Performance-linked restricted stock compensation for employees

「The company has introduced a performance-linked restricted stock compensation plan for directors, excluding outside directors and directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee members, employees at department-head level and above, and directors, excluding outside directors, and employees at department-head and branch-manager level and above at its principal subsidiaries. The plan is intended to promote further sustainable enhancement of corporate value from the same perspective as shareholders by encouraging strong awareness of return on equity (ROE), in alignment with the company's directors.」