Toho Zinc Co., Ltd.TSE: 5707

Notice regarding voting recommendation by proxy voting advisory firms on the Agenda Items to be proposed at the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting on February 27, 2025

· MarketScreener

February 14, 2025

To our Shareholders and all parties concerned,

Company

TOHO ZINC CO.,LTD.

Representatives

Masahito Ito

Director and President

(Ticker code: 5707

TSE Prime Market)

Contact

Jun Osumi

General Manager, General Affairs Dept.

(TEL 03-4334-7313)

Notice regarding voting recommendation by proxy voting advisory firms on the Agenda Items to be

proposed at the Extraordinary Shareholdersʼ Meeting on February 27, 2025

We confirmed that two proxy voting advisory firms, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. ("ISS")and Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC("GL"), have respectively issued their reports recommending "FOR" of each of the proposals to be submitted to the Extraordinary Shareholdersʼ Meeting scheduled to be held on February 27, 2025. (the "Reports")

As shown in the table below, all the proposals have received "FOR" in the Reports, which is the same as the opinion of the Board of Directors of Toho Zinc Co., Ltd., meaning that both ISS and GL have fully supported the opinion of the Board of Directors. We would like to also ask our shareholders to refer to the various disclosures, including the reference documents for the Notice of the Extraordinary Shareholdersʼ Meeting and Meeting Materials.

Proposals

ISS

GL

Recommendations

Recommendations

Proposal 1

Recommend "FOR"

Recommend "FOR"

Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation (1)

Proposal 2

Issuance of Class A Preferred Shares Through Third-

Recommend "FOR"

Recommend "FOR"

Party Allotment

Proposal 3

Issuance of Class B Subordinated Shares Through Third-

Recommend "FOR"

Recommend "FOR"

Party Allotment

Proposal 4

Recommend "FOR"

Recommend "FOR"

Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation (2)

Proposal 5

Recommend all

Recommend all

Election of Three (3) Directors (Excluding Directors Who

three candidate

three candidate

Are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

"FOR"

"FOR"