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Outline of Corporate Strategy Meeting by SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS Held on April 22, 2009 Outline of Corporate Strategy Meeting by SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS held on April 22, 2009 Please let me now begin our corporate strategy meeting regarding the integration of Eidos plc (“Eidos”). Corporate Strategy Meeting (Eidos Integration) April 22, 2009 1 SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. Statements made in this document with respect to SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. and its consolidated subsidiaries' (together, “SQUARE ENIX GROUP") plans, estimates, strategies and beliefs are forward-looking statements about the future performance of SQUARE ENIX GROUP. These statements are based on management's assumptions and beliefs in light of information available to it at the time these material were drafted and, therefore, the reader should not place undue reliance on them. Also, the reader should not assume that statements made in this document will remain accurate or operative at a later time. A number of factors could cause actual results to be materially different from and worse than those discussed in forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but not limited to: 1. changes in economic conditions affecting our operations; 2. fluctuations in currency exchange rates, particularly with respect to the value of the Japanese yen, the U.S. dollar and the Euro; 3. SQUARE ENIX GROUP’s ability to continue to win acceptance of our products and services, which are offered in highly competitive markets characterized by the continuous introduction of new products and services, rapid developments in technology, and subjective and changing consumer preferences; 4. SQUARE ENIX GROUP’s ability to expand international success with a focus on our businesses; and 5. regulatory developments and changes and our ability to respond and adapt to those changes. The forward-looking statements regarding earnings contained in these materials were valid at the time these materials were drafted. SQUARE ENIX GROUP assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, including forecasts or projections, whether as a result of new information, subsequent events or otherwise. The financial information presented in this document is prepared according to generally accepted accounting principles in Japan. 2 SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. Profile of Eidos My name is Yoichi Wada, president of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. Company Name Eidos plc ("SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS"). Incorporation November 1995 Formal procedures for the acquisition of Eidos were completed this (Eidos Interactive was incorporated in 1990) Location of Headquarters United Kingdom (Wimbledon) evening Japan time, and Eidos has now become a wholly owned Development and publishing of interactive Principal Business entertainment subsidiary of SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS. With this acquisition, a Fiscal Year-end June 30 (to be changed to March 31) framework has been created for the entire SQUARE ENIX GROUP for Tomb Raider, Hitman, Kane & Lynch, Major IPs Deus Ex, etc. the immediate future. Crystal Dynamics (U.S.), Key Studios IO Interactive (Denmark), Eidos Montreal (Canada), etc. Eidos is a company based in Wimbledon in the United Kingdom. Its 3 SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. business is the development and sale of interactive entertainment. Because Eidos was acquired by SCi Entertainment ("SCi") a few years ago, the registered year of establishment of Eidos is 1995, the year when SCi was established. However, Eidos itself was actually established in 1990. The end of its fiscal year is June 30. Eidos sells a number of original IP software, including TOMB RAIDER, HITMAN, KANE & LYNCH, and DEUS EX. It also has development bases worldwide, including three major development studios: Crystal Dynamics in San Francisco, which develops TOMB RAIDER, IO Interactive in Denmark, which makes HITMAN and KANE & LYNCH, and Eidos Montreal in Canada, which began operating two years ago. 1/9 The plans, forecasts, strategies and ideas described in this material are descriptions of forecasts of future results. These descriptions rely on information available as of the date of production of this material and are based on assumptions and judgment made by the Company’s management. Readers are advised not to rely solely on these forecasts. Readers should also not assume that these forecasts are accurate or valid information, even after the date of public release. There are many factors that may cause actual results to vary considerably from the forecasts, and in some cases actual results may be inferior to forecasts. The information on the future forecasts described in this material is current as of April 22, 2009. The Company is not obliged to update or correct forecasts concerning the Company’s future results, including forecasts or outlook, if new information becomes available and/or events occur after April 22, 2009. Outline of Corporate Strategy Meeting by SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS held on April 22, 2009 22, April on held HOLDINGS ENIX SQUARE by Meeting Strategy Corporate of Outline new information becomes available and/or events occur after April 22, 2009. 22,2009. after April occur available events becomes and/or information new to results actual that cause may factors many not are advised Readers the Company’s management. by made judgment The information on the future forecasts described in this material is current as of April 22, 2009. 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