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Supplementary Materials (for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31,2024)

· Issued by Aoki Holdings, Inc.

Supplementary

Materials

Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2024

May 10, 2024

AOKI Holdings Inc.

Contents

FY3/24 Review of Operations

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FY3/25 Earnings Forecast

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Supplementary Documents

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  1. All monetary figures are rounded down.
  2. The Accounting Standard for Revenue Recognition has not been retroactively applied to fiscal years before FY3/21.
  3. Sales and earnings of RUNSYSTEM, which became a subsidiary in June 2022, are included beginning with the second quarter of FY3/23.
  4. We changed the method of calculating segment sales and profits/losses in the FY3/24 , for the FY3/23 we have listed figures prepared based on the changed calculation method.

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FY3/24 Review of Operations

FY3/24 Results Summary

Business climate

  • Normalization of social and economic activities
  • Recovery of consumer activity due to end of most pandemic restrictions, return to the office, and increased demand for going out
  • Rise in raw material prices
  • Weather factors such as hot summer, lingering summer heat and warm winter
  • Product and service strategies that meet consumer needs

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  • Favorable results of existing stores in all business segments
  • Higher sales and earnings for the third consecutive fiscal year
  • Appropriate measures as needed in response to rising costs
  • Sales and earnings exceeded forecast for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024

Sales

187.7 billion yen

Operating

13.8 billion yen

(up 6.6% YoY)

profit

(up 35.4% YoY)

Ordinary

13.2 billion yen

profit

(up 57.0% YoY)

Profit attributable

7.5 billion yen

to owners of parent

(up 34.5% YoY)

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Consolidated Profit and Loss

(Millions of yen)

Account/Period

FY3/23

FY3/24

Change

YoY %

Sales

176,170

187,716

11,546

106.6

Gross profit

69,556

76,929

7,373

110.6

Gross profit margin

39.5%

41.0%

+1.5pt

Selling, general and administrative

59,320

63,069

3,749

106.3

expenses

Operating profit

10,235

13,860

3,624

135.4

Operating margin

5.8%

7.4%

+1.6pt

Non-operating profit

404

329

-74

81.5

Non-operating expenses

2,209

954

-1,255

43.2

Ordinary profit

8,430

13,235

4,804

157.0

Extraordinary gains

1,324

1,003

-320

75.8

Extraordinary losses

1,994

1,798

-196

90.2

Profit attributable to owners of parent

5,632

7,574

1,941

134.5

Net income per share (yen)

66.34

90.03

23.69

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Consolidated Earnings Trends from FY3/14 to FY3/24

(Billions of yen)

Sales

Operating profit/loss

Operating margin

¥187.7billion

198.4

194.0

195.0

188.5

179.4

183.8

180.2

176.1

11.4%

154.9

143.1

10.4%

9.4%

7.4%

20.3

19.0

17.7

7.4%

7.5%

6.9%

¥13.8billion

14.4

14.8

13.4

5.8%

3.7%

3.5%

10.2

6.6

5.4

Before the pandemic

-5.7

-4.0%

FY3/14

FY3/15

FY3/16

FY3/17

FY3/18

FY3/19

FY3/20

FY3/21

FY3/22

FY3/23

FY3/24

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FY3/24 Results by Segment

Existing-store sales remained strong due to increase in sales per customer, resulting in third

Fashion

consecutive year of increase in sales and profits

• Change in existing-store sales: up 5.7% (forecast: up 3.0%)

Change in existing-store sales per customer: up6.2%(forecast: up2.2%)

• Stores opened: 6 stores; closed: 9 stores

The number of customers increased due to social and economic activities, Record-high operating profit

Entertainment

• Change in existing-store sales: up 5.5% (forecast: up 5.4%)

• Stores opened: 14 stores; closed: 40 stores(include RUNSYSTEM)

ANNIVERSAIRE OMOTESANDO closed from April to August and expenses increased due to renewal

Anniversaire and Bridal

• Change in the number of weddings at existing locations: up 13.1% (forecast: up 10.6%)

• Change in sales per couple at existing locations: up 5.0 (forecast: up 4.9%)

Sales

Operating profit

(Billions of yen)

195.0

3.1

25.4

54.1

114.4

176.1

4.8

9.4

70.8

94.5

+6.6%

187.7

+25.9%

6.0

10.2

+9.0%

75.5

+6.6%

+5.8%

100.0

(Billions of yen)

13.4

0.6

2.1

3.1

7.2

10.2

0.7

0.3

3.1

6.6

+35.4%

+75.7%

-85.0%

+71.4%

+21.3%

13.8

1.3

0.05

5.4

8.0

FY3/19

FY3/23

FY3/24

*Before the pandemic

FY3/19

FY3/23

FY3/24

*Before the pandemic

■ Fashion

■ Entertainment

■ Anniversaire/Bridal

■ Real Estate Reasing

*The sum of the business segment items does not match the total because of inter-segment eliminations.

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FY3/25 Earnings Forecast

FY3/25 Earnings Forecast

Business climate

  • The diversification of customer needs and changes of consumption behavior
  • Depreciation of the yen and rise in raw material prices
  • Shortage of employees and wage increases
  • Increasing awareness of the importance of sustainability

AOKI Group

  • Developing products and services that meet customer needs and changing store models
  • Appropriate measures as needed in response to rising costs and implement cost controls
  • Use DX for store operation innovations and improvements
  • Development of environmentally friendly products and implementation of various efforts

Sales

191.5 billion yen

Operating

15.0 billion yen

(up 2.0% YoY)

profit

(up 8.2% YoY)

Ordinary

14.6 billion yen

profit

(up 10.3% YoY)

Profit attributable

8.0 billion yen

to owners of parent

(up 5.6% YoY)

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Consolidated Forecast

(Millions of yen)

Account/Period

FY3/24

FY3/25

Change

YoY %

(Forecast)

Sales

187,716

191,500

3,783

102.0

Gross profit

76,929

80,100

3,170

104.1

Gross profit margin

41.0%

41.8%

+0.8pt

Selling, general and administrative

63,069

65,100

2,030

103.2

expenses

Operating profit

13,860

15,000

1,139

108.2

Operating margin

7.4%

7.8%

+0.4pt

Non-operating profit

329

250

-79

75.8

Non-operating expenses

954

650

-304

68.1

Ordinary profit

13,235

14,600

1,364

110.3

Extraordinary gains

1,003

-

-1,003

-

Extraordinary losses

1,798

1,400

-398

77.8

Profit attributable to owners of parent

7,574

8,000

425

105.6

Net income per share (yen)

90.03

95.21

5.18

-

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