Changes in Directors and Officers of the Company and Its Subsidiaries

To whom it may concern:

Mar. 17, 2026

Company Name Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. Representative Hisashi Goto, Director & President

Head Office 8-3,Otemon 1 chome, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka (Code No.: 8354 TSE Prime Market, FSE)

Contact Toshiyuki Asano, General Manager,

Corporate Planning Division (Tel: +81-92-723-2502)

The Company and its subsidiaries-The Bank of Fukuoka, Ltd., The Kumamoto Bank, Ltd., The Juhachi-Shinwa Bank, Ltd., The Fukuoka Chuo Bank, Ltd., and Minna Bank, Ltd.-hereby announce changes in their Board of Directors and Executive Officers.

For details, please refer to the original document in Japanese.

1. Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc.
   1. Members of the Board of Directors

      （As of April 1,2026）

      Position	Name
      Director & Chairman (Representative Director)	Takashige Shibato
      Director & President (Representative Director)	Hisashi Goto
      Director & Deputy President (Representative Director)	Hiroshi Miyoshi
      Director & Executive Officer	Masahiro Hashizume
      Director & Executive Officer	Toshihiro Sakamoto
      Director & Executive Officer	Nobuhiko Yamakawa
      External Director	Masahiko Fukasawa
      External Director	Kumi Hanaoka
      Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member,full-time)	Tetsuya Maruta
      External Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)	Hideo Yamada
      External Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)	Nobuko Ishibashi

      【Retiring Director】

      • Gakuto Naruse (Director & Executive Officer)

   2. Members of the Board of Directors

      （To be considered at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in June, 2026）

      ◎：New Director Candidates

      Position	Name
      Director & Chairman (Representative Director)	Takashige Shibato
      Director & President (Representative Director)	Hisashi Goto
      Director & Deputy President (Representative Director)	Hiroshi Miyoshi
      Director & Executive Officer	Masahiro Hashizume
      Director & Executive Officer	Toshihiro Sakamoto
      Director & Executive Officer	Nobuhiko Yamakawa
      External Director	Masahiko Fukasawa
      External Director	Kumi Hanaoka
      Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member,full-time)	◎ Atsushi Kochaku
      External Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)	Nobuko Ishibashi
      External Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)	◎ Toshio Morita

      【Retiring Directors】(At the close of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in June, 2026)

      • Tetsuya Maruta (Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member,full-time))

      • Hideo Yamada (External Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member))

   3. Executive Officers

      （As of April 1,2026）

      ◎： New Executive Officers

      Position	Name
      Director & Chairman	Takashige Shibato
      Director & President (CEO)	Hisashi Goto
      Director & Deputy President (CFO)	Hiroshi Miyoshi
      Director & Executive Officer	Masahiro Hashizume
      Director & Executive Officer	Toshihiro Sakamoto
      Director & Executive Officer	Nobuhiko Yamakawa
      Executive Officer	Masahiro Fujii
      Executive Officer	Hiroki Nakatsuru
      Executive Officer	◎ Toru Uemura
      Executive Officer	Akira Kudo
      Executive Officer	◎ Tomomasa Yamamoto
      Executive Officer	Taro Takeshige
      Executive Officer	◎ Ichiro Takagi
      Executive Officer	Gakuto Naruse
      Executive Officer	◎ Takaaki Wakamatsu
      Executive Officer	◎ Kiyoshi Adachi
      Executive Officer	Keisuke Hirata
      Executive Officer	◎ Hiroshi Takada
      Executive Officer	Kenichi Nagayoshi

      【Retiring Directors】

      • Yusuke Hirota (Executive Officer)

      • Tadashi Fujiyoshi (Executive Officer)

      • Teppei Mizoe (Executive Officer)

      • Atsushi Kochaku (Executive Officer)

      • Mitsuo Yamanaka (Executive Officer)

      • Keisuke Fujino (Executive Officer)

      • Eiji Araki (Executive Officer)

2. The Bank of Fukuoka, Ltd. （As of April 1,2026）
   1. Change in Representative Director

      New Position	Current Position	Name
      Director & Deputy President (Representative Director)	Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer	Masahiro Hashizume

   2. Members of the Board of Directors

      ◎：New Directors

      Position	Name
      Director & Chairman (Representative Director)	Takashige Shibato
      Director & President (Representative Director)	Hisashi Goto
      Director & Deputy President (Representative Director)	Hiroshi Miyoshi
      Director & Deputy President (Representative Director)	Masahiro Hashizume
      Director & Managing Executive Officer	◎ Masahiro Fujii
      Director (Non-Executive Director)	Masahiko Fukasawa
      Director (Non-Executive Director)	Kumi Hanaoka
      Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member,full-time)	Ryuichi Fukunaga
      External Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)	Sumio Kuratomi
      External Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)	Atsushi Soda

      【Retiring Directors】

      • Gakuto Naruse (Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer)

      • Keisuke Hirata (Director & Managing Executive Officer)

   3. Executive Officers ◎： New Executive Officers, ○：Promotion

      Position	Name
      Director & Chairman	Takashige Shibato
      Director & President	Hisashi Goto
      Director & Deputy President	Hiroshi Miyoshi
      Director & Deputy President
      Director & Managing Executive Officer
      Managing Executive Officer	Tadashi Fujiyoshi
      Managing Executive Officer	Soichiro Oishi
      Managing Executive Officer	Hiroki Nakatsuru
      Managing Executive Officer	◎ Toru Uemura
      Managing Executive Officer
      Managing Executive Officer
      Executive Officer	Keita Higashi
      Executive Officer	Teppei Mizoe
      Executive Officer	Yoshinori Kishihara
      Executive Officer	Kengo Kozuwa
      Executive Officer	Norikazu Yamauchi
      Executive Officer	Fumihiro Shiozaki
      Executive Officer	Taro Takeshige
      Executive Officer	Munehisa Takiguchi
      Executive Officer	Hiromi Maruta
      Executive Officer	Teppei Furusawa
      Executive Officer	◎ Yuko Koga
      Executive Officer	◎ Ritsuko Tsuru
      Executive Officer	◎ Yasuhiro Ono
      Executive Officer	◎ Eijiro Nakagawa
      Executive Officer	◎ Ichiro Takagi
      Executive Officer	◎ Toshiyuki Asano

      • Masahiro Hashizume

      • Masahiro Fujii

      • Akira Kudo

      • Tomomasa Yamamoto

      【Retiring Executive Officers】

      • Gakuto Naruse (Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer)

      • Keisuke Hirata (Director & Managing Executive Officer)

      • Yusuke Hirota (Managing Executive Officer)

      • Yoshinobu Kuniharu (Executive Officer)

      • Atsushi Kochaku (Executive Officer)

      • Hajime Izaki (Executive Officer)

3. The Kumamoto Bank, Ltd. （As of April 1,2026）
   1. Change in Representative Director

      New Position	Current Position	Name
      Director & Deputy President (Representative Director)	Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer of The Bank of Fukuoka, Ltd.	Gakuto Naruse
      (Retiring Director )	Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer (Representative Director)	Mitsuo Yamanaka

   2. Members of the Board of Directors

      ◎：New Directors

      Position	Name
      Director & Chairman (Representative Director)	Toshimi Nomura
      Director & President (Representative Director)	Toshihiro Sakamoto
      Director & Deputy President (Representative Director)	Gakuto Naruse
      Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer	Takaaki Wakamatsu
      Director & Managing Executive Officer	◎ Hajime Izaki
      Director (Non-Executive Director)	◎ Hiroki Nakatsuru
      Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member,full-time)	Seiichiro Uchiyama
      External Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)	Yasuhiro Chiba
      External Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)	Kenichiro Yoshinaga

      【Retiring Directors】

      • Mitsuo Yamanaka (Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer (Representative Director))

      • Toru Uemura (Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer)

   3. Executive Officers

      ◎： New Executive Officers, ○：Promotion

      Position	Name
      Director & Chairman	Toshimi Nomura
      Director & President	Toshihiro Sakamoto
      Director & Deputy President	◎ Gakuto Naruse
      Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer
      Director & Managing Executive Officer	◎ Hajime Izaki
      Managing Executive Officer	Mitsuhira Taguchi
      Managing Executive Officer	Koichi Takano
      Executive Officer	Masanobu Fukuda
      Executive Officer	Keiichi Sato
      Executive Officer	Shozo Tashiro
      Executive Officer	Tomoaki Kenmotsu
      Executive Officer	Hironori Suenaga
      Executive Officer	◎ Itaru Yasunaga
      Executive Officer	◎ Kosuke Watanabe
      Executive Officer	◎ Tatsuya Koba

      • Takaaki Wakamatsu

      【Retiring Executive Officers】

      • Mitsuo Yamanaka (Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer)

      • Toru Uemura (Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer)

      • Takashi Shiraishi (Executive Officer)

4. The Juhachi-Shinwa Bank, Ltd. （As of April 1,2026）
   1. Change in Representative Director

      New Position	Current Position	Name
      Director & Deputy President (Representative Director)	Director & Managing Executive Officer	Kiyoshi Adachi
      Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer (Representative Director)	Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer	Hiroyuki Nonaka
      (Retiring Director )	Director & Chairman (Representative Director)	Takujiro Mori
      (Retiring Director )	Director & Deputy President (Representative Director)	Keisuke Fujino

   2. Members of the Board of Directors

      ◎：New Directors

      Position	Name
      Director & President (Representative Director)	Nobuhiko Yamakawa
      Director & Deputy President (Representative Director)	Kiyoshi Adachi
      Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer (Representative Director)	Hiroyuki Nonaka
      Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer	◎ Keisuke Hirata
      Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer	◎ Hidetoshi Obita
      Director & Managing Executive Officer	◎ Masatomo Noda
      Director (Non-Executive Director)	◎ Tadashi Fujiyoshi
      Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member,full-time)	◎ Daisuke Yamaguchi
      External Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)	Keinosuke Tanaka
      External Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)	Masako Ito

      【Retiring Directors】

      • Takujiro Mori (Director & Chairman (Representative Director))

      • Keisuke Fujino (Director & Deputy President (Representative Director))

      • Yasuhiro Yamaguchi (Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer)

      • Yuichi Ogushi (Director & Managing Executive Officer)

      • Masahiro Hashizume (Director (Non-Executive Director))

      • Osamu Kakimoto (Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member,full-time))

   3. Executive Officers

      ◎： New Executive Officers, ○：Promotion

      Position	Name
      Director & President	Nobuhiko Yamakawa
      Director & Deputy President
      Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer	Hiroyuki Nonaka
      Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer	◎ Keisuke Hirata
      Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer
      Director & Managing Executive Officer
      Managing Executive Officer	Yoshio Miura
      Managing Executive Officer
      Managing Executive Officer	◎ Osamu Kakimoto
      Managing Executive Officer
      Executive Officer	Daisuke Matsukawa
      Executive Officer	Shingo Ura
      Executive Officer	◎ Junichi Tonomoto
      Executive Officer	◎ Takeharu Shima
      Executive Officer	◎ Kazuhiro Shirai

      • Kiyoshi Adachi

      • Hidetoshi Obita

      • Masatomo Noda

      • Seiichiro Taniguchi

      • Saburo Saruwatari

      【Retiring Executive Officers】

      • Takujiro Mori (Director & Chairman )

      • Keisuke Fujino (Director & Deputy President)

      • Yasuhiro Yamaguchi (Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer)

      • Yuichi Ogushi (Director & Managing Executive Officer)

      • Daisuke Yamaguchi (Executive Officer)

5. The Fukuoka Chuo Bank, Ltd. （As of April 1,2026）
   1. Change in Representative Director

      New Position	Current Position	Name
      Director & Chairman (Representative Director)	Director & President (Representative Director)	Eiji Araki
      Director & President (Representative Director)	Director & Deputy President (Representative Director)	Hiroshi Takada

   2. Members of the Board of Directors

      ◎：New Directors

      Position	Name
      Director & Chairman (Representative Director)	Eiji Araki
      Director & President (Representative Director)	Hiroshi Takada
      Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer	Hideki Ezato
      Director & Managing Executive Officer	Yoshitaka Shimeno
      Director & Managing Executive Officer	Takatoshi Kawamura
      Director (Non-Executive Director)	◎ Akira Kudo
      Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member,full-time)	Mitsuru Ikeo
      External Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)	Naoto Takaki
      External Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)	Shogo Morita

   3. Executive Officers

      ○：Promotion

      Position	Name
      Director & Chairman
      Director & President
      Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer	Hideki Ezato
      Director & Managing Executive Officer	Yoshitaka Shimeno
      Director & Managing Executive Officer	Takatoshi Kawamura
      Executive Officer	Seigo Ito
      Executive Officer	Kazuma Ota
      Executive Officer	Hiroaki Moriyama
      Executive Officer	Toshihiro Hanada

      • Eiji Araki

      • Hiroshi Takada

      【Retiring Executive Officer】

      • Hiroshi Hoshikuma (Managing Executive Officer)

6. Minna Bank, Ltd. （As of April 1,2026）

1. Change in Representative Director

   New Position	Current Position	Name
   Director & Chairman (Representative Director)	Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer of The Bank of Fukuoka, Ltd.	Masahiro Hashizume
   (Retiring Director )	Director & Chairman (Representative Director)	Masahiro Fujii

2. Members of the Board of Directors

   ◎：New Directors

   Position	Name
   Director & Chairman (Representative Director)	◎ Masahiro Hashizume
   Director & President (Representative Director)	Kenichi Nagayoshi
   Director & Deputy President (Representative Director)	Tomoyuki Ushijima
   Director & Managing Executive Officer	Masaaki Miyamoto
   Director (Non-Executive Director)	Hiroshi Miyoshi
   Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member,full-time)	Eiji Miyamoto
   External Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)	Shuichi Komata
   External Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)	Takane Hori

   【Retiring Directors】

   • Masahiro Fujii (Director & Chairman (Representative Director))

   • Hisatoshi Tanaka (Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer)

3. Executive Officers

   ◎： New Executive Officers

   Position	Name
   Director & Chairman	◎ Masahiro Hashizume
   Director & President	Kenichi Nagayoshi
   Director & Deputy President	Tomoyuki Ushijima
   Director & Managing Executive Officer	Masaaki Miyamoto
   Executive Officer	Kosuke Kinoshita

   【Retiring Executive Officers】

   • Masahiro Fujii (Director & Chairman)

   • Hisatoshi Tanaka (Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer)

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