AHC Group <7083>, which operates disability welfare services (after-school day services, employment support type B, operation of group homes), nursing care services (operation of short-stay nursing care facilities), and food services, announced on November 15 the complete subsidiary of Kabushiki-gaisha Papageno (hereinafter Papageno). The date of stock transfer is December 1.

Papageno has been certified as a “Kanagawa Prefectural Health and Welfare University Venture” that spreads the concept of recovery related to mental disabilities (the pursuit of one's own way of living). With strengths that enable support from both research and social implementation of optimal solutions for disability welfare and mental health, they discover the potential of users with "mental disabilities" and "developmental disabilities", supporting them to live their own lives, while also using cutting-edge technologies specialized in welfare fields such as AI generation (ChatGPT) to support the operational efficiency of staff in welfare facilities ("AI support-san"), and they also operate employment support type B facilities that have realized these. AHC Group and Papageno signed a capital business alliance in June 2024, and have introduced initiatives for DX promotion at AHC Group's employment support type B facilities, such as IT-related job orders and workforce efficiency improvement by "AI support-san". This commitment has shown certain results, leading to the complete subsidiary of Papageno.

For the fiscal year ending February 2024, Papageno's revenue increased by 2.2 times compared to the previous period to 39,179 million yen, and operating loss amounted to 4,234 million yen (compared to a profit of 3,050 million yen in the previous period). Despite incurring losses due to costs related to the opening of new facilities and initial operating expenses, they have achieved a significant increase in revenue. The net assets amount to 3,719 million yen, and the acquisition price (estimated value) is 116,800 million yen (including advisory fees of 1,650 million yen). In the future, they plan to expand the number of employment support type B facilities under the "Papageno(type)" brand to 5-10 facilities in the Greater Tokyo area. Monthly revenue per facility is expected to be around 4-5 million yen after the start-up (48-60 million yen annually), with an estimated operating profit margin of approximately 20%.

Furthermore, the performance forecast for the fiscal year ending November 2024 of the same company is 6,236 million yen in revenue and 151 million yen in operating profit. Even when factoring in goodwill amortization, a significant impact on revenue and profit is expected.