Note: This document has been translated from a part of the Japanese original for reference purposes only.
In the event of any discrepancy between this translated document and the Japanese original, the original shall prevail.
Stock Exchange Code: 9161
September 10, 2024
(Start of electronic provision: August 29, 2024)

To Shareholders with Voting Rights:
Ryuichi Arimoto
Director
Integrated Design & Engineering Holdings Co., Ltd.
4, Kojimachi 5-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JapanNOTICE OF
THE 1ST ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
Dear Shareholders:
We would like to express our appreciation for your continued support and patronage.
The 1st Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Integrated Design & Engineering Holdings Co., Ltd. (the“Company”) will be held for the purposes as described below.
In convening this General Meeting of Shareholders, the Company has taken measures for electronic provision, and the“Notice of the 1st Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders” and “Other Matters Subject to Electronic Provision
Measures for the 1st Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (Matters Omitted from the Paper Copy of Meeting
Materials)” are posted as Matters Subject to Electronic Provision Measures on the following website on the Internet.
The Company website: https://www.id-and-e-hd.co.jp/english/ir/shareholders-meeting/In addition to the above, the information is also posted on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) website. Please access theTSE website below, enter or search for the issue name (company name) or stock exchange code, select “Basic information”
and “Documents for public inspection/PR information,” and view the information.
Tokyo Stock Exchange website: https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/JJK020010Action.do
If you are unable to attend the meeting, you may exercise your voting rights by mail or via the Internet, etc. Please
review the Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders attached to this Notice and posted on thewebsites above, in the Matters Subject to Electronic Provision Measures and exercise your voting rights by 5:30 p.m. on
Wednesday, September 25, 2024, Japan time.
1. Date and Time:
2. Place:

Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Japan time
(Reception starts at 9:00 a.m.)
Head Office Meeting Room, 2F, Nippon Koei Building
4, Kojimachi 5-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

3. Meeting Agenda:
Matters to be reported: 1. The Business Report, Consolidated Financial Statements, and Nonconsolidated Financial Statements for the Company’s 1st Fiscal Year
(July 3, 2023–June 30, 2024)
Note: The Company was established on July 3, 2023 through a sharetransfer from Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. (“Nippon Koei”). Therefore, the firstfiscal year of the Company is from July 3, 2023 to June 30, 2024, while
the consolidated financial statements are for the period from July 1, 2023
to June 30, 2024.
2. Results of audits by the Accounting Auditor and the Audit Committee of
the Consolidated Financial Statements
Proposals to be resolved:
Proposal:
Election of 8 Directors(Note 1)
Please access the website (https://soukai.mizuho-tb.co.jp/) and enter your voting rights code and password.
To exercise your voting rights, please follow the guidance on the screen.
Additionally, if you are an institutional investor, you can exercise your voting rights through ICJ platformrun by ICJ, Inc.
-1-◎ At this General Meeting of Shareholders, regardless of whether or not a request for delivery of the
document has been made, the Company will uniformly send a document containing the Matters Subject toElectronic Provision Measures.
◎ The following matters, which are among the Matters Subject to Electronic Provision Measures, are only
posted on our website and the TSE website in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations andthe Company’s Articles of Incorporation, and are therefore not included in this notice.
The Audit Committee and the Accounting Auditor have audited the documents subject to audit, including
the following items.
- Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements- Notes to Non-consolidated Financial Statements◎ Should there be any revisions to the Matters Subject to Electronic Provision Measures, the revisions will
be posted on the relevant website.

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Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders
Proposals and References
Proposal: Election of 8 Directors

The terms of office of 8 Directors will expire at the conclusion of this General Meeting of Shareholders.
Accordingly, the election of 8 Directors, inclusive of 4 Outside Directors, is proposed based on the decision of theNominating Committee.
The candidates are as follows:

No.

Name

Current position, etc. at theCompany

Attendance atmeetings of theBoard of Directors
during the fiscal
year under review

1[Reelection][Male]

Ryuichi Arimoto

Director

15/15 meetings(100%)

2[Reelection][Male]

Hiroaki Shinya

Director and Representative
Executive President

15/15 meetings(100%)
15/15 meetings(100%)
15/15 meetings(100%)

3[Reelection][Male]

Takayasu Tsuyusaki

Director, Nominating
Committee Member,Compensation Committee
Member, and Audit
Committee Member

4[Reelection][Male]

Yasushi Hirusaki

Director and Representative
Executive Officer
Director, Chairperson ofCompensation Committee,
Nominating Committee
Member, and Audit
Committee Member
Director, Chairperson ofNominating Committee,
Compensation Committee
Member, and Audit
Committee Member

5[Reelection][Male]

Hiizu Ichikawa[Outside Director][Independent Officer]

6[Reelection][Male]

Kazumasa Kusaka[Outside Director][Independent Officer]

7[Reelection][Female]Yoshiko Koizumi[Outside Director][Independent Officer]

Director, and Chairperson of
Audit Committee

15/15 meetings(100%)

8[Reelection][Female]Yoko Ishida[Outside Director][Independent Officer]

Director, Nominating
Committee Member, andCompensation Committee
Member

15/15 meetings(100%)-3-

15/15 meetings(100%)

14/15 meetings(93%)

(Notes)
1. There are no special interests between each candidate for Director and the Company.
2. Mr. Hiizu Ichikawa and Mr. Kazumasa Kusaka, and Ms. Yoshiko Koizumi and Ms. Yoko Ishida(1) Mr. Hiizu Ichikawa and Mr. Kazumasa Kusaka, and Ms. Yoshiko Koizumi and Ms. Yoko Ishida are thecandidates for Outside Director. Mr. Hiizu Ichikawa and Mr. Kazumasa Kusaka, and Ms. Yoshiko Koizumi and
Ms. Yoko Ishida currently serve as an Outside Director of the Company, and their tenure of office as Director
will be one year and three months at the closing of this General Meeting of Shareholders.
(2) The Company has designated Mr. Hiizu Ichikawa and Mr. Kazumasa Kusaka, and Ms. Yoshiko Koizumi and
Ms. Yoko Ishida as independent officers as stipulated by the Tokyo Stock Exchange and notified the Exchange
to that effect.
(3) Liability limitation agreement
The Company has concluded a liability limitation agreement in accordance with the Companies Act with eachof its Outside Directors. Under this agreement, the limitation of liability for damages of each Outside Director
shall be the minimum amount stipulated by the Companies Act, if such Outside Director has performed his or
her duties in good faith and without gross negligence.
The Company intends to continue the same agreement with Mr. Hiizu Ichikawa and Mr. Kazumasa Kusaka, and
Ms. Yoshiko Koizumi and Ms. Yoko Ishida if their elections are approved.
3. In order to secure excellent human resources and to prevent the loss of confidence in the execution of duties, basedon a resolution of the Board of Directors, the Company has concluded a directors and officers liability insurance(D&O Insurance) agreement as stipulated in Article 430-3, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act with an insurancecompany, under which Directors, Executive Officers, Audit & Supervisory Board Members, Corporate Officers, etc.
of the Company and its subsidiaries are insured.
Under this insurance agreement, the insurance covers damages and legal expenses to be borne by the insured parties
in the event of a claim for damages arising from acts (including a failure to act) committed by the insured parties in
the course of executing their duties. However, there are certain exemptions to ensure the appropriateness of theexecution of duties by the insured parties; for example, no coverage is provided if an insured party has committed an
act with the knowledge that such act is in violation of laws and regulations.
The insurance premiums pertaining to this insurance agreement are fully borne by the Company and its subsidiaries.
If the election of each candidate is approved and each candidate assumes the office of Director or Outside Director,
they will become insured parties under this insurance agreement. In addition, the Company intends to renew thisinsurance agreement during their terms of office.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Past experience, positions and responsibilities

1977 Joined Nippon Koei
2008 Deputy Director General of Corporate Management
Headquarters and General Manager of Corporate
Planning Department of Nippon Koei
June2009 Director and Executive Officer of Nippon Koei
Director General of Corporate Management
Headquarters and General Manager of Corporate
Planning Department of Nippon Koei
June
2011 Director General of Corporate Management
Headquarters and General Manager of Personnel &General Affairs Department of Nippon Koei
June2012 Director and Managing Executive Officer of Nippon
Ryuichi Arimoto
Koei(November 27, 1952)
July
2012 Director General of Corporate Management
Headquarters and General Manager of Personnel[Reelection]
Department of Nippon Koei
Representative Director and President of Nippon Koei
September
2014[Tenure of office as Director
at the closing of this General July
2021 Director and Chairperson of Nippon Koei
Meeting of Shareholders] July
2023 Director and Chairperson of the Board of Directors of
1 year and 3 months
the Company (current position)[Significant concurrent positions][Attendance at the Board of
Directors meetings]
None
15/15 meetings(100%)
April
July

1

Number ofshares of theCompany held

31,193[Reasons for selection as a candidate for Director]
Mr. Ryuichi Arimoto has been engaged in the management of Nippon Koei, a group company of the Company, as
Director since June 2009. Additionally, he was tasked with management of the said company as Representative
Director and President since September 2014, and has achieved great results in global expansion of the company andenhancement of its corporate value by leveraging his visionary management capabilities. Based on his deep insight
into corporate management, he has been supervising management of the Company as Director since July 2023, while
appropriately running Board of Directors meetings as Chairperson of the Board of Directors and appropriately
fulfilling these duties and responsibilities. Given the above track record, the Company has determined that he willcontribute to the sustainable growth and enhance the corporate value of the Group, and has renominated him as a
candidate for Director.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Past experience, positions and responsibilities
April
July

1985 Joined Nippon Koei
2013 General Manager of Sendai Branch Office ofDomestic Consulting Operations of Nippon Koei
July
2015 Executive Officer of Nippon Koei
February
2016 Deputy Director General of Domestic Consulting
Operations, General Manager of Business Planning
Office and General Manager of Tokyo Branch Officeof Nippon Koei
July
2016 Acting Director General of Domestic Consulting
Operations, General Manager of Business Planning
Office and General Manager of Tokyo Branch Office,Domestic Consulting Operations of Nippon Koei
Hiroaki Shinya
July2017 Director General of Domestic Consulting Operations(May 28, 1960)
of Nippon Koei
September 2017 Director and Executive Officer of Nippon Koei
[Reelection]
July
2018 Director and Managing Executive Officer of Nippon
Koei[Tenure of office as DirectorJuly2020 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer ofat the closing of this General
Nippon Koei
2
Meeting of Shareholders]
Director General of Consulting Operations
1 year and 3 months
Headquarters in charge of urban & spatial
development business of Nippon Koei
[Attendance at the Board of
Directors meetings]
July2021 Representative Director and President of Nippon Koei
15/15 meetings
July2023 Director of the Company (current position)(100%)
Representative Executive President of the Company(current position)[Significant concurrent positions]
None

Number ofshares of theCompany held

16,949[Reasons for selection as a candidate for Director]
Mr. Hiroaki Shinya served to clients with high technical capabilities and integrity at Nippon Koei, a group companyof the Company, and promoted the management of the company as Representative Director and President from July
2021, while appropriately fulfilling these duties and responsibilities. Since July 2023, he has been supervising themanagement of the Company as Director, and has been leading the management of the Group with strong leadershipand decisiveness as the Representative Executive President of the Company. Given the above track record, theCompany has determined that he will contribute to the sustainable growth and enhance the corporate value of theGroup, and has renominated him as a candidate for Director.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Past experience, positions and responsibilities
April
June

1979 Joined Nippon Koei
2012 Executive Officer of Nippon Koei
Deputy Director General of International Consulting
Operations of Nippon Koei
October
2015 Director General of Global Strategy Headquarters andGeneral Manager of Strategy Development Office ofNippon Koei
July
2016 Managing Executive Officer of Nippon Koei
May
2017 Director General of Global Strategy Headquarters,
General Manager of Business Development Office andGeneral Manager of Singapore Office of Nippon Koei
September 2017 Director and Managing Executive Officer of Nippon
Takayasu Tsuyusaki
Koei(February 10, 1956)
July
2018 Director General of Global Strategy Headquarters of
Nippon Koei
[Reelection]
November 2018 Director General of Global Strategy Headquarters and[Tenure of office as Director
General Manager of Business Development Office ofat the closing of this General
Nippon Koei
Meeting of Shareholders]July2019 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of
1 year and 3 months
3
Nippon Koei
July
2020
Director General of Business Promotion Headquarters[Attendance at the Board ofof Nippon Koei
Directors meetings]
July
2021
Director and Executive Vice President of Nippon Koei
15/15 meetings(100%)
July
2022 Director and Vice President of Nippon Koei
In charge of Sustainability, NKG Global Expansion,and Health and Productivity Management of Nippon
Koei
July
2023 Director of the Company (current position)[Significant concurrent positions]
None

Number ofshares of theCompany held

15,082[Reasons for selection as a candidate for Director]
Mr. Takayasu Tsuyusaki served as Director General of Global Strategy Headquarters and as Director and Vice
President of Nippon Koei, a group company of the Company, and promoted global expansion and enriched new
businesses of its Group. Since July 2023, he has been fulfilling his appropriate roles as Director, Nomination
Committee Member, Compensation Committee Member, and Audit Committee Member of the Company andsupervising the Company’s management. Given the above track record, the Company has determined that he willcontribute to the sustainable growth and enhance the corporate value of the Group, and has renominated him as a
candidate for Director.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Past experience, positions and responsibilities
April
October

1985 Joined Nippon Koei
2014 Acting Senior General Manager of Global Support
Division and General Manager of Compliance Office,International Consulting Operations of Nippon Koei
October
2015 Acting General Manager of Corporate Planning
Department and General Manager of International
Group Management Office, Corporate Headquarters of
Nippon Koei
October
2016 Acting Director General of Corporate Headquarters andGeneral Manager of Corporate Planning Department of
Nippon Koei
July
2017 Executive Officer in charge of IR and Director General
Yasushi Hirusaki
of Corporate Headquarters and General Manager of(May 18, 1962)
Personnel Department of Nippon Koei
September 2017 Director and Executive Officer of Nippon Koei
[Reelection]
October
2018 In charge of IR and Director General of Corporate
Headquarters, General Manager of Personnel[Tenure of office as Director
Department and General Manager of the 75th
at the closing of this General
Anniversary Secretarial Office of Nippon Koei
Meeting of Shareholders]
1 year and 3 months
July2020 Director and Managing Executive Officer of Nippon
Koei[Attendance at the Board of
In charge of IR and Director General of Corporate
Directors
meetings]
Management Headquarters, and General Manager of
4
15/15 meetings
the 75th Anniversary Secretarial Office of Nippon Koei
(100%)
July
2022 In charge of IR and Director General of Corporate
Management Headquarters of Nippon Koei
April
2023 Representative Director and President of Nippon Koei
Business Partners Co., Ltd. (current position)July2023 Director of the Company (current position)
Representative Executive Officer of the Company(current position)
In charge of IR and Corporate Planning ManagementJuly2024 In charge of IR and Corporate Management of theCompany (current position)[Significant concurrent positions]• Representative Director and President of Nippon Koei Business Partners
Co., Ltd.

Number ofshares of theCompany held

11,421[Reasons for selection as a candidate for Director]
Mr. Yasushi Hirusaki had been engaged in the management of Nippon Koei, a group company of the Company, as
Director General of Corporate Headquarters since July 2017, and as Director and Director General of Corporate
Management Headquarters since July 2020. Since July 2023, he has been appropriately fulfilling his role as Directorof the Company, overseeing management, and as Representative Executive Officer of the Company, overseeing theoverall management of the Group. Given the above track record, the Company has determined that he will contributeto the sustainable growth and enhance the corporate value of the Group, and has renominated him as a candidate for
Director.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Past experience, positions and responsibilities
April
May
June
January
June
June
June

Hiizu Ichikawa(December 8, 1946)[Reelection][Outside Director][Independent]

5[Tenure of office as Director
at the closing of this General
Meeting of Shareholders]

1 year and 3 months

April
June
SeptemberJuly1970 Joined The Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd.
1993 General Manager of Singapore Branch of The
Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd.
1996 General Manager of Industrial Research
Department of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.
1997 General Manager of Sales Screening Department of
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.
1999 Senior Executive Director of The Resolution andCollection Corporation
2001 Senior Executive Director of Chiyoda Corporation
2004 Representative Director and Managing Director of
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation2010 Representative Director and Executive Vice
President of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation2014 Outside Corporate Auditor of The Hyakugo Bank,
Ltd.
2014 Outside Director of Nippon Koei
2023 Outside Director, Chairperson of Compensation
Committee of the Company (current position)

Number ofshares of theCompany

3,800[Significant concurrent positions]
None[Attendance at the Board of
Directors meetings]
15/15 meetings(100%)[Reasons for selection as a candidate for Outside Director and roles expected to be fulfilled]
Mr. Hiizu Ichikawa has experience in serving as General Manager of the Sales Screening Department of The Bank ofTokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. (currently MUFG Bank, Ltd.), in addition to Senior Executive Director of The Resolution andCollection Corporation, Senior Executive Director of Chiyoda Corporation, and Representative Director, Executive
Vice President of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, and Outside Corporate Auditor of The Hyakugo Bank, Ltd. From
September 2014, as Outside Director of Nippon Koei, a group company of the Company, he appropriately fulfilled
these duties and responsibilities, and since July 2023, he has been monitoring the management of the Company Group
from an objective viewpoint and wide perspective as Outside Director and Chairperson of Compensation Committee.
Given the above track record, the Company expects him to continue to supervise the Company’s management from an
objective and neutral standpoint based on his extensive experience as a manager, and has renominated him as a
candidate for Outside Director.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Past experience, positions and responsibilities

1970 Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry
2003 Commissioner of Agency for Natural Resources andEnergy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
June
2004 Vice-Minister for International Affairs of Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry
June2007 President of Japan Cooperation Center for the Middle
East
February 2008 Special Advisor to the Cabinet
2009 Senior Vice President of Mitsubishi Electric
October
Corporation2011 Visiting Professor of Graduate School of Public Policy,
April
The University of Tokyo
Kazumasa Kusaka
2013 President of The Foundation for International Trade
January(January 23, 1948)
and Industrial Co-operation
April
2013 Chairperson of Japan Economic Foundation[Reelection]
September 2015 Outside Director of Nippon Koei
[Outside Director]
July2021 Advisor of Japan Economic Foundation[Independent]
President of Institute for International Trade andInvestment (current position)[Tenure of office as Director
2023 Outside Director and Chairperson of Nomination
at the closing of this General July
Meeting of Shareholders]Committee of the Company (current position)
1 year and 3 months
April
August6

Number ofshares of theCompany held

7,300

[Attendance at the Board of [Significant concurrent positions]• President of Institute for International Trade and Investment
Directors meetings]
14/15 meetings(93%)[Reasons for selection as a candidate for Outside Director and roles expected to be fulfilled]
Mr. Kazumasa Kusaka has experience in serving as Vice-Minister for International Affairs of the Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry, in addition to President of the Japan Cooperation Center for the Middle East, Special Advisor to
the Cabinet, Senior Vice President of the Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, and President of The Foundation forInternational Trade and Industrial Co-operation, and as Outside Director of Nippon Koei, a group company of theCompany, since September 2015, he appropriately fulfilled these duties and responsibilities. He has been monitoring
the management of the Company Group from an objective viewpoint and wide perspective as Outside Director andChairperson of Nomination Committee since July 2023. Given the above track record, the Company expects him tocontinue to supervise the Company’s management from an objective and neutral standpoint based on his extensive
experience through working at government agencies, and has renominated him as a candidate for Outside Director.

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No.

Name(Date of birth)

Past experience, positions and responsibilities
April
JanuaryMay

Yoshiko Koizumi(September 25, 1943)[Reelection][Outside Director][Independent]

August2003 Expert Member of Food Safety Commission of JapanMarch
January

2007 Auditor at Bosch Corporation
2008 Counsel at Nishimura & Asahi (current Nishimura &Asahi / Foreign Law Joint Enterprise)2008 Councilor of the International Civil andCommercial Law Centre Foundation2009 Partner at City-Yuwa Partners (current position)2012 Deputy Chairperson of the Government Procurement
2013 Director of the Japan Bar Association (current
position)2015 Outside Director of Taiheiyo Cement Corporation(current position)
Outside Director of Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd. (current
position)2016 Outside Auditor of Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.
2017 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of
Nippon Koei
2023 Outside Director and Chairperson of Audit
Committee of the Company (current position)

May
April
October
April[Tenure of office as Director Juneat the closing of this General
Meeting of Shareholders]71972 Registered in bar association (The Daini Tokyo Bar
Association)
Joined Kikuchi Law and Patent Office1980 Partner at Masuda & Ejiri Law Office (current
Nishimura & Asahi/ Foreign Law Joint Enterprise)2000 Chairperson of Women Business Lawyers
Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)

1 year and 3 months

June[Attendance at the Board ofSeptember
Directors meetings]
15/15 meetings
July(100%)

Number ofshares of theCompany held

0

[Significant concurrent positions]
Partner at City-Yuwa Partners
Outside Director of Taiheiyo Cement Corporation
Outside Director of Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd.
[Reasons for selection as a candidate for Outside Director and roles expected to be fulfilled]
Ms. Yoshiko Koizumi has deep insight and practical experience in all aspects of compliance as a lawyer, and also has
extensive international experience, having held important positions in the Inter-Pacific Bar Association. From
September 2017, she served as Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Nippon Koei, a group company of theCompany, and fulfilled her role appropriately. Since July 2023, she has been serving as Outside Director andChairperson of Audit Committee of the Company, and has been supervising the management of the Group from an
objective perspective and with a broad perspective. Given the above track record, the Company expects her to continue
to supervise the Company’s management from an objective and neutral standpoint based on her extensive experience
as a lawyer, and has renominated her as a candidate for Outside Director. While she has never been engaged in the
management of companies in any way other than assuming the position of an outside director or outside auditor, basedon the reasons mentioned above the Company has judged that she will be able to appropriately fulfill the duties of an
Outside Director.

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No.

Name(Date of birth)

Past experience, positions and responsibilities

2010 Executive Director of International Development
Center of Japan, a General Incorporated Foundation
General Manager of Evaluation Unit ofInternational Development Center of Japan Inc.
2015 Director of The Japan-Nepal Society (current
June
position)2015 Director of International Development Center ofJulyJapan, a General Incorporated Foundation (current
position)2015 Professor of Center for the Study of International
October
Cooperation in Education, Hiroshima University
2017 Deputy Executive Director (in charge of genderApril
equality) of Hiroshima University
Yoko Ishida2017
NovemberDirector of The Japan Society for International(September 2, 1957)
Development
2020
September
Outside Director of Nippon Koei
[Reelection][Outside Director]
2020 Auditor of The Japan Society for International
December[Independent]
Development
2,100
2021 Director of Center for the Study of International
April[Tenure of office as Director
Cooperation in Education, Hiroshima University
at the closing of this2022 Professor of Center for the Study of International
April
General Meeting of
Cooperation in Education, IDEC Institute,
Shareholders]
Hiroshima University (current position)
1 year and 3 months
2022 President of Japan Evaluation Society (current
Decemberposition)[Attendance at the Board of
Directors meetings]
2023 Vice President (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion)
April
15/15 meetingsand Professor (Special Designation) of Hiroshima(100%)
University (current position)
2023 Outside Director of the Company (current position)July2024 President of Asia Pacific Evaluation Association
January(current position)[Significant concurrent positions]
Vice President (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) and Professor (Special
Designation) of Hiroshima University[Reasons for selection as a candidate for Outside Director and roles expected to be fulfilled]
Ms. Yoko Ishida has extensive experience in social development and project evaluation for international cooperation
projects at International Development Center of Japan, at General Incorporated Foundation and other organizations,and has held important positions including Vice President (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) and Professor (Special
Designation) of Hiroshima University. From September 2020, she fulfilled her role as Outside Director of Nippon
Koei, a group company of the Company. Since July 2023, she has been overseeing the management of the Group froman objective perspective and with a broad perspective as Outside Director, Nomination Committee Member andCompensation Committee Member of the Company. Given the above track record, the Company expects her tocontinue to supervise the Company’s management from an objective and neutral standpoint based on her extensive
experience in education and development, and has renominated her as a candidate for Outside Director. While she has
never been engaged in the management of companies in any way other than assuming the position of an outside
director, based on the reasons mentioned above the Company has judged that she will be able to appropriately fulfill
the duties of an Outside Director.
April

8

Number ofshares of theCompany held

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