Financial Information as of

December 31, 2023

(This is an English translation of the "Yukashouken-Houkokusho"

for the year ended December 2023)

UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION

Ariake Frontier Building Tower A,

7-26, Ariake 3-chome,Koto-ku, Tokyo

(E02452)

Contents

Page

Cover

Part I

Company Information

1

Section 1.

Overview of the Company

1

1.

Transition of Significant Business Indicators, etc

2

2.

The Company's History

4

3.

Description of Businesses

7

4.

Affiliated Companies

9

5.

Employees

10

Section 2.

Business

11

1.

Management Policy, Operating Environment and Issues to Be Addressed

11

2.

Sustainability Stance and Activities

12

3.

Business and Other Risks

13

4.

Management's Analyses of Financial Status, Operating Results and Cash Flow

15

5.

Important Contracts, etc., in Operations

19

6.

Research-and-DevelopmentActivities

19

Section 3.

Facilities and Equipment

20

1.

Overview of Capital Investments

20

2.

Major Facilities and Equipment

20

3.

Plans for Construction and Retirement, etc., of Facilities

21

Section 4.

Situation of the Company

22

1.

Details of Stock, etc

22

(1)

Total Number of Shares, etc

22

(2)

Subscription Rights to Shares

22

(3)

Exercise Status, etc., of Bonds with Subscription Rights to Shares with a Clause to Revise

the Exercise Price

27

(4)

Transition of Total Number of Issued Shares and Amount of Capital Stock

27

(5)

Shareholders by Category

27

(6)

Major Shareholders

28

(7)

Voting Rights

29

2.

Acquisition of Treasury Shares, etc

30

3.

Dividend Policy

30

4.

Corporate Governance, etc

31

(1)

Overview of Corporate Governance

31

(2)

Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members

36

(3)

Accounting Audit

39

(4)

Remuneration, etc. Paid to Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members

42

(5)

Shareholding Status

43

Section 5.

Accounting

45

1.

Consolidated Financial Statements, etc

46

(1)

Consolidated Financial Statements

46

(2)

Others

87

2.

Non-consolidatedFinancial Statements, etc

88

(1)

Non-consolidatedFinancial Statements

88

(2)

Major Assets and Liabilities

97

(3)

Others

97

Section 6.

Outline of Stock-RelatedMatters of the Company

99

Section 7.

Referential Information of the Company

99

Part II

Information on Guarantee Companies, etc., for the Company

99

[Independent Auditor's Reports]

Cover

Submitted document

Securities Registration Report

Statutory basis

Paragraph 1, Article 24 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act

of Japan

Agency receiving submission

Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau

Submission date

March 29, 2024

Fiscal year

51st period (from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023)

Corporate name

Kabushiki-gaisha Universal Entertainment

Name in English

Universal Entertainment Corporation

Name and position of representative

Jun Fujimoto, Representative Director and President, CEO and CIO

Location of headquarters

Ariake Frontier Building Tower A, 7-26, Ariake 3-chome,Koto-ku,

Tokyo

Phone

+81-3-5530-3055

Name of contact person

Kenshi Asano, Director and CFO

Closest contact address

Ariake Frontier Building Tower A, 7-26, Ariake 3-chome,Koto-ku,

Tokyo

Phone

+81-3-5530-3055

Name of contact person

Kenshi Asano, Director and CFO

Place available for public inspection

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.

(2-1, Nihombashi Kabutocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo)

Universal Entertainment Corporation (Securities code: 6425)

Financial Information for the Fiscal Year Ended December 2023

Part I. Company Information

Section 1. Overview of the Company

(Introduction)

Effective April 1, 1998, the company submitting this report (the former Universal Technos Co., Ltd., hereinafter "the Company") absorbed in a merger the former Universal Sales Co., Ltd., and changed its trade name to Aruze Corp. The purpose of the merger was to change the face value per share of the former Universal Sales Co., Ltd., from 500 yen to 50 yen. In addition, the change of trade name represented the Company's prospects for further growth in anticipation of the future expansion of its businesses. Effective November 1, 2009, Aruze Corp. changed its trade name to Universal Entertainment Corporation. The change of trade name represented the Company's prospects for further growth in anticipation of the future expansion of its businesses.

The following illustrates changes in the status of the Company since its establishment to date:

Universal

Lease Co., Ltd.

Universal Co.,

Ltd.

Universal Technos

Co., Ltd.

Spun off on December 10, 1979 (registered surviving company)

Aruze Corp.

Merged and changed the trade name on April 1, 1998

Established on December 2, 1969

Changed the trade name on October 1, 1971 (dissolved company)

Universal

Giken Co., Ltd.

Spun off on June 26, 1973

Universal

Sales Co., Ltd.

Merged on April 1,

Universal 1993

Sales Co., Ltd.

Changed the trade name on May 31, 1975 (substantial surviving company)

Universal

Entertainment

Corporation

Changed the trade name on November 1, 2009

To date

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Universal Entertainment Corporation (Securities code: 6425)

Financial Information for the Fiscal Year Ended December 2023

1. Transition of Significant Business Indicators, etc.

  1. Consolidated Business Indicators, etc.

Term

47th Period

48th Period

49th Period

50th Period

51st Period

Fiscal year ended

December

December

December

December

December

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Net sales

(Million yen)

124,944

90,871

90,435

140,998

178,995

Ordinary profit (loss)

(Million yen)

(7,941)

(9,249)

(2,508)

13,933

38,080

Net income (loss) attributable

(Million yen)

(5,191)

(19,218)

(19,052)

11,506

28,439

to owners of parent

Comprehensive income

(Million yen)

6,075

(12,452)

(18,657)

10,395

42,161

Net assets

(Million yen)

371,834

357,577

338,919

349,315

388,388

Total assets

(Million yen)

573,238

568,502

572,381

596,177

628,006

Net assets per share

(Yen)

4,756.13

4,614.09

4,373.31

4,507.48

5,011.39

Net income (loss) per share

(Yen)

(66.18)

(247.60)

(245.88)

148.50

367.04

Diluted net income per share

(Yen)

-

-

-

148.49

367.00

Ratio of shareholders' equity

(%)

64.9

62.9

59.2

58.6

61.8

Ratio of net income to

(%)

(1.4)

(5.3)

(5.5)

3.3

7.7

shareholders' equity

Price-earnings ratio

(Times)

-

-

-

16.0

6.3

Net cash from operating

(Million yen)

29,468

3,112

1,745

24,461

28,017

activities

Net cash from investing

(Million yen)

(28,897)

(18,496)

(7,037)

(8,996)

(10,124)

activities

Net cash from financing

(Million yen)

(8,863)

14,436

(1,819)

(11,246)

(11,326)

activities

Cash and cash equivalents at

(Million yen)

38,226

37,133

30,546

35,793

44,190

the end of fiscal year

Number of employees

(Persons)

8,437

6,775

6,408

6,689

6,983

Notes: 1. The Company has applied the Accounting Standard for Revenue Recognition (Accounting Standards Board of Japan (ASBJ) Statement No. 29, March 31, 2020), etc. from the beginning of the 50th period. All significant business indicators, etc. for the 50th and following periods incorporate this accounting standard.

  1. The "Diluted net income per share" is not presented for the 47th, 48th and 49th periods because a net loss per share was posted despite the existence of latent shares with a dilution effect.
  2. "Price-earningsratio" is not presented for the 47th, 48th and 49th periods because a net loss per share was posted.

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Universal Entertainment Corporation (Securities code: 6425)

Financial Information for the Fiscal Year Ended December 2023

(2) Non-consolidated Business Indicators, etc., of the Company

Term

47th Period

48th Period

49th Period

50th Period

51st Period

Fiscal year ended

December

December

December

December

December

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Net sales

(Million yen)

54,812

64,489

56,037

70,049

83,028

Ordinary profit (loss)

(Million yen)

(6,754)

(1,402)

1,211

8,479

9,527

Net income (loss)

(Million yen)

(6,799)

(503)

(1,417)

4,749

7,374

Capital stock

(Million yen)

98

98

98

98

98

Number of issued shares

(Shares)

80,195,000

80,195,000

80,195,000

80,195,000

80,195,000

Net assets

(Million yen)

361,212

358,936

357,514

362,261

366,516

Total assets

(Million yen)

458,554

465,370

481,446

508,414

525,775

Net assets per share

(Yen)

4,620.24

4,631.63

4,613.28

4,674.55

4,729.13

Dividend per share

(Yen)

50

-

-

-

40

[Interim dividend per share]

[50]

[-]

[-]

[-]

[40]

Net income (loss) per share

(Yen)

(86.68)

(6.48)

(18.30)

61.29

95.17

Diluted net income per share

(Yen)

-

-

-

61.29

95.16

Ratio of shareholders' equity

(%)

78.8

77.1

74.2

71.2

69.7

Ratio of net income to

(%)

(1.8)

(0.1)

(0.4)

1.3

2.0

shareholders' equity

Price-earnings ratio

(Times)

-

-

-

38.8

24.2

Dividend payout ratio

(%)

-

-

-

-

42.0

Number of employees

(Persons)

988

998

990

976

984

Shareholder return

(%)

118.0

76.2

78.1

76.1

74.9

[Comparison with TOPIX

(%)

[118.1]

[126.8]

[143.0]

[139.5]

[178.9]

including dividends]

Highest share price

(Yen)

4,010

3,695

2,870

2,828

3,235

Lowest share price

(Yen)

2,947

1,277

2,180

1,328

1,851

Notes: 1. The Company has applied the Accounting Standard for Revenue Recognition (ASBJ Statement No. 29, March 31, 2020), etc. from the beginning of 50th period. All significant business indicators, etc. for the 50th and following periods incorporate this accounting standard.

  1. The "Diluted net income per share" is not presented for the 47th, 48th and 49th periods because a net loss per share was posted despite the existence of latent shares with a dilution effect.
  2. "Price-earningsratio" is not presented for the 47th, 48th and 49th periods because a net loss per share was posted.
  3. The highest and lowest share prices are for prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Standard Market) since April 4, 2022 and for prices on the JASDAQ (Standard) market before then.

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Universal Entertainment Corporation (Securities code: 6425)

Financial Information for the Fiscal Year Ended December 2023

2. The Company's History

Events

Month & Year

Universal Entertainment Corporation

Former company name: Aruze Corp. (Universal Sales Co.,

Universal Co., Ltd.

Ltd. and Universal Technos Co., Ltd.)

December 1969

Established Universal Lease Co., Ltd., for the

purpose of leasing jukeboxes at 2515, Mamada,

Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture.

July 1970

Established a factory at the same place and started

producing amusement machines.

October 1971

Changed trade name to Universal Co., Ltd.

June 1972

Purchased land adjacent to the factory and built a

new factory.

June 1973

Spun off Sales Division of Universal Co., Ltd. from the

company and established Universal Giken Co., Ltd., as an

independent company and began its operation.

May 1975

Relocated the Head Office of Universal Giken Co., Ltd., to

11-1, Ueno 5-chome,Taito-ku, Tokyo, and changed the

trade name to Universal Sales Co., Ltd.

September 1975

Established the Osaka Sales Office in Suita, Osaka

Built a new factory in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture.

Prefecture.

Hereafter, this factory began full-scale production

of various game machines as a base.

November 1976

Established the Nagoya Sales Office in Naka-ku, Nagoya,

Aichi Prefecture.

April 1978

Built the Universal Building in Nihombashi Horidomecho,

Chuo-ku, Tokyo, and relocated the Head Office of

Universal Sales Co., Ltd.

December 1979

Spun off the Development Division of Universal Co., Ltd.

from the company and established Universal Technos Co.,

Ltd., as an independent company, and began its operation.

March 1980

Constructed a new factory located in the third

industrial park in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture

(Oyama Second Factory) and moved there.

Expanded from production of game machines into

pachislot machines for the entertainment and

amusement industry.

January 1981

Established the Fukuoka Sales Office in Hakata-ku,

Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture.

May 1982

Established the Hokkaido Sales Office in Shiroishi-ku,

Sapporo, Hokkaido.

February 1983

Established the Sendai and Kagoshima Sales Offices in

Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, and Kagoshima, Kagoshima

Prefecture, respectively.

August 1983

Established the Niigata Sales Office in Niigata, Niigata

Prefecture.

June 1985

Established the Aomori, Shikoku and Kobe Sales Offices in

Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Takamatsu, Kagawa

Prefecture, and Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture,

respectively.

July 1985

Established the Hiroshima Sales Office in Naka-ku,

Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, and the Okayama Sub-

Branch in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture.

October 1985

Established the Kitakanto Sales Office in Utsunomiya,

Tochigi Prefecture.

July 1986

Procured the head office building of Universal Technos

Co., Ltd. in Nihombashi Hamacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, and

moved there.

April 1988

Constructed the head office building of Universal Sales

Procured a factory in Yonago, Tottori

Co., Ltd. in Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo.

Prefecture, as a new manufacturing base and

started production of amusement machines.

May 1988

Established the Shizuoka Sales Office in Shizuoka,

Shizuoka Prefecture.

September 1988

Established the Oita Sub-Branch in Oita, Oita Prefecture.

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Financial Information for the Fiscal Year Ended December 2023

Events

Month & Year

Universal Entertainment Corporation

Former company name: Aruze Corp. (Universal Sales Co.,

Universal Co., Ltd.

Ltd. and Universal Technos Co., Ltd.)

July 1990

Established the Kanazawa Sub-Branch in Kanazawa,

Ishikawa Prefecture.

September 1990

Established the Koriyama Sub-Branch in Koriyama,

Fukushima Prefecture.

April 1992

Established the Kumamoto Sub-Branch in Kumamoto,

Kumamoto Prefecture.

July 1992

Established the Saitama, Kanagawa and Chiba Sales

Offices in Omiya, Saitama Prefecture, Kohoku-ku,

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Chuo-ku, Chiba,

Chiba Prefecture, respectively.

August 1992

Established the Kyoto Sales Office in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto,

Kyoto Prefecture.

April 1993

Universal Sales Co., Ltd. absorbed Universal Co., Ltd. in a

Dissolved as a result of a merger with Universal

merger.

Sales Co., Ltd.

July 1993

Moved the Head Office to the head office building of Universal

Co., Ltd. in Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo.

April 1994

Established the Mito Sales Office in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture.

April 1998

Universal Technos Co., Ltd. absorbed Universal Sales Co., Ltd. in a merger and changed the trade name to

Aruze Corp. Moved the Head Office to Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo.

September 1998

Registered its shares on the over-the-counter market of the Japan Securities Dealers Association.

August 1999

Built a new factory in Yotsukaido, Chiba Prefecture (current Pachislot and Pachinko machine manufacturing site).

October 2000

Acquired shares of Aruze USA, Inc. (currently a consolidated subsidiary).

October 2000

Aruze USA, Inc. invested in Valvino Lamore, LLC.

November 2000

Acquired shares of Japan Amusement Broadcasting Co., Ltd.

February 2001

Established Yotsukaido Techno Center in Yotsukaido, Chiba Prefecture.

September 2002

All capital holdings of Valvino Lamore, LLC, were invested in kind to Wynn Resorts, Limited.

November 2002

Acquired shares of Nautilus Inc. (trade name was changed to Aruze Global Trading Corporation).

October 2003

Established Beijing Aruze Development Co., Ltd. (currently a non-consolidated subsidiary).

June 2004

Obtained a gaming machine manufacturer's license and an approval for stock acquisition of Universal

Distributing of Nevada, Inc. (currently Aruze Gaming America, Inc.), in the State of Nevada, U.S.A.

December 2004

Cancelled over-the-counter registration with the Japan Securities Dealers Association and listed the Company's

shares on Jasdaq Securities Exchange, Inc.

December 2004

Obtained a gaming machine manufacturer's license and an approval for stock acquisition of Universal

Distributing of Nevada, Inc., in the State of Mississippi, U.S.A.

January 2005

Acquired shares of Universal Distributing of Nevada, Inc., which had subsidiaries in Australia and South Africa,

and made the three companies consolidated subsidiaries.

March 2005

Wynn Resorts, Limited and its subsidiary obtained a license for casino operations in the State of Nevada, U.S.A.

May 2006

Established Aruze Preparatory Corporation.

July 2006

Obtained a gaming machine manufacturer's license, which is renewable without limitation, in the State of

Nevada, U.S.A.

April 2007

Transferred gaming machine business for overseas casinos to Aruze Gaming America, Inc.

Established ARUZE MEDIA NET CORP. for mobile web site operation business through a company split.

September 2007

Acquired shares of Japan Rental Service, Ltd. (trade name was changed to Aruze Rental Service Corporation).

October 2007

Transferred the Sales Division of the Pachislot/Pachinko Business to Aruze Marketing Japan Corporation

(formerly known as System Staff Co., Ltd.) and the Development Division thereof to Seven Works Corporation

(formerly known as Aruze Preparatory Corporation) through company splits.

February 2008

Established Aruze Investment Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary).

June 2008

Transitioned to a company with committees.

August 2008

Acquired a provisional license to operate a casino resort in the Philippines.

Aruze Gaming America, Inc. implemented an allocation of new shares to a third party and the shares of Aruze

Gaming America owned by the Company were partially transferred.

February 2009

Aruze Global Trading Corporation, Aruze Rental Service Corporation and Seven Works Corporation were

merged to Aruze Marketing Japan Corporation by an absorption-type merger with Aruze Marketing Japan to act

as the surviving company.

March 2009

Transferred all the shares of Aruze Gaming America, Inc. owned by the Company.

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Financial Information for the Fiscal Year Ended December 2023

Month & Year

Events

Universal Entertainment Corporation

Former company name: Aruze Corp. (Universal Sales Co., Ltd. and Universal Technos Co., Ltd.)

June 2009

The Company merged Aruze Marketing Japan Corporation in an absorption-type merger with the Company to act

as the surviving company.

November 2009

Changed the trade name to Universal Entertainment Corporation.

March 2010

A casino project of the Universal Entertainment Group (Manila Bay Resorts) obtained the designation as a

special economic zone and the foreign capital restrictions for casino businesses were removed in the

Philippines.

April 2010

The Company's stock was listed on the Jasdaq market of the Osaka Securities Exchange, in accordance with the

merger of the Jasdaq Securities Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange.

June 2010

Transitioned to a company with an Audit & Supervisory Board.

October 2011

The Company merged ARUZE MEDIA NET CORP. in an absorption-type merger with the Company to act as

the surviving company.

January 2012

Manila Bay Resorts Project's groundbreaking ceremony held in Manila.

July 2013

The Company's stock was listed on the JASDAQ (Standard) market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, in

October 2013

accordance with the integration of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange.

Opened Okada Museum of Art in Hakone.

June 2014

Okada Museum of Art formed a sister partnership with Liu Hai Su Art Museum, a national museum of art in

March 2016

China.

Established joint venture "ZEEG Co. Ltd" with Sammy Corporation.

July 2016

The casino resort project in the Philippines was officially named OKADA MANILA.

December 2016

OKADA MANILA received permission to operate a casino and resort facility in the Philippines. Casino

March 2017

operations started.

Completed construction of the world's largest multi-color fountains "The Fountain" at OKADA MANILA.

December 2017

Cove Manila, covered by an enormous glass dome, started operating at OKADA MANILA.

December 2018

Completed construction of Tower A at OKADA MANILA.

July 2019

Started selling the Multi Currency System, an automated foreign exchange system for casino equipment, and

November 2021

the Slot Program Play System, customer special benefit system created exclusively for casino slot machines.

Completed construction of Tower B at OKADA MANILA.

April 2022

The stock listing was moved from the Tokyo Stock Exchange JASDAQ (Standard) market to the Tokyo Stock

Exchange Standard Market, in accordance with the revision of the market classification of the Tokyo Stock

Exchange.

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Financial Information for the Fiscal Year Ended December 2023

3. Description of Businesses

The corporate group of the Company is composed of the Company, 22 subsidiaries and three affiliates. The main businesses are the development, manufacture and sales of pachislot and pachinko machines and other game machines and peripheral equipment thereof, as well as the Integrated Resort Business and the media content business, etc.

Indicated below are the businesses of the Company's corporate group, the Company and each company's relative position in the business and the relationship with the segments (as of December 31, 2023).

Name of Segment

Main Business

Company Name

Universal Entertainment Corporation,

Development and manufacture of pachislot and

Macy Co., Ltd., Eleco Ltd., Mizuho

pachinko machines

Corp., Across Corp. and Universal

Amusement

Bros. Corp.

Equipments

Sale of pachislot and pachinko machines;

Business

development, manufacture and sale of peripheral

Universal Entertainment Corporation

equipment; procurement of units consisting of parts

and materials

Integrated Resort

Casino resort business

TIGER RESORT, LEISURE AND

Business

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

Other

Media content business

Universal Entertainment Corporation

  • In addition to the companies listed above, there are four consolidated subsidiaries, 12 non-consolidated subsidiaries not accounted for by the equity method, two affiliates accounted for by the equity method, and one affiliate not accounted for by the equity method.

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