March 11, 2024

Company Name:

GMO Internet Group, Inc.
(TSE Prime Market, Code: 9449)

Address:

26-1 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN

Representative:

Masatoshi Kumagai, Founder, Chairman and Group CEO

Contact:

Masashi Yasuda, Director, Executive Vice President and Group
CFO, Deputy to Group CEO, Head of Group Management
Division

Telephone:+81 3 5456 2555

URL:

https://www.gmo.jp/en

Notice of Group Executive Officer Candidate Appointments
The GMO Internet Group, Inc. Board of Directors agreed at a meeting convened today to appoint group executive
officer candidates for this year (March 21 and beyond). Details are as follows. Regarding director candidates, please
see the press release dated February 19, 2024, entitled “Notice of Board of Director Candidate Appointments.”
GMO Internet Group has adopted a group executive officer system to achieve the further enhancement of themanagerial framework and improve the flexibility of business execution, as announced in the press release"Introduction of a group executive officer system" published on January 24, 2022.
1. Group Executive Officer Candidates
Name
Masatoshi
Kumagai(Changes Underlined)
Current title

New title
As per the current title

Founder, Chairman and Group CEO

Masashi
YasudaAs per the current title

Hiroyuki
Nishiyama

As per the current title

Issei Ainoura

As per the current title

Tadashi Ito

Director / Executive Vice President / Deputy toGroup CEO / Head of Group Infrastructure
Division /Head of HQ Businesses / General
Manager of Business Division, Head of
Cryptoassets Mining Business

Hirofumi
Yamashita

As per the current title

1Director / Executive Vice President / Deputy toGroup CEO / Group CFO / Head of GroupManagement Division
Director / Executive Vice President / Deputy toGroup CEO / Group COO / Head of Group
Human Resources Development Division
Director / Executive Vice President / Head ofGroup Payment Processing Division /President and Representative Director of GMO
Payment Gateway, Inc.
Director / Executive Vice President / Head ofGroup Infrastructure Division /Head of HQBusinesses / General Manager of Business
Division, Head of Cryptoassets Mining
Business
Executive Vice President / Head of Group
Systems Division / General Manager ofSystems DivisionGroup Senior Managing Executive Officer /Head of Group Financial Department, General
Manager of Group Global BusinessDevelopment Office / General Manager ofGroup Human Resources Department
Group Senior Managing Executive Officer /Head of Group Engineer Recruitment andTechnology Public Relations / Head ofInnovation and Technology Systems Division

KatsumiArisawa

As per the current title

ToshiakiHoriuchi

As per the current title

Teruhiro Arai(Promotion)

Group Senior Managing Executive Officer /Head of Overseas Investment and Friend
Maker / Head of Overseas Management andGovernanceYasuo Hayashi

As per the current title

Kimihiro
KodamaAs per the current title

MakotoHashiguchi

As per the current title

Tomohiro
Uchida(Promotion)

Group Managing Executive Officer / General
Manager of Group Investment Strategy Office

Ichiro Chujo

As per the current title

Takehito
KanekoAs per the current title

NorikoInagaki

As per the current title

Yuki Kawasaki

As per the current title

TomitakaIshimura

As per the current title

Group Managing Executive Officer / Head ofGroup Investment Strategy and Friend Maker
Group Managing Executive Officer / General
Manager of Internet Provider Business Division
Group Managing Executive Officer / General
Manager of Domain and Hosting BusinessDivision
Group Managing Executive Officer and CBO（Chief Branding Officer） / Head of Group
Advertisement Division / Head of Group
Brand, Public Relations and Facilities /President and Representative Director of GMO
AD Partners, Inc.
Group Executive Officer / General Manager ofGroup Investment Strategy Office / President
and Representative Director of GMO AI &Web3, Inc.
Group Executive Officer / Head of Encryption
Security / President and Representative
Director of GMO GlobalSign K.K.
Group Executive Officer / Chairman andRepresentative Director of GMO Aozora Net
Bank, Ltd.
Group Executive Officer / General Manager ofGroup Finance Department
Group Executive Officer / General Manager ofGroup Legal Department
Group Executive Officer / Director, President
and Representative Executive Officer of GMO
Financial Holdings, Inc.

2. Vacation of the Position of Group Executive Officer
NameCurrent title
Group Executive Officer / President andKentaro Sato
Representative Director of GMO Pepabo,Inc.
He will retire from the Group Executive Officer position on March 21, 2024, at the end of his term of office.
He will focus on business as President and Representative Director of GMO Pepabo, Inc.

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