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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATIONOFSoftBank Group Corp.
Established on:
Revised on:

3rd of September, 1981
24th of August, 1984
25th of November, 1988
20th of November, 1989
8th of December, 1989
13th of February, 1990
29th of March, 1990
28th of June, 1990
27th of September, 1990
26th of June, 1991
12th of February, 1992
28th of July, 1992
24th of March, 1993
14th of June, 1994
9th of February, 1995
29th of June, 1995
26th of June, 1996
24th of June, 1997
19th of June, 1998
1st of October, 1999
23rd of June, 2000
21st of June, 2001
21st of June, 2002
24th of June, 2003
24th of June, 2004
22nd of June, 2005
5th of January, 2006
23rd of June, 2006
24th of June, 2009
6th of January, 2010
24th of June, 2011
21st of June, 2013
19th of June, 2015
1st of July, 2015
28th of June, 2019
23rd of June, 2021
24th of June, 2022

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATIONCHAPTER I: GENERAL PROVISIONS(CORPORATE NAME)ARTICLE 1. The Company shall be called “SOFTBANK GROUP
KABUSHIKI KAISHA” and referred to as “SoftBank Group Corp.” in English.
(PURPOSES)
ARTICLE 2. The purposes of the Company shall be to control and manage
the business activities of companies and business entities which perform thefollowing business activities in and outside Japan by acquiring and owning shares ofsuch companies or equity of such business entities:
1.

business concerning acquisition, holding, and management of securities;2.

business concerning management and administration of assets of venture
capital funds;

3.

business concerning consulting regarding management in general and public
offering;

4.

telecommunications business in accordance with the Telecommunications
Business Law and any other business concerning telecommunications;

5.

business concerning development, manufacturing, sale, management andrental of telecommunications equipment, electrical equipment, peripheraldevices and external attachments thereof, software and system;

6.

business concerning development, manufacturing, sale, management andrental of software using communications networks and electronic technology;

7.

business concerning publishing, broadcasting, media and content;

8.

business concerning financial instruments;

9.

business concerning finance;

10.

business concerning electronic settlement;

11.

business concerning solicitation activities, agency services and any otherservices for non-life and life insurance;

12.

business concerning acquisition, sale, rental and maintenance of, andintermediary services for real estate and any other real estate business;

13.

business concerning advertisement
advertisement business;

agencyservices

and

any

other

14.

business concerning medical services, education, culture, sport, travel,
restaurants and entertainment;

15.

charged recruiting business and worker dispatching business;

16.

acquisition of copyright, neighboring rights, industrial property rights, knowhow and any other intellectual property rights, and business concerning themaintenance/operation of such rights;

17.

business concerning power generation involving renewable energy, etc. andits operation and management as well as supply, sale, etc. of electricity;

18.

business concerning transportation services and warehousing services;19.

business concerning acquisition and sale of antiques and secondhand items
and intermediary service for acquisition and sale of such goods;

20.

commercial trade and business with respect to each item above using theInternet, etc.;

21.

providing services, training and consultation with respect to each item above;
and

22.

any and all businesses relating to or incidental to each item above.

2.
The Company may conduct businesses in each item in the preceding
paragraph and any and all other businesses relating to or incidental to such items.
(LOCATION OF HEAD OFFICE)
ARTICLE 3. The head office of the Company shall be situated in Minato-ku,
Tokyo.
(METHOD OF PUBLIC NOTICES)ARTICLE 4. Public notices of the Company shall be given electronically;
however, if public notices cannot be given electronically due to any accident or otherunavoidable event, public notices shall be published in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun.
CHAPTER II: SHARES(TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED)ARTICLE 5. The total number of shares authorized to be issued by theCompany shall be seven billion and two hundred million (7,200,000,000) shares.
(ACQUISITION OF TREASURY STOCK)ARTICLE 6. The Company may, by resolution of the Board of Directors,
acquire treasury stocks through market trading or otherwise pursuant to the provisionsof Article 165, Paragraph 2 of the Companies Act.
(NUMBER OF SHARES CONSTITUTING ONE UNIT)
ARTICLE 7. The number of shares constituting one unit of the Company
shall be one hundred (100) shares.
(RIGHTS OF SHAREHOLDERS HOLDING SHARES LESS THAN ONE UNIT)
ARTICLE 8. The shareholders of the Company shall not exercise any rights
other than those described below with respect to shares less than one unit held by
them.
1.
2.
3.

the rights specified in each Item of Article 189, Paragraph 2 of theCompanies Act;the right to make a claim under the provisions of Article 166, Paragraph 1of the Companies Act; andthe right to receive an allotment of offered shares and an allotment ofoffered stock acquisition rights, in proportion to the number of shares heldby each shareholder.

(ADMINISTRATOR OF REGISTER OF SHAREHOLDERS)ARTICLE 9. The Company shall have an administrator of its register ofshareholders.
2.
The administrator of the register of shareholders and the place ofhandling business shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors andpublic notice shall be given thereof.
3.
The preparation and keeping of the register of shareholders, theoriginal register of stock acquisition rights of the Company and other businesspertaining to the register of shareholders, and the original register of stock acquisitionrights shall be handled by the administrator of the register of shareholders on
consignment and shall not be handled by the Company.
(SHARE HANDLING RULES)ARTICLE 10. The handling of the exercise of rights by the shareholders andstock acquisition right holders of the Company, and the handling of shares and stockacquisition rights of the Company and fees therefor shall be subject to the ShareHandling Rules established by the Board of Directors, as well as law, ordinance, andthese Articles of Incorporation.

CHAPTER III: GENERAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS(CONVOCATION)
ARTICLE 11. The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company
shall be convened within three (3) months from the day following the last day of eachbusiness year, and an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders may be
convened from time to time, whenever necessary.
2.
The General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company may be a
General Meeting of Shareholders with no restriction on the meeting place.
(RECORD DATE FOR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS)ARTICLE 12. The record date for voting rights at the Annual General
Meeting of Shareholders of the Company shall be the 31st of March each year.
(PERSON TO CONVENE MEETINGS AND CHAIRMAN)
ARTICLE 13. The Board Director predetermined by the Board of Directors
shall convene the General Meeting of Shareholders and act as the chairman of such
Meeting, unless otherwise provided by law or ordinance.
2.
When the Board Director prescribed in the preceding paragraph isunable to do so, other Board Directors shall take his place in the order predeterminedby the Board of Directors.
(MEASURES FOR PROVISION IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT, ETC.)ARTICLE 14. In convening a General Meeting of Shareholders, the Company
shall take measures for provision in electronic format in relation to information
constituting the contents of reference documents, etc. for the General Meeting of
Shareholders.
2.
Of the matters subject to measures for provision in electronic format,
the Company may forgo stating all or part of the matters stipulated by ordinance ofthe Ministry of Justice in written documents delivered to shareholders who haverequested delivery of written documents before the record date for voting rights.
(METHOD OF RESOLUTION)
ARTICLE 15. Unless otherwise provided by law, ordinance or these Articles
of Incorporation, the resolutions of a General Meeting of Shareholders shall beadopted by a majority of the voting rights represented by the shareholders present
who are entitled to exercise voting rights.
2.
The resolutions provided for in Article 309, Paragraph 2 of theCompanies Act shall be adopted by no less than two-thirds (2/3) of the voting rights
of shareholders present at the meeting whereby shareholders representing no less than
one-third (1/3) of the voting rights of shareholders who are entitled to exercise voting
rights are present.
(EXERCISE OF VOTING RIGHTS BY PROXY)ARTICLE 16. A shareholder may exercise his/her/its voting rights by proxy,
which shall be one other shareholder of the Company entitled to vote.
2.
In the event of the preceding paragraph, the shareholder or proxy shallsubmit to the Company a document providing evidence for the authority of suchproxy for each General Meeting of Shareholders.

CHAPTER IV: BOARD DIRECTORS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS(ESTABLISHMENT OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS)ARTICLE 17. The Company shall have a Board of Directors.
(NUMBER OF BOARD DIRECTORS)ARTICLE 18. The number of Board Directors of the Company shall not be
more than eleven (11).
(ELECTION OF BOARD DIRECTORS)ARTICLE 19. The Board Directors shall be elected at a General Meeting of
Shareholders.
2.
The resolution for the election of Board Directors shall be adopted bya majority of the voting rights represented by shareholders present at the meeting
whereby shareholders representing no less than one-third (1/3) of the voting rights ofthe shareholders who are entitled to exercise voting rights are present.
3.
No cumulative voting shall be conducted in the election of Board
Directors of the Company.
(TERM OF OFFICE OF BOARD DIRECTORS)ARTICLE 20. The Term of Office for a Board Director shall expire upon theclose of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders for the last business year ending
within one (1) year after his election.
(PERSON TO CONVENE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND CHAIRMAN)
ARTICLE 21. The Board Director predetermined by the Board of Directors
shall convene Meetings of the Board of Directors and act as the chairman of such
Meeting, unless otherwise provided by law or ordinance.
2.
When the Board Director prescribed in the preceding paragraph isunable to do so, other Board Directors shall take his place in the order predeterminedby the Board of Directors.
(CONVOCATION PROCEDURES FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING)
ARTICLE 22. Notice of convocation of Board of Directors meeting of theCompany shall be dispatched to each Board Director and Audit & Supervisory Board
Member no later than three (3) days prior to the date of the meetings; provided,
however, that in case of emergency, such period may be shortened.
(CEO AND BOARD DIRECTORS WITH SPECIFIC TITLE)
ARTICLE 23. The Company shall, by resolution of the Board of Directors,
appoint one (1) CEO. The Company may also, by resolution of the Board of Directors,
appoint several Board Directors with specific titles from among the Board Directors
as deemed necessary.
(REPRESENTATIVE BOARD DIRECTOR)
ARTICLE 24. The Company shall, by resolution of the Board of Directors,
appoint a Board Director to represent the Company from among the Board Directors.
2.

The Representative Board Director shall represent the Company.

(OMISSION OF RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS)ARTICLE 25. If the requirements set forth in Article 370 of the Companies
Act are satisfied, the Company shall deem that the resolution of the Board of
Directors has been adopted.
(EXECUTION OF DUTIES)ARTICLE 26. The CEO shall exercise control over the business of theCompany and execute his duties in accordance with the allocation of duties
determined by the Board of Directors.

2.
When the CEO is unable to do so, other persons shall take his place inthe order predetermined by the Board of Directors.
(BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULATIONS)ARTICLE 27. Matters relating to the Board of Directors shall be governed by
the Board of Directors Regulations established by the Board of Directors, unlessotherwise provided by law, ordinance, or these Articles of Incorporation.
(COMPENSATION, ETC. OF BOARD DIRECTORS)ARTICLE 28. The compensations and short-term cash-based incentives (STI)of Board Directors and other property benefit received by Board Directors from theCompany as consideration for the execution of their duties (“Compensation, etc.”)
shall be determined by a resolution of a General Meeting of Shareholders.
(LIMITATION OF BOARD DIRECTORS’ LIABILITY)
ARTICLE 29. Pursuant to the provisions of Article 426, Paragraph 1 of theCompanies Act, the Company may, by resolution of the Board of Directors, exempt
Board Directors (including former Board Directors) from the liability to compensate
for damage due to a failure to perform their duties to the extent permitted by law andordinance.
2.
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 427, Paragraph 1 of the Companies
Act, the Company may enter into an agreement with Board Directors (other than an
executive director, etc.) to limit their liability to compensate for damage due to a
failure to perform their duties; provided, however, that the limit of liability under suchagreement shall be up to the predetermined amount of JPY ten million (10,000,000) or
above, or the amount prescribed by law and ordinance, whichever is higher.

CHAPTER V: AUDIT & SUPERVISORY BOARD MEMBERS AND AUDIT &SUPERVISORY BOARD(ESTABLISHMENT OF AUDIT & SUPERVISORY BOARD MEMBERS AND AUDIT &SUPERVISORY BOARD)
ARTICLE 30. The Company shall have Audit & Supervisory Board Members
and Audit & Supervisory Board.
(NUMBER OF AUDIT & SUPERVISORY BOARD MEMBERS)ARTICLE 31. The number of Audit & Supervisory Board Members of theCompany shall not be more than five (5).
(ELECTION OF AUDIT & SUPERVISORY BOARD MEMBERS)ARTICLE 32. The Audit & Supervisory Board Members shall be elected at a
General Meeting of Shareholders.
2.
The resolution for the election of Audit & Supervisory Board
Members shall be adopted by a majority of the voting rights represented byshareholders present at the meeting whereby shareholders representing no less than
one-third (1/3) of voting rights of the shareholders who are entitled to exercise voting
rights are present.
(TERM OF OFFICE OF AUDIT & SUPERVISORY BOARD MEMBERS)ARTICLE 33. The Term of Office for an Audit & Supervisory Board Member
shall expire upon the close of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders for the lastbusiness year ending within four (4) years after his election.
2.
The Term of Office for an Audit & Supervisory Board Member
elected to fill the vacancy of an Audit & Supervisory Board Member who resigned
before the expiration of his Term of Office, shall expire at the time when the Term of
Office of the resigned Audit & Supervisory Board Member would have expired.
(FULL-TIME AUDIT & SUPERVISORY BOARD MEMBER)
ARTICLE 34. The Audit & Supervisory Board shall appoint one or more
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Members by its resolution.
(NOTICE OF CONVOCATION FOR AUDIT & SUPERVISORY BOARD MEETING)
ARTICLE 35. Notice of convocation of Audit & Supervisory Board meetingof the Company shall be dispatched to each Audit & Supervisory Board Member nolater than three (3) days prior to the date of the meetings; provided, however, that incase of emergency, such period may be shortened.
2.
Upon the unanimous consent of all Audit & Supervisory Board
Members, an Audit & Supervisory Board meeting may be held without convocation
procedures.
(AUDIT & SUPERVISORY BOARD REGULATIONS)ARTICLE 36. Matters relating to the Audit & Supervisory Board shall begoverned by the Audit & Supervisory Board Regulations established by the Audit &Supervisory Board, unless otherwise provided by law, ordinance, or these Articles ofIncorporation.
(COMPENSATION, ETC. OF AUDIT & SUPERVISORY BOARD MEMBERS)ARTICLE 37. The Compensation, etc. of Audit & Supervisory Board
Members shall be determined by a resolution of a General Meeting of Shareholders.

(LIMITATION OF AUDIT & SUPERVISORY BOARD MEMBERS’ LIABILITY)
ARTICLE 38. Pursuant to the provisions of Article 426, Paragraph 1 of theCompanies Act, the Company may, by resolution of the Board of Directors, exempt
Audit & Supervisory Board Members (including former Audit & Supervisory Board
Members) from the liability to compensate for damage due to a failure to performtheir duties to the extent permitted by law and ordinance.
2.
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 427, Paragraph 1 of the Companies
Act, the Company may enter into an agreement with Audit & Supervisory Board
Members to limit their liability to compensate for damage due to a failure to performtheir duties; provided, however, that the limit of liability under such agreement shall be
up to the predetermined amount of JPY ten million (10,000,000) or above, or theamount prescribed by law and ordinance, whichever is higher.

CHAPTER VI: INDEPENDENT AUDITORS(ESTABLISHMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS)ARTICLE 39. The Company shall have Independent Auditors.

CHAPTER VII: ACCOUNTING(BUSINESS YEAR)
ARTICLE 40. The business year of the Company shall be a one (1) year termcommencing on the 1st of April each year and ending on the 31st of March of thefollowing year.
(RECORD DATE FOR DIVIDENDS FROM SURPLUS)
ARTICLE 41. The record date for term-end dividends of the Company shallbe the 31st of March of each year.
2.
In addition to the preceding paragraph, the Company may distributedividends from surplus by setting the record date.
(INTERIM DIVIDENDS)
ARTICLE 42. The Company may, by resolution of the Board of Directors,
distribute interim dividends with the 30th of September of each year as a record date.
(PERIOD OF LIMITATIONS FOR DIVIDENDS)ARTICLE 43. If the property available for dividends is cash and has not been
received within three (3) full years from the date on which the dividends becomes dueand payable, the Company shall be relieved of its obligation to make such payment.