Appointment of a temporary director to secure the statutory number of audit committee members

「Following the resignation of the Company’s director Nishimura Kiyohiko (西村淸彦) on 8 May 2023, the number of audit committee members fell to 2, and the Company had no other director qualified to serve on the Audit Committee, leaving it short of the statutory number of members. The Company had therefore petitioned the Tokyo District Court to appoint Shimizu Chihiro (清水千弘) as a temporary director. On 2 June 2023, the Company received notice of the court’s decision to appoint him, and he took office as a temporary director.」