On Monday, January 24, 2022, the GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. (GMO-PG) announced that "the subsidiary BUFFORT Inc., the Company's complete subsidiary, as announced in the "Notice concerning The Merger of BUFFORT Inc. (Simplified Merger and Summary Merger BUFFORT) We are pleased to announce that the merger (simplified merger and summary merger) was completed today, April 1, 2022 (Friday).

GMO-PG has developed a wealth of systems in finance and payment field in order to further strengthen the system development capabilities necessary to achieve sustainable growth Actual ・On Thursday, April 1, 2021, we grouped BUFFORT, which has knowledge and high technology. We have absorbed Beaufort on this date with the aim of consolidating management resources and improving operational efficiency.

GMO-PG will continue to expand its business through payment services by further strengthening its system development capabilities, contributing to the creation of customer value and the resolution of social issues, and "more than 25% of sales every year profit growth we will continue to