes LAWSON, NATURAL LAWSON and LAWSON STORE 100.

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