Board of Directors and Executive Officers

Reason for Appointment

Since joining the Company, Mr. Tomoyuki Kojima has been involved in the engineering, quality assurance, and corporate planning departments, and has contributed to the Company. As he can be expected to contribute to the sustainable enhancement of the Company's corporate value, we request his election as a Director.

Reason for Appointment

Motoi Watanabe is nominated for election as a director because he is expected to contribute to the sustainable enhancement of the Company's corporate value by applying his knowledge and experience in finance and accounting, risk management, and corporate governance gained at other companies to the management of the Company.

Reason for Appointment

Mr. Masao Watanabe has contributed to the Company's development through his extensive experience as a corporate executive. We request his election as a director in the expectation that he will continue to contribute to further revitalization of the Company based on his abundant experience, achievements, strong leadership and decisiveness.

Reason for Appointment

We nominated Yasuhisa Ohata for outside director of the board in the belief that his extensive knowledge and experience in international business, financial business, and corporate management will be of benefit to the management of the Company.
As an outside director, we expect him to continue to supervise the Company's management from an independent standpoint, utilizing his extensive knowledge and experience in corporate management and business strategy to enhance the Company's corporate value over the medium to long term.

Reason for Appointment

Isamu Kawashima is nominated for appointment as an outside director because the Company expects him to apply his extensive knowledge and experience in finance and accounting, in addition to his wealth of management experience and knowledge as a manager of a business corporation, to the management of the Company.
As an outside director, we expect him to continue to supervise the Company's management from an independent standpoint, utilizing his extensive knowledge and experience in corporate management and business strategy to enhance the Company's corporate value over the medium to long term.

Reason for Appointment

Momoa Kuromatsu is nominated for appointment as an outside director because we expect him to apply his extensive knowledge and experience in legal and risk management, in addition to his extensive supervisory and auditing experience and knowledge as a corporate auditor at other companies, to the management of the Company.
As an outside director, we expect him to utilize his extensive knowledge and experience in legal affairs and risk management to supervise the Company's management from an independent standpoint in order to enhance the Company's corporate value over the medium to long term.

Reason for Appointment

We nominated Mr. Shigeo Tomikuni for outside corporate auditor because we expect him to utilize his knowledge and experience in corporate management and business strategy, finance and accounting, and IT management in auditing the Company.

Reason for Appointment

Mr. Hiroshi Hayashi is nominated for election as an Outside Corporate Auditor because the Company expects him to utilize his knowledge and experience in international business, overseas experience, and human resource development in auditing the Company.

Reason for Appointment

Masanori Takano is nominated for appointment as an outside corporate auditor because his knowledge and experience in corporate management and business strategy, human resource development, and sales and marketing would be beneficial to the Company's auditing.