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Changes in Officers4839WOWOW INC.Information and Communications, Services and Others

Decision on Executive Personnel Changes

Effective 18 June 2026, the Company determined its structure of directors, directors who are Audit & Supervisory Committee Members, and executive officers. 2 directors will retire, resulting in a 10-member board, including reappointed directors.

Worth reading
30Immaterial
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Direction
Mixed performance
Direction inferred from the company’s description.
Scale
2
Decrease in the number of Directors
Wording
Definitive
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Who is moving to which position

Resolved 18 June 2026

Incoming appointee

20 items
Scheduled Appointment Date18 June 2026 (decided at the 42nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and the Board of Directors meeting)
Yamamoto Hitoshi (山本 均)
New positionRepresentative Director, President and Executive Officer
Onoe Junichi (尾上 純一)
New positionDirector, Senior Managing Executive Officer (in charge of corporate strategy, corporate management, and risk management)
Otomo Jun (大友 淳)
New positionDirector (part-time)
Shimizu Kenji (清水 賢治)
New positionDirector (part-time)
Nagai Seiji (永井 聖士)
New positionDirector (part-time)
Matsumoto Tatsuo (松本 達夫)
New positionDirector (part-time)
Okuma Kazuhiko (大熊 和彦)
New positionDirector, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Murai Mitsuru (村井 満)
New positionDirector and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (part-time)
Okayama Makoto (岡山 誠)
New positionDirector and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (part-time)
Fujisaki Shinobu (藤﨑 忍)
New positionDirector and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (part-time)
Toyama Hiroki (遠山 宏樹)
New positionManaging Executive Officer (in charge of marketing and alliance sales)
Kugakiuchi Toru (口垣内 徹)
New positionManaging Executive Officer (in charge of content and creative operations)
Suzuki Satoshi (鈴木 聡)
New positionManaging Executive Officer (in charge of DX, digital platform services, and media services)
Okuno Toshihiko (奥野 俊彦)
New positionExecutive Officer (in charge of technology)
Iwashima Mioko (岩島 未央子)
New positionExecutive Officer (in charge of human resources and concurrently head of the Human Capital Strategy Division)
Gunji Seichi (郡司 誠致)
New positionExecutive Director (Chairman and Executive Officer, 取締役 (株)WOWOWコミュニケーションズ)
Yokoyama Seiichi (横山 誠一)
New positionExecutive Director (Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, (株)WOWOWコミュニケーションズ)
Konishi Masato (小西 真人)
New positionExecutive Director (Chairman of the Board, WOWOWエンタテインメント(株))
Hirota Atsushi (廣田 篤史)
New positionExecutive Director (Representative Director and President, WOWOWエンタテインメント(株))
Fujimori Sho (藤森 祥)
New positionExecutive Director (Representative Director and Senior Managing Director, (株)ビーエス・コンディショナルアクセスシステムズ)
Previous positionAs the structure includes reappointed officers, the former positions of the individual appointees were not disclosed.
Because the names and counts do not correspond, they are shown as reported without linking the counts to individual names.

Departing officer

3 items
Date of departure18 June 2026
Tanaka Akira (田中 晃)Stepping down
Ihara Tami (井原 多美)Stepping down
Otsuka Haruo (大塚 治夫)Stepping down
Former PositionDirector (Tanaka Akira (田中 晃) and Ihara Tami (井原 多美)); Executive Director (Otsuka Haruo (大塚 治夫))
New positionRetirement
Because the names and counts do not correspond, they are shown as reported without linking the counts to individual names.
Whether the incumbent will remain in office (whether they will retain their position)

No continuation in office was disclosed for the 2 retiring directors or the 1 retiring Executive Director.

Directors after the change10Number
Shareholders’ meeting approvalAlready decided at the 42nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. The meeting was held on 18 June 2026.
Reason for change

The appointments were decided at the 42nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and the Board of Directors meeting held today.

Who is moving to which position
ItemDetails
Resolution date18 June 2026
Scheduled Appointment Date18 June 2026 (decided at the 42nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and the Board of Directors meeting)
Date of departure18 June 2026
Name of appointeeYamamoto Hitoshi (山本 均), Onoe Junichi (尾上 純一), Otomo Jun (大友 淳), Shimizu Kenji (清水 賢治), Nagai Seiji (永井 聖士), Matsumoto Tatsuo (松本 達夫), Okuma Kazuhiko (大熊 和彦), Murai Mitsuru (村井 満), Okayama Makoto (岡山 誠), Fujisaki Shinobu (藤﨑 忍), Toyama Hiroki (遠山 宏樹), Kugakiuchi Toru (口垣内 徹), Suzuki Satoshi (鈴木 聡), Okuno Toshihiko (奥野 俊彦), Iwashima Mioko (岩島 未央子), Gunji Seichi (郡司 誠致), Yokoyama Seiichi (横山 誠一), Konishi Masato (小西 真人), Hirota Atsushi (廣田 篤史), Fujimori Sho (藤森 祥)
Appointee's new positionRepresentative Director, President and Executive Officer, Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer (in charge of corporate strategy, corporate management, and risk management), Director (part-time), Director (part-time), Director (part-time), Director (part-time), Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (part-time), Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (part-time), Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (part-time), Managing Executive Officer (in charge of marketing and alliance sales), Managing Executive Officer (in charge of content and creative operations), Managing Executive Officer (in charge of DX, digital platform services, and media services), Executive Officer (in charge of technology), Executive Officer (in charge of human resources and concurrently head of the Human Capital Strategy Division), Executive Director (Chairman and Executive Officer, 取締役 (株)WOWOWコミュニケーションズ), Executive Director (Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, (株)WOWOWコミュニケーションズ), Executive Director (Chairman of the Board, WOWOWエンタテインメント(株)), Executive Director (Representative Director and President, WOWOWエンタテインメント(株)), Executive Director (Representative Director and Senior Managing Director, (株)ビーエス・コンディショナルアクセスシステムズ)
Appointee's previous positionAs the structure includes reappointed officers, the former positions of the individual appointees were not disclosed.
Name of departing officerTanaka Akira (田中 晃), Ihara Tami (井原 多美), Otsuka Haruo (大塚 治夫)
Former position of departing officerDirector (Tanaka Akira (田中 晃) and Ihara Tami (井原 多美)); Executive Director (Otsuka Haruo (大塚 治夫))
New position of departing officerRetirement
Whether the incumbent will remain in officeNo continuation in office was disclosed for the 2 retiring directors or the 1 retiring Executive Director.
Reason for changeThe appointments were decided at the 42nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and the Board of Directors meeting held today.
Number of directors after the change10 (including 4 directors who are Audit & Supervisory Committee Members). The number of outside directors is Not disclosed.
Subject to Approval by the General Meeting of ShareholdersAlready decided at the 42nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. The meeting was held on 18 June 2026.
Items this document does not state (8)
Appointee's date of birthYear the appointee joined the CompanyNumber of shares held by the appointeeReason for departureReasons for appointmentFiling as an independent officerDetails of organizational changesChange in Corporate Governance Structure

These are items the company does not state in this document. We do not leave them blank, nor fill them in from other sources or by inference.

The reasons the company gives

The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.

The appointments were decided at the 42nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and the Board of Directors meeting held today. No other reasons for the changes were disclosed.

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