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.

Securities Code: 6258
June 5, 2024
To Our Shareholders:Yuichiro Hirata, Representative Director and President
HIRATA Corporation
111 Hitotsugi, Ueki-machi, Kita-ku, Kumamoto-shi,
Kumamoto

Notice of the 73rd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
It is a pleasure to inform you that the 73rd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) of HIRATA
Corporation (the “Company”) will be held as indicated below.
In convening this General Meeting of Shareholders, the Company takes measures for providing in an electronic
format the information that constitutes the content of Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders,etc. (items for which measures for providing information in electronic format are to be taken), and posts this on eachof the following websites as well as the Company’s website shown below. To access and review this information oneither of those websites, use the corresponding Internet address. (For this General Meeting of Shareholders, we havedelivered paper-based documents stating the items subject to measures for electronic provision to all shareholders,regardless of whether or not they have requested them.)
The Company’s website:
https://www.hirata.co.jp/ir/library/index/category:shareholders (in Japanese)
TSE website (Listed Company Search):https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/JJK010010Action.do?Show=Show (in Japanese)(Access the TSE website by using the Internet address shown above, enter “HIRATA Corporation” in “Issue name(company name)” or the Company’s securities code “6258” in “Code,” and click “Search.” Then, click “Basic
information” and select “Documents for public inspection/PR information.” Under “Filed information available forpublic inspection,” click “Click here for access” under “[Notice of General Shareholders Meeting /Informational
Materials for a General Shareholders Meeting].”)If you are unable to attend the meeting in person, you may exercise your voting rights via the Internet, etc. or inwriting (by mail). Please exercise your voting rights by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, June 24, 2024.
1. Date and Time: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. (JST)
2. Venue:
3rd Floor of Mielparque Kumamoto
14-1, Suido-cho, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto
3. Purpose of the Meeting
Matters to be reported:
1. The Business Report and the Consolidated Financial Statements for the 73rd fiscal year (from April 1, 2023
to March 31, 2024), and the audit results of the Consolidated Financial Statements by the Financial Auditors
and the Audit and Supervisory Committee
2. The Non-consolidated Financial Statements for the 73rd fiscal year (from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024)
Matters to be resolved:
Proposal No. 1
Partial Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation
Proposal No. 2
Election of Eight Directors (Excluding Directors Who Are Audit and Supervisory
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Decisions on convocation- If you are not indicating for or against each of the proposals on the Voting Rights Exercise Form in exercising yourvoting rights in writing (by mail), the Company will deem that you indicated your approval of the proposal.
- If you exercise your voting rights multiple times via the Internet, etc., the most recent exercise of such will betreated as a valid manifestation of intention.
- If you exercise your voting rights both via the Internet, etc. and in writing (by mail), the former will prevail
regardless of the date and time the written form was received by the Company.

- If you attend the Meeting, please submit the enclosed voting rights exercise form sent out with this notice at the reception desk.
- For this General Meeting of Shareholders, we have delivered paper-based documents stating the items subject to measures forelectronic provision to all shareholders, regardless of whether or not they have requested them. Among the items subject to measuresfor electronic provision, in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations and Article 15 of the Articles of Incorporation of
the Company, “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” and “Notes to Non-consolidated Financial Statements” are not provided
in the documents to be mailed. The Company has posted the said items on the Company’s website and the TSE website that are listed
above. Accordingly, documents attached to the Notice of the General Meeting of Shareholders are part of the Consolidated Financial
Statements and the Non-consolidated Financial Statements audited by the Financial Auditors when preparing the financial audit
report and by the Audit and Supervisory Committee when preparing the audit report.
- If revisions to the items for which measures for providing information in electronic format are to be taken arise, the details of therevisions will be posted on the Company’s website and the TSE website.

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Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders
Proposal No. 1

Partial Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation

1. Reasons for the Proposal
In order to respond to business area expansion and business lineup diversification, another business purpose will
be added to Article 2 of the pre-amendment Articles of Incorporation (Purposes).
2. Details of Amendment
The details of amendment are as follows:
Pre-amendment Articles of Incorporation(Purposes)
Article 2(1) to (5)(6) (Omitted)(Omitted)(Omitted)(Newly established)(The underlined portions represent where changes are made.)
After amendment(Purposes)
Article 2(Unchanged)(1) to (5)(Unchanged)(6) Development and sale of products related to biologicalgenetic resources, and provision of various services(7) (Unchanged)-3-

Proposal No. 2

Election of Eight Directors (Excluding Directors Who Are Audit and Supervisory Committee
Members)

The term of office of all eight Directors (excluding Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members,hereinafter the same applies in the Proposal) will expire at the conclusion of this meeting. Therefore, the Company
proposes the election of eight Directors. The candidates were determined at the Board of Directors based on
discussion at the Nomination and Compensation Advisory Committee, which is an advisory body to the Board of
Directors.
The candidates for Directors are as follows:
Candidate
No.

Name(Date of birth)

Career summary, position and responsibility in the Company,
and significant concurrent positions outside the Company
May 1989
June 2003
Feb. 2004

Aug. 2004
May 2005
Yuichiro Hirata(August 23, 1961)
Reelection

June 2005

June 2006

1Oct. 2006
Apr. 2007

Apr. 2011

Joined the Company
Director and Executive General Manager of #1
Business Division
Director and Chairman of HIRATA Production
Systems Design & Consulting (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd.
Director and Chairman of HIRATA Corporationof America
Director of Taihei Computer Co., Ltd. (current
Trinity Inc.)
Director and Executive Vice President in chargeof Business Promotion and #1 Business
Division of the Company
Director and Executive Vice President,
Executive Officer, and Division Director of
Business Headquarters
Director and Chairman of Hirata AutomatedMachinery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Director and Executive Vice President, andExecutive Officer of the Company
Division Director of International Business
Headquarters and Division Director ofTechnology Headquarters
Representative Director and President, andExecutive Officer (current position)

Number of theCompany’s shares
owned

291,600(Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director)
Candidate Yuichiro Hirata has led the management of the Company and the Group as Representative Director andPresident, and has made a meaningful contribution to developing businesses. Therefore, the Company judges Mr.
Hirata’s abundant experience and insights are essential for the management of the Company, and has decided to appoint
him as a candidate for a Director.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, position and responsibility in the Company,
and significant concurrent positions outside the Company
June 1989
Apr. 2007

Apr. 2012
Apr. 2014
July 2014

June 2017

Apr. 2018

June 2018
Shojiro Hirata(June 1, 1963)

Apr. 2019

Reelection
June 20192
Apr. 2020

Apr. 2021

June 2021

Apr. 2023

Apr. 2024

Joined the Company
Executive General Manager of Robot
Department, Semiconductor Business Unit,
Business Headquarters
Executive General Manager of Device Center
Director and Chairman of Hirata AutomatedMachinery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Executive Officer and Executive General
Manager of Device Center, Business
Headquarters of the Company
Director, Executive Officer, and Executive
General Manager of Device Center, Business
Headquarters
Director, Executive Officer in charge of
Manufacturing, Device Center, and Quality
Control
Director, Executive Officer, Division Directorof Procurement Division, and in charge ofFacility Investment and Quality Control
Director, Managing Executive Officer, Division
Director of Procurement Division, and in
charge of Facility Investment
Managing Executive Officer, Division Directorof Procurement Division, and in charge ofFacility Investment
Managing Executive Officer, Division Directorof Procurement Division, and in charge ofFacility Investment and Quality Control
Managing Executive Officer, Division Directorof Procurement Division, and in charge of
Quality Control
Director, Managing Executive Officer, Division
Director of Procurement Division, and in
charge of Quality Control
Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer,
Division Director of Procurement Division, andin charge of Quality Control
Director and Executive Vice President,
Executive Officer, in charge of supervision of
Administration (current position)

Number of theCompany’s sharesowned

163,400(Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director)
Candidate Shojiro Hirata has made a meaningful contribution to enhancing the Chinese business, developing
semiconductor-related facilities and industrial robots and other devices business, and enhancing the Company’s
procurement function through the management of a Chinese subsidiary and the operation of the business division andprocurement division. From the fiscal year of 2024, Mr. Hirata has led the management of the Company and the Groupas an officer in charge of supervision of Administration. Therefore, the Company judges Mr. Hirata’s abundant
experience and insights are essential for the management of the Company, and has decided to appoint him as a
candidate for a Director.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, position and responsibility in the Company,
and significant concurrent positions outside the Company
Apr. 1979
Apr. 2012
Apr. 2013

Apr. 2014
July 2014
Apr. 2018

Shigeru Maeda(January 1, 1961)
Reelection

Apr. 2019

Apr. 2020
Apr. 2021

3
Apr. 2022
June 2022
Apr. 2023
Apr. 2024

Joined the Company
Executive General Manager of Production
Control Department, Business Headquarters
Manager of Technology Department (in chargeof #3 Technology Group), Kumamoto Business
Division, Business Headquarters
Manager of #1 System Department, Kumamoto
Business Division, Business Headquarters
Director of HIRATA Corporation of America
Executive General Manager of #1 Kumamoto
Business Division, Business Headquarters of
the Company
Executive Officer and Executive General
Manager of #1 Kumamoto Business Division,
Business Headquarters
Executive Officer, Division Director of #1
Business Unit, Business Headquarters
Executive Officer, Division Director of
Business Headquarters and Division Director of#1 Business Unit, Business Headquarters
Executive Officer, Division Director of
Business Headquarters
Director, Executive Officer, and Division
Director of Business Headquarters
Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer,
and Division Director of Business Headquarters
Director and Executive Vice President,
Executive Officer, in charge of supervision ofBusiness Headquarters (current position)

Number of theCompany’s shares
owned

1,700

(Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director)
Candidate Shigeru Maeda served as manager for departments mainly for the automobile sector, as well as manager forthe business promotion division for the entire company, and has been fulfilling his role to supervise the overall business
management appropriately and has led the management of the Company and the Group since taking office as Division
Director of Business Headquarters in the fiscal year 2021 and as an Officer in charge of supervision of Business
Headquarters in the fiscal year of 2024. Therefore, the Company judges Mr. Maeda’s abundant experience and insights
are essential for the management of the Company toward the Group’s business development, and has decided to appoint
him as a candidate for a Director.

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Candidate
No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, position and responsibility in the Company,
and significant concurrent positions outside the Company
Apr. 1986
Mar. 2010
Mar. 2015
Apr. 2017

Masaru Kozaki(January 5, 1968)

Apr. 2021

Reelection
4

Oct. 2021
June 2022
Apr. 2023

5

Joined the Company
Director of HIRATA FA Engineering (S) Pte.
Ltd.
Managing Director
Manager assigned to General Affairs andHuman Resources Department, Administration
Division of the Company (HIRATA FA
Engineering (S) Pte. Ltd.)
Executive Officer and Division Director of
Global Business Headquarters
Managing Director of HIRATA FA Engineering(S) Pte. Ltd.
Executive Officer and Division Director of
Global Business Headquarters of the Company
Director, Executive Officer, and Division
Director of Global Business Headquarters
Director, Managing Executive Officer, andDivision Director of Global Business
Headquarters (current position)

Number of theCompany’s shares
owned

500

(Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director)
Candidate Masaru Kozaki has made a meaningful contribution to the global business development of the Group by
having served in the capacity of the representative of the local subsidiary in Singapore over six years, as well as being
in charge of affiliate companies. Therefore, the Company judges Mr. Kozaki’s global and diversified perspective basedon his abundant experience and insights is essential for the management of the Company, and has decided to appoint
him as a candidate for a Director.
Apr. 1990
Joined the Company
Apr. 2018
General Manager of Legal Department,
Administration Division
Apr. 2022
Executive Officer, Deputy Division Director of
Administration Division, and in charge ofLegal, Intellectual Property, Compliance,
Accounting of Administration Division
Hideki Ninomiya
June 2022
Statutory Auditor of Trinity Inc. (current(October 26, 1966)
3,000
position)
Apr. 2023
Executive Officer and Division Director of
Reelection
Administration Division of the Company
June 2023
Director and Executive Officer, Division
Director of Administration Division
Apr. 2024
Director and Executive Officer, Division
Director of Administration Division, in chargeof Accounting, Legal, and Intellectual Property(current position)(Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director)
Candidate Hideki Ninomiya served as General Manager for departments mainly for risk management and corporate
governance, assumed the position of Deputy Division Director of Administration Division in the fiscal year 2022, andhas been working to strengthen the Group’s governance and business infrastructure, among others, as a supervisor of
the administration division since taking office as Division Director of Administration Division in the fiscal year 2023.
Therefore, the Company judges Mr. Ninomiya’s abundant experience and insights are essential for the management of
the Company toward the Group’s sustainable growth and corporate value enhancement, and has decided to appoint him
as a candidate for a Director.

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Candidate
No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, position and responsibility in the Company,
and significant concurrent positions outside the Company
Mar. 1992
Jan. 1997

6

Number of theCompany’s shares
ownedJoined Coca-Cola (Japan) Company, Limited
General Manager of Business Systems
Department, Coca-Cola Beverage Business
Division
July 1999
General Manager of Strategic Business System
Planning Department of Coca-Cola Tea
Products Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2000
Vice President & CIO in charge of Business
Satoru Ogawa
Systems of Coca-Cola (Japan) Company,(August 10, 1965)
Limited100
Reelection
July 2007
In charge of founding new business of Internet
OutsideInitiative Japan Inc.
Independent officer
Outside Director of Taihei Computer Co., Ltd.
(current Trinity Inc.)
Dec. 2011
Director and Vice President of Wako Industries
Co., Ltd.
June 2021
Outside Director of the Company (current
position)
Sept. 2021
Representative Director and President of Wako
Industries Co., Ltd. (current position)(Reasons for nomination as candidate for Outside Director and outline of expected roles)
Candidate Satoru Ogawa possesses extensive experience including formulation of information strategies and corporate
management in other companies, along with sophisticated insights into manufacturing and corporate management. For
this reason, the Company expects that Mr. Ogawa will deliver supervision and advice to the management from an
independent and objective standpoint toward sustainable improvement of corporate value of the Company, and has
decided to appoint him as a candidate for an Outside Director.
At the conclusion of this meeting, Mr. Ogawa’s tenure as Outside Director of the Company will have been three years.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, position and responsibility in the Company,
and significant concurrent positions outside the Company
Oct. 2001
Apr. 2002

7

8

Number of theCompany’s shares
ownedJoined Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
Seconded to Japan Investor Relations andInvestor Support, Inc.
July 2008
Transferred to Japan Investor Relations andInvestor Support, Inc.
Nov. 2013
Special Research Fellow of Financial ResearchCenter of the Financial Services Agency
Nov. 2017
Seconded to Mizuho International plc (London)
Nov. 2019
Senior Researcher of Japan Investor Relations
Ryoko Ueda
and Investor Support, Inc. (current position)(February 25, 1973)
Feb. 2020
External Director of Money Forward, Inc.
300
Mar. 2020
Associate Professor at SBI Graduate School
Reelection
Apr. 2020
Associate Professor at Kyoto University
OutsideApr.
2022
Memberof Certified Public Accountants andIndependent officer
Auditing Oversight Board (current position)
June 2022
Professor at SBI Graduate School (current
position)
June 2022
Outside Director of the Company (current
position)
Oct. 2022
Adjunct Professor at Kyoto University (current
position)
June 2023
Outside Director of TOKAI Holdings
Corporation. (current position)(Reasons for nomination as candidate for Outside Director and outline of expected roles)
Candidate Ryoko Ueda has never been involved in the management of a company except as an outside officer, however,she possesses extensive experience and sophisticated insights as an expert on corporate governance and ESG, etc. For
this reason, the Company expects Ms. Ueda will deliver supervision and advice to the management from an
independent and objective standpoint toward sustainable improvement of corporate value of the Company, and has
decided to appoint her as a candidate for an Outside Director.
At the conclusion of this meeting, Ms. Ueda’s tenure as Outside Director of the Company will have been two years.
Apr. 2007
Postdoctoral Associate at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Jan. 2008
Industry-government-academia collaboration
research associate at Department of Aerospace
Engineering, Graduate School of Engineeringof Tohoku University
Apr. 2008
Assistant Professor at Department of
Kenjiro Tadakuma
Mechanical and Intelligent Systems(January 29, 1979)
Engineering of the University of ElectroCommunications–
New election
Aug. 2009
Assistant Professor at Division of MechanicalOutsideEngineering, Graduate School of Engineering
Independent officer
of Osaka University
May 2015
Associate Professor at Graduate School ofInformation Sciences of Tohoku University
Aug. 2019
Associate Professor at Tough Cyberphysical AI
Research Center
Apr. 2024
Professor at Graduate School of Engineering
Science of Osaka University (current position)(Reasons for nomination as candidate for Outside Director and outline of expected roles)
Candidate Kenjiro Tadakuma has never been involved in the management of a company, however, he possesses
extensive experience and superior track record as a researcher in the field of robot technology in which our business
operates, and is also involved in the research of cutting-edge technology at universities. For this reason, the Company
expects Mr. Tadakuma will deliver supervision and advice to the management from an independent and objective
standpoint toward sustainable improvement of corporate value of the Company, and has decided to appoint him as a
candidate for an Outside Director.

-9-Notes:1. There is no special interest between any of the candidates and the Company.
2. Satoru Ogawa, Ryoko Ueda, and Kenjiro Tadakuma are candidates for Outside Directors. The Company has submitted
notification to the Tokyo Stock Exchange that Mr. Ogawa and Ms. Ueda have been designated as independent officers asprovided for by the aforementioned exchange. The Company also plans to submit notification to the Tokyo Stock
Exchange concerning Mr. Tadakuma’s designation as an independent officer as provided for by the aforementioned
exchange.
3. Pursuant to the provisions of Article 427, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act, the Company has entered into agreementswith Satoru Ogawa and Ryoko Ueda to limit their liability for damages under Article 423, paragraph (1) of the same Act.
Liability pursuant to this agreement will be restricted to the minimum liability amount prescribed in Article 425, paragraph(1) of the Companies Act. If they are reelected, the Company plans to renew this agreement with them. Also, if candidate
Kenjiro Tadakuma is elected, the Company plans to enter into the same limited liability agreement with him.
4. The Company has entered into a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance (D&O insurance) contract with an insurancecompany pursuant to Article 430-3, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act. In the case where a claim for damages is madeby a shareholder or a third party, the insurance is designed to cover losses that may arise from the insured persons such ascompensation for damages and related litigation expenses, and a premium for the insurance is fully borne by the Company.
Each candidate will be included in the insured persons of the D&O insurance contract. The Company plans to renew thecontract on similar terms and conditions at the next renewal.

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[Opinion of Audit and Supervisory Committee]
Regarding the election and compensation, etc., of Directors who are not Audit and Supervisory Committee Members,a full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member attends the Nomination and Compensation Advisory
Committee as an observer to confirm the status of deliberation and reports it to the Audit and Supervisory Committee.
After careful examination based on the “Criteria for the Election and Dismissal of Directors” determined by the
Board of Directors, the Audit and Supervisory Committee identified no particular problem in the way of electing thecandidates, and concluded that the candidates are appropriate as Directors of the Company. The Audit andSupervisory Committee also identified no particular problem in the procedure for determining compensations of
Directors, and therefore, considers that the compensation details are also adequate.

Skill matrix of the Company’s Directors (in the event that the above candidates are elected as Directors at the General
Meeting of Shareholders)Technology,
research andGlobaldevelopment
Directors (excluding Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)●●●●
Yuichiro Hirata

Shojiro Hirata
Shigeru Maeda
Masaru Kozaki
Hideki Ninomiya
Satoru Ogawa(Outside Director)
Ryoko Ueda
(Outside Director)
Kenjiro Tadakuma(Outside Director)

Riskmanagement

Finance andaccounting

ESG

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Corporate
management

Industryknowledge

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Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members

Naokuni Motoda(Outside Director)
Ken Imamura(Outside Director)
Yasuhiko Endo
(Outside Director)
Asako Okabe(Outside Director)●●●

Note: The above shows knowledge, experience and capability particularly expected of each individual, and is not a complete list of all
the expertise possessed by the individuals.

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