Ns Tool Co., Ltd.TSE: 6157

May 15,2025Notice Regarding Changes in Directors

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DATE: May 15, 2025

Company: NS TOOL CO., LTD.

Representative: Hiroji Goto, President

Stock Code: 6157, Prime Market, Tokyo Stock Exchange Contact: Satoru Toda, Director,

Corporate Planning Office (TEL+81-3-6423-1135)

Notice Regarding Changes in Directors

NS TOOL CO., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as the "Company") hereby announces that at the Board of Directors meeting held today, the Company resolved the changes in Directors as follows, subject to the approval at the Annual Shareholder's General Meeting on June 24, 2025.

  1. Candidates for Directors (Excluding Directors who are Audit & Supervisory Committee Members)

    Name

    Current position

    Reelection

    Hiroji Goto

    President

    Reelection

    Takashi Goto

    Senior Executive Vice President

    Reelection

    Yuko Adachi

    Managing Director

    Reelection

    Satoru Toda

    Director, General Manager of Corporate Planning Office and Administration Department

    New election

    Takayoshi Saito

    -

    ※Takayoshi Saito is a candidate for External Director.

  2. Candidates for Directors who are Audit & Supervisory Committee Members

    Name

    Current position

    Reelection

    Hiroshi Tajima

    Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

    Reelection

    Kenichi Sasamoto

    Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

    Reelection

    Hideyo Nakano

    Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

    ※Kenichi Sasamoto and Hideyo Nakano are candidates for External Directors.

    ※Kazuo Fukuda, a Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), is scheduled to retire due to the expiration of his term of office.

    New Candidate Profile:

    Name

    Takayoshi Saito

    Date of birth

    November 16, 1961

    Career summary

    Apr. 1982 Joined Mitsubishi Metal Corporation(Currently, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation)

    Apr. 1988 Transferred to MMC Hartmetall GmbH.

    June 2004 Marketing Department, Cemented Carbide Product Div. of Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

    Apr. 2013 Transferred to MMC Hardmetal (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

    General Manager of Technical Center of MMC Hardmetal (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

    Nov. 2015 Vice General Manager of Machining Technology Center, Research & Development Div. of Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

    Apr. 2021 General Manager of Product Strategy Office, Marketing Department, Business Strategy Div. of Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

  3. Candidates for Directors who are Substitute Audit & Supervisory Committee Members

Name

Current position

Reelection

Katsuko Tezuka

-

Reference:

Directors (as of June 24, 2025)

Director Hiroji Goto

Director Takashi Goto

Director Yuko Adachi

Director Satoru Toda

External Director Takayoshi Saito

Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) Hiroshi Tajima External Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) Naoko Fujisaki External Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) Toshiaki Hiraga External Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) Kenichi Sasamoto External Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) Hideyo Nakano