Broadleaf Co., Ltd.TSE: 3673

Notice of the 17th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

· Issued by Broadleaf Co., Ltd.

This document has been translated and summarized from Japanese original for reference purposes only.

In the event of any discrepancy between this translated document and the Japanese original, the original shall prevail.

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We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to our shareholders for their continued support. We hereby deliver the convocation notice for the 17th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.

Broadleaf Co., Ltd. Representative Director, President and CEO



Kenji Oyama

Broadleaf was founded 20 years ago in 2005. Since that time, it has worked hard to provide better products and services and high-value data to its customers to contribute to their creation of businesses with its roots in its corporate philosophy, "gratitude and happiness."

During the fiscal year under review (the 17th period), we promoted our two growth strategies, cloud penetration and service expansion, and focused on supporting our customers in their digital transformations.

As a result, consolidated operating results for the fiscal year under review exceeded our projections announced in February 2025, with revenue totaling 20,815 million yen, operating profit amounting to 2,063 million yen, profit attributable to owners of the parent amounting to 1,240 million yen, and basic earnings per share coming to 13.79 yen. Also, we plan to revise our dividend upward from the previous forecast, issuing an annual dividend of 6.0 yen per share (interim: 2.5 yen, year-end: 3.5 yen).

In the current fiscal year that has just begun (the 18th period), we will continue to accelerate our initiatives for achieving our two growth strategies to contribute to the development of our customers' businesses. With these initiatives, we forecast revenue to be 23.5 billion yen, operating profit to be 4.8 billion yen, profit attributable to owners of the parent to be 3.2 billion yen and basic earnings per share to be 35.35 yen for the current new fiscal year. We also plan to enhance our return of profits to shareholders and increase the annual dividend to

15.0 yen per share (interim: 7.5 yen, year-end: 7.5 yen).

Going forward, we will increase our contributions to the development of the industrial world and society at large, not only through the products and services we currently provide to our customers, but also by pursuing the creation of new services using AI and digital data. Additionally, we will achieve both high growth and improved capital efficiency through the continued enhancement of the foundation of our business, aiming for the sustainable increase in our corporate value.

All of our employees are united in our commitment to achieve the above, and we sincerely ask for the continued support and understanding of our shareholders.

To Our Shareholders

Securities Code: 3673 (Date of commencement of electronic provision measures) March 3, 2026

(Date of delivery) March 9, 2026

4-13-14 Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Broadleaf Co., Ltd. Kenji Oyama, Representative Director, President and CEO

NOTICE OF THE 17TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

We would like to inform you that the 17th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") of Broadleaf Co., Ltd. (the "Company") will be held as described below.

In the convening of the Meeting, we will take measures to electronically provide the information that constitutes the content of the Reference Documents, etc. for the General Meeting of Shareholders (Matters for Electronic Provision). We kindly request that you check this information by accessing the following websites on which the information is posted.

The Company's

website:

https://www.broadleaf.co.jp/ir/stock/meeting/



Please go to the Company's website above and check the information regarding the Notice of the 17th (FY2025) Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.

Tokyo Stock Exchange website (Listed Company Search)

https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/JJK010010Action.do? Show=Show



Please go to the TSE's website above, enter "Broadleaf" or our "3673" security code in the issue name (company name) box, and conduct a search to reach our page. On our page, click "Basic Information" to access the "Documents for public inspection/PR information." Information can be checked regarding the Notice of General Shareholders Meeting/Information Materials for a General Shareholders Meeting on the "Documents for public inspection" page.

If you are unable to attend the Meeting, you can exercise your voting rights by electromagnetic means (Internet, etc.) or in writing (by mail). Please review the accompanying Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders before exercising your voting rights.

Details are as follows.

  1. Date and Time: Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 10:00 a.m., Japan time.

    (Registration begins at 9:00 a.m.)

  2. Place: The Grand Hall, 3F Shinagawa Grand Central Tower, 2-16-4 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo

  3. Meeting Agenda:

    Matters to be reported: 1. The Business Report and the Consolidated Financial Statements for

    the 17th Fiscal Year (from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025) and Audit Results of the Consolidated Financial Statements by the Accounting Auditor and the Board of Corporate Auditors

    2. The Non-Consolidated Financial Statements for the 17th Fiscal Year (from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025)

    Matters to be resolved:

    Proposal No. 1: Appropriation of Surplus Proposal No. 2: Election of Six (6) Directors

    Proposal No. 3: Election of Two (2) Substitute Corporate Auditors

  4. Guide to Exercising Voting Rights

    1. If you exercise your voting rights in writing (by mail)

      Please indicate your vote for or against the proposals on the enclosed Voting Rights Exercise Form and return it so that it is received by 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 23, 2026 (Japan time).

      If neither approval nor disapproval of the proposals is indicated, you will be deemed to have indicated your approval.

    2. If you exercise your voting rights by electronic means (Internet, etc.)

      Please visit the Company's designated voting website (https://soukai.mizuho-tb.co.jp/), after confirming the "Instructions for Voting via the Internet" on page 6 in the Japanese version of the Meeting's booklet, vote for or against the proposals, by 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 23, 2026 (Japan time), in accordance with the instructions on the screen.

      In addition, the electronic platform for exercising voting rights operated by Investor Communications Japan Inc. (ICJ, Inc.) is available to institutional investors.

    3. If you exercise your voting rights more than once:

      If you exercise your voting rights both by electronic means (Internet, etc.) and in writing (by mail), regardless of the date your Voting Rights Exercise Form is received, only the voting rights you exercise by electronic means (Internet, etc.) will be counted.

      If you exercise your voting rights more than once by electronic means (Internet, etc.), only the voting rights you exercise last will be counted.

      If you plan to attend in person, please present the Voting Rights Exercise Form at the reception desk upon your arrival.

      For the purpose of saving resources, we will refrain from distributing related materials. So please be sure to bring this notice with you.

      Documents containing the Matters for Electronic Provision will be sent to shareholders who request the provision of printed versions of the documents pursuant to the relevant laws and regulations and the provisions of Article 14 of our Articles of Incorporation. However, the matters listed below which will be posted on our Japanese website and the TSE website and will not be included in the documents.

      1. Consolidated statement of changes in equity and notes to the consolidated financial statements

      2. Non-consolidated statements of changes in equity and notes to the non-consolidated financial statements

Therefore, consolidated financial statements and financial statements contained in the documents constitute only part of the documents that have been audited by the Accounting Auditor for preparing the accounting audit report and Corporate Auditors for preparing the audit report respectively.

Any revisions made to this convocation notice and/or Matters for Electronic Provision will be posted on our Internet website and the TSE website.

Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders

Proposal No. 1: Appropriation of Surplus

We position the return of profit to our shareholders as an important management issue.

For the consolidated fiscal year under review, we will pay a year-end dividend of 3.5 yen per share of common stock (which makes our annual dividend 6.0 yen per share).

  1. Type of dividend property Cash

  2. Matters concerning the allocation and total amount of dividend property

    3.5 yen per share of common stock of the Company, or 321,380,885 yen in total

  3. Date on which dividends from surplus shall be effective March 25, 2026

Proposal No. 2: Election of Six (6) Directors

The term of office of all the five (5) directors will expire at the close of this general meeting of shareholders.

Accordingly, we propose the election of six (6) directors, including a candidate for a new director position. The candidates for directors are as follows:

Candidate No.

Name

Current positions and responsibilities in the Company

Attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors

Properties

1

Kenji Oyama

Representative Director, President and CEO

16/16 (100%)

Reappointment

2

Kenichi Yamanaka

Executive Vice President

and Director

16/16 (100%)

Reappointment

3

Morio Kizawa

External Director

16/16 (100%)

Reappointment External Independent

4

Hiroshi Takada

External Director

16/16 (100%)

Reappointment External Independent

5

Unemi Yamaguchi

External Director

16/16 (100%)

Reappointment External

Independent Female

6

Kayoko Miyake

-

-

Newly External appointed

Independent Female



Candidate No.

Reappointment

1 Kenji Oyama

  • Date of birth September 10, 1968

  • Number of the Company's

    shares held 1,335,254 shares

  • Attendance at meetings of the

    Brief personal history, positions and responsibilities Apr. 1987 Joined Being Co., Ltd.

    Apr. 1989 Director of Being Co., Ltd. Dec. 1996 President CEO of Being

    Investments Corp.

    Jul. 2000 Executive Vice President and

    Director of Being Co., Ltd. Jul. 2002 Executive Officer, General

    Manager of Marketing Department and Sales Department of Being Co., Ltd.

    Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director

    Oct. 2005 Consultant of ITX Corporation Jan. 2006 Executive Vice President and

    Director of the Company

    Jun. 2006 Representative Director, President and CEO of the Company (present)

    Jan. 2015 Advanced Academic Agency's Visiting Professor of The Graduate School of Project Design

    Board of Directors 16/16 (100%)



  • Date of birth October 10, 1968

  • Number of the Company's

    shares held 166,832 shares

  • Attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors 16/16 (100%)

    Mr. Kenji Oyama has a great deal of experience and achievements as well as strong leadership with

    Reappointment

    respect to corporate management. The Company has nominated him again as a candidate for Director, based on the judgment that he is the right person in terms of determining the execution of important duties and supervising the execution of responsibilities by Directors and Executive Officers.

    Candidate No.

    2

    Kenichi Yamanaka

    Brief personal history, positions and responsibilities

    Apr. 1992

    Joined Mitsubishi Electric

    Oct. 2010

    Executive Officer and General

    Engineering Co., Ltd.

    Manager of Administration

    Jan. 1996

    Apr. 2000

    Joined Being Co., Ltd. Executive Officer of Being Co.,

    Jan. 2011

    Division of the Company Executive Officer, General

    Ltd. in charge of Business

    Manager of Administrative

    Nov. 2005

    Strategies - EC promotion Executive Officer CIO of JIMOS

    Headquarter and General Manager of Corporate Management Group of

    Co., Ltd. in charge of Corporate Services - BtoB Solutions

    Mar. 2012

    the Company

    Director, Executive Officer and

    General Manager of Administration

    Jan. 2014

    Division of the Company Executive Vice President and

    Director of the Company (present)

    Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director

    Mr. Kenichi Yamanaka has been supervising the administrative and business management sectors since he assumed the position of Executive Officer at the Company. In light of his career, the Company considers that he is the right person in terms of facilitating smooth organizational management on a Group-wide basis, and has therefore nominated him again as a candidate for Director.

    Candidate No.

    3

    Morio Kizawa

    Brief personal history, positions and responsibilities



    Reappointment External Independent

  • Date of birth April 8, 1944

  • Number of the Company's

    shares held 25,400 shares

  • Attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors

    16/16 (100%)

  • Number of years as director 14 years (at the close of this general meeting of shareholders)

    Apr. 1970

    Joined Nippon Univac Ltd. (now

    Feb. 1999

    President and Representative

    Mar. 1985

    BIPROGY Inc.)

    Joined Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.

    Director of Conexant Systems Japan Co., Ltd. (now Conexant

    Sep. 1985

    President and Managing Director of

    Systems Co., Ltd.)

    Feb. 1992

    Citizen Europe Ltd. President and Representative

    Feb. 2006

    President and Representative Director, and Vice-President of

    Director, and Vice-President of

    U.S. Headquarters of Autodesk,

    U.S. Headquarters of Mentor Graphics Japan Co. Ltd. (now

    Mar. 2012

    Inc.

    Advisor of Autodesk, Inc.

    Siemens Electronic Design

    External Director of the Company

    Automation Japan K.K.)

    (present)

    Reason for the selection as a candidate for External Director and expected roles

    Mr. Morio Kizawa has served as Representative Director of Autodesk, Inc., a company that realized change to a cloud-based business model, and other companies. He played an active role as the manager of an IT company and a global company that engage in software development and sales, etc. He has specialist knowledge and extensive experience in the industries related to the Company's business.

    His wealth of knowledge and experience is what we need in realizing the medium-term management plan of the Company. The Company nominated him again as a candidate for External Director because, by leveraging his knowledge and experience, it can expect to obtain advice from various perspectives on the general management of the Company.

    Supplementary explanations regarding his term of office as an External Director

    Having been involved in the Company's management as an External Director for 14 years, Mr. Morio Kizawa has a deep knowledge of the Company's corporate philosophy and business strategies and provides highly independent suggestions and advice from an objective perspective at meetings of the Board of Directors for the purpose of improving the Company's corporate value and shareholders' benefit.

    The Company considers that his deep understanding of the Company and highly independent comments greatly contribute to lively discussions at meetings of the Board and the improvement of the Board's effectiveness and that his long tenure does not harm his independence as an External Director.

    Matters relating to independence

    The Company considers Mr. Morio Kizawa to be a candidate for independent director because, given his objective and neutral standpoint that is independent from the Company, he is unlikely to have conflicts of interest with general shareholders, and satisfies the requirements for independent officers as specified by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.



  • Date of birth December 22, 1946

  • Number of the Company's

    shares held 48,900 shares

  • Attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors 16/16 (100%)

  • Number of years as director 6 years (at the close of this general meeting of shareholders)

    Candidate No.

    4 Hiroshi Takada Reappointment External Independent

    Brief personal history, positions and responsibilities

    Apr. 1969

    Joined Toyota Motor Sales Co.,

    Jul. 2012

    Head Director of Organization for

    Ltd. (now Toyota Motor

    Small & Medium Enterprises and

    Corporation)

    Regional Innovation

    Jan. 1995

    General Manager of Advertising

    May 2013

    Representative Director of All

    Division of Toyota Motor

    Japan Radio & Television

    Corporation

    Commercial Confederation (now

    Jun. 2001

    Director of Toyota Motor

    All Japan Confederation of

    Corporation

    Creativity)

    Jun. 2003

    Managing Officer of Toyota Motor

    Jun. 2014

    Director of the Commercial

    Corporation

    Broadcasting Education

    Jun. 2005

    Senior Managing Director of

    Association (present)

    Toyota Motor Corporation

    Jul. 2019

    Representative Director of Japan

    Jun. 2009

    Chairman and Representative

    General Incorporate Association of

    Director of Toyota Administa, Inc.

    Professionals for Medium and

    (now Toyota Mobility Tokyo. Inc.)

    Small Sized Business Management

    Chairman of Toyota Nagoya

    Ltd. (JPBM) (present)

    Education Center, Inc.

    Mar. 2020

    External Director of the Company

    Oct. 2009

    President and Representative

    (present)

    Director of Toyota Marketing Japan

    Jun. 2020

    External Auditor of Chubu Electric

    Corporation (now Toyota Motor

    Power Co., Inc.

    Corporation)

    Jun. 2021

    Councilor of the SBI Children's

    Dec. 2009

    President and Representative

    Hope Foundation (present)

    Director of Toyota Motor Sales &

    Marketing Corp. (now Toyota

    Motor Corporation)

    Important concurrent positions Representative Director of JPBM

    Reason for the selection as a candidate for External Director and expected roles

    Mr. Hiroshi Takada engaged in the management of advertising, sales, marketing and other operations at Toyota Motor Corporation and served as an officer of the company and a representative director at its group's sales and marketing affiliates. In addition, he plays an active role as the head of an independent administrative agency that undertakes support for the management of medium- and small-sized companies. He has specialist knowledge and extensive experience for the promotion of a range of businesses.

    The Company has nominated Mr. Hiroshi Takada as a candidate for External Director again because by leveraging his knowledge and experience, it can expect to obtain advice from various perspectives on sales, marketing and new business strategies of the Company.

    Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc., where Mr. Takada served as an external corporate auditor, received an order to pay a surcharge based on the Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade on March 30, 2023 regarding the supply of special high-voltage electricity and high-voltage electricity in the Chubu region, etc. Mr. Takada made recommendations from the perspective of confirming and auditing internal control system maintenance and its operational status and corporate governance at the company's Board of Directors or the Board of Auditors meetings, and also fulfilled his responsibilities by confirming the details of efforts to further ensure compliance and providing advice whenever appropriate.

    Matters relating to independence

    The Company considers Mr. Hiroshi Takada to be a candidate for independent director because, given his objective and neutral standpoint that is independent from the Company, he is unlikely to have conflicts of interest with general shareholders, and satisfies the requirements for independent officers as specified by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

    The Company engages in transactions with companies referred to in the above brief history including Toyota Motor Corporation, which however account for less than one percent of overall transactions conducted by the Company.

    Reappointment

    External

    Independent

    Female



    Candidate No.

    5

    Unemi Yamaguchi

    Brief personal history, positions and responsibilities

  • Date of birth November 26, 1962

  • Number of the Company's

    shares held

    -

  • Attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors 16/16 (100%)

  • Number of years as director 2 years (at the close of this general meeting of shareholders)

    Apr. 1985

    Joined John Swire & Sons (Japan)

    Feb. 2008

    General Manager of General

    Jun. 1993

    Ltd.

    Joined Apple Computer Co., Ltd.

    Business Marketing Division of Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.

    (now Apple Japan GK)

    Jul. 2010

    General Manager of Partner

    Jan. 1998

    General Manager of Advertising Department, Corporate Planning &

    Business Promotion Department, Partner Sales Division of EMC

    Administration Division of Compaq

    Japan Corp. (now Dell

    Computer Corporation (now HP Japan Inc.)

    Jan. 2018

    Technologies Japan Inc.) Executive Officer, Deputy General

    Oct. 2002

    General Manager of Marketing

    Manager of ICT Business Division

    Division of Japan PeopleSoft Co., Ltd. (now Oracle Corporation

    Apr. 2018

    of Ricoh Co., Ltd.

    Director of Ricoh IT Solutions Co.,

    Japan)

    Ltd.

    Jul. 2003

    General Manager of Marketing Department, Consumer Business

    Apr. 2020

    Representative of U Academy (present)

    Division of JAPAN TELECOM

    Jun. 2022

    External Director of MCJ Co., Ltd.

    Jun. 2005

    CO., LTD. (now SoftBank Corp.) General Manager of New Business

    Mar. 2024

    (present)

    External Director of the Company

    Development Department of

    (present)

    Logicool Co., Ltd.

    Outside Director of OKABE Co., Ltd. (present)

    Jun. 2024

    Outside Director of Broadmedia

    Corporation (present)

    Important concurrent positions Representative of U Academy

    Reason for the selection as a candidate for External Director and expected roles

    Ms. Unemi Yamaguchi has been engaged in marketing and business development at IT companies, etc. that operate internationally and possesses global management perspectives as well as specialist knowledge and extensive experience in marketing.

    The Company has nominated Ms. Unemi Yamaguchi as a candidate for External Director again because, by benefiting from her knowledge and experience, it can expect to obtain advice from various perspectives on the Company's growth strategy and overseas expansion.

    Matters relating to independence

    The Company considers Ms. Unemi Yamaguchi to be a candidate for independent director because, given her objective and neutral standpoint that is independent from the Company, she is unlikely to have conflicts of interest with general shareholders, and satisfies the requirements for independent officers as specified by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

    (Note) The name of Ms. Unemi Yamaguchi, a candidate, on the family register is Unemi Sekine.

    Newly appointed

    External

    Independent

    Female



    Candidate No.

    6

    Kayoko Miyake

    Brief personal history, positions and responsibilities

  • Date of birth January 11, 1977

  • Number of the Company's

    shares held

    -

  • Attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors

    -

  • Number of years as director

    -

    Apr. 1999

    Joined Alpine Information Systems

    Co., Ltd. (now Alps System

    Feb. 2021

    May 2021

    Joined Smart Eye Japan Co., Ltd.

    Joined Japan Computer Vision

    Integration Co., Ltd.)

    Corp.

    Jan. 2002

    Project Manager of IT Telematics Division of Toyota Communication

    Jul. 2021

    Joined SOLIZE Corporation (now SOLIZE Holdings Corporation)

    Systems Co., Ltd. (now Toyota

    Jan. 2022

    General Manager of Software

    Jan. 2008

    Systems Corporation)

    Lead Engineer of Chassis Systems

    Engineering Department of SOLIZE Corporation

    of TRW Automotive Japan (now

    Aug. 2024

    Representative Director and

    Jul. 2011

    ZF Japan Co., Ltd.)

    Automotive Group Senior Expert &

    Nov. 2025

    President of STELAQ Co., Ltd. Director of STELAQ Co., Ltd.

    Project Manager of TÜV SÜD

    Nov. 2025

    Representative Director and

    Japan Ltd.

    President of Presence Gate Co., Ltd. (present)

    Important concurrent positions Representative Director and President of Presence Gate Co., Ltd.

    Reason for the selection as a candidate for External Director and expected roles

    Ms. Kayoko Miyake possesses expertise and broad knowledge developed through the experience she gained as a software engineer in the automotive industry, through her involvement in technical audits and consulting activities based on the international ISO 26262 certification standards that regulate the functional safety of automobiles in an international certification organization, and through her involvement in the launch of new certification services for international standards, among other activities. She has led the launch of businesses in the IT industry and has served as the representative director of a company within a publicly listed corporate group. Accordingly, she has wide ranging experience and extensive knowledge both in software engineering technologies and corporate management in the automotive and IT industries.

    The Company has nominated Ms. Kayoko Miyake as a candidate for External Director because, by benefiting from her experience and knowledge, it can expect to obtain advice from diverse perspectives.

    Matters relating to independence

    The Company considers Ms. Kayoko Miyake to be a candidate for independent director because, given her objective and neutral standpoint that is independent from the Company, she is unlikely to have conflicts of interest with general shareholders, and satisfies the requirements for independent officers as specified by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

    (Notes) 1. There are no special interests between the Company and any of the candidates for director positions, excluding Mr. Hiroshi Takada.

    1. The Company has concluded a distributorship agreement for products of the Company with the general incorporated association for which Mr. Hiroshi Takada acts as representative. However, the amount of transactions with the general incorporated association are negligible, representing less than 0.1 percent of the Company's revenue.

    2. The candidates Mr. Morio Kizawa, Mr. Hiroshi Takada, Ms. Unemi Yamaguchi, and Ms. Kayoko Miyake are nominated as External Directors.

    3. The Company has notified the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) of Mr. Morio Kizawa, Mr. Hiroshi Takada and Ms. Unemi Yamaguchi as an Independent Officer.

      If the reappointment of Mr. Morio Kizawa, Mr. Hiroshi Takada and Ms. Unemi Yamaguchi is approved, the Company plans to make them an Independent Officer continuously.

      In addition, if the election of Ms. Kayoko Miyake, a candidate for External Director, is approved, the Company will notify the

      TSE of Ms. Kayoko Miyake's position as Independent Officer.

    4. The Company has entered into a liability limitation agreement with Mr. Morio Kizawa, Mr. Hiroshi Takada and Ms. Unemi Yamaguchi pursuant to Article 427, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, limiting their liability for damages as provided for under Article 423, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act. If the reappointment of Mr. Morio Kizawa, Mr. Hiroshi Takada and Ms. Unemi Yamaguchi, an External Director candidate, is approved, the Company will extend the term of the agreement.

      If the appointment of Ms. Kayoko Miyake, a candidate for External Director, is approved, the Company will enter into a liability limitation agreement with her pursuant to Article 427, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, limiting her liability for damages as provided for under Article 423, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act.

      The limitation of liability for damages under these agreements is the amount specified by laws and regulations, and such limitation of liability is approved only if the applicable External Director has executed his or her duties in good faith without committing gross negligence.

    5. The Company entered into a liability insurance agreement for executive officers, etc. with an insurance company as stipulated in Article 430-3, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act to make sure that every officer, executive director and employee who is in a managerial or supervisory position at the Company or its subsidiaries is compensated for losses and damages incurred by him/her according to the said insurance. The candidates will be the insured under the insurance policy if they are appointed and take office as a Director. The insurance policy is scheduled to be renewed with the same coverage.

    (Reference) Expertise and careers (skills matrix) of Directors and Corporate Auditor's Board members In the skills matrix for the Company's officers, namely, directors and Corporate Auditor's Board members, skills are defined separately depending on whether officers are executive directors or non-executive directors as indicated below.

    (●) Executive director: Officer's skills that should be demonstrated for the execution of operations

    (■ ) Non-executive director: Officer's specific skills that the Company expects to be demonstrated.

    If the election of all directors proposed in the notice of convocation is approved, the skills matrix for the

    Company's directors and Corporate Auditor's Board members are shown as below.

    Name

    Positions at the Company after the election

    Expertise and Experience

    Overall management

    Industry knowledge

    International experience

    Sales and marketing

    Technologies and R&D

    ICT

    Legal affairs and risk management

    Finance and accounting

    Corporate communicati on

    Kenji Oyama

    Representative Director, President and CEO

    ●

    ●

    ●

    ●

    ●

    ●

    ●

    ●

    Kenichi Yamanaka

    Executive Vice President and Director

    ●

    ●

    ●

    ●

    ●

    ●

    Morio Kizawa

    External Director

    ■

    ■

    ■

    Hiroshi Takada

    External Director

    ■

    ■

    ■

    Unemi Yamaguchi

    External Director

    ■

    ■

    Kayoko Miyake

    External Director

    ■

    ■

    Kenji Hirasawa

    Full-time Corporate Auditor

    ■

    ■

    Tsuyoshi Nishimoto

    External Corporate Auditor

    ■

    Mihoko Nagai

    External Corporate Auditor

    ■

    ■

    (Notes) 1. General management: Management experience at listed companies required to make management decisions while also taking appropriate risk-taking into account

    1. Industrial knowledge: Deep knowledge about industries surrounding the Company and cloud and platform businesses

    2. Overseas experience: Management experience backed by global perspectives nurtured at international companies

    3. Sales and marketing: Knowledge of sales activities and marketing that have a direct impact on sales and profitability of companies

    4. Technology and research & development: Knowledge about research and development activities with a focus on software

    5. ICT: Knowledge about the utilization of digital information by means of telecommunication technologies such as the Internet

    6. Legal affairs and risk management: Knowledge about risk management and the experience thereof required to facilitate sound and stable management, while simultaneously taking laws and compliance into consideration

    7. Finance and accounting: Knowledge about financial strategies and general accounting / tax matters at companies and experience thereof

    8. Corporate communication: Knowledge and experience in enhancing corporate value by building trust with stakeholders

    Proposal No. 3: Election of Two (2) Substitute Corporate Auditors

    The Company wishes to elect two (2) Substitute Corporate Auditors in advance in case there is a shortfall in the number of Corporate Auditors specified by laws and regulations.

    The candidates for Substitute Corporate Auditors are as follows. Candidate Mr. Junichi Yamaguchi is nominated to fill any vacancy for a Corporate Auditor who is not an External Corporate Auditor, and candidate Mr. Yusuke Asakura is nominated to fill any vacancy for an External Corporate Auditor.

    The Board of Corporate Auditors has approved this proposal in advance.

    Candidate No.

    1

    Junichi Yamaguchi

  • Date of birth

    Brief personal history and positions

    September 29, 1957 Apr. 1981 Joined Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. Apr. 2014 Managing Director of JAL

    shares held Oceania at Japan Airlines Jan. 2018 Joined the Company and appointed

    - International Co., Ltd. (now Japan General Manager of the General Airlines Co., Ltd.) Affairs Department

    Feb. 2010 General Manager of the General Apr. 2020 Member of the Company's Internal

    Affairs Department at Japan Audit Office and an employee

    Airlines Co., Ltd. assisting the Corporate Auditors May 2010 President at JAL Sunlight Co. Ltd. Mar. 2023 Substitute Corporate Auditors of

    the Company (present)

    Apr. 2023 General Manager of Internal Audit Office of the Company (present)

    Reason for nomination as candidate for Substitute Corporate Auditor

    Mr. Junichi Yamaguchi served Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. in administrative areas. After joining the Company, he was involved in internal operations as General Manager of the General Affairs Department, and currently engages in audit services related to the appropriateness of each department's operations from a fair and independent standpoint as the General Manager of the Internal Audit Office. The Company has continued to nominate Mr. Junichi Yamaguchi as a candidate for Substitute Corporate Auditor because, by leveraging his knowledge and experience, based on the judgment that he is the right person in terms of being able to appropriately carry out his duties as a Corporate Auditor of the Company.

    • Number of the Company's Apr. 2006 Vice President in charge of Asia & FOUNDATION

    Candidate No.

    2

    Yusuke Asakura

    External Independent

  • Date of birth

    Brief personal history and positions

    August 19, 1982

  • Number of the Company's

shares held

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Sep. 2007 Passed the bar examination

Dec. 2008 Registered as an attorney-at-law Bingham McCutchen Murase, Sakai Mimura Aizawa-Foreign Law Office

Joined Sakai Mimura Aizawa-Foreign Law Joint Enterprise

Sep. 2011 Partner of Miwa Law Firm

Mar. 2016 Substitute External Corporate

Auditor of the Company

Dec. 2017 External Corporate Auditor of the Company

Mar. 2018 Substitute External Corporate

Auditor of the Company (present) May 2021 Partner of Akiyama & Asakura

Law Office (present)

Important concurrent positions

Partner of Akiyama Asakura Law Office

Reason for nomination as candidate for Substitute External Corporate Auditor

Mr. Yusuke Asakura is a qualified attorney-at-law and expert in corporate law, and has special knowledge and extensive experience. Although Mr. Yusuke Asakura has not been involved in corporate management in the past, the Company has continued to nominate Mr. Yusuke Asakura as a candidate for Substitute External Corporate Auditor based on the judgment that he is the right person as an External Corporate Auditor in terms of ensuring the appropriateness of the execution of the Company's business, focusing on the reinforcement of the audit capabilities of the Corporate Auditor for the aforementioned reason.

Matters relating to independence

The Company does not have any dealings with the abovementioned law firms and considers Mr. Yusuke Asakura to be a candidate for Substitute External Corporate Auditor because, given his objective and neutral standpoint that is independent from the Company, he is unlikely to have conflicts of interest with general shareholders, and satisfies the requirements for independent officers as specified by the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).

(Notes) 1. There are no special interests between any candidate for substitute corporate auditor and the Company.

  1. The candidate Mr. Yusuke Asakura nominated as Substitute External Corporate Auditor.

  2. Mr. Yusuke Asakura meets the requirements for independent officers specified by the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Accordingly, if Mr. Yusuke Asakura is appointed External Corporate Auditor, the Company will report him as an independent officer to the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

  3. If the elections of Mr. Junichi Yamaguchi and Mr. Yusuke Asakura, the candidates for Substitute Corporate Auditor, are appointed, the Company will enter into a liability limitation agreement with each of them pursuant to Article 427, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, limiting their liability for damages as provided for under Article 423, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act. The limitation of liability for damages under these agreements is the amount specified by laws and regulations, and such limitation of liability is approved only if the applicable Corporate Auditor has executed his or her duties in good faith without committing gross negligence.

  4. The Company entered into a liability insurance agreement for executive officers, etc. with an insurance company as stipulated in Article 430-3, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act to make sure that every officer, executive director and employee who is in a managerial or supervisory position at the Company or its subsidiaries is compensated for losses and damages incurred by him/her according to the said insurance. If Mr. Junichi Yamaguchi and Mr. Yusuke Asakura are elected as Corporate Auditor, they will also be insured under the agreement. The insurance policy is scheduled to be renewed with the same coverage.

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