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.

To Our Shareholders:

Securities Code: 7630
May 6, 2022
Mamoru Kuzuhara
President and Representative Director
ICHIBANYA CO., LTD.
6-12-23 Mitsui, Ichinomiya-shi, Aichi

Notice of the 40th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
We would like to inform you that the 40th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of ICHIBANYA CO., LTD.
(the “Company”) will be held as follows. Please note that the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will
begin at 10:30 a.m. (reception begins at 9:30 a.m.) (JST).
From the standpoint of preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), we ask thatshareholders exercise their voting rights for this General Meeting of Shareholders in advance in writing or byelectromagnetic means (via the Internet, etc.) to every extent possible, and refrain from attending the meeting inperson. Please exercise your voting rights by following the instructions on pages 5 and 6 (in Japanese only) after
reviewing the attached Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders.
In addition to the usual method for exercising voting rights in writing, we have also newly introduced a method forexercising voting rights that uses electromagnetic means (via the Internet, etc.) from this General Meeting ofShareholders.
1. Date and Time: Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. (reception begins at 9:30 a.m.) (JST)
2. Venue:
NAGOYA TOKYU HOTEL 3rd Floor
4-6-8, Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi*As a countermeasure against COVID-19, we will restrict the number of entrants to the venue.
3. Purpose of the Meeting
Matters to be reported:
1. Report on the Business Report, the Consolidated Financial Statements and the results of audits of theConsolidated Financial Statements by the Financial Auditor and the Audit and Supervisory Committee forthe 40th fiscal year (from March 1, 2021 to February 28, 2022)
2. Report on the Non-consolidated Financial Statements for the 40th fiscal year (from March 1, 2021 toFebruary 28, 2022)
Matters to be resolved:
Proposal No. 1
Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation
Proposal No. 2
Election of Eight Directors (Excluding Directors Who Are Audit and Supervisory
Committee Members)*No attendance benefits (meal tickets) will be provided to shareholders attending the meeting. Thank you for yourunderstanding.

1. When attending the meeting in person, please hand in the enclosed voting form at the reception desk.
2. The following matters are posted on the Company’s website (www.ichibanya.co.jp), according to laws and regulations, and Article
18 of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company. Therefore are not included in the documents attached to this notice.
(1) System to ensure the appropriateness of operations(2) Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements(3) Notes to the Non-consolidated Financial Statements
The Business Report, the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Non-consolidated Financial Statements audited by the Auditand Supervisory Committee and the Financial Auditor for the preparation of their Audit Report respectively include each of thedocuments indicated on this notice and the attached document as well as in the aforementioned contents that are posted on theCompany’s website.

-1-3. Any revisions to the Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders, the Business Report, the Non-consolidated
Financial Statements and the Consolidated Financial Statements will be posted on the Company’s website (www.ichibanya.co.jp).
4. The contents of this notice have been disclosed on the Company’s website prior to sending it out from the perspective of promptly
providing information.
◎ The Company’s website: www.ichibanya.co.jp-2-

Proposal No. 1

Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders
Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation■ Reasons for change
Since the revised provisions provided for in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act
Partially Amending the Companies Act (Act No. 70 of 2019) are to be enforced on September 1, 2022, theCompany proposes to make the following changes to its Articles of Incorporation in preparation for theintroduction of the system for providing informational materials for the general meeting of shareholders inelectronic format.
(1) Article 18, paragraph 1 in “Proposed amendments” below will stipulate that the Company shall takemeasures for providing information that constitutes the content of reference documents for the general
meeting of shareholders, etc. in electronic format.
(2) Article 18, paragraph 2 in “Proposed amendments” below will establish the provision to limit the scopeof the items to be stated in the paper-based documents to be delivered to shareholders who requested thedelivery of paper-based documents.
(3) Since the provisions for Internet Disclosure and Deemed Provision of Reference Documents for theGeneral Meeting of Shareholders, Etc. (Article 18 of the current Articles of Incorporation) will no longer
be required, they will be deleted.
(4) Accompanying the aforementioned establishment and deletion of provisions, supplementary provisions
regarding the effective date, etc. will be established.
■ Comparison table of current Articles of Incorporation and proposed amendments(Underlined parts are amended)
Proposed amendments

Current Articles of Incorporation(Internet Disclosure and Deemed Provision of Reference
Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders, Etc.)
Article 18.
(Deleted)
When the Company convenes a general meeting ofshareholders, if it discloses information that is to be stated orpresented in the reference documents for the general meeting ofshareholders, business report, financial statements andconsolidated financial statements through the internet inaccordance with the provisions prescribed by the Ministry ofJustice Order, it may be deemed that the Company has
provided this information to shareholders.
(Newly established)(Measures, etc. for Providing Information in Electronic Format)
Article 18.
1. When the Company convenes a general meeting ofshareholders, it shall take measures for providing
information that constitutes the content of reference
documents for the general meeting of shareholders, etc. inelectronic format.
2. Among items for which the measures for providing
information in electronic format will be taken, theCompany may exclude all or some of those items
designated by the Ministry of Justice Order fromstatements in the paper-based documents to be delivered toshareholders who requested the delivery of paper-based
documents by the record date of voting rights.
(Newly established)(Supplementary Provisions)
1. The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation pertaining
to Article 18 shall be effective from September 1, 2022,
which is the date of enforcement of the revised provisions
provided for in the proviso to Article 1 of the
Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending
the Companies Act (Act No. 70 of 2019) (hereinafterreferred to as the “Date of Enforcement”).

-3-Current Articles of Incorporation

Proposed amendments
2. Notwithstanding the provision of the preceding paragraph,Article 18 of the Articles of Incorporation (InternetDisclosure and Deemed Provision of Reference Documents
for the General Meeting of Shareholders, Etc.) shall remain
effective regarding any general meeting of shareholders
held on a date within six months from the Date ofEnforcement.
3. These Supplementary Provisions shall be deleted on thedate when six months have elapsed from the Date ofEnforcement or three months have elapsed from the date ofthe general meeting of shareholders in the preceding
paragraph, whichever is later.

-4-Proposal No. 2

Election of Eight Directors (Excluding Directors Who Are Audit and Supervisory CommitteeMembers)

At the conclusion of this meeting, the terms of all eight Directors (excluding Directors who are Audit andSupervisory Committee Members; the same shall apply hereinafter in this proposal) will expire.
Therefore, the Company proposes the election of eight Directors.
There was no particular comment from the Audit and Supervisory Committee regarding this proposal.
The candidates for Director are as follows:
CandidateNo.

Name(Date of birth)

Career summary, position, responsibility in the Company(Significant concurrent positions outside the Company)
Feb. 1980

1Toshiya Hamajima(April 24, 1959)
Re-election

July 1982
June 1990
Jan. 1992
Dec. 1996
June 1998
June 2000
June 2002
Mar. 2019
Jan. 1992
June 2006
June 2013
Aug. 2013

2

Mamoru Kuzuhara(June 30, 1967)
Re-election

June 2015
Mar. 2018
Mar. 2019
Mar. 2021
May 2021
Mar. 2022

Engaged in CURRY HOUSE CoCoICHIBANYA
Joined the Company
General Manager of Central Japan Division
Director and General Manager of All Japan
Headquarters
Director and General Manager of StoreOperations Division
Executive Managing Director and General
Manager of Store Operations Division
Vice President and Representative Director
President and Representative Director
Chairman and Director (current position)
Joined the Company
General Manager of Overseas Division
General Manager of Overseas Division
Director and General Manager of Overseas
DivisionManaging Director and General Manager ofOverseas Division
Vice President and Representative Director
President and Representative Director
President and Representative Director, incharge of Internal Auditing Office
President and Representative Director
President and Representative Director, incharge of Creation Development Division(current position)-5-

Number of theCompany’s sharesowned

193,442 shares

17,445 shares

Candidate
No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, position, responsibility in the Company(Significant concurrent positions outside the Company)
Mar. 1990
Dec. 2000
June 2002
June 2003
Aug. 2004

June 2007

June 2008

3Tatsuo Miyazaki(February 22, 1964)
Re-election

June 2012
June 2014
June 2016
Mar. 2018
Mar. 2020

Mar. 2021

Mar. 2022

4

Shiro Adachi(September 8, 1961)
Re-election

Feb. 1993
June 2004
June 2008
June 2012
June 2016
Aug. 2016
Mar. 2018
Mar. 2020
Mar. 2022

Joined the Company
General Manager of No. 3 Sales Department
General Manager of No. 2 Sales Department
Acting General Manager of Business Division
and General Manager of Marketing Department
Director, General Manager of Business
Division, and General Manager of Marketing
Department
Director, General Manager of Business
Division, General Manager of Central Japan
Division, and General Manager of Marketing
Department
Director, General Manager of Sales Divisionand in charge of Store Planning Department
Director and General Manager of Project
Planning Division
Director and General Manager of East Japan
Division
Director and General Manager of Operational
Improvement Promotion Division
Managing Director and General Manager ofOperational Improvement Promotion Division
Managing Director, in charge of Corporate
Planning Office, Human Resources & General
Affairs Department, and Customer ServiceCenterExecutive Managing Director, in charge ofCorporate Planning Office, Human Resources
Department, General Affairs Department, andCustomer Service Center
Executive Managing Director and General
Manager of Administration Division (currentposition)
Joined the Company
General Manager of No. 2 Sales Department
General Manager of East Japan Division
General Manager of Central Japan Division
General Manager of East Japan Division
Director and General Manager of East JapanDivision
Director and General Manager of Sales
DivisionManaging Director and General Manager ofSales Division
Managing Director, in charge of RC Business
Management Headquarters, FC Business
Management Headquarters and MarketingDivision (current position)-6-

Number of theCompany’s sharesowned

27,068 shares

11,597 shares

Candidate
No.

5Name
(Date of birth)

Kazushige Sugihara(February 9, 1966)
Re-election

6Keiji Ishiguro(November 22, 1962)
Re-election

Career summary, position, responsibility in the Company(Significant concurrent positions outside the Company)
Joined the Company
General Manager of No. 2 Sales Department
General Manager of No. 5 Sales Department
General Manager of West Japan Division
General Manager of East Japan Division
General Manager of Production Division
Director and General Manager of Production
Division
June 2016
Director and General Manager of ProductDivision
Mar. 2018
Director and General Manager of SCM
DivisionMar. 2022
Director, in charge of Production Division,
Product Management Department, Agriculture
Business Department and Customer Service
Office (current position)
Jan. 2000
Joined the Company
June 2007
General Manager of Accounting Department
Aug. 2015
Director, General Manager of Accounting
Department, in charge of Information Systems
Department, and General Affairs Department
Dec. 2015
Director, General Manager of Accounting
Department, in charge of Information Systems
Department
Mar. 2017
Director, in charge of Accounting Department,
and Information Systems Department
Mar. 2021
Director, in charge of Accounting Department,and Quality Assurance Department
Mar. 2022
Director, Financial Officer of Consolidated
Subsidiaries, in charge of Accounting
Department and Quality Assurance Department(current position)(Significant concurrent positions outside the Company)
Auditor of ICHIBANYA RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT(CHINA) CO., LTD.
Director of ICHIBANYA INTERNATIONAL HONG KONG
LIMITED
Director of ICHIBANYA UK LIMITED
Director and CFO of ICHIBANYA INTERNATIONAL USA,INC.
Director of K.K. Daikoku Shoji
Director of TAIWAN ICHIBANYA INC.
Director and CFO of ICHIBANYA USA INC.
Director of ICHIBANYA HONG KONG LIMITED
Director of ICHIBANYA MIDWEST ASIA CO., LTD.
Director of ICHIBANYA INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

Number of theCompany’s shares
ownedApr. 1987
Dec. 2000
June 2002
June 2007
June 2012
June 2014
Aug. 2015-7-12,056 shares

5,656 shares

CandidateNo.

Name(Date of birth)

Career summary, position, responsibility in the Company(Significant concurrent positions outside the Company)
June 1993
June 2003
June 2005
June 2007
June 2009
Oct. 2010
Mar. 20177

Katsuhiko Hasegawa(December 11, 1971)
Re-election

8

Kotaro Kawasaki(December 6, 1971)
Re-election

Joined the Company
General Manager of No. 4 Sales Department
General Manager of Pasta Business Department
General Manager of No. 6 Sales Department
General Manager of Overseas Division
Seconded to ICHIBANYA USA INC.
General Manager of Asia Business Departmentof the Company
Aug. 2017
Seconded to ICHIBANYA INTERNATIONALHONG KONG LIMITEDMar. 2018
General Manager of Overseas Division of theCompany
May 2019
Director and General Manager of Overseas
DivisionMar. 2021
Director, General Manager of Overseas
Division, in charge of K.K. Daikoku Shoji
Mar. 2022
Director, in charge of Overseas Division andK.K. Daikoku Shoji (current position)(Significant concurrent positions outside the Company)
Director of ICHIBANYA RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT(CHINA) CO., LTD.
Director of ICHIBANYA INTERNATIONAL HONG KONG
LIMITED
President and Representative Director of ICHIBANYA UK
LIMITED
Director of ICHIBANYA INTERNATIONAL USA, INC.
Director of K.K. Daikoku Shoji
Chairman of TAIWAN ICHIBANYA INC.
Director of ICHIBANYA USA INC.
Director of ICHIBANYA HONG KONG LIMITED
Director of ICHIBANYA MIDWEST ASIA CO., LTD.
Administrative Officer of CURRY HOUSE KOREACORPORATION
Director of ICHIBANYA INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
Apr. 1994
Joined House Foods Corporation (currently,House Foods Group Inc.)
Oct. 2013
Assistant Manager of Advertisement
Headquarters of House Foods Group Inc.
Apr. 2016
Assistant Manager of Corporate Planning
Division
Apr. 2018
General Manager of Corporate Planning
Division
Apr. 2020
Executive Officer, General Manager ofCorporate Communication Headquarters, incharge of New Business Planning &Development Division
June 2020
Director, General Manager of Corporate
Communication Headquarters, in charge of
New Business Planning & Development
Division
Apr. 2021
Director, General Manager of Corporate
Communication Headquarters, in charge of
New Business Planning & Development
Division, and Value-Added Vegetables Business
Development Division (current position)
May 2021
Director of the Company (current position)

Number of theCompany’s shares
owned-8-6,363 shares–Notes:

1. A special interest between each candidate and the Company is as follows.
(1) Kotaro Kawasaki serves as a person executing business in House Foods Group Inc., which is currently the parent
company of the Company, and has served as a person executing business in the said company over the past tenyears. Mr. Kawasaki’s positions and responsibilities at the present and over the past ten years in the said company
are as indicated in the “Career summary, position, responsibility in the Company (significant concurrent positions
outside the Company)” above.
(2) There is no special interest between any other candidates and the Company.
2. The Company has entered into a limited liability agreement with Mr. Kawasaki, pursuant to the provisions of Article 32of the Articles of Incorporation. Regarding an outline of the contents of the limited liability agreement, with respect tothe liability in Article 423, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act, the maximum amount of liability for damages shall be
the amount provided for in laws and regulations, if he has acted in good faith and without gross negligence inperforming his duties. If the re-election of Mr. Kawasaki is approved, the Company plans to renew the aforementioned
agreement with him.
3. The Company has entered into a directors and officers liability insurance contract provided for under Article 430-3,
paragraph (1) of the Companies Act with an insurance company, identifying all Directors as the insured, to cover any
legal damages and litigation expenses that may be borne by the insured, by means of the insurance contract. Eachcandidate, if they are elected and assume the post of Director, will be the insured under the said insurance contract.
Furthermore, the Company plans to renew the aforementioned contract with comparable contents at the time of next
renewal.

[Skill matrix for Directors of the Company]
The expertise and experience of Directors are as follows:
Corporatemanagement
Toshiya Hamajima
Mamoru Kuzuhara
Tatsuo Miyazaki
Shiro Adachi

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Kazushige
Sugihara
Keiji Ishiguro
KatsuhikoHasegawa
Kotaro Kawasaki
Toshihiro Uchida
Mitsuru Naito○

Businessstrategy○○○InterFinance and nationality/
accounting
Globalexperience

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Sales/
Marketing

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Human
resources/
Labor
affairs

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Koji Oda
Yoko Haruma-9-○Riskmanagement

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Manufacturing/Quality
control○○○○○