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 our group company, GENDA GiGO Entertainment, Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Kazuhiro Ninomiya; hereinafter “GENDA GiGO Entertainment”), will acquire all shares issued by HALOS Corporation (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Fujio Imaizumi; hereinafter “HALOS”), which operates 53 amusement arcades and 63 mini-locations (1) nationwide. (1: non-staffed game corner)
■ For more details, please refer to this timely disclosure.
HALOS operates 53 amusement arcades, “HALOS GARDEN” and others, and 63 mini-locations nationwide. By this acquisition of the shares, we can expect an increase in profit for both HALOS and GENDA by providing limited-edition prizes of “GiGO PRIZE,” which is a prize brand developed by GENDA, and improving the purchasing power of amusement machines and prizes in accordance with increasing numbers of stores in addition to streamlining the store operation by sharing human resources and knowledge of DX between the stores developed by HALOS and the ones by GENDA. GENDA GiGO Entertainment, which plays a central role in Entertainment Platform Business of GENDA, operates amusement arcades targeting a place to provide the world’s No.1 entertainment, that is real and appeals to human beings’ sense, and make everybody in the world long to visit GiGO. We will keep striving to create attractive arcades for all our customers that visit GENDA’s amusement arcades.
■ HALOS Corporation Corporate outline
Company Name: HALOS Corporation
Representative: President, Fujio Imaizumi
Establishment: February 1996
Location: 1-7-3 Shintomi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Web site: https://www.halos.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