February 25, 2020

Company Name:

GMO Internet, Inc.
(TSE First Section, Code: 9449)

Address:

26-1 Sakuragaoka-cho Shibuya-ku Tokyo JAPAN

Representative:

Masatoshi Kumagai, Founder, Chairman and Group CEO

Contact:

Masashi Yasuda, Executive Vice President and CFO, Head ofGroup Management Division

Telephone:+81 3 5456 2555

URL:

https://www.gmo.jp/en

Notice of Board of Director Candidate Appointments
The GMO Internet, Inc. Board of Directors agreed at a meeting convened today to put forward the following two
new candidates to serve on the Board of Directors (including Audit Committee Member) to the Annual General
Shareholders’ Meeting to be held on March 30, 2020. All of the current 19 members’ terms expire at the end of
the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting on March 30, 2020, and all but 1 member is nominated to serve
another term.

New Board of Director Candidates

1.

Name:

Noriko Inagaki

Date of Birth:

July 9, 1970

Current Role:GMO Internet, Inc. General Manager of Group Financial Department
ProfileJuly 2003

Joined Global Media Online, Inc. (currently, GMO Internet, Inc.)

January 2013

GMO Internet, Inc. Manager of Group Financial Department

March 2016

GMO Internet, Inc. General Manager of Group Financial Department(current position)

2.

New Board of Director (Audit Committee Member) Candidates
Name:

Koichi Tachibana1

Date of Birth:

February 24, 1970

Current Role:GMO Research, Inc. Auditor
GMO Media, Inc. Auditor
GMO Internet, Inc. General Manager of Group Risk Management
Department
ProfileJune 2000

Joined interQ, Inc. (currently, GMO Internet, Inc.)

December 2001

Global Media Online, Inc. (currently, GMO Internet, Inc.) General Managerof Management Audit Office
Global Media Online, Inc. (currently, GMO Internet, Inc.) Director andMarch 2003

General Manager of Group Legal Audit Office
Global Media Online, Inc. (currently, GMO Internet, Inc.) Director andMarch 2004

General Manager of Group Legal Strategy Office
GMO Internet, Inc. Director and General Manager of Group Legal

January 2009

Department
March 2013

GMO Internet, Inc. General Manager of Group Support Office

March 2016

GMO Research, Inc. Auditor (current position)

March 2016

GMO Media, Inc. Auditor (current position)

July 2017

GMO Internet, Inc. General Manager of Group Risk Management
Department (current position)

3. Retiring Members of the Board (Audit Committee Member)Name:

Masahiro Muto

*To retire at the conclusion of FY2019 Annual General Shareholders meeting to be convened on
March 30, 2020.

4. Current members
As the Directors are reelected at the end of the FY2019 Annual General Shareholders Meeting to be held on
March 30, 2020, as described above, the titles of the Directors are planned as follows.
We will officially determine the titles of the Directors at the Board of Directors meeting scheduled after the above
annual general shareholders meeting.
(Changes Underlined)Name

New title

Current title

Masatoshi Kumagai

As per the current title

Founder, Chairman and Group CEO

Masashi Yasuda

As per the current title

Executive Vice President and CFO

Hiroyuki Nishiyama

As per the current title

Executive Vice President and COO

Issei Ainoura

As per the current title

Executive Vice President

2Tadashi Ito*Executive Vice PresidentManaging Director

Hirofumi Yamashita

As per the current title

Managing Director

Katsumi Arisawa*Managing Director

Executive Director

Toshiaki Horiuchi

As per the current title

Executive Director

Teruhiro Arai

*Executive Director

Director

Yasuo Hayashi*Executive Director

Director

Kimihiro Kodama

As per the current title

Director

Ichiro Chujo

As per the current title

Director

Makoto Hashiguchi

As per the current title

Director

Atsuko Fukui

As per the current title

Director

Takehito Kaneko

As per the current title

Director

Noriko Inagaki

Director(New)Koichi Tachibana

Director
Audit Committee Member(New)

Keigo Ogura

As per the current title

Takashi Gunjikake

As per the current title

Kaname Masuda

As per the current title

Director (independent director)
Audit Committee Member
Director (independent director)
Audit Committee Member
Director (independent director)
Audit Committee Member*Messrs. Tadashi Ito, Katsumi Arisawa, Teruhiro Arai, and Yasuo Hayashi will be promoted.

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