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Delivering Dreams, Fun and Inspiration BANDAI SPIRITS CO., LTD. all around the world CORPORATE PROFILE 2021

https://www.bandaispirits.co.jp VISION TOP MESSAGE

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With “SPIRITS” Dreams and Creation in every product and service

BANDAI SPIRITS CO., LTD. was established in 2018 with the purpose of accelerating business growth in the global market targeted at a mature fan base. Putting “SPIRITS” into products and services, under the vision of being the “The Global Leader in Hobby The Global Leader Entertainment” we are advancing our global business development with toys for mature fans, plastic models, prizes and sundry goods as the core. Each business offers and strengthens category brands such as GUNPLA, TAMASHII NATIONS, in Hobby Entertainment Ichibankuji, and BANPRESTO. For higher quality and greater enjoyment of customers, we strive for global business growth by increasing the originality and value of each brand. We will take on various challenges so that our products and services will enrich the everyday lives of our many global customers and fans and will revitalize communication and continue surprising them. Please look forward to BANDAI SPIRITS.

BANDAI SPIRITS CO., LTD. President and Chief Executive Officer(CEO) Nao Udagawa

1 VISION TOP MESSAGE

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With “SPIRITS” Dreams and Creation in every product and service

BANDAI SPIRITS CO., LTD. President and Chief Executive Officer(CEO) Nao Udagawa

2 BANDAI SPIRITS GROUP BANDAI NAMCO GROUP

BANDAI SPIRITS Group currently consists of Member of BANDAI NAMCO Group. four companies in Japan and overseas. BANDAI NAMCO Group comprises BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc., three Units and affiliated business companies that support the work of the Units. We aim to establish dominating position in the world by actively developing our business not only in Japan but also into the global market. Digital Business Planning, development, and distribution of network content; planning, Entertainment Unit development, and sales of home video games

Toys and Hobby Business Planning, development, production, and sales of toys, capsule toys, cards, confectionery and foods, apparel, sundries, plastic models, prizes, stationery, and other products

Visual and Music Business Planning, production, and management of visual and music content; artist discovery and development; and live entertainment operations IP Production Unit BANPRESTO SALES CO., LTD. Creation Business Planning and production of animations, management and administra- BANDAI NAMCO tion of copyrights and other rights; production of music related to BANDAI NAMCO Collectibles LLC Holdings Inc. animations and management and administration of music and BANPRESTO(HK)LIMITED masters related to animations Amusement Unit Planning, development, production, and sales of amusement machines, planning and operation of amusement facilities, etc.

Affiliated Business Companies Supporting the Units in such areas as distribution, logistics, and administrative services

Toys and Hobby Business

Dreamas and Creation

The Happy Moment Creator The Global Leader in Hobby Entertainment

As the main company of the Toys and Hobby Business, BANDAI SPIRITS CO., LTD. was established in 2018 to expand products GROUP BANDAI encompass the operating companies in each field, and services among BANDAI's mature fan base worldwide. In 2019, formulate and implement business strategies and provide a BANDAI SPIRITS CO., LTD. and BANPRESTO CO., LTD. merged, enabling diverse range of create products and services the provision of a diverse range of products and services to mature fans in Japan and overseas. and further accelerating the pace of business growth of overseas. BANPRESTO SALES CO., LTD. Planning, development, manufacturing and sales of Sale of amusement prizes to amusement machines MegaHouse Corporation CCP Co., Ltd. SUN-STAR STATIONERY Co., Ltd. toys for mature funs, plastic models, prizes, and Planning, development, manufacture, Planning, development, Planning, development, manufacture, and sale sundry goods. and sale of toys, toy confectionery, production, and sales of of character stationery, fancy stationery, figures, communications equipment consumer electronics, and student stationery, idea stationery, premium and peripherals, etc. sundries stationery, and other sundry goods

BANPRESTO(HK)LIMITED BANDAI NAMCO Collectibles LLC Heart Co., Ltd. Seeds Co., Ltd. Plex Co., Ltd. Planning, development, and manufacture of toys, Planning, manufacturing, Manufacturing and production management of Sales and promotions, event sales, e-commerce, etc., for Planning, design, develop- 株式会社シーズ game machines, medical devices, electronic processing and sales of candy for ment, manufacture, and sale equipment, etc. as well as the undertaking of tests prizes for amusement facilities and convenience collectible figures and other products for mature funs. seasonal events and candy included of character products and inspections on contract with toys stores (Its test stations have acquired ISO17025 certification)

BANPRESTO SALES CO., LTD. ARTPRESTO CO., LTD. Sale of premiums and other Planning, design, and printing (packages, catalogs, posters, products for amusement facilities cards); website production, event planning, and administration

*Excluding unconsolidated subsidiaries 3 BANDAI SPIRITS GROUP BANDAI NAMCO GROUP

Toys and Hobby Business Planning, development, production, and sales of toys, capsule toys, cards, confectionery and foods, apparel, sundries, plastic models, prizes, stationery, and other products

Affiliated Business Companies Supporting the Units in such areas as distribution, logistics, and administrative services

Toys and Hobby Business

Dreamas and Creation

The Happy Moment Creator The Global Leader in Hobby Entertainment

*Excluding unconsolidated subsidiaries 4 BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

Hobby Products Division Global Business Department | Creation Department

PLASTIC MODELS

The Global Business Department and Creation Department under the to more customers. Hobby Products Division have developed products taking advantage We would like to share the essential value of plastic models, namely, of high technological level centering around the GUNPLA Series, the joy of creation and of knowing more about it through creation, which continues evolving through restless technology development and with all people, regardless of nationality, gender and age. the introduction of new concept works. We try to proactively introduce We will continue to develop new products so that many people can original and new contents, expand the target base and strengthen experience the “joy of creation.” development abroad so that we can spread the culture of plastic models

Business strength

We offer plastic model business products and services in order to convey the “joy of creation,” which is an original pleasure of plastic models, and the new “joy of discovery” obtained in the process of creation. Directly managed GUNDAM BASE stores are operated in 16 outlets in 4 areas of the world. THE GUNDAM BASE TOKYO which opened in 2017, sends the latest information on GUNPLA from Odaiba to all over the world. In addition, in November 2019, THE GUNDAM BASE FUKUOKA, the second shop in Japan, opened in Fukuoka. Moreover, the accumulated number of shipments of GUNPLA products surpassed 700 million in May 2020, which marked the 40th anniversary of GUNPLA’s launch. We are currently engaged in various projects and aim to further expand the business by conveying the “joy of creating things” through plastic models.

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Collectors Toy Department Lot & Innovation Department TOYS FOR COLLECTORS THE CHARACTER LOTTERY

The Collectors Toy Department was established to provide an METAL BUILD, and since 2008, all products have been unified The Lot & Innovation Department offers mainly Ichibankuji, which women such as Ichibancoffret, which has a lineup featuring cosmetics extensive lineup and IP development centering of figures for the under TAMASHII NATIONS (spirit nations), which is growing as a provides the enjoyment of a lottery draw and the inspiration of and related goods. We also offer Ichibankuji ONLINE, making collectors’ market, with high-quality, high added-value products. beloved brand by fans within Japan and across the globe. winning it to various customers. More than 70 works are purchases easy anytime, anywhere. We also localized Ichibankuji for There are many brands, including CHOGOKIN, S.H.Figuarts, and commercialized annually by Ichibankuji. We aim for the global market and provide it to customers around the world. commercialization that tries to meet the needs of various customers who love the works. Moreover, we offer products targeting mature

Business strength Business strength

TAMASHII NATIONS has high-quality and high value-added Ichibankuji sells various kinds of character product characteristics as well as various lineups and IPs. It is goods at convenience stores, a market closely planned, developed and curated in Japan and constant efforts are connected to daily life. In addition, we being made to improve its quality. proactively commercialize works other than To explain the dedication to the products in detail, the official animation works in conjunction with website TAMASHII Web and the delivery of explanatory videos convenience store campaigns. By are being enhanced. In 2018, membership service CLUB commercializing multiple products at once, TAMASHII MEMBERS was launched, and in the following Ichibankuji adheres to the world views of the year, the first and only directly managed flagship shop in the works and enables commercialization that is world, TAMASHII NATIONS TOKYO, opened in Akihabara. highly satisfactory for users. The lotto We have also focused on new sales overseas, and from 2018, we business continues to offer products that started placing products on T-MALL, online marketplace satisfy not only end users but also sales and in China. distribution, by leading the industry with Moreover, we value the opportunity to experience actual creative sales methods unique to lottery such products by holding the large-scale TAMASHII NATION event as the “double chance campaign” and “last every year in Akihabara, Tokyo, and events abroad. We aim to one prize.” provide products and services that satisfy our fans.

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Collectors Toy Department Lot & Innovation Department TOYS FOR COLLECTORS THE CHARACTER LOTTERY

Business strength Business strength

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Banpresto Department Food Entertainment Department PRIZE -BANPRESTO- FOOD ENTERTAINMENT

The Banpresto Department is working on sales and promotion deliver excitement to customers. The Food Entertainment Department offers GUNDAM Café nationwide, which many customers visit as a place that all GUNDAM fans can activities including planning, developing and sales of prizes for Prizes are localized when offered abroad and we are offered for enjoy. In 2020, we opened GUNDAM Café TOKYO BRAND CORE as a flagship shop offering food and entertainment. amusement such as crane-type game machines domestically. In worldwide distribution and customers. Regarding the price range, commercialization, we are dedicated to the impression or perspective low-price-range merchandise is central, and we strive to grow as an of the characters and offer the products to everybody who loves the entry brand figure (doll) brand that will be supported by worldwide characters regardless of gender or age. By providing the enjoyment of users. Business strength acquiring prizes and enhancing value-added services, we strive to

We are further advancing and developing the Business strength character food business cultivated with GUNDAM Café since its opening in 2010. In July 2020, we developed in Akihabara “an Precisely grasping the needs of a wide range of targets, we always experience-based entertainment restaurant” aim for manufacturing with No. 1 customer satisfaction in the where an original menu, various goods, and amusement industry. We offer various brands such as déformer show programs and talk events can be enjoyed. brand Q posket Series that maximally expresses the charm of We provide spaces where characters, eating and characters, the Grandista Series that boasts overwhelming but drinking, and entertainment are integrated, and subtle formative quality, and the ESPRESTO Series that strongly people can become immersed in the world of extracts the charm of the characters, while constantly pioneering GUNDAM. and fostering new user needs. In addition, to respond to the wide We will pursue an unprecedented character food range of customers regardless of age and gender, we offer a series business that creates not only the food menus, of stuffed toys such as Tomonui and Pofutto with various designs, but also time and space through coordinated and strive to swiftly bring fresh perspectives to the amusement video and participation, providing fans with an market. enjoyable and amazing experience. Regarding offerings abroad, we provide a product lineup developed in Japan to manga and anime fans worldwide by localizing the sales method to be suitable for each country and Overseas limited edition region.

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Banpresto Department Food Entertainment Department PRIZE -BANPRESTO- FOOD ENTERTAINMENT

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Safety, quality, and environmental efforts support the foundation that sustain “Dreams, Fun and Inspiration”

BANDAI SPIRITS is working to pursue through safety and improve product quality as a responsible company that provides “Dreams, Fun and Inspiration” to people. We are also actively engaged in various activities to protect the environment.

Initiatives for product safety

BANDAI SPIRITS, which develops products for mature fans, makes the most of the experience that have been gained at BANDAI and BANPRESTO over the years to ensure that customers can use its products appropriately with a sense of security. We have established guidelines for information (how to assemble and use, matters to note, etc.) that allow customers to use its products safely, as well as standards for the structure of products, such as strength that does not cause problems if they are used normally, and have delivered products to customers according to such guidelines and standards. Quality standards

Initiatives for product quality

BANDAI SPIRITS outsources the production of most of its products to partner factories in Japan and abroad. The quality of these products is confirmed by inspectors arranged by the company before they are shipped. BANDAI SPIRITS delivers products that pass various tests and inspections. On-site quality control activity

Initiatives at production factories

Final packing factories, which produce BANDAI SPIRITS products, undergo not only new factory audits but also continuous factory audits. These factories periodically confirm their manufacturing systems such as countermeasures against contamination with foreign substances, continuous working hours, and the work environment, such as fire-fighting equipment inspections, thus striving to maintain and improve the level of their operation. Confirming Confirming the operation of the management of needle detectors tools and fixtures Initiatives for technology and monozukuri (manufacturing)

In developing products for mature fans, BANDAI SPIRITS pursues the valuable worldview and formation of characters that fit their taste. We are working to develop products demanded by society making free use of high-level technology and manufacturing skills such as the real reproduction of scenes from works and the subtle designs of gimmicks. PROPLICA Nichirinto (Tanjiro Kamado)

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10 HISTORY HISTORY

A Brief History of BANDAI SPIRITS 2011 TAMASHII NATIONS AKIBA SHOWROOM opened in Akihabara Launch of the Metal Build Series, the ultimate toy brand of ﬁnished products, Since its establishment in 1950, BANDAI has developed numerous hit products throughout the years. And after which combines the strengths of superalloy and design arrangements beﬁtting each work through the participation of various creators BANDAI SPIRITS is established in 2018, we continue to provide new products and services one after another. The GUNPLA Builders World Cup, which determines the world’s No. 1 GUNPLA builder, begins

GUNDAM.INFO, an official portal site for GUNDAM information, starts to provide information in six languages 1950 BANDAI-YA was established in Asakusa-Kikuyabashi, Taito-ku, Tokyo 2012 DX SOUL OF CHOGOKIN MAZINGER Z was launched 1955 The industry pioneering quality control system was established and BANDAI’s first toy with product warranty was released 2014 Launch of the S.H. Figuarts Series, which achieves both the presence of models and their natural mobility by molding them from their skeleton 1961 The company name changed from BANDAI-YA to BANDAI 2015 Launch of FRAMEROBO, an assembly robot, that includes the unnecessary frame 1969 Acquire a factory in Shimizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, units of plastic models as part of the product to start manufacturing plastic models CHOGOKIN MAZINGER Z was launched 2016 Launch of Figure-Rise Bust, a plastic model that reproduces the face and other parts 1974 of the character elaborately by inserting four colors into a single part when it is molded 1977 SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO plastic model kits were launched 2017 Launch of the large Human-Size GODZILLA (1991 Hokkaido version) GUNPLA was launched 1980 The first official GUNPLA-themed integrated facility in Japan called THE GUNDAM BASE TOKYO 1983 BANDAI adoped “Dreams and Creation” as the corporate slogan and was opened in Rinkai Fukutoshin renewed its corporate logo to the current version A 19.7-meter-high., Life-Sized Unicorn GUNDAM Statue, which reproduces the transformation from Launching the Iropla Series, which first introduces multi-color molding technology the UNICORN to DESTROY MODE as closely as possible, appears in the Rinkai Fukutoshin to mold parts in four different colors on a runner sheet for Plastic Models (waterfront sub-city center) area 1987 SAINT SEIYA Saint Cloth Series (Figures) 2018 BANDAI SPIRITS CO., LTD. was established Launch of plastic models using the snap fit method, Launch of Figures-Rise Labo, a project to study expressions that have not yet been achieved by which enables construction without adhesive previous plastic models and evolve technology to achieve them 1990 Launch of the High Grade (HG) Series, a 1/144 scale standard GUNPLA brand Established TAMASHII NATIONS QUALITY, the logotype that globally certifies the quality of the products of TAMASHII NATIONS, which unified brand for products for mature fans 1995 Launch of the Master Grade (MG) Series, a 1/100 scale advanced GUNPLA brand 2019 Launch of Funporter, a new brand that covers all products and services in the plastic model business 1996 Ichiban KUJI, a sure-win character prize lottery, was launched BANDAI SPIRITS CO., LTD. and BANPRESTO CO., LTD. (amusement prize business) consolidated 1997 SOUL OF CHOGOKIN GX-01 MAZINGER Z was launched Launch of a wide range of commemorative products in conjunction with 1998 Launch of the Super Imaginative Chogokin (SIC) Series, a brand spun off from the Chogokin Series MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM’s 40th anniversary project Launch of the Perfect Grade (PG) Series, Opening of TAMASHII NATIONS Tokyo, the world’s first directly managed flagship shop for the highest-grade brand that embodies the ultimate GUNPLA on a scale of 1/60 TAMASHII NATIONS, a brand for mature fans, in Akihabara 2003 The new figures brand based on “The SAINT SEIYA Saint Cloth series” called the Simultaneous opening of flagship shop THE GUNDAM BASE FUKUOKA and “Saint Cloth Myth” was launched GUNDAM Café Fukuoka in Fukuoka, known as the gateway to Asia, a first for the Kyushu area 2005 Management integration with NAMCO LIMITED. The BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc. Launch of Metal Structure Kaitaishouki RX-93 v Gundam, a complete pre-colored ultra-high precision model was founded and it marked the beginning of the BANDAI NAMCO Group with an overall height of around 370 mm and comprising of around 2,000 individual parts with full internal structure

Operation of the BANDAI HOBBY CENTER plastic model kits production 2006 Start of the GUNPLA LINK PROJECT, celebrating 40 years since GUNPLA first went on sale in 1980 plant (Shizuoka Prefecture) began 2020 2007 GUNDAM.INFO, an official portal site for GUNDAM information is released GUNDAM Café Akihabara expanded its store size by four times and reopened as GUNDAM Café TOKYO BRAND CORE. “TAMASHII NATIONS,” a brand for mature fans, was launched 2008 Construction of a new plant at the Bandai Hobby Center with the aim of bolstering The “S.H.Figuarts” series of high quality posable character figures was launched plastic model production capabilities, including GUNPLA Over 700 million GUNPLA units shipped to date The robot figure brand “THE ROBOT SPIRITS” for mature fans was launched An original electronic money service by Premium Bandai, PREBAN Pay, started The official PREMIUM BANDAI shopping site opened 2009 The GUNPLA Gundarium alloy model 1/144 scale RX-78-2 GUNDAM was released. An 18-meter-high, Life-Sized Gundam Statue appears at the Odaiba Shiokaze Park in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Following the setup of the cartoon, Gundarium alloy is refined on earth and applied to the parts of this GUNPLA. airing of MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM on TV. During 52 days of exhibition, some 4.15 million people visit the park to see the statue. To cap the 40th anniversary of GUNPLA, PERFECT GRADE UNLEASHED 1/60 RX-78-2 GUNDAM Launch of Urban Material Chogokin Mazinger Z, an ultimate superalloy model made from carbon and titanium, which is produced to order is released as the current mark of GUNPLA and the ultimate GUNPLA leading to the future

THE GUNDAM BASE YOKOHAMA Satellite opened in the facility together with the rollout of Launch of the Real Grade (RG) Series, a brand that pursues a 1/144 scale GUNPLA that looks realistic 2010 GUNDAM FACTORY YOKOHAMA (Yamashita Pier, Yokohama) Launch of the “OTONA NO CHOGGOKIN” series, a perfectionist hobby item for mature fans, THE GUNDAM BASE SATELLITE, a satellite store which aims to develop new GUNPLA fans by which interprets solid objects that exist (or existed) as characters and gives them an elaborate concrete form 2021 conveying how parents and children can enjoy playing with GUNPLA, opened in Nagoya and Kyoto. The oﬃcial GUNDAM Café was opened in Akihabara, Tokyo PAC-MAN turned CHOGOKIN, CHOGOKIN PAC-MAN, released

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12 Corporate Data Company Name BANDAI SPIRITS CO., LTD. Head Office G-BASE Tamachi ,5-29-11,Shiba,Minato-ku,Tokyo, 108-0014,Japan Date of Establishment February 15, 2018 Paid-in Capital ¥300 million Number of Employees 650 (As of Apr. 1 , 2021) Year-end March 31

Directors and President & CEO Nao Udagawa Corporate Director Hiroshi Sakakibara Auditors Director Takahiro Mizuno Director Daiki Miyatani Director Akira Togashi Director (Outside) Kazuhiro Takenaka Director (Outside) Shin Sasaki Audit & Supervisory Board Member Masayuki Ishii Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside) Kohei Kato

Organizational Chart

Board of Directors Audit & Supervisory Board Member

President & CEO Hobby Products Global Business Department Division Corporate Planning Department Creation Department Media Department Collectors Toy Department Online Marketing Strategy Office Lot＆Innovation Department Product Management Department Banpresto Department Legal & IP Department Food Entertainment Department General Affairs Department

Human Resources Department

Accounting &Finance Department

Information Systems Department

Internal Audit Office

（As of April 1, 2021）

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Safety, quality, and environmental efforts support the foundation that sustain “Dreams, Fun and Inspiration”

Initiatives for product safety

Initiatives for product quality

Initiatives at production factories

14 Delivering Dreams, Fun and Inspiration all around the world

Delivering Dreams, Fun and Inspiration BANDAI SPIRITS CO., LTD. all around the world CORPORATE PROFILE 2021

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