GENDA Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and Chairman of the Board: Nao Kataoka, Representative Director and President: Mai Shin; hereinafter “Company”) announces that we have resolved that GAGA Corporation (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Tom (Tatsumi) Yoda; hereinafter “GAGA”), which is a group company of the Company, will acquire all of the shares outstanding of D-eight CO., LTD. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Kazutaka Akada; hereinafter “D-eight”), which is engaged in planning and designing displays for entertainment-related exhibitions and events.

■For more details, please refer to this timely disclosure.

GAGA takes a role in Contents and Promotion Business in GENDA and is engaged in planning and producing for promotion at amusement arcades and karaoke boxes, working on decoration of a booth at exhibitions etc., as well as film distribution business. D-eight is engaged in planning, designing, supervising and producing displays for exhibitions and events, and takes care of related secretariat work to host and organize such exhibitions and events. They have an advantage especially in works related to exhibitions and can undertake not only setting up of booths but also the whole exhibition from foundation work to decoration, through and through. Besides, they work not only on exhibitions for B to B but also on planning and decorations for entertainment events for B to C and have a wide range of business connections. By D-eight’s joining of GENDA, it is expected to enhance our ability to plan and create designs for new stores and events etc. run by GENDA, as well as improving efficiency and profitability because it gets possible to do self-manufacture of works which we used to outsource. With our Aspiration, “More fun for your days,” we will keep striving to deliver various entertainment experiences.

■ D-eight CO., LTD. Corporate outline
Company name: D-eight CO., LTD.
Representative: Representative Director Kazutaka Akada
Establishment: April 2012
Location: 5F, Daito Headquarters Building Annex, 2-1-13 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Web site: https://d-8.co.jp/

■ GENDA Corporate outline
“More fun for your days”
To realize this Aspiration, GENDA is an entertainment company that aims to build a global entertainment network and increase the “total amount of fun” distributed throughout the world. We operate a wide range of businesses in entertainment, including Amusement, Karaoke, Character Merchandising, Food & Beverage and Contents & Promotions (movies, interactive contents, etc.). We operate approximately 800 amusement arcades such as “GiGO” and the karaoke chain “Karaoke BanBan” in Japan and abroad, as well as approximately 11,000 mini-locations (non-staffed gaming corners). We operate in Japan, the United States, mainland China, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, the Middle East, Vietnam and the Netherlands.

Company name: GENDA Inc.
Representative: Representative Director and Chairman of the Board Nao Kataoka, Representative Director and President Mai Shin
Established: May 2018
Location: 17F Tokyo Shiodome Building, 1-9-1 Higashi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Web site: https://genda.jp/en
GENDA IR page: https://genda.jp/en/ir