February 18, 2020
For Immediate Release
Real Estate Investment Trust Securities Issuer
Star Asia Investment Corporation
Representative: Atsushi Kato, Executive Director(Code: 3468)
Asset Management Company
Star Asia Investment Management Co., Ltd.
Representative: Atsushi Kato
President and CEO
Contact: Akiko Kanno
Director and CFO
TEL: +81-3-5425-1340

Notice Concerning Transfer of Important Employee at the Asset Management Company
Star Asia Investment Management Co., Ltd. (the “Asset Manager”), the asset manager for Star Asia Investment
Corporation (hereinafter “SAR”), has announced that the Board of Directors of Asset Manager was held today
and decided to transfer an important employee as follows.

1.

Transfer of important employee (as of March 1, 2020) (Scheduled)
NameNew
Takeshi Kirihara
Director and Division Manager ofSSR Investment Management
Division
Please refer to the Attachment for a career summary.

PreviousDirector

2. Reasons for the change
As announced in today’s press release entitled “Notice Regarding Signing of the Asset Management
Agreement between Sakura Sogo REIT (SSR) and Star Asia Investment Management Co., Ltd. (SAIM) strong
Organizational Changes Being Implemented and Internal Rules Being Established at SAIM” (hereinafter “PressRelease (1)”), effective from March 1, 2020, the SSR Investment Management Department will be newly
established to be in charge of asset management for SSR, and in relation to such change, a Division Managerof the SSR Investment Management Division will be newly appointed as an important employee.
For details regarding the organizational changes etc. at the Asset Manager, please refer to Press Release (1)announced today.
3.

OthersFurthermore, required procedures such as notification, etc. of the above transfer will be conducted inaccordance with the provisions of Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, the Building Lots and Buildings
Transaction Business Act, and other applicable laws and regulations.

* Star Asia Investment Corporation website address: http://starasia-reit.com/en/

This is an English translation of the announcement in Japanese dated February 18, 2020. However, no assurance
or warranties are given for the completeness or accuracy of this English translation.
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<Attachment> Director to be Appointed
Title
Director

Name
Takeshi
Kirihara

Career Summary
April, 1992

Entered Nomura Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.

April, 2007

Nomura Real Estate Investment Management Co., Ltd.
Asset Management Dept.

April, 2009

Vice manager of the Business Planning Department
Dept.

April, 2011

Vice manager of Fund Management Dept.

October, 2011

Nomura Real Estate Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Manager of the Asset Management

October, 2012

Nomura Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.
Vice manager of the Corporate Services Dept. (3)April, 2014

General Manager of the Financial Institutions & Public
Sector Dept.

October, 2015

General Manager of the Corporate Services Dept. (1)April, 2018

General Manager of the Fund Services Dept. (1)February, 2020

Joined Star Asia Investment Management Co., Ltd.

February, 2020

DirectorMarch, 2020

Director and Division Manager of SSR Investment
Management Division (Scheduled)2