FY2022 attendance status

• Positions as of the end of December 2022.
• Please refer to the section on officers in the annual report and Directors, Audit & Supervisory Board Members, and Corporate Officers (available only in Japanese) for the career history and scope of responsibilities of officers.

Reasons for the selection of Outside Directors and Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members

• Hideichi Okada
  Hideichi Okada will have served as an outside director of the Company for ten years at the conclusion of this General Meeting of Shareholders.
  He has actively expressed his opinions and made proposals from an international perspective based on his deep insight into the economy, society, and other issues surrounding corporate management.
  He continues to serve as an outside director of the Company in order to reflect his abundant experience at government ministries and agencies and his insight into corporate management in the field of oil exploration and production, etc. in the management of the Company.
  He has maintained his independence, with no incidents that could have been deemed to be in conflict with the interests of ordinary shareholders, as defined by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
• Masatoshi Hori
  Masatoshi Hori will have held the position of Outside Director of the Company for two years at the conclusion of this General Meeting of Shareholders.
  In addition to his abundant experience and insight as a manager, he has actively expressed his opinions and made suggestions based on his practices and successful cases in M&A.
  He continues to serve as an outside director so that his experience and insight can be reflected in the management of the Company.
  He has maintained his independence, with no incidents that could have been deemed to be in conflict with the interests of ordinary shareholders, as defined by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
• Yuko Kaneko
  Yuko Kaneko will have held the position of Outside Director of the Company for one year at the conclusion of this General Meeting of Shareholders. She has actively expressed her opinions and made proposals based on her experience and insight as a certified public accountant with extensive experience working at an auditing firm, as well as her experience as a university professor researching and teaching auditing theory and practice.
  She has maintained her independence, with no incidents that could have been deemed to be in conflict with the interests of ordinary shareholders, as defined by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
• Junichi Furukawa
  Junichi Furukawa is a corporate manager who possesses abundant experience and extensive knowledge of corporate management. The Company appointed him as an outside director in the belief that he will reflect his insights in finance and accounting and abundant knowledge with a sense of balance in the management of the Company.
  He has maintained his independence, with no incidents that could have been deemed to be in conflict with the interests of ordinary shareholders, as defined by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
• Megumi Shimizu
  Megumi Shimizu has long worked as an attorney and currently serves as a partner at a leading law office of Japan. The Company appointed her as an outside director in the belief that she will use her ample insight and knowledge as a law expert for the management of the Company.
  She does not fall under the category of any matter that may cause a conflict of interest with general shareholders as defined by the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and is considered to be independent, but we have not filed a notification of her appointment as an independent director or auditor.
• Hirokazu Kono
  Hirokazu Kono has actively provided opinions and suggestions based on his deep insight accumulated through his long-year studies of management engineering and business administration at universities in Japan and the United States. He has been appointed as an outside director of the Company so that his extensive academic knowledge of management engineering and business administration, as well as his experience and insight as an outside director at Stanley Electric, can be reflected in the management of the Company.
  He has maintained his independence, with no incidents that could have been deemed to be in conflict with the interests of ordinary shareholders, as defined by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
• Atsushi Kamei
  Atsushi Kamei has actively provided frank opinions from the perspectives of his long years of experience and corporate management in leading retail business players. The Company appointed him as a director who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee member in the belief that he will continue to supervise the management of the Company from an external viewpoint.
  He has maintained his independence, with no incidents that could have been deemed to be in conflict with the interests of ordinary shareholders, as defined by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
• Hiroki Kimura
  Hiroki Kimura has provided useful suggestions and advice based on his business experience as a manager of a financial institution, his extensive experience as an outside director at other companies, and his professional insight in accounting, finance, and asset management to date.
  The Company appointed him as a director who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee member in the belief that he will contribute to further reinforcing the auditing functions of the Company’s management with his professional knowledge accumulated in the fields of accounting, finance and asset management.
  He has maintained her independence, with no incidents that could have been deemed to be in conflict with the interests of ordinary shareholders, as defined by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

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