BANDAI NAMCO : Notice Regarding the Decision on Matters Relating to the Purchase of Treasury Shares (Purchase of Treasury Shares Based on the Provisions of the Articles of Incorporation Pursuant to Article 165, Paragraph (2) of the Companies Act)PDF94.0 KB

February 5, 2026

Name of listed company: Bandai Namco Holdings Inc.

Name of representative: Yuji Asako,

President and Representative Director (Code Number: 7832 TSE Prime Market) Contact: Takashi Tsuji, Director, CFO

(Purchase of Treasury Shares Based on the Provisions of the Articles of Incorporation Pursuant to Article 165, Paragraph (2) of the Companies Act)

Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) hereby announces that, at the Board of Directors meeting held today, the Company approved a resolution on matters relating to the purchase of treasury shares pursuant to the provisions of Article 156 of the Companies Act as applied by replacing the relevant terms pursuant to the provision of Article 165, paragraph (3) of the said Act.

1. Reason for acquiring treasury shares

   The Bandai Namco Group recognizes that improving capital efficiency and strengthening its financial structure are important management issues in order to improve corporate value over the medium to long term. After consideration in accordance with the Company’s basic policy for shareholder returns, the Company has decided to also acquire treasury shares in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026 for the objective of improving capital efficiency through the effective use of assets held and implementing a flexible capital policy, including a return to shareholders, in response to changes in the business environment.

   The Company aims to further strengthen the competitiveness of the Bandai Namco Group and ranks the appropriate return of profits to shareholders as one of its highest priorities in the management, and the basic policy is to have a total return ratio of 50% or higher.

   • Implement long-term stable dividends with a minimum DOE (dividend on equity) of 3.60%

   • Acquire treasury shares as appropriate with an awareness of capital cost

2. Details of the acquisition

   1. Class of shares to be acquired Common shares

   2. Total number of shares to be acquired Up to 6,000,000 shares (0.93% of total number of issued shares excluding treasury shares)

   3. Total value of shares to be acquired Up to ¥30.0 billion

   4. Acquisition period February 6, 2026 to April 30, 2026

   5. Acquisition method Market purchases on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Holding status of treasury shares as of December 31, 2025

Total number of issued shares (excluding treasury shares) 647,561,160 shares Number of treasury shares 2,438,840 shares

As mentioned in the “Notice Regarding Revisions to Consolidated Projections and Projections of Cash Dividends for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2026” document disclosed today, the Company resolved to revise its dividend forecast. As a result, the total return ratio when taking into account the revision to the dividend forecasts and the maximum treasury share acquisition value is expected to be 59.4%.

• This document is a translation of the original Press Release in Japanese. Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. provides this translation for your reference and convenience only and without any warranty as to its accuracy or otherwise. In the event of any discrepancy, the original Press Release in Japanese shall prevail.

• This document contains forward-looking statements that are based on management’s estimates, assumptions and projections at the time of publication. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations.