(Stock Exchange Code: 3788)
March 7, 2023
(Commencement Date of Measures for Electronic Provision: March 1, 2023)

To Shareholders with Voting Rights:
GMO GlobalSign Holdings K.K.
President & CEO
Mitsuru Aoyama
26-1, Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku,
Tokyo

NOTICE OF CONVOCATION OF
THE 30TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
Dear Shareholders:
We would like to express our appreciation for your continued support and patronage.
You are cordially invited to attend the 30th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders as describedbelow.
For convening this General Meeting of Shareholders, we have taken measures for electronic provisionand posted matters to be provided electronically as the “Notice of Convocation of the 30th Annual
General Meeting of Shareholders” on the following website.
The Company’s website: https://www.gmogshd.com/ir/stock/shareholder/
In addition to the website above, they have been posted on the following website.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange’s website:
https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/JJK010010Action.do?Show=Show* Please enter “GMO GlobalSign” or “3788” and search for it, and select “Basic information” and “Documents for public
inspection/PR information” to confirm them.

1. Date and Time:
2. Alternate Dateand Time:
2. Method of:
3. Meeting Agenda:
Matters to be reported:

Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. Japan time
(Log-in starts at 4:30 p.m.)
Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. Japan time
(Log-in starts at 5:30 p.m.)
Virtual-Only Shareholders Meeting
1. Reporting on the Business Report, Consolidated Financial
Statements and results of audits by the Accounting Auditor andthe Audit and Supervisory Committee of the Consolidated
Financial Statements for the Company’s 30th Fiscal Year
(January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022)
2. Reporting on Non-Consolidated Financial Statements for theCompany’s 30th Fiscal Year (January 1, 2022 - December 31,2022)

Proposals to be resolved:
Appropriation of Surplus
Proposal 1:
Election of Five (5) Directors (excluding Directors who are Audit
Proposal 2:
and Supervisory Committee Members)
Reduction in Amount of Legal Capital Surplus
Proposal 3:* Exercising your voting rights:
You may exercise your voting rights by mail or through the Internet. Please review the Reference toExercise of Voting Rights posted on matters regarding measures for electronic provision, andexercise your voting rights by 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, 2023.
When neither approval nor disapproval of a proposal is indicated on your Voting Rights Exercise Form,it will be deemed as a vote for approval.
* Modifications, if any, to matters regarding measures for electronic provision, will be posted on therelevant websites.
* Changes, if any, in the operation of this General Meeting of Shareholders, will be informed via theCompany’s website (https://www.gmogshd.com/ir/stock/shareholder/).

Proposal 1: Appropriation of SurplusIn consideration of factors such as business performance and financial standing for the fiscal year
under review, the Company proposes the year-end dividend for the fiscal year under review asfollows:
1. Type of dividend property
Cash
2. Matters concerning allotment of dividend property to shareholders and the total amount thereof¥39.06 per share of common stock of the Company
Total amount: ¥449,946,319
3. Effective date of distribution of surplus
March 24, 2023

Proposal 2: Election of Five (5) Directors (excluding Directors who are Audit and Supervisory
Committee Members)
Mr. Michiaki Kanno will resign as Director and the terms of office of all other four (4) Directors(excluding Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members; the same applies in thisproposal) will expire at the conclusion of this Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. Accordingly,
the Company proposes the election of five (5) Directors.
The Audit & Supervisory Committee has considered this proposal and stated that there is no issue tobe pointed out.
In addition, based on the premise that the Board of Directors consists of directors who have expertise,experience, etc. required to enhance our Group’s corporate value, the company has determined theselection of candidates for Directors after receiving the recommendation of the Nomination andCompensation Committees.
The candidates for Directors are as follows:
Candidate No.

NamePositions

Responsibilities

1

Mitsuru Aoyama

President & CEO and Executive Officer

CEO & CHRO

2

Masatoshi Kumagai

Chairman3

Ichiro Chujo

Vice President & Executive Officer

4

Susumu Ikeya

Executive Officer

5

Masashi Yasuda

Director

In charge of global
strategy

Attendance atmeetings of theBoard of Directors
17 out of 17
meetings(100%)
15 out of 17
meetings(85%)
17 out of 17
meetings(100%)In charge of corporate
division－17 out of 17
meetings(100%)

Candidate No.

Name1

Mitsuru Aoyama

April 1989

Joined TOKYO KEIKI INC.

(February 8, 1967)

September 1995

Joined iSLE LLC (currently, GMO GlobalSign Holdings K.K.)[Reappointment]

May 1997

President & CEO, iSLE Inc. (currently, GMO GlobalSign Holdings K.K.)

March 2003

Director of Global Media Online, Inc. (currently, GMO Internet Group,Inc.)

Number ofOctober 2016

President & CEO, GMO CARS, Inc. (to present)

the Company’s

March 2022President & CEO and Executive Officer, CEO & CHRO, GMO GlobalSign

shares owned
197,784
shares

Career summary, positions, responsibilities and significant concurrent positions

Holdings K.K. (to present)
Reasons for the selection
Mr. Mitsuru Aoyama has been presiding over the overall management of the Company asPresident and CEO since 1997. In addition, he assumes the role as CHRO of promoting groupmanagement focused on “People” and has a wealth of experience and knowledge, etc. We havedetermined that he can make use of these skills to perform the duties expected of President &CEO and CHRO in 2023 and beyond, and therefore propose to elect him as a Director.

2Masatoshi
Kumagai(July 17, 1963)[Reappointment]

May 1991
September 1999
April 2000
August 2001

Number ofthe Company’s
shares owned－shares

April 2002
March 2003

March 2004

December 2004
March 2007
May 2008
April 2009
December 2011
December 2012
March 2015
March 2016
March 2022
September 2022

President & CEO of Voice Media, Inc. (currently, GMO InternetGroup, Inc.)
President & CEO of MagClick Inc. (currently, GMO AD Partners
Inc.)
Director of MagClick Inc. (currently, GMO AD Partners Inc.)
Representative Director and Chairman of iSLE Inc. (currently,GlobalSign Holdings K.K.)
Chairman of the Board of GMO Research Institute (currently, GMO
Research, Inc.) (current position)
CEO, Chairman of the Board and President of Global Media Online,
Inc. (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.)
Chairman of the Board of iSLE Inc. (currently, GlobalSign Holdings
K.K.) (current position)
Chairman of the Board of paperboy&co., Inc. (currently, GMO
Pepabo, Inc.) (current position)
Chairman of the Board of GMO Mobile and Desktop, Inc. (currently,GMO Media, Inc.) (current position)Chairman of the Board, Card Commerce Services, Inc. (currently,GMO Payment Gateway, Inc.)
Chairman of the Board, MagClick Inc. (currently, GMO AD Partners
Inc.)
CEO, Chairman of the Board and President, Founder and Group
CEO, GMO Internet, Inc. (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.)
Chairman of the Board of Inovex, Inc. (currently, GMO TECH, Inc.)(current position)
Chairman of the Board and President of GMO Payment Gateway,Inc.
Chairman of the Board of GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. (currentposition)
Director of GMO AD Partners Inc.
Chairman of the Board of GMO AD Partners Inc. (current position)
Founder, Group Chairman and Group CEO of GMO Internet, Inc.
(currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.)
Founder, Chairman and Group CEO of GMO Internet Group, Inc.
(current position)

Reasons for the selection
Mr. Masatoshi Kumagai has a wealth of experience and knowledge, etc. as CEO of GMO
Internet, Inc. We have determined that he can make use of these skills for the managementof the Company, and therefore propose to elect him as a Director.
3

Ichiro Chujo(July 18, 1965)[Reappointment]

July 1997
February 2000
April 2003
March 2006

Number ofthe Company’s
shares owned
48,000sharesMarch 2010

December 2011

January 2013

Joined WEBKEEPERS, Inc. (currently, GMO-Z.COM USA, INC.)
Director of iSLE Inc. (currently, GMO GlobalSign Holdings K.K.)
President and Representative Director of GeoTrust Japan, Inc.
(currently, GMO GlobalSign K.K.) (current position)
Director and Head of Security Service Business of GMO Hosting &Security, Inc. (currently, GMO GlobalSign Holdings K.K.)
Vice PrVice President and Head of Security Service Business of
GMO HOSTING & SECURITY, INC. (currently, GMO GlobalSignHoldings K.K.)
Vice President, Head of Security Service Business and Head ofEnterprise Sales Division of GMO CLOUD K.K. (currently, GMO
GlobalSign Holdings K.K.)
Vice President, Head of Security Service Business and Head ofMarketing Division of GMO CLOUD K.K. (currently, GMO

January 2014
January 2015
March 2016
March 2017
February 2021
March 2022

GlobalSign Holdings K.K.)
Vice President and Head of Security Service Business of GMO
CLOUD K.K. (currently, GMO GlobalSign Holdings K.K.)
Vice President in charge of Security Business and IAM Business of
GMO CLOUD K.K. (currently, GMO GlobalSign Holdings K.K.)
Director of GMO Internet, Inc. (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.)
Vice President in charge of Security Business of GMO CLOUD K.K.
(currently, GMO GlobalSign Holdings K.K.)
Vice President in charge of Digital Certificate and eSignature
Business of GlobalSign Holdings K.K.
Vice President & Executive Officer in charge of global strategy of
GMO GlobalSign Holdings K.K. (current position)

Reasons for the selection
Mr. Ichiro Chujo has been serving as a Director of the Company since 2000 and as aDirector in charge of security business since 2003. In addition, he has been performing
duties as the person in charge of electronic certification authority and seal business since2021, and has a wealth of experience and knowledge, etc. We have determined that he canmake use of these skills to perform the duties expected of the person in charge of global
strategy in 2023 and beyond, and therefore propose to elect him as a Director.
4Susumu Ikeya(April 30, 1976)[Reappointment]

May 2004

Number ofthe Company’s
shares owned

September 2013

－sharesJanuary 2005
June 2011

April 2018
March 2022

Obtained Master of Business Administration (MBA) from ClarkUniversity
Joined KYODO PUBLIC RELATIONS CO., LTD.
Joined Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting Co., Ltd. (Currently, DeloitteTohmatsu Consulting LLC)
Joined GMO CLOUD K.K. (currently, GMO GlobalSign HoldingsK.K.)
Internal Audit Group Chief, GMO CLOUD K.K. (currently, GMO
GlobalSign Holdings K.K.)
Executive Officer in charge of Corporate Division, GMO GlobalSignHoldings K.K. (to present)

Reasons for the selection
Mr. Susumu Ikeya, since joining the Company, has been engaged in the corporate planning
division and the management division. He has been performing duties as an Executive
Officer in charge of these divisions since 2022, having a wealth of experience andknowledge, etc. We have determined that he can make use of these skills to perform theduties expected of a Director in charge of the corporate division, and therefore propose toelect him as a Director.
5Masashi Yasuda(June 10, 1971)[Reappointment]

April 2000
April 2000
September 2001
March 2002

Number ofthe Company’s
shares owned－sharesMarch 2003

March 2005

May 2008
March 2013

Registered as a certified public accountant
Joined interQ, Inc. (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.)
Head of Corporate Strategy of Global Media Onlince, Inc. (currently,GMO Internet Group, Inc.)
Director and Head of Corporate Strategy of Global Media Onlince,Inc. (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.)
Executive Director in charge of Group Corporate Strategy andInvestor Relations of Global Media Onlince, Inc. (currently, GMO
Internet Group, Inc.)
Managing Director and Head of Management Division, in charge ofGroup Corporate Strategy and Investor Relations of Global MediaOnline, Inc. (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.)
Managing Director and Head of Group Management Division of
GMO Internet, Inc. (currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.)
Managing Director, Deputy to Group CEO and Head of GroupManagement Division of GMO Internet, Inc. (currently, GMO Internet

March 2015
March 2016

June 2016

December 2016
June 2019
March 2022

Group, Inc.)
Deputy CEO, Deputy to Group CEO and Head of GroupManagement Division of GMO Internet, Inc. (current position)
Director of GMO Media, Inc. (current position)
Director of GMO CLOUD K.K. (currently,GMO GlobalSign
Holdings K.K.) (current position)
Director of GMO Pepabo, Inc.
Director of GMO Research, Inc. (current position)
Director of GMO AD Partners Inc. (current position)
Director of GMO TECH, Inc. (current position)
Director of GMO CLICK Holdings, Inc. (currently, GMO Financial
Holdings, Inc.) (current position)
Auditor of Aozora Trust Bank, Ltd (currently, GMO Aozora NetBank, Ltd.)
Director of GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. (current position)
External Director of GMO Aozora Net Bank, Ltd. (current position)
Director, Executive Vice President and Group CFO, Deputy to Group
CEO, Head of Group Management Division, GMO Internet, Inc.
(Currently, GMO Internet Group, Inc.) (to present)

Reasons for the selection
Mr. Masashi Yasuda has a wealth of experience and knowledge, etc. as a Director in chargeof the management division of GMO Internet, Inc. and also has advanced expertise as acertified public accountant. We have determined that he can make use of these skills for themanagement of the Company, and therefore propose to elect him as a Director.
Notes:
1. Candidate Masatoshi Kumagai is CEO, Chairman of the Board and President of GMO Internet Group, Inc. (parent company ofthe Company). There is a commercial relationship with the Company and GMO Internet Group, Inc.
2. Candidate Masashi Yasuda is Director of GMO Internet Group, Inc. (parent company of the Company). There is a commercialrelationship with the Company and GMO Internet Group, Inc.
3. There are no special interests between the other candidates and the Company.
4. Candidates Masatoshi Kumagai and Masashi Yasuda are executives of the Company’s parent company GMO Internet Group, Inc.
and its subsidiaries. Their positions and responsibilities in the said companies are as described in “Career summary, positions,responsibilities and significant concurrent positions.”
5. The number of shares of the Company held by a candidate for Director is the effective number of shares held, including sharesthrough GMO GlobalSign Holdings K.K.’s Officer Stock Ownership.
6. The Company has entered into a directors and officers liability insurance policy with all Directors. The policy covers losses that
may arise from the insured’s assumption of liability incurred in the course of their performance of duties or receipt of claims
pertaining to the pursuit of such liability. If the respective candidates are appointed as Director, they will be covered by thisinsurance policy. The Company also plans to renew the insurance policy during their terms of office(Reference) Criteria for Nomination Policy and Procedure of Candidates for Directors
Nomination of a full-time Director (excluding a Director who is an Audit and Supervisory
Committee Member) assumes self-nomination by each individual and is decided by the Board ofDirectors, taking into consideration factors including the following items: the nominee is capable ofembodying the Spirit Venture Declaration enshrined to clarify the Company’s corporate philosophy
and the basic principles of business activities of GMO Internet Group, which the Company belongs
to; the results of a 360-degree evaluation survey targeted at major Directors of the Group; thequality, administrative capability, etc. as a Director, after receiving the recommendation of theNomination and Remuneration Committees.

(Reference) Criteria for Independence of Outside Directors
1. If there is no personal relationship, capital relationship, trading relationship, compensatory
relationship (excluding Director’s compensation), and other interest with the Company, or if thereis or was any interest but it does not conflict with the interests of general shareholders nor does it
influence the duties of said outside director, he or she is deemed to be independent.
2. Based on the idea mentioned above, the Company decides on the appointment of each candidate,referring to the criteria for independence set forth by the Tokyo Stock Exchange, which theCompany is listed on.

Proposal 3: Reduction in Amount of Legal Capital Surplus
To secure agility and flexibility for future capital policy, the Company proposes, in accordance withthe provisions of Article 448, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, to reduce the amount of legal
capital surplus and transfer the reduced amount to other capital surplus.
(1) Amount of legal capital surplus to be reduced
776,423,797 yen out of 1,005,648,797 yen(2) Effective date of reduction of legal capital surplus
May 8, 2023 (Scheduled date)