March 25, 2024
Company name:

UT Group Co., Ltd.

Representative:

Yoichi Wakayama, President,
Representative Director & CEO(Securities code:2146, TSE Prime Market)

For inquiries:

Takahito Yamada, Executive Officerand Division Manager, General
Affairs DivisionTEL:+81-3-5447-1710

UT Group Announces Changes in Representative Directors and to Management
Structure to Have Two Representative Directors With the Aim of Achieving theFourth Medium-Term Business PlanAt the Board of Directors meeting held today, UT Group Co., Ltd. has decided on the following changes inRepresentative Directors. UT Group will further promote the Rolling Plan of the Fourth Medium-TermBusiness Plan under a management structure of two Representative Directors.
1.

Name and title of representative directors to be transferred
NameYoichi WAKAYAMA
Manabu SOTOMURA

2.

New title

Current title

Chairman andPresident andRepresentative Director

Representative Director

President andDirector andRepresentative Director

Executive Officer

Reason for the change
Under the Rolling Plan of the Fourth Medium-Term Business Plan announced in February 2024, UTGroup will “shift to a strategy primarily keyed to the perspective of workers” with the aim of “becoming
the most preferred company by dispatch workers” by FY3/2026, the final year of the plan. We
recognize the provision of the dispatch workstyle as a service for workers as the labor market has
become the sellers’ market due to the continued labor shortages caused by the declining workingage population in Japan. We intend to build a highly convenient service. In addition, in response tochanges in the business environment, we will be engaged in hiring activities and service developmentwith a sense of speed more than ever.
Sotomura has provided strong leadership in the Group, as a director in charge of all businessdivisions of the Company, by utilizing his abundant business experience in the areas of HR affairs,HR development, and sales, as well as his knowledge of overall management. In promoting the1 / 3

Rolling Plan, the management structure of two representative directors, with Wakayama as
Chairman and Representative Director and Sotomura as President and Representative Director, will
accelerate decision-making and strengthen business execution functions.
Sotomura will lead the business and be in charge of achieving the Rolling Plan by improving thequality of the “dispatch services” through the establishment of service base and business foundation.
He will also be engaged in strengthening the organizational capability. Wakayama will play a key rolein formulating the next medium-term business plan and management policies to realize UT Group’s
long-term management vision for FY3/2030.
As a leading company in manufacturing dispatch, we will work together to create a new type of worker
dispatch business for the manufacturing industry, ultimately aiming to realize our Purpose, “We atUT Group aim to realize a society in which all people who are willing to work are equally given
opportunities for skill development and career formation, and are treated fairly.”3.

Biography of the newly appointed Representative Director
NumberNameCareer(Date of birth)of shares
owned

April 1991

Joined Recruit Co., Ltd.

April 2002

General Manager of HR Headquarters, Integrated Planning
Department, Recruit Co., Ltd.

April 2006

General Manager of HR Department and General Manager ofGeneral Affairs Department, Recruit Co., Ltd.

April 2011

Company Officer of HR Company, New Graduates Planning Section,Recruit Co., Ltd.

ManabuSOTOMURA(January 21, 1968)

May 2012

Corporate Officer of BELLSYSTEM24, Inc.

March 2014

Managing Corporate Officer of BELLSYSTEM24, Inc.

March 2014

Corporate Officer of BELLSYSTEM24 Holdings, Inc.

June 2017

Joined UT Group Co., Ltd. as Senior Executive Officer and HeadOfficer of the CEO’s Office

June 2019

Director of UT Group Co., Ltd. (current)

April 2020

Senior Executive Officer, Division Manager of the Management
Reformation Division of UT Group Co., Ltd.

April 2023

Executive Officer in charge of the Manufacturing Business Division,
Area Strategy Business Division, Strategic Investment Division andthe Service Development Division of UT Group Co., Ltd. (current)

April 2023

President and Representative Director, UT Aim Co., Ltd. (current)
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12,299sharesApril 2023

President and Representative Director, UT Connect Co., Ltd.
(current)

4.

Scheduled date of appointment
April 1, 2024
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