Information Regarding Business Realignment

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1 To Whom It May Concern: October 3, 2007 Information Regarding Business Realignment As of October 1, 2007, has become an operating holding company. Accompanying this change was the separation of the sales and R&D departments under the Pachislot & Pachinko business segment, with the following framework taking effect. 1. The planning, development and design of contents will be conducted by SEVEN WORKS. 2. Manufacturing will be conducted by four entities:, Macy Sales Co., Ltd., Eleco Ltd. and Mizuho Corp. 3. Sales will be conducted by ARUZE MARKETING JAPAN. 4. Asset management and finance operations for Pachislot machines will be conducted by ARUZE RENTAL SERVICE CORPPORATION. [Greetings from ARUZE GROUP Companies] 1. ARUZE MARKETING JAPAN We hope that this cool autumn season finds you in good health, and would like to extend As of October 1, 2007, out of the operations conducted by the Pachislot & Pachinko business and arcade amusement machine business departments, ARUZE MARKETING JAPAN has assumed the rights and obligations accompanying sales and associated operations from In assuming these operations, we hope to take this opportunity to further strengthen our sales framework and offer more replete services, meeting the expectations of everyone in the process. We hope for your continued guidance and support in this regard. Please accept these initial salutations in writing. Hajime Tokuda, Representative Director ARUZE MARKETING JAPAN 2. SEVEN WORKS 1

2 We hope that this cool autumn season finds you in good health, and would like to extend As of September 30, I, Kenkichi Yoshida, have resigned from my position of Special Advisor to Seta Corp. I want to offer my deepest gratitude to all of those who supported me during my tenure. Following my resignation, I have taken the position of Representative Director of ARUZE PREPARATORY, the body that will be responsible for assuming contents planning, development and design operations from the Pachislot & Pachinko business and arcade amusement machine business departments of Additionally, as of October 11, we intend to change our company name to SEVEN WORKS. I intend to contribute my every capacity to the development of the business of this company, and hope to continue to benefit from your kindness and support in that regard. Please accept these initial salutations in writing. 3. ARUZE GLOBAL TRADING Kenkichi Yoshida, Representative Director SEVEN WORKS We hope that this cool autumn season finds you in good health, and would like to extend Starting from, the Pachislot and Pachinko machine manufacturing and development framework within the ARUZE GROUP will assume the following form: The manufacturing companies, Macy Sales Co., Ltd., Eleco Ltd. and Mizuho Corp. will consign all contents planning, development and design work to SEVEN WORKS. Machines manufactured through the development and planning processes will be sold by ARUZE MARKETING JAPAN, with asset management for Pachislot and Pachinko machines to be conducted by ARUZE RENTAL SERVICE. We believe that this arrangement will make for the development, manufacturing and sales of Pachislot and Pachinko machines under the unified ideas of the ARUZE GROUP, allowing us to meet our client needs. Additionally, as of September 21, 2007, Nautilus Inc. has changed its company name to ARUZE GLOBAL TRADING. We hope to benefit from your continued guidance and support. Please accept these initial salutations in writing. Masaaki Shimura, Representative Director ARUZE GLOBAL TRADING 2

3 [Group Company Actions to Accompany Business Realignment] Kunihiko Yogo, Representative Director Naotaka Bessho, Representative Director Macy Sales Co., Ltd. Katsuhisa Hirata, Representative Director Eleco Ltd. Tsunenori Kono, Representative Director Mizuho Corp. 1. Fri., Sept. 21, 2007 Nautilus Inc. changed its name to ARUZE GLOBAL TRADING on this date (ARUZE GLOBAL TRADING conducts purchasing activities for the ARUZE GROUP). 2. Tues., Sept. 25, 2007 ARUZE RENTAL SERVICE became a newly-inducted member company of the ARUZE GROUP for the purpose of handling asset management for Pachislot and Pachinko machines. 3. Mon., Oct. 1, 2007 Out of the operations conducted by the Pachislot & Pachinko business and arcade amusement machine business departments, sales and associated operations were assumed by ARUZE MARKETING JAPAN (former name: System Staff Co. Ltd.). 4. Thurs., Oct. 11, 2007 Out of the operations conducted by the Pachislot & Pachinko business and arcade amusement machine business departments, contents planning, development and design operations will be assumed by SEVEN WORKS (former name: ARUZE PREPARATORY ). Please see the attachment for a breakdown of the Directors and Corporate Auditors as well as the organizational roles of each company in the ARUZE GROUP. 3

4 Directors & Corporate Auditors of ARUZE GROUP Companies (Attachment) Kunihiko Yogo, Representative Director and CEO Jun Fujimoto, Representative Director and President Kazuo Okada, Chairman of the Board of Directors Hajime Tokuda, Member of the Board of Directors Yoshito Hori, Member of the Board of Directors Hiroyuki Sawada, Member of the Board of Directors (Outside) Akitoshi Fukunaga, Full-Time Corporate Auditor Tatsumi Tamura, Corporate Auditor (Outside) Masataka Fuchigami, Corporate Auditor (Outside) Minoru Sudo, Corporate Auditor (Outside) ARUZE MARKETING JAPAN ARUZE RENTAL SERVICE SEVEN WORKS ARUZE GLOBAL TRADING Hajime Tokuda, Representative Director Kazuo Okada, Member of the Board of Directors Yoshiteru Nomura, Member of Board of Directors Noriaki Nishida, Corporate Auditor Kunihiko Yogo, Representative Director Noriaki Nishida, Member of the Board of Directors Hiroshi Shingu, Member of the Board of Directors Kenkichi Yoshida, Representative Director Taku Nozaki, Member of the Board of Directors Tomohiro Okada, Member of the Board of Directors Hajime Tokuda, Member of the Board of Directors Hiroyuki Sawada, Corporate Auditor Masaaki Shimura, Representative Director Jun Fujimoto, Member of the Board of Directors Jun Nakagawa, Member of the Board of Directors Macy Sales Co., Ltd. Eleco Ltd. Mizuho Corp. Naotaka Bessho, Representative Director Shigenori Furukido, Member of the Board of Directors Kohei Kishi, Member of the Board of Directors Hajime Tokuda, Corporate Auditor Katsuhisa Hirata, Representative Director Atsushi Yagi, Member of Board of Directors Noriaki Sato, Member of the Board of Directors Teruhisa Kobayashi, Corporate Auditor Tsunenori Kono, Representative Director Satoshi Yuzawa, Member of the Board of Directors Fuminori Imai, Member of the Board of Directors 4

5 Organizational Roles of ARUZE GROUP Companies Sales contracts Sales of Pachislot & Pachinko machines Component and unit procurement Asset management and finance business for Pachislot machines Holding Company Fundamental R&D, patent management, investment management, group finance, real estate management, system management, provision of shared services and manufacturing operations Sales contracts (incl. sales guarantee) Development consignment contracts Pachislot & Pachinko manufacturing Contents planning, development and design for Pachislot & Pachinko machines 5