December 5, 2022

Company Name:

GMO Internet Group, Inc.
(TSE Prime Market, 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 Group CFO,
Deputy to Group CEO, Head of Group Management Division

Telephone:+81 3 5456 2555

URL:

https://www.gmo.jp/en

Notice of Change in the Accounting Period (the Last Day of the Business Year) andAmendment to Articles of Incorporation

GMO Internet Group, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that on December 5, 2022, its Board of Directors
passed a resolution to submit the following proposals regarding the change in the accounting period (the lastday of the business year) and an amendment to Articles of Incorporation to the extraordinary general meeting ofshareholders to be convened on December 23, 2022.

Change in the accounting period (the last day of the business year)(1) Reason for change
GMO Internet Group decided to change its accounting period (the last day of the business year) from
December 31 to January 31 to disclose financial results appropriately and for the efficient running of operations
in group corporate management, etc. by avoiding overlap between peak season and fiscal year-end.
1.

(2) Details of change
Current
RevisedDecember 31 every year
January 31 every year

As a transitional period to implement the change, the Company plans to make the 32nd fiscal term a thirteenmonth fiscal period beginning January 1, 2022, and ending January 31, 2023.
(3) Outlook
The Company will change the accounting period (the last day of the business year) if amendments to part of
the Articles of Incorporation are approved at the extraordinary shareholders meeting to be held on December
23, 2022.
Amendments to part of the company’s Articles of Incorporation(1) Reasons for the amendment
We amend part of the company’s Articles of Incorporation and establish the supplementary provisions astransitional measures due to changes in a record date of dividend from surplus and fiscal year-end.
2.

1(2) Details of amendments (changes underlined)
Current
Article 13 (Record Date)
1. The shareholders with voting rights listed orrecorded on the final shareholder register ofDecember 31 every year will be the shareholders
entitled to exercise their rights at the Annual General
Shareholders Meeting for the given accounting
period.

Revised
Article 13 (Record Date)
1. The shareholders with voting rights listed orrecorded on the final shareholder register of January
31 every year will be the shareholders entitled toexercise their rights at the Annual General
Shareholders Meeting for the given accounting
period.

2.
Omitted
Article 21 (Convocation)
1. An ordinary general meeting of shareholders shallbe convened in March every year. An extraordinary
general meeting of shareholders may be convened
as necessary.

2.
As per the current provisions
Article 21 (Convocation)
1. An ordinary general meeting of shareholders shallbe convened within three (3) months after the end ofeach business year. An extraordinary general
meeting of shareholders may be convened asnecessary.

2.
Omitted
Article 49 (Business Year)
The Company's business year is from January 1 toDecember 31 every year.
Article 51 (Record Date for Dividend from Surplus)
1. The Company's record dates for a dividend fromsurplus are March 31, June 30, September 30, andDecember 31 of each year.

2.
As per the current provisions
Article 49 (Business Year)
The Company's business year is from February 1 ofeach year to January 31 of the following year.
Article 51 (Record Date for Dividend from Surplus)
1. The Company's record dates for a dividend fromsurplus are April 30, July 31, October 31, andJanuary 31 of each year.

2.
Omitted(Supplementary provisions)
1-2
Omitted2.
As per the current provisions(Supplementary provisions)1-2
As per the current provisions(Transitional measures for electronic provision
measure, etc.)
3-4
Omitted(Transitional measures for electronic provision
measure, etc.)
3-4
As per the current provisions

5. This supplementary provision shall be deleted after
the later of either the date six months from theEnforcement Date or the date three months from thedate of the General Meeting of Shareholders as setforth in the preceding paragraph.

5. The preceding two paragraphs and this paragraphshall be deleted after the later of either the date six
months from the Enforcement Date or the date threemonths from the date of the General Meeting ofShareholders as set forth in the preceding paragraph.

(Date of entry into force of the Articles ofIncorporation)
6. Date of entry into force of change of Article 1(company name) is September 1, 2022.

Deleted(New)(Transitional measures for the business year)
6. Notwithstanding Article 49 (Business Year), thebusiness year beginning January 1, 2022, will be athirteen-month fiscal period ending January 31, 2023.

(New)

7. The preceding paragraph and this paragraph shallbe deleted after January 31, 2023.

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(New)(Transitional measures for the record date for adividend from surplus)
8. For Article 51 (Record Date for Dividend fromSurplus), regarding the business year beginning
January 1, 2022, the changed Articles ofIncorporation will be applied.
9. The preceding paragraph and this paragraph shallbe deleted after January 31, 2023.

(3) Schedule
Date of an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders
Effective date of amendments to Articles of Incorporation3

December 23, 2022
December 23, 2022