This document has been translated from the Japanese original for reference purposes only. In the event ofany discrepancy between this translated document and the Japanese original, the original shall prevail. The
Company assumes no responsibility for this translation or for direct, indirect or any other forms of damages
arising from the translation.

Securities code: 7962
September 3, 2024
(Commencement of Electronic Provision Measures: August 27, 2024)
To Shareholders with Voting Rights:
Akira Miyamoto
President & CEOKING JIM CO., LTD.
2-10-18, Higashi-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 101-0031, JapanNOTICE OF
THE 76TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
We hereby inform you that the 76th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) of KINGJIM CO., LTD. (the “Company”) will be held as described below.
The Company has adopted electronic provisioning measures for this general meeting of shareholders
by posting the matters for electronic provision to the following website.
The Company website:
https://www.kingjim.co.jp/english/ir/event/agm.html
The same information is also posted on the following website.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange Website (Listed Company Search):https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/JJK020010Action.do?Show=Show

Visit the above website, enter or search for our company name or securities code, and select “Basic
Information,” followed by “Documents for public inspection/PR information.”
If you are unable to attend the Meeting, you may exercise your voting rights in writing or via theInternet. Please review the attached Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders andexercise your voting rights by 5:35 p.m. Japan time, Wednesday, September 18, 2024.
1. Date and Time:Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Japan time
(Reception opens at 9:00 a.m.)

2. Place:

Event Hall, 3rd Floor, Bellesalle Kudan, Sumitomo Fudosan Kudan
Building
1-8-10 Kudan-kita, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0073, Japan*The venue is different from last year. Please see the “Guide Map to theVenue for the General Meeting of Shareholders” at the end for directions.

3. Meeting Agenda:
Matters to be reported: 1. The Business Report and Consolidated Financial Statements for theCompany’s 76th Fiscal Year (June 21, 2023 – June 20, 2024) and resultsof audits of the Consolidated Financial Statements by the Accounting
Auditor and the Board of Auditors
2. Non-consolidated Financial Statements for the Company’s 76th Fiscal
Year (June 21, 2023 – June 20, 2024)-1-

Proposals to be resolved:
Proposal 1:
Appropriation of Surplus
Proposal 2:
Election of Ten (10) Directors
4. Matters on Voting Rights:(1) If no indication is given on the voting rights exercise form either in favor of or in opposition to a
proposal, then we will consider you to have voted in favor of the proposal.
(2) If your voting rights are exercised both in writing and on the Internet, then we will treat the voting
rights exercised via the Internet as valid.
(3) If your voting rights are exercised multiple times on the Internet, then we will treat the votes givenin the final exercise of your voting rights as valid.
(4) If you wish to vote by proxy in accordance with Article 18 of the Company’s Articles ofIncorporation, you can do so by appointing one other shareholder with voting rights to vote on
your behalf. In that case, please submit a document verifying the delegation of your voting rights.
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(1)

(2)

In accordance with laws and regulations and Article 15 of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, the following items are not included in
the written documents sent to the shareholders who requested the delivery of written documentation.
Accordingly, such documents only constitute a portion of the documents audited by the Auditors and Accounting Auditor in the
preparation of their audit report.
a. “Corporate Structure and Policies” of the Business Reportb. “Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity” and “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” of the Consolidated Financial
Statementsc. “Non-consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity” and “Notes to Non-consolidated Financial Statements” of the Non-consolidated
Financial Statements
If any revisions are made to the matters for electronic provision, then updated information will be posted on the respective websites where
the documents were posted.

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Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders
Proposals and References
Proposal 1:

Appropriation of Surplus

Upon comprehensively considering returns of profit to shareholders and maintaining internal reserves
that allow agile management measures, the payout ratio is benchmarked at 40% in an effort to pay stabledividends.
Taking into consideration the Company’s business performance and future business development,
we propose the year-end dividend and appropriation of surplus as follows.
1. Year-end dividends
1. Type of dividend property
Cash
2. Allocation of dividend property and its total amount¥7 per share of the Company’s ordinary shares
Total:¥196,657,349
The Company has paid an interim dividend of ¥7 per share, which brings the annual
dividend for the fiscal year to ¥14 per share.
3. Effective date of distribution of surplus
September 20, 2024
2. Other matters on appropriation of surplus
1. Item and amount of surplus to be increased
Retained earnings brought forward: ¥750,000,000
2. Item and amount of surplus to be decreased
General reserve:¥750,000,000-3-Proposal 2:

Election of Ten (10) Directors

The terms of office of all eleven (11) Directors will expire at the conclusion of this Meeting. Accordingly,
the Company requests the election of ten (10) Directors.
The candidates for Directors are as follows:

No.
1

2

Current positions and responsibilities
at the Company

Name

Akira Miyamoto

Naomichi Hagita[Reappointment]

President & CEO[Reappointment]

Director and Senior Managing
Executive Officer
Corporate Planning Department
Special Assignment (In charge of
Sustainability and M&A), In charge ofSales Division

3

Shinichi Harada[Reappointment]

4

Takanobu Kameda[Reappointment]

5

Miyoko Kimura[Reappointment]

6

Keiko Kakiuchi

7

Katsuya Hirokawa

8Mizuho Iwaki

9

Takako Suzuki

10

Ikumi Hiraki[Reappointment][External][Independent][Reappointment][External][Independent][Reappointment][External][Independent][Reappointment][External][Independent][Reappointment][External][Independent]

Director and Senior Managing
Executive Officer
General Manager, Administration
Division, CFO, and General Manager,
Overseas Division, In charge ofOverseas Sales Subsidiaries
Director and Managing Executive
Officer
In charge of Corporate Planning
Department, Public Relations &Investor Relations Department, and Ecommerce Department, General
Manager, Public Relations & Investor
Relations Department
Director and Managing Executive
Officer
General Manager, R&D Division and
CMO

Attendance atBoard ofDirectors’Meetings
100%(13 out of 13)100%(13 out of 13)100%(13 out of 13)100%(13 out of 13)100%(13 out of 13)

Director100%(13 out of 13)

Director100%(13 out of 13)

Director100%(13 out of 13)

Director100%(13 out of 13)

Director100%(13 out of 13)

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, positions, responsibilities,
and significant concurrent positions
March 1977
September 1984
September 1986
April 1992

1

Akira Miyamoto(August 11, 1954)

Joined the Company
Managing Director and General Manager,
General Planning Section, the Company
Senior Managing Director, the Company
President & CEO, the Company (current
position)

Number ofshares of theCompany held

852,544[Current responsibilities]
CEO[Reappointment]

2[Reason for nomination as candidate for Director]
Mr. Akira Miyamoto has led the Company’s business as the top management of the Company. With his wealthof experience and extensive insight in management in general, he has made important judgments and decisions
on management matters appropriately. As he is deemed to qualify as the one to make various judgments anddecisions on management matters drawing on his outstanding leadership in the future, the Company
renominates him as a candidate for Director.
March 1983
Joined the Company
May 2002
General Manager, Corporate Planning Section,
the Company
June 2006
Executive Officer, the Company
September 2010 Director, the Company
September 2012 Managing Director, the Company
19,457
September 2018 Senior Managing Director, the Company
September 2020 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer,
Naomichi Hagita
the Company (current position)(May 25, 1960)[Current responsibilities]
Corporate Planning Department Special Assignment (In charge of
Sustainability and M&A), In charge of the Sales Division[Reappointment][Reason for nomination as candidate for Director]
Mr. Naomichi Hagita has taken numerous important positions in the Company’s corporate planning and sales
divisions and has a wealth of experience and extensive insight in these areas. As he is deemed to be capable ofmaking various judgments and decisions on management matters appropriately, the Company renominates him
as a candidate for Director.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, positions, responsibilities,
and significant concurrent positions
April 1984
April 2008

April 20113

Shinichi Harada(September 19, 1961)

August 2014
September 2014
September 2014
September 2015
September 2020
September 2023

[Reappointment]

Joined The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd. (currently
MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
Deputy General Manager, Shanghai Branch, The
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (China), Ltd.
(currently MUFG Bank (China), Ltd.)Regional Head for Germany and General
Manager, Dusseldorf Branch, The Bank ofTokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (currently MUFG
Bank (Europe) N.V.)
Advisor, the Company
Executive Officer, the Company
Director, the Company
Managing Director, the Company
Director and Managing Executive Officer, theCompany
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer,
the Company (current position)

Number ofshares of theCompany held

19,960[Current responsibilities]
General Manager, Administration Division, CFO, and General
Manager, Overseas Division, In charge of Overseas Sales
Subsidiaries[Reason for nomination as candidate for Director]
Mr. Shinichi Harada has a wealth of experience and extensive insight gained at financial institutions andcurrently leads the Administration Division and Overseas Division of the Company. As he is deemed to becapable of making various judgments and decisions on management matters appropriately, the Company
renominates him as a candidate for Director.
Joined the Company
April 1985
November 2006 General Manager, Electronic Stationery Business
Promotion Department
June 2011
Executive Officer, the Company
September 2014 Director, the Company
September 2016 Managing Director, the Company
20,554September 2020 Director and Managing Executive Officer, theCompany (current position)
4

Takanobu Kameda(January 24, 1963)[Reappointment][Current responsibilities]
In charge of Corporate Planning Department, Public Relations &Investor Relations Department, and E-commerce Department, General
Manager, Public Relations & Investor Relations Department[Reason for nomination as candidate for Director]
Mr. Takanobu Kameda has taken numerous important positions in the Company’s corporate planning, R&D,
public relations & advertising, and E-commerce divisions, and has a wealth of experience and extensive insightin these areas. As he is deemed to be capable of making various judgments and decisions on management
matters appropriately, the Company renominates him as a candidate for Director.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, positions, responsibilities,
and significant concurrent positions
April 1988
May 1999
February 2010
August 2017

May 2021
June 2021
Miyoko Kimura(Name
on family register: September 2022
5
Miyoko Sakagawa)(June 12, 1964)
June 2023

Joined PLUS CORPORATION
Joined ASKUL Corporation
President, ASMARU Corporation
Director, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO),
Executive Officer, Executive Officer of Life
Creation Unit and Value Creation Center Unit, Bto-C Company, ASKUL Corporation
Director, In charge of Branding, Design and
Supplier-relations, ASKUL Corporation
Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory
Committee Member), Asahi Holdings, Inc.
(currently ARE Holdings, Inc.) (current position)
Director and Managing Executive Officer, theCompany (current position)
Outside Director, JAPAN POST HOLDINGS Co.,
Ltd. (current position)

Number ofshares of theCompany held

6,376

[Reappointment][Current Responsibilities]
General Manager, R&D Division and CMO[Reason for nomination as candidate for Director]
Ms. Miyoko Kimura has wide-ranging knowledge and track record in corporate management and marketing andcurrently leads the R&D Division of the Company. As she is deemed to be capable of making various
judgments and decisions on the Company’s management matters appropriately by drawing on her knowledge
and achievements, the Company renominates her as a candidate for Director.

6

April 1998

Registered as attorney-at-law

April 1998

Joined Miyahara, Suda, Ishikawa Law Office

October 2003

Joined Kasahara Law Office

August 2012

Established Ryowa Sogo Law Office (current
position)

September 2015

External Auditor, the Company

June 2016

External Audit & Supervisory Board Member,
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (currently TOPPAN
Holdings Inc.)

March 2018

Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Yano
Research Institute Ltd. (current position)

September 2019

External Director, the Company (current position)

Keiko Kakiuchi(January 25, 1962)[Reappointment][External][Independent]

5,700[Reason for nomination as candidate for External Director and overview of expected roles]
Ms. Keiko Kakiuchi has wide-ranging knowledge and track record as an attorney-at-law. As the Company deems
she can be expected to perform appropriate decision-making and management supervision at the Company’s
Board of Directors by drawing on her experience, knowledge and achievements, the Company renominates her
as a candidate for External Director.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, positions, responsibilities,
and significant concurrent positions
April 1993
December 2005

Katsuya Hirokawa(January 14, 1970)
7

April 2012
July 2017
April 2018
September 2019
April 2023

Joined The Sumitomo Bank, Ltd. (currently
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation)
Incubation Manager, Keio Fujisawa Innovation
Village, Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus
Secretary General, General Foundation SFC Forum
Fund Manager, SFC Forum Fund (current position)
External Director, ShuR Co., Ltd.
External Director, the Company (current position)
Secretary General in charge of generalmanagement, General Foundation SFC Forum(current position)

Number ofshares of theCompany held

6,000

[Reappointment][External][Independent]

8[Reason for nomination as candidate for External Director and overview of expected roles]
Mr. Katsuya Hirokawa has wide-ranging knowledge and track record in the financial sector through his
operational experience at financial institutions and as a fund manager. As the Company deems he can be
expected to perform appropriate decision-making and management supervision at the Company’s Board of
Directors by drawing on his knowledge and achievements, the Company renominates him as a candidate forExternal Director.
April 1988
Joined Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)Matsuyama Headquarters
February 1991
Freelance announcer
Joined NTT Solco Corporation (currently NTT
March 2007
Nexia Corporation)
June 2008
Joined Sumitomo Life Insurance Company
December 2009 Representative, OfficeBenefit (current position)
Certified as Certified Financial Planner (CFP)®
July 2011
September 2019 Vice President, Fiduciary and Independent Wealth700
Advisors, NPO
External
Director,theCompany(current
position)
September
2021
Mizuho Iwaki
May 2022
Representative Director, MZ Benefit Consulting,(August 17, 1965)
Inc. (current position)
Registered as Labor and Social Security Attorney
August 2022
[Reappointment]
December 2023 Representative Director, Financial Education[External]
Association (current position)[Independent]
April 2024
President, Fiduciary and Independent Wealth
Advisors, NPO (current position)[Reason for nomination as candidate for External Director and overview of expected roles]
Ms. Mizuho Iwaki has experience in the broadcasting industry and wide-ranging insight into financial
instruments. As the Company deems she can be expected to perform appropriate decision-making andmanagement supervision at the Company’s Board of Directors by drawing on her experience and insight, theCompany renominates her as a candidate for External Director.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, positions, responsibilities,
and significant concurrent positions
April 1984
August 2001
January 2010
April 2013
March 2020
June 2021

9

Takako Suzuki(March 5, 1962)[Reappointment][External][Independent]

10

September 2022
June 2023
June 2024
June 2024

Number ofshares of theCompany held

Joined Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Joined LVJ Group Co., Ltd. (currently Louis
Vuitton Japan Co., Ltd.)
Joined S.T. Corporation
Director, President & CEO, S.T. Corporation
Outside Director, TRUSCO Nakayama
Corporation (current position)
Chairman of the Board, President & CEO, S.T.
Corporation
External Director, the Company (current position)
Chairman, S.T. Corporation (current position)
Outside Director, COSMO ENERGY HOLDINGSCOMPANY,LIMITED(current position)
Outside Director, FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation(current position)—[Reason for nomination as candidate for External Director and overview of expected roles]
Ms. Takako Suzuki has wide-ranging knowledge and track record in corporate management. As the Company
deems she can be expected to perform appropriate decision-making and management supervision at theCompany’s Board of Directors by drawing on her knowledge and achievements, the Company renominates her
as a candidate for External Director.
April 1998
Joined The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan,
Limited (currently SBI Shinsei Bank, Limited)
Research Assistant, School of Commerce, Waseda
April 2003
University
October 2009
Visiting Researcher, Institute of Marketing
Communication, Comprehensive Research
Organization, Waseda University (current position)
Associate Professor, Business Economics Faculty,
April 2012
700
Tokyo International University
April
2018
Visiting
Professor,
The
Open
UniversityofJapan
Ikumi Hiraki
Professor, Business Economics Faculty, Tokyo
April 2018
(April 4, 1975)
International University (current position)
September 2018 Part-time Lecturer, Graduate School of Commerce,[Reappointment]
Waseda University (current position)[External]
September 2022 External Director, the Company (current position)[Independent][Reason for nomination as candidate for External Director and overview of expected roles]
Ms. Ikumi Hiraki has wide-ranging knowledge and track record as an expert in marketing theory. As theCompany deems she can be expected to perform appropriate decision-making and management supervision at
the Company’s Board of Directors by drawing on her knowledge and achievements, the Company renominates
her as a candidate for External Director.

Notes: 1. There are no special interests between any of the candidates for Director and the Company.
2. The “Numbers of shares of the Company held” by the candidates for Director are as of June20, 2024.
3. Ms. Keiko Kakiuchi, Mr. Katsuya Hirokawa, Ms. Mizuho Iwaki, Ms. Takako Suzuki, and
Ms. Ikumi Hiraki are candidates for External Director.

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management other than as external officers in the past. However, the Company deems thatthey will be able to execute their duties as external directors appropriately as stated above inthe reason for nomination as a candidate for External Director.
5. Ms. Keiko Kakiuchi and Mr. Katsuya Hirokawa will have served as External Director of theCompany for five (5) years at the conclusion of this Meeting. Ms. Mizuho Iwaki will have
served as External Director of the Company for three (3) years at the conclusion of thisMeeting. Ms. Takako Suzuki and Ms. Ikumi Hiraki will have served as External Director of
the Company for two (2) years at the conclusion of this Meeting.
6. Ms. Keiko Kakiuchi, Mr. Katsuya Hirokawa, Ms. Mizuho Iwaki, Ms. Takako Suzuki, and
Ms. Ikumi Hiraki satisfy the Company’s independence criteria for external officers. The
Company has designated Ms. Keiko Kakiuchi, Mr. Katsuya Hirokawa, Ms. Mizuho Iwaki,
Ms. Takako Suzuki, and Ms. Ikumi Hiraki as independent directors as stipulated by the Tokyo
Stock Exchange and registered them with the Exchange. If they are re-elected, the Company
intends to continue designating them.
7. The Company has entered into a liability limitation agreement with Ms. Keiko Kakiuchi, Mr.
Katsuya Hirokawa, Ms. Mizuho Iwaki, Ms. Takako Suzuki, and Ms. Ikumi Hiraki to limit
their liability under Article 423, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act to the amount stipulated
by laws and regulations provided they performed their duties in good faith and without grossnegligence. If they are re-elected, the Company plans to continue the same agreement withthem.
8. The Company has entered into a directors and officers liability insurance (D&O insurance)
contract with an insurance company as stipulated in Article 430-3, Paragraph 1 of theCompanies Act that insures the officers including directors. In the event that a claim is filed
against the insured directors and officers for damages incurred in the course of their duties,
this insurance contract will cover liabilities and legal costs, etc. to be borne by the directors
and officers. If the candidates for Director are elected, they will be insured under the contract.
The Company plans to renew the contract with similar terms and conditions at its maturity(February 2025).

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Reference: Independence Criteria

The Company’s independence criteria for external directors and external auditors are as follows.
For an external director or external auditor to be independent from the Company, none of thefollowing may apply to that external director or external auditor:
i. A person for which the Company is a major business partner or its executive;
ii. A major business partner of the Company or its executive;iii. A consultant, accounting specialist, or legal specialist that receives significant amounts of cash orother property from the Company other than officers’ compensation (if the entity receiving suchproperty is a corporation, union, or other organization, a person affiliated to the entity);
iv. A person falling under any of i. to iii. above in the past year;
v. A relative within the second degree of kinship of any of the following persons (excluding non-key
persons) set forth in items a. to c. below:
a. A person set forth in items i. to iv. above;b. An executive of a subsidiary of the Company (an executive or a non-executive director when
determining independence of an external auditor for designation as an independent auditor);c. A person falling under b. or an executive of the Company (an executive or a non-executive
director when determining independence of an external auditor for designation as anindependent auditor) in the past year.
Notes: 1. “A person for which the Company is a major business partner” refers to those receiving
payments from the Company or its subsidiary in an amount equivalent to 2% of their total
annual consolidated net sales or ¥100 million, whichever is higher, in the most recent
business year.
2. “A major business partner of the Company” refers to those paying to the Company an amountequivalent to 2% or more of the Company’s total annual consolidated net sales in the mostrecent business year.
3. “Receives significant amounts of cash or other property from the Company other thanofficers’ compensation” refers to a consultant, accounting specialist, or legal specialist (if theentity receiving such property is a corporation, union, or other organization, a person
currently or previously affiliated to the entity) who received as compensation other thanofficers’ compensation from the Company or its subsidiary cash or property in an amountequivalent to 2% of that person’s total annual consolidated net sales (in aggregate) or ¥10
million, whichever is higher, in the most recent business year.

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Reference: Skills Matrix of Directors, etc. after this General Meeting of Shareholders (Plan)

Name

PositionManagement
Experience

Industry
Insight

Akira Miyamoto

Chairman &Director○○

Miyoko Kimura

Representative
Director, President○International
Experience

Skills, Experience, Knowledge, etc.
Product
Sales &Development
Finance andMarketingandAccounting
Production

○

Legal

○

○

○

Takanobu
KamedaKeiko Kakiuchi

External Director

Katsuya
Hirokawa

External Director○

Mizuho Iwaki

External Director○○

Takako Suzuki

External Director

Ikumi Hiraki

External Director

Kazuto Shimizu

Standing Auditor○○

Katsuhiko
Imabori

External Auditor

Yoko Hayashi

External Auditor

Takuto Inoue

Senior Executive
Officer

Yusuke Kojima

Senior Executive
Officer

Sotaro Takahashi

Senior Executive
Officer

Shinichi Harada

Note:

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○

○
○

○

○

○

○

○

Sustainability○

Director and Senior
Managing Executive
Officer
Director and Senior
Managing Executive
Officer
Director andManaging Executive
Officer

Naomichi Hagita

DX & IT

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○

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○
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The above table lists up to four of the skills, experience, knowledge, etc., possessed by each
Director, etc. and is not an exhaustive list.

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