(TRANSLATION FOR REFERENCE ONLY)
May 9, 2024
For Immediate Release
Company name
Representative

Contact

Digital Garage, Inc.
Kaoru Hayashi
Representative Director,President, Executive Officer and Group CEO(Code: 4819 Prime Section of TSE)
Hiroyuki Nozaki
Corporate Officer, Deputy Head of Corporate Div.
(Tel: +81-3-6367-1111)(URL: https://ir.garage.co.jp/en/)

Notice of the Candidates for the Board of Directors
At the Board of Directors' meeting on May 9, 2024, Digital Garage Inc. (“the Company”) resolved the candidates
for the Board of Directors to be proposed to the 29th Ordinary Shareholders’ General Meeting scheduled on June 21,2024.
The appointments will be formally approved at the 29th shareholders’ meeting.
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Background for the Election of Director Candidates
The Company's basic policy is to appoint candidates to the Board of Directors who have a wealth of experienceand expertise and who will contribute to the sustainable enhancement of the corporate value through its medium
to long-term growth.
In the medium-term plan through the fiscal year ending March 31, 2028, the Company and its group companies
are establishing the comprehensive payment platform, which is expected to expand steadily, as the foundationof its business, and are developing businesses related to payments, including the DX/Fintech, as well as
discontinuous businesses, including the crypto asset domain. The Company makes group-wide efforts toenhance corporate value through profit growth by strengthening the multi-layered profit structure andcompetitive advantage.
Given the rapid technological developments that are transforming the business models in each of its businesses,
the Company believes it is essential to have directors with more advanced and diverse expertise on its Board.
Therefore, the company decided to appoint new candidates with extensive experience and knowledge of thetechnology that underpins all the group's services, as well as the fintech and financial business, which isundergoing legal changes as a result of rapid digitalization.

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Candidates for Directors not Serving as Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
Name

New Position

Current Position

Kaoru Hayashi

Representative Director

Same as on the left

Keizo Odori

Director

Same as on the left

Masahito Okuma

Director

Same as on the left

Joichi Ito

Director

Same as on the left

Hiroshi Shino

Director

Same as on the left

Outside Director

Same as on the left

Mitsushi Nishida

Outside Director(New Candidate)

Hironobu Moriyama

Outside Director(New Candidate)

Masako Ikeda

Outside Director(New Candidate)

Hiromi Ozaki(Nickname: “Sputniko!”)3.

4.

Candidates for Directors Serving as Audit & Supervisory Committee MemberName

New Position

Current Position

Yasuyuki Rokuyata

Director, Member of Audit &Supervisory Committee

Director, Chairperson of Audit &Supervisory Committee

Junji Inoue

Outside Director, Member of Audit &Supervisory Committee

Same as on the left

Koji Makino

Outside Director, Member of Audit &Supervisory Committee

Same as on the left

Shuma Uchino

Outside Director, Member of Audit &Supervisory Committee

Same as on the left

Name

New Position after Retirement

Current Position

Masashi Tanaka

Senior Executive Officer and CISO

Director

Makoto Sakai-

Outside Director

Emi Omura-Outside Director

Retiring Director

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Profile of Candidates for New Directors not Serving as Audit & Supervisory Committee MemberName（Date of birth）

ProfileApr. 1977
Jun. 2001
Apr. 2008
Apr. 2013
Sep. 2016

Mitsushi Nishida

Sep. 2018(September 29, 1951)
Oct. 2018
Jun. 2020
Sep. 2020
Dec. 2021
Apr. 1999
Jul. 2000Nov. 2009
Hironobu Moriyama(January 27, 1974)

Oct. 2014
Jul. 2020
Aug. 2020
Aug 2020
Dec. 2022
Dec. 2023
Dec. 2008
Mar. 2010
Apr. 2013
Aug. 2015

Masako Ikeda(October 2, 1977)

Dec. 2015
Feb. 2016
Apr. 2019
Apr. 2020
Apr. 2020

Joined Toyo Information Systems Co., Ltd. (currently TIS Inc.)
Director of Toyo Information Systems Co., Ltd.
Representative Director and President of Qualica Inc.
Representative Director and Vice President and of TIS Inc.
Non-executive Director of DG Technologies, Inc. (currently DG
Strategic Investment, Inc.)
Representative Director and President of W&Bay Consulting(current position)
Advisor of the Company
Outside Director of ECOMIC Co., Ltd. (current position)
Outside Director of Global Communication Planning Co., Ltd.
(current position)
Outside Director of Internetworking & Broadband Consulting Co.,
Ltd. (current position)
Joined Goldman Sachs Securities Co., Ltd.
Worked in the interest rate trading department of FICC Div. ofGoldman Sachs Securities Co., Ltd.
Managing Director in the FICC Div. of Goldman Sachs Securities
Co., Ltd.
Head of the interest rate trading department in the securities divisionof Goldman Sachs Securities Japan Co., Ltd.
Non-executive Director of CI Partners (current position)
Representative Director of identity academy (current position)
Representative of Future Identity
Representative Director and President of Future Identity(current position)
Outside Director of X Capital Co., Ltd. (current position)
Registered as a lawyer
Staff Attorney, Office for Legal Education, Japan Federation of Bar
Associations (JFBA)
Visiting Researcher at Waseda University Institute of Clinical Legal
Education (current position)
Special Staff Attorney to the Secretary General, Japan Federation of
Bar Associations (JFBA)
Partner at Kuwabara & Ikeda Law Office (current position)
Staff Attorney, Research Office for Judicial Systems, Japan
Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA)
Member of the Human Rights Protection Committee of Tokyo Bar
Association (current position)
Conciliator at Tokyo Family Court
Judicial Commissioner at Tokyo Summary Court (current position)

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Skills Matrix of Candidates for Directors
Business
Developmentfor Our BusinessBusiness
Management

FinTech &Payments

GlobalRepresentative Director〇〇〇〇

Keizo Odori

Director〇〇〇

Masahito
Okuma

Director〇〇〇〇

Joichi Ito

Director〇〇〇〇

Hiroshi
Shino

Director〇

Independent Outside Director〇〇〇

Mitsushi
NishidaOutside Director〇

Hironobu
Moriyama

Independent Outside Director

MasakoIkeda

Independent Outside Director

YasuyukiRokuyata

Director (Member of Audit &Supervisory Committee)

Junji Inoue

Independent Outside Director(Member of Audit &Supervisory Committee)

Koji
MakinoIndependent Outside Director(Member of Audit &Supervisory Committee)

Shuma
UchinoIndependent Outside Director(Member of Audit &Supervisory Committee)

Name

Position

Kaoru
Hayashi

Hiromi Ozaki(Nickname:“Sputniko!”)〇〇

Governance &HR, Organization
Risk& Diversity
Management〇〇〇〇〇〇〇

Legal &Compliance〇〇〇Finance &Accounting〇〇〇〇〇〇〇〇〇〇〇〇

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