(Press release on March 4, 2026) (English translation for reference purposes only)
ICHIYOSHI SECURITIES CO., LTD.
Listed on: Tokyo Stock Exchange (Prime Section) (Stock code: 8624) President & Representative Executive Officer: Mr. Hirofumi Tamada Enquiry to: Mr. Takatoshi Kawai, Manager of Public Relations
Tel: 03-4346-4512
Nominees for Directors to Be Appointed at Coming Shareholders' Meeting
The Nominating Committee of Ichiyoshi Securities Co., Ltd. (the "Company") at its meeting today on March 4, 2026, resolved to nominate the below-mentioned 7 persons for directors to be appointed at the 84thannual shareholders' meeting scheduled to be held in June 2026.
Nominees for directors:
The number of the nominees for directors is 7. Of these seven nominees, two will serve concurrently as executive officers while the remaining five will serve as non-executive directors. Among these five non-executive directors, four are outside directors and such independent directors as defined under the regulations of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Masashi Takehi
Reappointment
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Hirofumi Tamada
Reappointment
President & Representative Executive Officer
Shoichi Yamazaki
Reappointment
Deputy President & Representative Executive
Akira Gokita Reappointment (Outside Director)
Eiji Hirano Reappointment (Outside Director)
Yuko Numata Reappointment (Outside Director)
Yukari Sakai New appointment (Outside Director)
Officer Attorney-at-law
at Gokita & Miura Law Office Deputy Chairman & Director of MetLife Insurance Co., Ltd.
Full-time Professor at Professional Graduate School of Meiji University
(Global Business Research Course) Outside Director of
PACIFIC METALS CO., LTD.
Career summary of new appointee:
Name: Yukari Sakai
Birth date: June 23, 1968 (57 years old) Career summary:
Apr. 1991 Joined Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. (resigned in September 1997) Jan. 2005 Director of Corporate Tune Co., Ltd.
June 2005 Standing Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member of UNITED ARROWS LTD.
June 2008 Outside Auditor of REPROCELL Inc.
Sep. 2013 Outside Auditor of Beauty Kadan Co., Ltd.
June 2016 Outside Director (Standing Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of UNITED ARROWS LTD.
Oct. 2017 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of Tea Life Co., Ltd.
Mar. 2019 Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Board Member) of Uzabase, Inc. June 2021 Outside Director of PACIFIC METALS CO., LTD. (Currently)
June 2022 Outside Director of TOYO KANETSU K.K.
Mar. 2025 Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) of SmartHR, Inc. (Currently)
June 2025 Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) of TOYO KANETSU K.K. (Currently)
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