Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings CorporationTSE: 9405

Notice Concerning Assignments of Corporate Officers

· Issued by Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings Corporation

Note: This document has been translated from the Japanese original for reference purposes only. In the event of any discrepancy between this translated document and the Japanese original, the original shall prevail.



May 11, 2026

Company Name: Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings Corporation Representative: Masayuki Nishide, President & CEO (Securities Code: 9405, Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market)

Inquiries: Toshikazu Goto, General Manager, General Affairs Division

(TEL: +81-6-6458-5321)

Notice Concerning Assignments of Corporate Officers

At a meeting held on May 11, 2026, the Company's Board of Directors determined candidates for directors who are not Audit and Supervisory Committee Members and directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members. A resolution to finalize these matters will be presented at the Company's Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled for June 24, 2026.

  • Directors who are not Audit and Supervisory Committee Members

Director

Masayuki Nishide

President & CEO

Director

Toshiaki Imamura

Representative Director and Vice President

Director

Shinya Yamamoto

Director (Chair of the Board)

Director

Hiroshi Komagano

Director, Executive Officer

  1. Reappointments Four Executive Directors

    Five Outside Directors

    Director

    Takehiro Honjo

    Chairman and Director of Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.

    Vice-Chair of Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry Outside Director of Toyo Tire Corporation

    Director

    Akihiro Kuroda

    Chairman of KOKUYO Co., Ltd.

    Vice-Chair of Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry

    Director

    Senko Ikenobo

    Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ikenobo Society of Floral Art

    Vice Chairman of the Kyoto Association of Corporate Executives

    External Director of NICHICON CORPORATION

    Director

    Shiro Nakamura

    Chairperson of the Asahi Shimbun Company

    Chairperson of the Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association

    Director

    Arata Nishi

    Executive Vice President of TV Asahi Holdings Corporation

    President of TV Asahi Corporation

    • Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members

Director

Haruhiko Kato

External Director of NICHICON CORPORATION Outside Director of Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.

  1. Reappointments One Outside Director

  2. New Appointments

    One Director, Standing Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

    Director

    Masahito Yoshimura

    Audit and Supervisory Board Member of Asahi Television Broadcasting Corporation

    Two Outside Directors

    Director

    Chika Saka

    Professor, School of Business Administration, Kwansei Gakuin University

    Member of the Board of Trustees of Kwansei Gakuin Educational Foundation

    Corporate Auditor of TAKENAKA CORPORATION

    Director

    Sayaka Amemiya

    Attorney at law of Yodoyabashi & Yamagami LPC

    Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) of STUDIO ALICE Co., Ltd.

    Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) of TONE CO., LTD.

  3. Retiring Directors

    One Director, Standing Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

    Director

    Kuninori Okamura

    Director (Standing Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)

    Two Outside Directors

    Director

    Misako Fujioka

    President & CEO of Teikoku Seiyaku Co., Ltd.

    Representative Director & Chairman of FUSO CHEMICAL CO., LTD.

    Director

    Junko Okawa

    Outside Director of KDDI CORPORATION

    Outside Director of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.

  4. Expected date of appointment and retirement June 24, 2026

  5. Career summary of the new appointments

    Name: Masahito Yoshimura Date of birth: May 17, 1966 Career summary:

    April 1990

    Joined the Company

    June 2016

    Manager in charge of Rights Support, Licensing & Copyright Center, Programming Division

    June 2017

    Manager, Licensing Support & Copyright Department, Licensing & Copyright Center, General Programming Division

    Nov. 2020

    Manager, Rights Management Department, General Programming Division of Asahi Television Broadcasting Corporation

    April 2023

    General Manager, Legal and Compliance Division of the Company

    June 2025

    Audit and Supervisory Board Member of Asahi Television Broadcasting Corporation (current)

    Name: Chika Saka Date of birth: June 19, 1970 Career summary:

    April 1998

    Assistant Professor, School of Business Administration, Kwansei Gakuin University

    April 2002

    Associate Professor, School of Business Administration, Kwansei Gakuin University

    April 2008

    Professor, School of Business Administration, Kwansei Gakuin University (current)

    April 2017

    President Assistant, Kwansei Gakuin University

    March 2024

    Corporate Auditor of TAKENAKA CORPORATION (current)

    April 2024

    Dean, School of Business Administration, Kwansei Gakuin University

    May 2025

    Member of the Board of Trustees of Kwansei Gakuin Educational Foundation (current)

    Name: Sayaka Amemiya Date of birth: August 12, 1978 Career summary:

    Oct. 2004

    Registered as attorney at law

    Joined Yodoyabashi & Yamagami LPC (current)

    March 2015

    Outside Auditor of STUDIO ALICE Co., Ltd.

    March 2016

    Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) of STUDIO ALICE Co., Ltd. (current)

    Aug. 2020

    Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) of TONE CO., LTD. (current)

    (Reference 1)

    • New responsibilities (to be decided at the meeting of the Board of Directors on June 24, 2026)

      President & CEO

      Masayuki Nishide

      Overall Management

      Representative Director and Vice President

      Toshiaki Imamura

      Overall Management Support, Broadcasting Business

      Director

      (Chair of the Board)

      Shinya Yamamoto

      Internal Auditing

      Director, Executive Officer

      Hiroshi Komagano

      Personnel Affairs, General Affairs, Sustainability, Compliance, Tokyo Branch Office

      Director

      Takehiro Honjo

      Outside Director

      Director

      Akihiro Kuroda

      Outside Director

      Director

      Senko Ikenobo

      Outside Director

      Director

      Shiro Nakamura

      Outside Director

      Director

      Arata Nishi

      Outside Director

      Director

      (New appointment)

      Masahito Yoshimura

      Standing Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

      Director

      Haruhiko Kato

      Outside Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

      Director

      (New appointment)

      Chika Saka

      Outside Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

      Director

      (New appointment)

      Sayaka Amemiya

      Outside Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

      Executive Officer

      Naohiko Takeda

      Sports Business, Event Business Support

      Executive Officer

      Jun Iwata

      Content Business, Management Strategy Support

      Executive Officer

      Yoko Kumada

      Management Strategy, Accounting and Finance, Investor Relations

      Executive Officer

      Takeshi Inokuchi

      Content Business Support

      Executive Officer

      Tomohisa Akafuji

      DX and IT Promotion, Lifestyle Business

      Executive Officer

      Daichi Hiraguri

      Internal Auditing Support

      Executive Officer

      Makiko Tsuda

      Event Business

      (Reference 2)

    • Structure of Asahi Television Broadcasting Corporation Corporate Officers (as of June 24, 2026)

Position

Name

Responsibilities

Representative Director and Chairperson

Shinya Yamamoto

Representative Director and President

Toshiaki Imamura

Overall Management, Internal Auditing

Director

Naohiko Takeda

Sports Business Management, Sales

Director

Jun Iwata

Corporate Vision Promotion, General Programming, Media Strategy

Director

Yoko Kumada

General Affairs, Personnel Affairs, Accounting and Finance

Director

Tomohisa Akafuji

Engineering

Director

Daichi Hiraguri

Marketing, News, Internal Auditing Support

Director

Takeshi Inokuchi

Content Management

Director

Hiroshi Komagano

Compliance, Tokyo Branch Office

Director

Makiko Tsuda

Event Business

Director

Masayuki Nishide

(Non-Executive Director)

Audit and Supervisory Board Member (New appointment)

Hirokazu Ueda

(Note) Newly appointed Audit and Supervisory Board Member is scheduled to be appointed at the General Meeting of Shareholders of Asahi Television Broadcasting Corporation to be held on June 24.

Retiring Audit and Supervisory Board Member (as of June 24, 2026)

・Masahito Yoshimura