Announcement of Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation
TOKYO, May 23, 2024 - Monex Group, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby announces that the meeting of the Board ofDirectors held on May 23, 2024 resolved to submit the proposal of “Partial amendments to the Articles ofIncorporation” at the 20th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company scheduled to be held on June22, 2024, as described below.
1. Purpose of the partial amendments to the Articles of Incorporation
In order to clarify and diversify the Company's business domains and to prepare for future businessdevelopment, the Company will amend the purposes stipulated in Article 2 (Purposes) of the current Articlesof Incorporation as well as to make the necessary amendments.
2. Details of the proposed amendment
The following are the details of the amendments.

(The underlined portions are to be amended.)
Current Articles of Incorporation
Proposed amendments
Article 2. (Purposes)
Article 2. (Purposes)
1.
The purposes of the Company shall be to 1.
The purposes of the Company shall be toengage in the following businesses:
engage in the following businesses:(1)
Control and management of the business (1)Control and management of the businessactivities of companies engaging in the following activities of companies engaging in the following
businesses and foreign companies engaging in businesses and foreign companies engaging inbusinesses equivalent to the following, through businesses equivalent to the following, throughshareholding or having equity interests in such shareholding or having equity interests in suchcompanies;
companies;
1
Financial instruments business as defined in 1
Financial instruments business as defined in
the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act;
the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act;
2
Other than as prescribed in the foregoing 2
Other than as prescribed in the foregoing
item, banking, trust, life insurance, and other finance- item, banking, trust, life insurance, and other financerelated businesses;
related businesses;
3
Businesses incidental or related to the 3Businesses incidental or related to thebusinesses referred to in the foregoing items; andbusinesses referred to in the foregoing items; and4

All other legal businesses.

4All other legal businesses.

Capital contribution for investment(2)
Capital contribution for investment purposes (2)through partnership agreements, silent partnership purposes through partnershipagreements, silentagreements, and other agreements.
partnership agreements, and other agreements.
(Newly added)(3)
Provision of services relating to Web3 andblockchain.

2.
The Company may engage in businesses 2.
The Company may engage in businesses
incidental or related to the businesses referred to in the incidental or related to the businesses referred to in thepreceding paragraph.
preceding paragraph.

3. Schedule
Date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to resolve the partial
amendments to the Articles of Incorporation:

June 22, 2024 (scheduled)

Effective date of the amendments:
June 22, 2024 (scheduled)<Reference Information>
Currently, the Company is scheduled to propose at the 20th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (scheduledto be held on June 22, 2024) the matters listed below:
Proposal No. 1:
Proposal No. 2:

Partial amendments to the Articles of Incorporation
Election of eleven (11) directors

Please visit the Company’s website for the announcement relevant to Proposal No. 2.
The Company’s website: HOME > News Release“Announcement of Board Member Candidates” (announced on Feb 19, 2024)
Details about the 20th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, including the date, time and location, will be
disclosed on the Company’s website.
The Company’s website: HOME > For Investors > Stock & Rating Information > Shareholders Meetinghttps://www.monexgroup.jp/en/investor/stock/meeting_information.html

Contact:

Akiko Kato
Corporate Communications OfficeMonex Group, Inc.
+81-3-4323-3983

Yuki Nakano, Taishi Komori
Investor Relations, Financial Control Department
Monex Group, Inc.
+81-3-4323-8698

This material is an English translation of a Japanese announcement made on the date above. Although the Company intended tofaithfully translate the Japanese document into English, the accuracy and correctness of this English translation is not guaranteed andthus you are encouraged to refer to the original Japanese document. This translation was made as a matter of record only and does notconstitute an offer to sell or to solicit an offer to buy securities in the U.S.