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(Stock code number: 6877)
December 3, 2021
To Shareholders with Voting Rights:
Yasushi Obara
President
Obara Group Inc.
3-2-10 Chuo-Rinkan, Yamato-shi,
Kanagawa, JapanNOTICE OF
THE 63RD ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
We would like to express our appreciation for your continued support and patronage.
We are pleased to announce that the 63rd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Obara Group Inc.
(the “Company”) will be held for the purposes as described below.
For reducing the spread of various infections, we ask you to consider not attending the General Meetingof Shareholders in person and instead exercise your voting rights beforehand in writing. When exercising
your voting rights beforehand in writing, please review the attached Reference Documents for theGeneral Meeting of Shareholders, indicate your votes for or against the proposals on the enclosed Voting
Rights Exercise Form and return it to us so that it is received by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, December 20,2021, Japan time.
1. Date and Time:

Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. Japan time

2. Place:

Reception hall “La Rose” on the 3rd floor of Rembrandt Hotel Ebina at
2-9-50 Chuo, Ebina-shi, Kanagawa, Japan(Please refer to the map of the venue in Japanese attached at the end of thedocument.)

3. Meeting Agenda:
Matters to be reported:

1. The Business Report, Consolidated Financial Statements for theCompany’s 63rd Fiscal Year (October 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021) andresults of audits of the Consolidated Financial Statements by theAccounting Auditor and the Audit & Supervisory Board
2. Non-consolidated Financial Statements for the Company’s 63rd Fiscal Year
(October 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021)
Matters to be resolved:
Proposal 1:
Proposal 2:

Appropriation of Surplus
Election of Five (5) Directors-1-4. Matters Disclosed on the Internet
With regard to the documents provided with this notice, the following documents have been posted on theCompany’s website (http://www.obara-g.com/) in Japanese in accordance with the provisions of laws andregulations and Article 18 of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company. For this reason, they are notincluded in the documents provided with this notice.
(1) Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements(2) Notes to the Non-consolidated Financial Statements
The Auditors and the Accounting Auditor have audited the aforementioned documents in addition to thedocuments provided with this notice.

When attending the meeting in person, please submit the enclosed Voting Rights Exercise Form at the reception
desk.
Should the documents provided with this notice and the Reference Documents for the General Meeting ofShareholders require revisions by the day before the date of the General Meeting of Shareholders, the revised versions
will be posted on the Company’s website (http://www.obara-g.com/) in Japanese.
We ask that shareholders attending the meeting bring and wear a mask.
Shareholders will have their temperature checked at the reception desk, and any person who is confirmed to havea fever or deemed to be unwell may be refused admission and asked to leave.

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Proposals and References
Proposal 1:
Appropriation of Surplus
It is proposed that the year-end dividend for the fiscal year under review be as follows taking into
consideration factors such as the results of operation for the fiscal year under review and future businessdevelopment.
(1) Type of dividend property: Cash
(2) Matter related to allotment of dividend property and its total amount:
70 yen per share of common stock of the Company
Total amount:
1,121,539,230 yen(3) Effective date for distribution of surplus:
December 22, 2021
Proposal 2:
Election of Five (5) Directors
The terms of office of all five (5) Directors will expire at the conclusion of this General Meeting ofShareholders. Accordingly, the Company proposes to elect five (5) Directors.
The candidates are as follows:No.

Name(Date of birth)

Career summary, significant concurrent positions, andpositions and assignment at the Company
January 1994
August 2000
August 2000
August 2001
August 2001

1

Yasushi Obara(May 1, 1968)

October 2004
December 2004
July 2011
October 2011
October 2017
December 1984
May 1997
June 2000

2Norifumi Kobayashi(September 11, 1962)

June 2000
August 2000
August 2011
December 2011
October 2012

Joined the Company
Director, SPEEDFAM CO., LTD.
Director, SPEEDFAM INC. (to present)
Senior Managing Director, SPEEDFAM CO., LTD.
Director, SAKUSEIKI CO., LTD. (currently, SPEEDFAM
NAGANO CO., LTD.) (to present)
Executive Vice President (Representative Director),
SPEEDFAM CO., LTD.
Director, the Company
Representative Director, the Company
President (Representative Director), the Company (to present)
President (Representative Director), SPEEDFAM CO., LTD.
(to present)
Joined SPEEDFAM CO., LTD.
Manager, Administration Division, SPEEDFAM CO., LTD.
Director, SPEEDFAM CLEAN SYSTEM CO., LTD. (topresent)
Director, SAKUSEIKI CO., LTD. (currently, SPEEDFAM
NAGANO CO., LTD.)
Director, SPEEDFAM CO., LTD. (to present)
Director, the Company (to present)
Director, OBARA KOREA CORP. (to present)
President (Representative Director), SPEEDFAM NAGANO
CO., LTD.

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Number ofshares of theCompany held(shares)

2,571,110(3,088)3,187(533)

No.

3Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, significant concurrent positions, andpositions and assignment at the Company

September 1985
October 1999
October 2005
October 2008
Mitsuhisa Yamashita
November 2012
(June 7, 1953)
October 2013

4Tomoo Onishi(January 25, 1972)5Koji Makino(October 7, 1966)

December 2013
April 1999
February 2004
September 2006
December 2006
December 2015
August 1992
October 2001
July 2003
January 2006
February 2009
September 2012
June 2013
December 2015
September 2016
December 2017

1.
2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

Joined the Company
General Manager, Second Sales Department, the Company
Officer / Yamanashi Plant Manager, the Company
General Manager, Administration Division, the Company
Executive Vice President (Representative Director), OBARA
CORP.
President (Representative Director), OBARA CORP. (topresent)
Director, the Company (to present)
Registered as a certified public accountant
Registered as a certified public tax accountant
Representative, MIKASA TAX CORPORATION (to present)
Auditor, the Company
Director, the Company (to present)
Registered as a certified public accountant
Registered as a certified public tax accountant
Director, DAN CONSULTING CO., LTD.
Established MAKINO KOJI CERTIFIED PUBLICACCOUNTANT OFFICE
Representative Director, BE1 & CO. (to present)
Outside Corporate Auditor, DIGITAL GARAGE, INC.
Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member, INAGEYA
CO., LTD. (to present)
Auditor, the Company
Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member,
DIGITAL GARAGE, INC. (to present)
Director, the Company (to present)

Number ofshares of theCompany held(shares)

8,000(232)1,900(239)100(-)

There is no special interest between each candidate and the Company.
Messrs. Tomoo Onishi and Koji Makino are candidates for Outside Directors.
The Company has submitted a notification designating Messrs. Tomoo Onishi and Koji Makino as independent
officers to the Tokyo Stock Exchange in accordance with the regulations of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. If the electionof both candidates is approved, the Company will continue to designate them as independent officers of the Company.
As Mr. Tomoo Onishi has extensive experience and knowledge as a certified public accountant, the Company believes
that he will actively provide recommendations on the Company’s management from an independent standpoint as
Outside Director and that he will contribute to the improvement of transparency of the Company’s management andthe reinforcement of the Company’s supervisory function. Therefore, the Company proposes to elect him as OutsideDirector.
The Company expects that Mr. Tomoo Onishi provide valuable recommendations from an independent standpoint as
Outside Director by drawing on his extensive experience and knowledge as a certified public accountant to contributeto the improvement of effectiveness of the Company’s Board of Directors.
As Mr. Koji Makino has extensive experience and knowledge as a certified public accountant, the Company believes
that he will actively provide recommendations on the Company’s management from an independent standpoint as
Outside Director and that he will contribute to the improvement of transparency of the Company’s management andthe reinforcement of the Company’s supervisory function. Therefore, the Company proposes to elect him as OutsideDirector.
The Company expects that Mr. Koji Makino provide valuable recommendations from an independent standpoint as
Outside Director by drawing on his extensive experience and knowledge as a certified public accountant to contributeto the improvement of effectiveness of the Company’s Board of Directors.
The Company has entered into agreements to limit liability for damages as prescribed in Article 423, Paragraph 1 ofthe Companies Act with Messrs. Tomoo Onishi and Koji Makino in accordance with the provisions of Article 427,
Paragraph 1 of the same Act. If both candidates are elected as originally proposed, such liability limitation agreements
will continue to be effective. The maximum amount of liability under such agreements will be the higher of 10 million
yen or the minimum amount of liability prescribed in Article 425, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act.
Mr. Tomoo Onishi currently serves as Outside Director of the Company. He will have served as Outside Director forsix (6) years at the conclusion of this General Meeting of Shareholders.

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Mr. Koji Makino currently serves as Outside Director of the Company. He will have served as Outside Director for
four (4) years at the conclusion of this General Meeting of Shareholders.
10. The Company has entered into a directors and officers liability insurance contract with an insurance company. Thecontract covers damages to be borne by the insured that may arise from assuming liability for their execution of duties
or receiving a claim for the pursuit of such liability. Each candidate will be insured under the insurance contract. TheCompany plans to renew the insurance contract upon expiration of the contract period.
11. The numbers in parenthesis in the column “Number of shares of the Company held” above represent the number ofshares held through the directors’ shareholding association as of October 5, 2021, which are not included in the numberof shares specified before the parentheses.
12. The “Number of shares of the Company held” of Mr. Yasushi Obara includes 1,084,500 shares which are managed byhimself.

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