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: 2733
Date of sending: June 6, 2024
Start of Electronic Provision Measure: June 3, 2024
To our shareholders:Hiroaki Suzaki, Representative Director and President(Executive Officer)
ARATA CORPORATION
6-3-2 Toyo, Koto-ku, Tokyo

Notice of the 22nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
You are cordially invited to attend the 22nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of ARATA CORPORATION(the “Company”), which will be held as follows.
As the electronic provision measure is adopted for the convocation of this General Meeting of Shareholders, theMatters concerning Electronic Provision Measures are posted on the following websites, so please access any of
those websites to confirm the information.
[The Company’s website]
https://www.arata-gr.jp/ir/information/meeting/ (in Japanese)[Tokyo Stock Exchange website (Listed Company Search)]https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/JJK010010Action.do?Show=Show (in Japanese)(Please access the TSE website above, enter or search company name, “ARATA,” or the securities code, “2733,”
select “Basic information,” then “Documents for public inspection/PR information,” and confirm “Notice of General
Shareholders Meeting /Informational Materials for a General Shareholders Meeting” under the “Documents for
public inspection.”)[PRONEXUS website]
https://d.sokai.jp/2733/teiji/ (in Japanese)
Apart for attending the venue on the day, shareholders may exercise your voting rights by one of the following
methods. We kindly ask that you review the “Reference Documents for General Meeting of Shareholders” andexercise your voting rights by 5:30 p.m. on Monday, June 24, 2024 (JST).
Exercise of voting rights in writing (mail)Please return by mail the enclosed Voting Form after indicating your approval or disapproval on the form to arrive at
the Company by no later than the above deadline.
Exercise of voting rights electronically (via the Internet, etc.)
Please read the “Voting via the Internet” explained on pages 10 and 11 (in Japanese only), and enter your approvalor disapproval of the proposal items following the instructions on the screen to exercise your voting rights by theabove deadline.
1. Date and Time: 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 25, 2024 (JST)
2. Venue:
Marunouchi Hall, Marunouchi Building 7th Floor
2-4-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
3. Purpose of the Meeting
Matters to be reported:
1. Presentation of Business Report and Consolidated Financial Statements for the 22nd Business Term (from
April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024), and the audit results of Consolidated Financial Statements by Accounting
Auditor and Audit and Supervisory Committee
2. Presentation of Non-consolidated Financial Statements for the 22nd Business Term (from April 1, 2023 toMarch 31, 2024)-1-

Matters to be resolved:
Proposal
Election of Ten (10) Directors (Excluding Directors Who Are Audit and Supervisory
Committee Members)
Arrangements in Convening the Meeting (Information on the exercise of voting rights)
If no indication of approval or disapproval is made for each proposal item on the returned Voting Form, it will be treated as“approval.”
If you exercise your voting rights online multiple times, the vote exercised last will be treated as valid.
If you exercise your voting rights both online and in writing (by mail), the vote cast online will be treated as valid, regardless ofthe date and time of their receipt.
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Any revisions to the Matters concerning Electronic Provision Measures shall be posted on the Company’s website, the TSE website
and the website for information materials on General Meeting of Shareholders to that effect and the contents of revision.
- For this General Meeting of Shareholders, a document stating the Matters concerning Electronic Provision Measures will be sent toall shareholders, regardless of making a Request for Delivery of Documents. Of the Matters concerning Electronic Provision
Measures, the following will not be included in the document to be sent in accordance with law and Article 14, Paragraph 2 of theCompany’s Articles of Incorporation.
(i) “Framework to Ensure Proper Operation of Business and its Operations” in the Business Report(ii) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements(iii) Notes to Non-consolidated Financial Statements
Therefore, the Business Report, Consolidated Financial Statements and Non-consolidated Financial Statements included in the
document are a part of documents audited to prepare the Accounting Audit Report by the Accounting Auditor and the Audit Reportby the Audit and Supervisory Committee.
Company website: https://www.arata-gr.jp/en/-2-

Reference Documents for General Meeting of Shareholders
Proposal

Election of Ten (10) Directors (Excluding Directors Who Are Audit and Supervisory
Committee Members)

Among the eleven (11) Directors (excluding Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee members; the same
shall apply hereafter in this proposal) who were elected at the 21st Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on
June 27, 2023, Mr. Takahiro Furiyoshi resigned as of March 31, 2024, and the terms of office of the other ten (10)Directors will expire at the conclusion of this Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. Therefore, the Company
proposes to elect ten (10) Director as follows.
The Audit and Supervisory Committee discussed this proposal in light of the contents of deliberation by thevoluntarily established Nomination and Compensation Committee in which all three (3) Audit and Supervisory
Committee Members participate. As a result, the nomination procedure was appropriately conducted, and the Audit
and Supervisory Committee has determined that all candidates are appropriate to serve as Directors of the Company.
The candidates for Director are as follows:
Candidate
No.

Name

Current position, responsibilities and attributes at the Company

1

Nobuyuki Hatanaka

Chairman of the Board of Directors

2

Hiroaki Suzaki

Representative Director and President

3

Toshiyuki Omote

4

Seiichi Kochiya

5

Yoshiro Uryu

6

Hidetaka Hatanaka

7

Akihito Mizuno

Director and Executive Vice President;
General Management
Director and Executive Vice President;
Head of Sales
Director and Senior Managing Executive
Officer; Head of Corporate Strategy
Planning; General Manager of
Administration Management
Director and Managing Executive Officer;
Head of Product Merchandising; General
Manager of Product Dept.
Director
Representative Director and President of
Japell Co., Ltd.

8

Yuji Nasu

Outside Director

9

Noriko Yao

Outside Director

10

Norio Konishi-3-

Reelection
Man
Reelection
Man
Reelection
Man
ReelectionMan

No. of Board of
Directors meetings
attended
12/12
11/12
12/12
10/10

Reelection
Man

12/12

Reelection
Man

12/12

Reelection
Man

12/12

Independent
OutsideReelection
Man
Independent
OutsideReelection
Woman
Independent
OutsideNew election
Man

12/12

10/10

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Candidate
No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Nobuyuki Hatanaka
August 1, 1949
Reelection
12Career summary, and position and responsibility in the
Company (Significant concurrent positions outside theCompany)
Apr. 1972
Joined Tomen Corporation
Jun. 1974
Joined Syukosha Corporation
Dec. 1998
Representative Director and President
Jan. 2002
Chairman and Executive Director of Ito-Yasu
Corporation
Apr. 2004
Representative Director and President of
SISCO CORPORATION
Oct. 2006
Representative Director and Executive Vice
President of the Company
Apr. 2007
Representative Director and President
Apr. 2017
Representative Director and Chairman & CEO
Jun. 2019
Chairman of the Board of Directors (current
position)

Number of theCompany’s shares
owned

921,408 shares

Tenure as Director
18 yearsReasons for nomination
After assuming the office as Representative Director and President in 2007, Nobuyuki Hatanaka was responsible for theCompany’s management. He strove for expansion and growth of the Company’s business with his superior
management skills and leadership, and led the Company to its current growth path. From 2017, he took charge of theGroup as Representative Director and Chairman & CEO, and since 2019, he has been showing the right direction for
the Group as Chairman of the Board of Directors while leading deliberations informed by the opinions of Outside
Directors as Chair of the voluntarily established Nomination and Compensation Committees. The Company therefore
judges that he is the right person to enhance corporate value of the Company, and nominates him as a candidate for
Director.
Apr. 1978
Joined Daika Corporation
Apr. 2008
Executive Officer and General Manager of
Products Department of Sales Division of theCompany
Apr. 2014
Managing Executive Officer and President of
Chubu Branch
Jun. 2016
Director and Managing Executive Officer, andPresident of Chubu Branch
12,300 sharesJan. 2017
Director and Executive Vice President, andActing General Manager of Sales Management
Hiroaki Suzaki
Apr. 2017
Representative Director and President & COO
October 25, 1955
Apr. 2022
Representative Director and President
Reelection
Apr. 2023
Representative Director and President, andGeneral Manager of Corporate Strategy
Tenure as Director
Planning
8 years
Apr. 2024
Representative Director and President (current
position)
Reasons for nomination
Hiroaki Suzaki has worked in the sales and product divisions since joining the Company, and has extensive businessexperience and knowledge in the Company. He has been in office as Representative Director and President since 2017,and has led the Company’s management since then. He has steadily built excellent business records and has produced
successful results. He is currently promoting each strategy in 2026 Medium-Term Management Plan towards achieving
Long-Term Management Vision 2030. Based on the above, the Company judges that he is expected to demonstratestrong leadership that will contribute to future business growth of the Company and is the right person to enhance
corporate value of the Company, and nominates him as a candidate for Director.

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No.

3

Name
(Date of birth)

Toshiyuki Omote
October 20, 1956
Reelection
Tenure as Director
6 years

4

Career summary, and position and responsibility in the
Company (Significant concurrent positions outside theCompany)
Apr. 1979
Joined Daika Corporation
Apr. 2004
Manager in charge of Wide-Area Mass Sales
Department of East Japan of Sales Division of
the Company
Oct. 2006
Manager of Wide-Area Mass Sales Departmentof Sales Division
Apr. 2010
Executive Officer and Manager of Wide-Area
Mass Sales Department of Sales Division
Apr. 2015
Managing Executive Officer and Manager ofWide-Area Mass Sales Department 1 of Sales
Division
Jun. 2018
Director and Managing Executive Officer, andGeneral Manager of Sales
Apr. 2019
Director and Senior Managing Executive
Officer, and General Manager of Sales
Apr. 2020
Director and Executive Vice President, andGeneral Manager of Sales
Apr. 2024
Director and Executive Vice President, General
Management (current position)

Number of theCompany’s shares
owned

6,700 shares

Reasons for nomination
Since joining the Company, Toshiyuki Omote has held several managerial positions in the sales division. Since 2010 hehas served as Executive Officer and Manager of Wide-Area Mass Sales Department of Sales Division, and has played apart in strengthening the Company’s sales activities and in achieving growth of its business. In his current role as
Director and Executive Vice President, General Management, he works on strengthening and supervising management
strategies for expanding its business and profits. The Company therefore judges that he is the right person to enhance
corporate value of the Company, and nominates him as a candidate for Director.
Sep. 1988
Joined Tanaka Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2004
Kanto Branch Manager of the Company
Aug. 2010
Manager of Wide-Area Mass Sales Dept. of theCompany
Apr. 2017
Executive Officer; Deputy Metropolitan BranchManager
Apr. 2018
Executive Officer; Metropolitan Branch
3,300 shares
Manager
Apr. 2020
Managing Executive Officer; Metropolitan
Seiichi Kochiya
Branch Manager
February 23, 1966
Jun. 2023
Director and Senior Managing Executive
Reelection
Officer; Metropolitan Branch Manager; Deputy
Head of Sales
Tenure as Director
Apr.
2024
Director and Executive Vice President; head of
1 yearSales (current position)
Reasons for nomination
Since joining the Company, Seiichi Kochiya has worked in the logistics and sales divisions, and has expertise in thefield of logistics. Since 2018, as Executive Officer and Metropolitan Branch Manager, and since June 2023 asMetropolitan Branch Manager and Deputy Head of Sales, he has played a role from companywide perspective in
expanding the Company’s performance. In his current role as Director and Executive Vice President, and Head of Sales,
he works on the strategies for expanding its business and profits through strengthening its sales capabilities. The
Company therefore judges that he is the right person to enhance corporate value of the Company, and nominates him asa candidate for Director.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Yoshiro Uryu
January 16, 1970
Reelection
5
Tenure as Director
3 years6

Number of the
Career summary, and position and responsibility in the
Company’s sharesCompany (Significant concurrent positions outside theownedCompany)
Apr. 1994
Joined RYOSHOKU LIMITED (currently
Mitsubishi Shokuhin Co., Ltd.)
Apr. 1999
Joined Sunvic Corporation
Apr. 2011
Branch Manager of Fukuoka Office, Kyushu
Branch of the Company
Apr. 2016
Executive Officer and President of Kyushu
BranchApr. 2019
Executive Officer and General Manager ofCorporate Strategy Planning
Apr. 2020
Managing Executive Officer and General
Manager of Corporate Strategy Planning
113,490 shares
Jun. 2021
Director and Managing Executive Officer,
General Manager of Human Resources, andManager of Personnel
Apr. 2022
Director and Managing Executive Officer,
General Manager of Administration
Management, and General Manager of Human
Resources
Apr. 2024
Director and Senior Managing Executive
Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy
Planning, and General Manager of
Administration Management (current position)

Reasons for nomination
Yoshiro Uryu has worked in the sales and business planning divisions since joining the Company, and has extensive
business experience and knowledge in the Company.
Since 2021, he has been working on development of human resources who will lead the Company in the future as the
Director and Managing Executive Officer, and General Manager of Human Resources. In his current role as Director
and Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Planning, and General Manager of
Administration Management, he has been working on promotion of Growth Strategy for achieving 2026 Medium-Term
Management Plan. The Company therefore judges that he is the right person to enhance the corporate value of theCompany, and nominates him as a candidate for Director.
Apr. 1999
Joined The Sumitomo Bank, Limited (currently
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation)
Aug. 2004
Joined SISCO CORPORATION
Apr. 2010
Advisory Member and Branch Manager of
Kansai Office of the Company
Apr. 2015
Advisory Member and President of Kansai
BranchApr. 2016
Executive Officer and President of Kansai
98,870 shares
BranchApr. 2018
Executive Officer, General Manager of Product
Hidetaka Hatanaka
Merchandising, Manager of Products, andJune 18, 1975
Manager of Product Development
Reelection
Apr. 2020
Managing Executive Officer, General Manager
of Product Merchandising
Tenure as Director
Jun.
2021
Directorand Managing Executive Officer,
3 years
General Manager of Product Merchandising,and Manager of Products (current position)
Reasons for nomination
Since joining the Company, Hidetaka Hatanaka has worked in the sales and product divisions, and has extensive
business experience and knowledge in the Company. Since 2015, he has played a part as Kansai Branch Manager instrengthening the Company’s sales activities and in achieving growth of its business. Since 2018, as Executive Officer
and General Manager of Product Merchandising, and from 2021 as Director and Managing Executive Officer, General
Manager of Product Merchandising, and Manager of Products, he has worked on enhancing the handling of attractive
products which are at the core of the Company. The Company therefore judges that he is the right person to enhance thecorporate value of the Company, and nominates him as a candidate for Director.

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Candidate
No.

7

8

Name
(Date of birth)

Akihito Mizuno
December 20, 1963
Reelection

Career summary, and position and responsibility in the
Company (Significant concurrent positions outside theCompany)
Apr. 1986
Joined Japell Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2010
Director, General Manager of West Japan Sales
Dept.
Jun. 2013
Managing Director; Head of Sales
Jun. 2015
Senior Managing Director, Head of Sales
Division
Jun. 2016
Representative Director and President (current
position)
Apr. 2017
Representative Director and President of Japell
Partnership Service Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2020
Director of the Company (current position)(Significant concurrent position outside the Company)
Representative Director and President of Japell Co., Ltd.

Number of theCompany’s shares
owned

6,716 shares

Tenure as Director
4 years
Reasons for nomination
Since 2016, Akihito Mizuno has served as Representative Director and President of Japell Co., Ltd., the leading
specialist wholesaler of pet products and a subsidiary of the Company, and has been instrumental in driving thecompany’s business growth and raising its position in the industry under his strong leadership. In anticipation ofadequate advice being given by him on execution of the business based on his abundant knowledge and experience, theCompany judges that he is the right person to enhance corporate value of the Company, and nominates him as a
candidate for Director.
Apr. 1980
Joined Sumitomo Corporation
Nov. 1997
General Manager of Sales Dept. I of Sumitomo
Deutschland GMBH
Nov. 2003
General Manager of Osaka Machinery System
Dept., Sumitomo Corporation
Apr. 2009
Director of Sumitomo Shoji Machinex Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2010
Representative Director and President
Apr. 2010
Administration officer of Sumitomo- shares
Yuji Nasu
Corporation
June 14, 1955
Jun. 2016
Representative Director and Chairman ofIndependent
Sumitomo Shoji Machinex Co., Ltd.
OutsideApr. 2019
AdvisorReelection
Jun. 2022
Outside Director of the Company (current
position)
Tenure as Outside Director
2 years
Reasons for nomination and summary of expected roles
Yuji Nasu has a high level of expertise and experience in overall corporate management, including serving as President
and Representative Director of Sumitomo Corporation Group company, and is expected to provide appropriate
supervision and advice on the execution of operations from an objective perspective to ensure valid and appropriate
decision-making in the Company’s management. If elected, the candidate will continue to serve as a member of theNomination and Compensation Committee and will be involved from an independent standpoint in the selection ofcandidates for the Company’s Board of Directors and in decisions regarding their remuneration, etc.

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Candidate
No.

9

10

Number of the
Career summary, and position and responsibility in the
Company’s sharesCompany (Significant concurrent positions outside theownedCompany)
Mar. 1995
Completed the Legal Training and ResearchInstitute of Supreme Court
Apr. 1995
Registered with Fukuoka Bar Association as an
attorney at law
Sep. 2001
Joined the Paul Hastings Janowski & Walker
Oct. 2002
Qualified as a lawyer in the State of New York;registered as a lawyer with Daini-Tokyo Bar
Association
Jul. 2007
Joined TMI Associates
Jan. 2008
Partner (current position)
Jun. 2016
Outside Corporate Auditor of SATO Holdings- shares
Corporation (current position)
Noriko Yao
Jun. 2019
Outside Director of ASAHI Net, Inc. (current
August 27, 1967
position)Independent
Jun. 2021
Outside Director of JGC HOLDINGS
OutsideCORPORATION (current position)
Reelection
Jun. 2023
Outside Director of the Company (current
position)
Tenure as Outside Director(Significant
concurrent
positions outside the Company)
1 yearPartner of TMI Associates
Outside Corporate Auditor of SATO Holdings Corporation
Outside Director of ASAHI Net, Inc.
Outside Director of JGC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reasons for nomination and summary of expected roles
Noriko Yao is nominated as a candidate for outside Director because she can be expected to provide accurate advice onmanagement and business execution and to monitor and audit the Company’s management from an independent
standpoint, drawing on her extensive experience, expertise, and high-level insight as an international lawyer. Although
without the experience of corporate management other than being an outside officer, we believe that the candidate will
be able to appropriately perform duties as an outside Director for the above reasons. If elected, the candidate willcontinue to serve as a member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee and will be involved from an
independent standpoint in the selection of candidates for the Company’s Board of Directors and in decisions regarding
their remuneration, etc.
Apr. 1981
Joined Nichimen Co., Ltd. (currently Sojitz
Corporation)
Oct. 1986
Joined Yamaboshiya Co., Ltd.
Jan. 1993
DirectorJan. 1996
Representative Director and President
Jun. 2018
Representative Director, President andExecutive Officer
Apr. 2022
Representative Director and Chairman (current- shares
Norio Konishi
position)
February 13, 1958
(Significant concurrent positions outside the Company)
Independent
Representative Director and Chairman of Yamaboshiya Co., Ltd.
OutsideNew election
Name(Date of birth)

Tenure as Outside Director- years
Reasons for nomination and summary of expected roles
Norio Konishi has experience in overall corporate management as President and Representative Director of
Yamaboshiya Co., Ltd., and we can expect him to make proper decisions and make observations on the execution ofbusiness from an objective perspective regarding Company management, and based on his years of experience withlogistics in the food industry, which is different from the Company, we expect a synergetic effect as he utilizes his
knowhow and experience not found in the cosmetics wholesale business. The Company therefore nominates him as a
new candidate for Outside Director. If elected, the candidate will serve as a member of the Nomination andCompensation Committee and will be involved from an independent standpoint in the selection of candidates for theCompany’s Board of Directors and in decisions regarding their remuneration, etc.

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1.
2.
3.
4.

There is no special interest between any of the candidates and the Company.
Yuji Nasu, Noriko Yao and Norio Konishi are candidates for outside Director.
The name of candidate Noriko Yao in the family register is Noriko Seto.
Candidate Noriko Yao is a Partner of TMI Associates (“TMI”), with which the Company concluded an advisory
agreement in April 2021, but she is not the lawyer in charge of handling matters related to the Company, and TMI is but
one firm among several legal advisory firms that the Company does business with (currently five firms). Moreover, theCompany considers the advisory fee it pays to TMI is a typical amount. Therefore, the Company believes Noriko Yao’s
independence is intact with no potential for conflicts of interest to arise, and that she can perform her duties as a
Director from a fair, neutral and independent standpoint. The advisory fees constitute less than 0.1% when comparedagainst net sales for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024.
5. The Company has entered into a limited liability agreement with Yuji Nasu and Noriko Yao under the provisions ofArticle 423, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, pursuant to the provisions of Article 427, Paragraph 1 of the same Act.
The maximum liability for damages based on this agreement is limited to the amount prescribed in Article 425,
Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act. If the reappointment of Yuji Nasu and Noriko Yao is approved, the Company plans
to continue this agreement with them. In addition, if the election of Norio Konishi is approved, the Company plans toenter into the same limited liability agreement with him.
6. The Company has entered into a directors and officers liability insurance policy as provided for in Article 430-3,
paragraph (1) of the Companies Act with an insurance company, making all Directors insureds. This insurance policy
covers the legally mandated amount of indemnification and litigation expenses to be borne by an insured (however,there are reasons for coverage exclusion, such as exclusion of coverage for any damage resulting from performance of acriminal act, a fraudulent act, or the like with full knowledge of its violation of laws and regulations, and rules), and all
the premiums for insureds are fully borne by the Company. If each candidate assumes the office of Director, each ofthem will be included in the policy as an insured. The Company plans to renew the said policy with the same kind ofdetails during their terms of office.
7. The Company has notified Yuji Nasu, Noriko Yao and Norio Konishi as independent officers as stipulated by the Tokyo
Stock Exchange. If Yuji Nasu and Noriko Yao are reappointed, the Company plans for their designation as independent
officers to continue. If the election of Norio Konishi is approved, the Company plans to designate him as anindependent officer.

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(Reference) Skill Matrix of the Board of Directors after the General Meeting of Shareholders
If the candidates listed in this Notice of Convocation are elected as originally proposed, the skill matrix of Directors
will be as follows:
Skill
Management

Financial accounting

Personnel/Labor
management

Sustainability

Compliance/Legal affairs

Business strategy

GlobalLogistics/DX

Reasons for selection of each skill and details of the skills
Because it is necessary to be well-versed in business and industry trends, and have experience andachievements from being involved in management of a company in order to formulate and executestrategies for sustainable growth.
Because it is necessary to have abundant knowledge and experience in the field of finance andaccounting from a management perspective in order to formulate financial strategies to enhance
corporate value. Furthermore, the Company believes that persons who possess experience in financial
companies and are qualified as a certified public accountant have knowledge and skills in finance andaccounting.
Because it is necessary to have Directors who possess solid insight and experience related topersonnel, organization and internal control as the Company believes that “human resources” are themost important asset for achieving Long-Term Management Vision 2030 and enhancing sustained
corporate value.
Because it is necessary to have abundant knowledge in the field of sustainability in order to achieve
the sustainability-related targets in Long-Term Management Vision 2030 and reform ESG
management.
Because it is necessary to have Directors who possess abundant knowledge related to risk
management and corporate governance as well as the skills to supervise management from a legal
perspective in order to establish the strong governance structure that will become the foundation forsustainable growth.
Because it is necessary to have Directors who possess advanced knowledge and abundant experience
related to marketing, logistics and IT & systems, from wholesale-related purchasing to sale, and who
can comprehensively make proposals for and promote business strategies from a medium- to longterm perspective for sustainable growth.
Because it is necessary to have Directors who have a global perspective and possess experience andskills from being involved in overseas business management in order to expand overseas businesses,
which is an important matter in Long-Term Management Vision 2030.
Because it is necessary to have Directors who possess insight regarding logistics and DX in order tosteer productivity improvement initiatives targeting both logistics reforms centered on the wholesale
business and DX promotion involving the advancement of IT and shift to digital systems for overallbusiness operations, amid the rising cost of logistics that is mainly due to the “2024 Problem” andrising labor costs.

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● Skills and experience possessed
Skill
Name

NobuyukiHatanaka
Hiroaki
SuzakiToshiyuki
Omote
Seiichi
Kochiya
YoshiroUryu
Hidetaka
Hatanaka

Independent
OutsidePosition

Chairman of theBoard of Directors
Representative
Director andPresident
Director andExecutive Vice
President
Director andExecutive Vice
President
Director and Senior
Managing Executive
Officer
Director andManaging Executive
OfficerManagement

●

●

●

●

Yuji Nasu

Outside Director●

Noriko Yao

Outside Director

Norio
Konishi

Outside Director

Satoshi
Hiramitsu
TomokoSakamoto

Sustainability

Compliance/Legalaffairs

Businessstrategy

GlobalLogistics/
DX

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Director

Outside Director
who is Audit andSupervisory
Committee Member
Outside Director
who is Audit andSupervisory
Committee Member
Outside Director
who is Audit andSupervisory
Committee Member

Personnel/
Labor
management●

AkihitoMizuno

Hideo Ishii

Financialaccounting◎ Expected skills in the future

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