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Supplementary Materials (for the Three Months of the Fiscal Year Ending March 31,2025)

· Issued by Aoki Holdings, Inc.

Supplementary

Materials

for the First Quarter of the Fiscal Year

Ending March 31, 2025

(Three Months Ended June 30, 2024)

August 8, 2024

AOKI Holdings Inc.

Contents

Three Months of FY3/25 Review of Operations

Three Months of FY3/25 Result by Segment

Supplementary Documents

Note : All monetary figures are rounded down.

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Three Months of FY3/25 Review of Operations

Three Months of FY3/25 Results Summary

Business climate

  • End of post-pandemic demand recovery
  • Rise in raw material prices and depreciation of the yen
  • Shortage of employees and rise in personnel expenses
  • Rise in average temperature

AOKI Group

  • Favorable results of existing stores in all business segments
  • Higher first quarter sales and earnings for the fourth consecutive fiscal year
  • Appropriate measures as needed in response to rising costs
  • Sales and earnings exceeding the forecasted progress for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025

Sales

42.8 billion yen

(up 3.2% YoY)

Ordinary

2.2 billion yen

profit

(up 1.2% YoY)

Operating

2.3 billion yen

profit

(up 3.3% YoY)

Profit attributable

1.6 billion yen

to owners of parent

(up 12.7% YoY)

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Three Months of FY3/25 Results

1Q FY3/25

(Billions of yen)

42.8

25.7

Sales

Cost

Sales

of

sales

Extraordinary income

• Gain on sale of investment securities

17.1

14.7

Extraordinary losses

Gross

SG&A

• Impairment loss

profit

expenses

Non-

Non-

Extraordinary

operating operating

Profit

Operating

profit

expenses

income

Total income

profit

0.06

0.2

0.2

taxes

attributable

to owners

Extraordinary

0.7

of parent

2.3

2.2

losses

2.3

0.07

1.6

Ordinary

Profit before

Major components

profit

income taxes

Sales

Increase in existing-store sales in all business segments

Operating profit

Increase in operating profit due to higher existing-store

sales and improved gross profit margin

Gross profit

Gross profit margin: up 0.2pt YoY

Extraordinary

income

SG&A

Increase in advertising expenses and personnel expenses ,

Extraordinary

expenses

SG&A expense ratio: up 0.2pt YoY

losses

Increase Gain on sale of investment securities , Decrease in settlements received

Decrease in impairment loss

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Consolidated Profit and Loss

(Millions of yen)

Account/Period

First Quarter

First Quarter

Change

YoY %

of FY3/24

of FY3/25

Sales

41,549

42,887

1,338

103.2

Gross profit

16,481

17,124

643

103.9

Gross profit margin

39.7%

39.9%

+0.2pt

Selling, general and administrative

14,203

14,770

567

104.0

expenses

Operating profit

2,278

2,354

75

103.3

Operating margin

5.5%

5.5%

+0.0pt

Non-operating profit

88

66

-22

74.5

Non-operating expenses

180

207

27

115.0

Ordinary profit

2,187

2,213

26

101.2

Extraordinary income

500

226

-273

45.4

Extraordinary losses

86

71

-14

82.7

Profit attributable to owners of parent

1,439

1,623

183

112.7

Net income per share (yen)

17.06

19.32

2.26

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Three Months of FY3/25 Results by Segment

Sales and earnings exceeding the forecasted progress for the fiscal year in all segments

Lower profit due to a decline in gross profit margin and an increase in SG&A expenses, offset by higher sales from

Fashion

the steady performance of existing stores.

• Change in existing-store sales: up 4.1% (forecast: up 3.1%)

• Change in existing-store number of customer: up 1.8% (forecast: up 0.8%)

• Change in existing-store sales per customer: up 2.3% (forecast: up 2.3%)

Higher sales and earnings due to an increase in existing-store sales, record-high operating profit for a first quarter

Entertainment

• Change in existing-store sales: up 2.5% (forecast: up 0.4%)

• Change in existing-store number of customer: up 2.2% (forecast: up 0.3%)

• Change in existing-store sales per customer: up 1.0% (forecast: up 0.5%)

Slightly lower profit due to a decrease in the number of weddings at existing locations, offset by higher sales with

Anniversaire and Bridal

operation of ANNIVERSAIRE OMOTESANDO which had been closed during the same period last year

• Change in the number of weddings at existing locations: down 2.8% (forecast: down 3.0%)

• Change in sales per couple at existing locations: up 0.1 (forecast: down 1.6%)

Sales

Operating profit/loss

(Billions of yen)

41.5

1.2

2.0

18.0

21.1

+3.2%

+32.2%

+15.6%

+0.9%

+3.3%

42.8

1.6

2.3

18.2

21.8

(Billions of yen)

2.2

0.2

1.1

1.2

+3.3%

+76.6%

+24.8%

-29.0%

2.3

0.3

1.4

0.9

-0.2

-0.2

1Q FY3/24

1Q FY3/25

1Q FY3/24

1Q FY3/25

■ Fashion

■ Entertainment

■ Anniversaire/Bridal

■ Real Estate Leasing

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

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3-Year Summary of First Quarter

Sales

(Billions of yen)

39.2 41.5 42.8

1Q FY3/23

1Q FY3/24

1Q FY3/25

Sales composition by segment (%)

2.9

3.0

3.8

5.4

4.8

5.4

39.3

42.5

41.3

52.4

49.7

49.5

1Q FY3/23

1Q FY3/24

1Q FY3/25

  • Fashion ■ Entertainment

Operating profit/ Operating margin

(Billions of yen)

2.3

10

2.2

9

8

1.5

7

5.5%

5.5%

6

3.9%

5

4

3

2

1

0

1Q FY3/23

1Q FY3/24

1Q FY3/25

Operating profit composition by segment (%)

11.7

8.9

2.3

15.1

17.7

48.2

58.0

68.3

51.4

35.2

-8.4

-8.3

1Q FY3/23

1Q FY3/24

1Q FY3/25

■ Anniversaire/Bridal

■ Real Estate Leasing

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Three Months of FY3/25 Result by Segment

Fashion Business: First Quarter of FY3/25 Review of Operations

Lower profit due to a decline in gross profit margin and an increase in SG&A expenses, offset by higher sales from the steady performance of existing stores.

Sales

Operating profit / Operating margin

(Millions of yen)

(Millions of yen)

Sales: up 3.3% YoY

25,000

20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2,000

21,803

21,106

1,000

1,279

907

6.1%

4.2%

Operating profit: down 29.0% YoY

Major components

Existing-store sales: up 4.1% YoY

Declined sales of suits and other heavy clothing due to

the configuration of the day of the week in April, etc.

Strong sales of Pajama Suits and other casual

clothing

Strong sales of Cool Biz-related products due to rising

temperatures

Gross profit margin: down 1.0pt YoY

0

0

1Q

1Q

1Q

1Q

FY3/24

FY3/25

FY3/24

FY3/25

(Millions of yen)

1Q FY3/25

YoY %

% to sales

Sales

21,803

103.3

100.0

Gross profit

12,675

101.6

58.1

SG&A expenses

11,767

105.1

54.0

Operating profit

907

71.0

4.2

Rising purchase prices

Declined sales of high-margin heavy clothing

Increased mailings of discount coupons and

increased allotment of limited-time discount points

SG&A expenses: up 5.1% YoY

Higher advertising expenses: up 21.1% YoY

Higher personnel expenses: up 5.2% YoY

SG&A expense ratio: up 1.0pt YoY

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