December 1, 2021
EPS Holdings, Inc.
Immediate Release

Notice Regarding the New Management Structure for EPS Holdings, Inc.
EPS Holdings, Inc. (the “Company” or “EPS Holdings”) hereby announces a new management
structure for the current fiscal year ending September 30, 2022. Details are as follows.
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Overview of the Group Management Structure
The Company delisted company shares from the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
through a management buyout (MBO) during the last fiscal year ended September 30, 2021. This
MBO provides the Company with the opportunity to shift the management structure in four waysbeginning this fiscal year: (1) shift Business Strategy Division 1 from services to solutions, (2) shift
Business Strategy Division 2 from independent management to partner management, (3) shift newbusinesses from private concerns to businesses, and (4) shift organizational management from work
processes to management.
To achieve these shifts, the Company aims to solidify a Group management structure to provide
agile and effective Group management. Therefore, the new management structure will clarify thedivision of roles, enhance vertical (business segment) independence, and concentrate on businesses
by lightening the burden on each to strengthen horizontal supervisory functions (HD).
In other words, this vertical (business segment) independence entrusts the authority to execute
daily management to the corporate officers and strengthens functions of the Board of Corporate
Officers, which will also reinvigorate corporate management. At the same time, this new
management structure also transfers and aggregates some of the strategic supervisory functions foreach segment to the EPS Holdings (HD), which in turn strengthens the functions of the Company.
This horizontal (HD) restructuring will establish four divisions and four centers at the EPS
Holdings (HD) to strengthen supervisory functions.
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Board of Directors / Board of Corporate Officers
Beginning this fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, to facilitate effective and agile Groupmanagement, the Company is clarifying the roles and responsibilities of corporate officers byreorganized management meetings into Board of Corporate Officers that will deliberate, makedecisions, and report on matters related to the business execution of Group management.
The Board of Directors will make decisions on management policies of the company andimportant business execution while also supervising the performance of corporate officers in theirduties. The Board of Directors consists of ten directors (including three external directors) and four
statutory auditors (including three external statutory auditors). The Company will also begin
director rotation for many reasons, including the cultivation of corporate management for the nextgeneration.
◼ Director Rotation
The Company will introduce director rotation for the reasons outlined below. Therefore, it has
appointed five new directors from young up-and-coming human resource candidates.
(1) To find and nurture a larger number of human resources for the next generation of managementwith a foundation in sustainable growth, cultivate the next generation of management bybroadening the discernment and standpoint of up-and-coming management resources throughdebate on important matters of the Board of Directors and a dialogue with external directors.
(2) To facilitate active discussion at Board of Directors meetings by incorporating the opinions and views ofup-and-coming human resources on site who will lead the future of the Company.

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Board Members and Statutory Auditors
BOARD MEMBER

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NAME

Representative Director

Hao YAN

Board Member

Kazuki SEKITANIBoard MemberMayumi YAMAMOTO *Board Member

Yutaka ISE *Board Member

Shinji KONDO *Board Member

Riki OKUBO *Board Member

Kanako KONDO *Board Member (External)

Yoshinori ANDO

Board Member (External)

Haruo FUNABASHI

Board Member (External)

Yuichi YAMAMOTO

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Yasuharu TAMAI

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (External)

Toshiaki TOCHIGI

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (External)

Yoshiyuki HIGUCHI

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (External)*Director rotation (one year term of office)Satoshi HASHIMOTO

Corporate Officers
ROLE
Chairman andRepresentative
Corporate Officer
President andRepresentative
Corporate Officer
Vice Chairman andCorporate Officer
Vice Chairman andCorporate Officer

NAME

RESPONSIBILITIESCEO, in charge of the CBO 2Hao YAN

Tatsuma NAGAOKA

COO, Director of the CBO 1
In charge of the CQO and the CIO

Shinro TASHIRO

Vice President andCorporate Officer
Senior Managing
Executive Officer

Shuzo ORIHASHIIn charge of the New Business Promotion Center
Assistant to the CEO on a special mission,
In charge of the CMO and the Risk Management
CenterAssistant to the CEO on a special mission
In charge of the CPO

Toshihiro JIKE

Director of the CPO

Senior ManagingCorporate Officer

Satoshi OKOSO

Senior Corporate
Officer

Akira SASA

Senior Corporate
Officer

Tatsuji SHIMADASenior Corporate
Officer

Takehisa YAMADA

Director of the CBO 2 and the Business Planning &Promotion Center and Manager of the SOUKENOffice
Deputy Director of the CBO 1, Director of theBusiness Planning & Promotion Center andManager of the CRO Business Planning &Promotion Office
Deputy Director of the CBO 2, Deputy Director ofthe Business Planning & Promotion Center andBusiness Management Center, Deputy Director ofthe CPO and Manager of the 1st GroupManagement Planning & Promotion Center
Director of the CMO and the Group Human
Resource Management Center (CHO)

Kazuki SEKITANI2ROLE
Corporate Officer

NAME
Kenji SAKUMARESPONSIBILITIES
Deputy Director of the Business Planning &Promotion Center and Deputy Manager of the CRO
Business Planning & Promotion Office under the
CBO 1, Deputy Director of the CMO and Director ofthe CAO and the Operation Management Planning& Promotion Department
Corporate Officer
Kenichi YAMAMOTO
Deputy Director of the Business Planning &Promotion Center under the CBO 1 and Managerof the SMO Business Planning & Promotion Office
Corporate Officer
Kanami IKEDA
Deputy Director of the Business Planning &Promotion Center under the CBO 1 and Managerof the CSO Business Planning & Promotion Office
Corporate Officer
Shinobu WASHIOManager of the SMO Business Planning &Promotion Office of the Business Planning &Promotion Center under the CBO 1 and Director ofthe Product Planning Promotion Center
Corporate Officer
Hidetaka ANDO
Director of the Business Promotion Support Centerof the CBO 1 and Manager of the Project
Promotion Office
Corporate Officer
Mitsuyoshi NAGATSUMA Director of the Business Management Center
under the CBO 1, Director in charge of the CAO
under the CMO
Corporate Officer
Tsumoru MIYANO
Deputy Director of the Business Planning &Promotion Center of the CBO 2 and Deputy
Manager of the SOUKEN Office and Manager ofthe EKISIN Office, Deputy Director of the 1stGroup Management Planning & Promotion Centerand Manager of the 3rd Office under the CPO
Corporate Officer
Naohiko KURITA
Director of the Group Management & Promotion
Center and Manager of the Organization
Management Planning Office under the CMO,
Deputy Director of the CFO and Director of theHuman Resource Management Planning
Department
Corporate Officer
Akiyoshi OGASAWARA
Director of the 2nd Management Planning &Promotion Center of the CPO
Corporate Officer
Tetsuya KOYAMA
Director of the CFO and Director of the Group
Business Support Department under the CPO
Corporate Officer
Naoki HAYASHI
Director of the CIO and Manager of the Business
System Promotion Office
Corporate Officer
Junichi NISHIZUKA
Director of the New Business Promotion Center
Corporate Officer
Yoshiteru KIMURA
Acting Director of the Business Planning &Promotion Center of the CBO 1, Deputy Director ofthe 1st Group Management Planning & Promotion
Center and Manager of the 1st Office under theCPO*[Abbreviations] Business Strategy Division 1: CBO 1; Business Strategy Division 2: CBO 2; Administration
Division: CMO; Management Planning & Promotion Division: CPO; Group Human Resource Management
Center: CHO; Group Administration Center: CAO; Group Business Management Center: CFO; Quality
Improvement Promotion Center: CQO; Group IT Center: CIO

Contact: EPS Holdings, Inc.
Corporate Communication OfficeE-mail: pr@eps.co.jp

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