Sapporo Holdings LimitedTSE: 2501

Notice Concerning Stock Split and Partial Amendments to Articles of Incorporation in Connection with Stock Split

· Issued by Sapporo Holdings Limited


[Translation]

November 12, 2025

Company Name

Sapporo Holdings Limited

Representative

Hiroshi Tokimatsu

President and Representative Director

Stock Code

2501

Listed on

Tokyo Stock Exchange (Prime Market) Sapporo Securities Exchange

Inquiries

Yosuke Nakamura

Director of Corporate Planning Department Tel: 81-3-5423-7407

Notice Concerning Stock Split and Partial Amendments to Articles of Incorporation in Connection with Stock Split

Sapporo Holdings Limited (the "Company") hereby announces that the Company, at its Board of Directors' meeting held today, resolved to carry out a stock split and make partial amendments to its Articles of Incorporation in connection with the stock split, as described below.

  1. Stock Split

    1. Purpose of the stock split

      The purpose of the stock split is to boost liquidity and further expand the investor base by reducing the minimum investment unit of the Company's stock and improving the investment environment.

    2. Method of the split

      The Company will conduct a 5-for-1 stock split for each share of common stock held by shareholders of record as of December 31, 2025 (effectively Tuesday December 30, 2025 as December 31, 2025 is a Shareholder Register Administrator holiday).

    3. Increase in number of shares due to the split

      i) Total number of shares outstanding before the stock split

      78,794,298 shares

      ii) Increase in number of shares due to the split

      315,177,192 shares

      iii) Total number of shares outstanding after the split

      393,971,490 shares

      iv) Total number of authorized shares after the split

      1,000,000,000 shares

    4. Schedule for the split

      i) Date of public notice for setting the record date

      Tuesday, December 16, 2025 (Tentative)

      ii) Record date

      Wednesday, December 31, 2025

      iii) Effective date

      Thursday, January 1, 2026

    5. Change in capital amount

    There will be no change in the amount of capital in connection with the stock split.

  2. Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation

    1. Reason for amendments to the Articles of Incorporation

      In accordance with the stock split, the Company's Articles of Incorporation will be partially amended, effective January 1, 2026, by resolution of the Board of Directors, pursuant to Article 184, Paragraph 2 of the Companies Act.

    2. Details of the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation The details of the amendments are as follows.

      (Amendments are underlined.)

      Before amendment

      After amendment

      (Total number of authorized shares)

      Article 5. The total number of authorized shares of the Company shall be

      two hundred million (200,000,000)

      shares.

      (Total number of authorized shares)

      Article 5. The total number of authorized shares of the Company shall be

      one billion (1,000,000,000) shares.

    3. Schedule for amending the Articles of Incorporation

    Date of resolution by the Board of Directors: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 Effective date: Thursday, January 1, 2026

  3. Dividends

    Since the stock split will take effect on January 1, 2026, the year-end dividend for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, for which the record date is December 31, 2025, will be based on the number of common shares before the stock split.

  4. Shareholder Benefit Program

Since the stock split will take effect on January 1, 2026, there will be no change in the shareholder benefit program for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, for which the record date is December 31, 2025, as it will be based on the number of common shares before the stock split.

We will provide further details regarding the shareholder benefit program for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 at a later date.

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