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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

SOJITZ CORPORATION

SOJITZ CORPORATIONCHAPTER IARTICLES OF INCORPORATIONGENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Trade Name)
The name of the Company shall be Sojitz Kabushiki Kaisha, and in English, Sojitz Corporation.
Article 2(Purpose)
The purpose of the Company shall be to carry out the following businesses, as well as to control
and manage the business activities of companies that carry out the following businesses and theforeign companies that carry out equivalent businesses, through the holding of shares or interests
therein:1.
The purchase and sale, and importation and exportation business for the following
products:(a)Apparel, other textile products and their raw materials;(b)
Foods, sugar, fats and oils and their raw materials, agriculture and fishery products,
food products, beverages (including alcohol, spirits and beverages containingalcohol), salt and tobacco;(c)
Fertilizers, feed and their raw materials;(d)Electrical, electronic and communications machinery and equipment, precision
machinery and equipment (including measuring instruments, gauges and medicaldevices), and other general machinery and equipment, exhaust gas desulfurizers
and other pollution prevention equipment, other various machinery and equipment
and vehicles, automobiles, marine vessels, aircraft and other transportation related
machinery, and their component parts;(e)
Iron and steel, nonferrous metals, metallic minerals, nonmetallic minerals, and theirproducts;(f)Coal, petroleum, gas (including compressed gas and liquefied gas), other fuels,nuclear materials for fuel and other resources, and their products;(g)Lumber, ceramic materials and their products, and other building materials;(h)Paper, pulp, rubber, leather and their products, as well as office supplies, athletic
equipment, musical instruments, furniture, and daily necessities and sundries;(i)Dyes, pigments, paints, celluloids, plastics, other chemical products, explosives,
drugs (including pharmaceuticals, quasi-drugs, veterinary drugs, poisonous
substances and deleterious substances), radioactive substances, radioactive isotopes,dental materials, sanitary products, cosmetics and their raw materials;(j)Printed materials, publications and visual materials;(k)Industrial water and drinking water;(l)Development of energy through the use of wind power, solar heat, geothermal heatand the like:
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Livestock and plants; and,(o)firearms.
Manufacture and processing of the products of the preceding items and the contracting
business thereof (including research and development);
Planning, inspection, design, construction, supervision, contracting and consulting
business for construction, building, civil engineering and demolition works;
Repair of various machinery and equipment, various mechanical equipment, varioustransportation related equipment and their component parts, as well as the contracting
business and supervision business for the installation work for various machinery andequipment and various mechanical equipment;
Recycling business for used vehicles pursuant to the Act on Recycling of End-of-LifeAutomobiles;
Trading of greenhouse gas emission credits;
Agency business, brokerage business and wholesale business for the preceding respective
items;
Warehouse business, freight forwarding business, and agency business therefor;
Marine transportation business, ground transportation business, air transportation businessand agency business therefor;
Casualty insurance agency business, insurance agency business under the Act on Securing
Compensation for Automobile Accidents, business related to solicitations for life insurance,and insurance brokerage business;
Purchase and sale, lease and lending, rental, brokerage and management business for realestate;
Lease, lending and rental of movables and brokerage business therefor;
Purchase and sale business for precious metals, precious stones, works of art andantiquities;
Development, mining and production of resources such as petroleum, coal, natural gas,
geothermal heat, solar heat, nuclear power, hydraulic power, wind power, other energy
resources, and minerals, agricultural products, marine products, livestock products, forestsand other animals and plants, as well as the excavation and sales of hot springs;
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries business (cultivation, livestock breeding, forestry,lumbering, fishing, aquaculture and the like);
Business related to the generation and supply of electricity;
General waste disposal business, industrial waste disposal business and purification
treatment business for contaminated soil and water;
Acquisition, purchase and sale, leasing, planning, development, preservation, exploitation,brokerage and conveyance of industrial property rights, knowhow, copyrights, otherintangible property rights, system engineering and software;

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Business related to the processing and provision of data, telecommunications business,
wireless and cable television and radio broadcasting business, and program supply
business;
Production and sales business for publications, printed materials and visual materials;
Advertising business and advertising agency business;
Planning, management and implementation of events;
Production and sale of various educational books and materials, and management oftutorial and cultural classrooms;
Holding, management, purchase and sale, brokerage, purchase and sale mediation, andfiduciary services for negotiable securities and the like, purchase and sale of various
receivables, exchange transactions, credit cards, installment financing and various financial
businesses;
Contracting business related to accounting operations, the processing of financial
statements and payroll;Collection and analysis of credit information and data supply services;
Commodities investment and sales business and commodities investment advisorybusiness;
Securities business, securities investment advisory business and investment advisorybusiness related to negotiable securities;
Management of hotels, inns, other tourist facilities, restaurants, golf courses, marine clubs
and other leisure and sports facilities;
Sale and brokerage of access rights and membership rights for membership hotels;Management of hospitals, clinics, treatment facilities, fee-based senior citizens’ homes andpharmacies;
Travel business and travel agency business under the Travel Agency Act;Contingent laborer staffing business;
Inspection, maintenance and other services for constructions facilities conducted pursuant
to applicable laws and regulations as well as the consignment, contracting, agency andbrokerage business therefor;
Consulting for general corporate management and administration operations;
Investigations, research, education, training and consignment business as well as
consulting business therefor for the preceding respective items and the business incidentalor related thereto;
All business, and investment loans and guarantees incidental or related to the preceding
respective items; and,Businesses other than those set out in the preceding respective items.

Article 3(Location of Head Office)
The Company’s head office shall be located in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

3Article 4(Corporate Bodies)
In addition to the General Shareholders’ Meeting and Directors, the Company shall establish thefollowing corporate bodies:
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Board of Directors;
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Audit and Supervisory Committee; and,3.
Accounting Auditors
Article 5(Method of Public Notice)
The method of public notice for the Company shall be electronic public notice; provided, however,that in the event of an accident or other unavoidable circumstances which render electronic public
notices impossible, the Company shall publish notices in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun.
CHAPTER IISHARESArticle 6(Total Number of Shares Authorized for Issuance)
The total number of shares authorized for issuance by the Company shall be 500,000,000 shares.
Article 7(Acquisition of Treasury Stock)
The Company, pursuant to the provisions of Article 165, Paragraph 2 of the Companies Act, shallbe entitled to acquire treasury stock by resolution of the Board of Directors through market
transactions or the like.
Article 8(Shares Constituting One Unit)(1)
The number of shares constituting one (1) unit of the Company’s shares shall be one
hundred (100) shares.
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The Company’s shareholders, in accordance with the provisions of the Share HandlingRules, shall be entitled to request the sale of the number of shares which, together with thefractional unit shares held thereby, will constitute the number of one share unit.
Article 9(Share Handling Rules)
The handling and fees related to the Company’s shares and new share acquisition rights shall begoverned by laws, regulations, these Articles of Incorporation, and the Share Handling Rules
prescribed by the Board of Directors or the Directors delegated by resolution of the Board ofDirectors.
Article 10(Shareholder Register Administrator)(1)
The Company shall appoint a shareholder register administrator.
(2)
The shareholder register administrator and its administrative office shall be designated by
the Board of Directors or the Directors delegated by resolution of the Board of Directors,
and public notice thereof shall be provided.
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(3)The creation and keeping of the Company’s register of shareholders and register of newshare acquisition rights and other matters related to the register of shareholders and registerof new share acquisition rights shall be delegated to the shareholder register administrator,and shall not be handled by the Company.
CHAPTER III GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

Article 11(Convocation)(1)
Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meetings shall be convened within three (3) months after
the end of each fiscal year, and Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meetings shall be
convened as needed.
(2)
The Company shall be entitled to hold General Shareholders’ Meetings without designating
a location for the General Shareholders’ Meeting.
Article 12(Record Date for Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting)
The record date for voting rights in an Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting shall be
March 31st of each year.
Article 13(Authorized Convenor and Chairperson)(1)
Unless otherwise prescribed under laws and regulations, the Director prescribed in advanceby the Board of Directors shall, by resolution of the Board of Directors, convene a General
Shareholders’ Meeting.
(2)
If the Director prescribed in the preceding item is unavailable, another Director, in an orderprescribed in advance by the Board of Directors, shall convene the General Shareholders’Meeting.
(3)
The President shall serve as the chairperson of the General Shareholders’ Meeting.
(4)
If the President is unavailable, another Director or Executive Officer, in an order prescribedin advance by the Board of Directors, shall serve as the chairperson.
Article 14(Electronic Provision Measures, etc.)(1)
When convening a General Shareholders’ Meeting, the Company shall adopt electronic
provision measures regarding the information contained in the reference materials and thelike for the General Shareholders’ Meeting.
(2)
Of the matters subject to the electronic provision measures, the Company shall be entitledto omit all or a portion of those matters prescribed by ordinance of the Ministry of Justicein the documents delivered to those shareholders who have requested the delivery of
documents by the record date for voting rights.

5Article 15(Method of Resolution)(1)
Unless otherwise prescribed under laws, regulations or these Articles of Incorporation,
shareholder resolutions shall be passed by majority of the voting rights of the shareholders
who are in attendance and eligible to cast votes.
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The resolutions prescribed in Article 309, Paragraph 2 of the Companies Act shall bepassed at a meeting attended by shareholders possessing one-third (1/3) or more of thevoting rights of shareholders who are eligible to cast votes, by two-thirds (2/3) or more of
the voting rights of the shareholders who are in attendance and eligible to cast votes.
Article 16(Voting by Proxy)(1)
A shareholder shall be entitled to exercise their voting rights through a proxy who is anothershareholder that holds the Company’s voting rights.
(2)
The shareholder or the proxy of the preceding paragraph must submit a document attesting
to their right of proxy to the Company for each General Shareholders’ Meeting.
CHAPTER IV DIRECTORS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND AUDIT AND SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE
Article 17(Number of Directors)(1)
The Company shall have no more than twelve (12) Directors.
(2)
Of the Directors of the preceding item, the Company shall have no more than five (5)Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members.
Article 18(Election of Directors)(1)
Directors shall be elected by shareholder resolution which distinguishes those Directors
who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members and other Directors.
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Resolutions for the election of Directors shall be passed at a meeting attended byshareholders possessing one-third (1/3) or more of the voting rights of shareholders whoare eligible to cast votes, by a majority of the voting rights of the shareholders who are inattendance and eligible to cast votes.
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Resolutions for the election of Directors shall not be passed by cumulative voting.
Article 19(Term of Office for Directors)(1)
The term of office for Directors (excluding Directors who are Audit and Supervisory
Committee Members) shall expire upon the conclusion of the Ordinary General
Shareholders’ Meetings associated with the last fiscal year ending within one (1) year aftertheir election.
(2)
The term of office for Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members shall
expire upon the conclusion of the Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meetings associatedwith the last fiscal year ending within two (2) years after their election.

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The term of office for a Director who was elected to fill an increase in the number of
Directors or a vacancy for a Director (excluding a Director who is an Audit and SupervisoryCommittee Member) who resigned prior to the expiration of his or her term of office shallextend through the expiration of the term of office for the other Directors (excluding
Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members).
The term of office for a Director who is an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member thatwas elected to fill a vacancy for a Director who was an Audit and Supervisory Committee
Member that resigned prior to the expiration of his or her term of office shall extend throughthe expiration of the term of office for the resigning Director who was an Audit andSupervisory Committee Member.
The effect of the election of a substitute Director who is an Audit and Supervisory
Committee Member shall extend through the commencement of the Ordinary General
Shareholders’ Meeting associated with the last fiscal year ending within two (2) years after
their election.

Article 20(Representative Directors and Executive Officers, etc.)(1)
The Board of Directors shall elect Representative Directors from among the Directors(excluding Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members).
(2)
The Company shall appoint Executive Officers, and shall have them execute business.
(3)
The Board of Directors shall elect one (1) President from among the Directors andExecutive Officers.
Article 21(Authorized Convenor and Chairperson for Meetings of Board of Directors)(1)
Unless otherwise prescribed under laws and regulations, meetings of the Board of Directors
shall be convened and chaired by a Director prescribed in advance by the Board ofDirectors.
(2)
If the chairperson of the preceding item is unavailable, other Directors, in an orderprescribed in advance by the Board of Directors, shall convene and chair meetings of theBoard of Directors.
Article 22(Notice of Convening of Meeting of the Board of Directors)
Notice of the convening of a meeting of the Board of Directors shall be issued to each Director by
no later than three (3) days prior to the meeting date; provided, however, that this time period may
be shortened in times of urgency.
Article 23(Notice of Convening of Meeting of Audit and Supervisory Committee)
Notice of the convening of a meeting of the Audit and Supervisory Committee shall be issued toeach Director who is an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member by no later than three (3) days
prior to the meeting date; provided, however, that this time period may be shortened in times ofurgency..
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Article 24(Omission of Board of Directors’ Resolutions)
In the event a Director proposes a matter subject to resolution by the Board of Directors, if all of
the Directors who are eligible to participate in the corresponding proposal express their consent
thereto in writing or by electromagnetic record, the Company shall be entitled to deem that theproposal has been passed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Article 25(Delegation of Decisions on Execution of Important Operations)Pursuant to the provisions of Article 399-13, Paragraph 6 of the Companies Act, the Company, byresolution of the Board of Directors, shall be entitled to delegate all or a portion of the decisions
concerning the execution of important operations (excluding the matters set out in the respective
items of Paragraph 5 of that same article) to Directors.
Article 26(Board of Directors Rules and Audit and Supervisory Committee Rules)
Matters related to the Board of Directors and the Audit and Supervisory Committee shall begoverned by the provisions of laws, regulations, these Articles of Incorporation, and the Board ofDirectors Rules and Audit and Supervisory Committee Rules.
Article 27(Exemption of Directors from Liability)(1)
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 426, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, the Company,by resolution of the Board of Directors, shall be entitled to exempt Directors (includingformer Directors) who have neglected their duties from liability for the compensation ofdamages, to the extent allowed under laws and regulations.
(2)
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 427, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, the Company
shall be entitled to enter into agreements with Directors (excluding those who are Executive
Directors or the like) that limit the liability for the compensation of damages caused bytheir neglect of duties; provided, however, that the limit of liability under such agreements
shall be the higher of a prescribed amount, which shall be at least JPY 10,000,000 or more,or the minimum amount prescribed under Article 425, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act.
CHAPTER Ⅴ

ACCOUNTS

Article 28(Fiscal Year)
The Company’s fiscal year shall be the one (1) year period from April 1 st of each year throughMarch 31st of the following year.
Article 29(Decision Making Body for Dividends of Surplus, etc.)
Unless otherwise prescribed under laws and regulations, the Company, by resolution of the Boardof Directors, shall be entitled to prescribe dividends of surplus and other matters set forth in therespective items of Article 459. Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act.
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Article 30(Record Date for Dividends of Surplus)(1)
The record date for the Company’s year-end dividends shall be March 31st of each year.
(2)
The record date for the Company’s interim dividends shall be September 30th of each year.
(3)
In addition to the preceding two paragraphs, the record dates may be established anddividends of surplus may be paid.
Article 31(Exclusion Period for Dividend Property)(1)
If dividend property is not received even after the lapse of three (3) years from the initialdelivery date, the Company shall be released from its obligation to deliver that property.
(2)Interest shall not accrue on undelivered dividend property.

SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS(Transitional Measures Related to Exemption of Audit and Supervisory Board Members fromLiability)(1)
The Company, by resolution of the Board of Directors, shall be entitled to exempt Audit
and Supervisory Board Members (including former Audit and Supervisory BoardMembers) from liability for the compensation of damages under the provisions of Article
423, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, to the extent allowed under laws and regulations,for their actions prior to the conclusion of the 21st Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting.
(2)
The agreements that limit liability for the compensation of damages under Article 423,
Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act for the actions of Audit and Supervisory Board Members(including former Audit and Supervisory Board Members) prior to the conclusion of the21st Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting, shall be governed by the provisions ofArticle 32, Paragraph 2 of the Articles of Incorporation prior to the revision thereof byshareholder resolution at the same general meeting.

9Chronology
Enacted on April 1, 2003.
Revised on June 25, 2004 (modifications to Article 1 effective from July 1, 2004)
Revised on September 29, 2004.
Revised on October 1, 2005.
Revised on June 27, 2006 (modifications to Article 5 effective from September 1, 2006).
Revised on June 27, 2007.
Revised on June 25, 2008.
Revised on June 23, 2009.
Revised on June 22, 2010.
Revised on June 23, 2011.
Revised on June 26, 2012 (modifications to Article 3 effective from July 17, 2012).
Revised on June 16, 2016.
Revised on June 18, 2020.
Revised on October 1, 2021.
Revised on June 17, 2022.
Supplementary provisions deleted on March 2, 2023.
Revised on June 18, 2024.

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