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Changes in Officers9948ARCS COMPANY,LIMITEDRetail

Notice Regarding Changes in Officers and Other Matters at Our Subsidiary

At several ARCS subsidiaries, presidents and representative directors will change, directors will be promoted or have their responsibilities changed, and certain officers will retire. In addition, Otani will establish a new Project Assignment position within its Sales Headquarters.

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Who is moving to which position

Resolved 13 April 2026

Incoming appointee

18 items
Scheduled Appointment Date11 May 2026 (株式会社ユニバース), 13 May 2026 (株式会社オータニ), 14 May 2026 (株式会社ラルズ, 株式会社エルディ), 18 May 2026 (株式会社ベルジョイス), 19 May 2026 (株式会社道北アークス, 株式会社伊藤チェーン), and 20 May 2026 (株式会社東光ストア). Formal decisions are scheduled to be made subject to resolutions at each company's annual general meeting of shareholders and subsequent Board of Directors meetings and other proceedings.
Nekomiya Kazuhisa (猫宮 一久)
Previous positionVice Chairman of the Board (株式会社ラルズ)
New positionRepresentative Director, President and COO (株式会社ラルズ)
Okita Yukihito (起田 幸仁)
Previous positionDirector, Head of Store Operations Headquarters and General Manager of Store Operations Department (株式会社ユニバース)
New positionManaging Director, Head of Store Operations Headquarters and General Manager of Store Operations Department (株式会社ユニバース)
Tanaka Yoshihiro (田中 義弘)
Previous positionDirector, Head of Administration Headquarters and responsible for Development Office (株式会社ユニバース)
New positionManaging Director, Head of Administration Headquarters and responsible for Development Office (株式会社ユニバース)
Hosogoe Koji (細越 幸司)
Previous positionDirector, Head of Merchandising Headquarters, General Manager of Second Merchandising Department and responsible for Sales Planning Department (株式会社ユニバース)
New positionManaging Director, Head of Merchandising Headquarters, General Manager of Second Merchandising Department and responsible for Sales Planning Department (株式会社ユニバース)
Takahashi Akira (髙橋 晃)
Previous positionDeputy General Manager, Corporate Planning Office (株式会社ベルジョイス)
New positionGeneral Manager, Corporate Planning Office (株式会社ベルジョイス)
Hironaka Hiroyuki (広中 裕之)
Previous positionSenior Managing Director, responsible for Sales Control Department and Administration Control Department, Sales Headquarters (株式会社東光ストア)
New positionRepresentative Director, President and Head of Sales Headquarters (株式会社東光ストア)
Nakatsui Eiji (中津井 英司)
Previous positionManaging Director, responsible for Merchandising Control Department, Sales Headquarters (株式会社東光ストア)
New positionManaging Director, Deputy Head of Sales Headquarters and responsible for Merchandising Control Department (株式会社東光ストア)
Kosaka Jun (小坂 潤)
Previous positionDirector, responsible for the Fresh Food Group, Fresh Food Department, Merchandising Control Department, Sales Headquarters (株式会社東光ストア)
New positionDirector, responsible for Sales Control Department, Sales Headquarters (株式会社東光ストア)
Tanaka Junya (田中 淳也)
Previous positionExecutive Officer and General Manager of General Affairs and Human Resources Department, Administration Control Department (株式会社東光ストア)
New positionDirector, responsible for Administration Control Department and General Manager of General Affairs and Human Resources Department (株式会社東光ストア)
Kamibeppu Yuji (上別府 雄二)
Previous positionGeneral Manager responsible for the Product Group, Product Department, Merchandising Control Department, Sales Headquarters (株式会社東光ストア)
New positionExecutive Officer, responsible for the Product Group, Product Department, Merchandising Control Department, Sales Headquarters (株式会社東光ストア)
Ide Yasuhiro (井手 保大)
Previous positionResponsible for the Produce Group, Fresh Food Department, Merchandising Control Department, Sales Headquarters (株式会社東光ストア)
New positionExecutive Officer, responsible for the Fresh Food Group, Fresh Food Department, Merchandising Control Department, Sales Headquarters, and General Manager of Produce Department (株式会社東光ストア)
Ito Hiroaki (伊藤 博明)
Previous positionManaging Director, Deputy Head of Sales Headquarters and Head of Process Center (株式会社伊藤チェーン)
New positionManaging Director and Deputy Head of Sales Headquarters (株式会社伊藤チェーン)
Washihira Masayasu (鷲平 雅保)
Previous positionSenior Executive Officer and Deputy Head of Sales Headquarters (株式会社オータニ)
New positionRepresentative Director, President and Head of Sales Headquarters (株式会社オータニ)
Miura Takehiko (三浦 建彦)
Previous position- (株式会社オータニ)
New positionChairman of the Board (株式会社オータニ)
Wakabayashi Fumio (若林 二三夫)
Previous positionDirector, General Manager of Product Department and General Manager of Sales Promotion Department, Sales Headquarters (株式会社オータニ)
New positionDirector, Project Assignment General Manager, Sales Headquarters (株式会社オータニ)
Tochimura Masao (栃村 正男)
Previous positionDirector and General Manager of Store Operations Department, Sales Headquarters (株式会社オータニ)
New positionExecutive Officer and General Manager of Store Operations Department, Sales Headquarters (株式会社オータニ)
Mega Tsuyoshi (女鹿 剛)
Previous positionAdvisor to the President (株式会社オータニ)
New positionExecutive Officer and General Manager of Store Operations Department, Sales Headquarters (株式会社オータニ)
Yamada Michihide (山田 美智秀)
Previous positionManaging Director and Head of Sales Headquarters (株式会社エルディ)
New positionSenior Managing Director and Head of Sales Headquarters (株式会社エルディ)
Date of birthNekomiya Kazuhisa (猫宮 一久): born 11 August 1960; Hironaka Hiroyuki (広中 裕之): born 22 November 1957; Washihira Masayasu (鷲平 雅保): born 3 July 1959. Others: Not disclosed.
Year joined the companyNekomiya Kazuhisa (猫宮 一久): 1983; Hironaka Hiroyuki (広中 裕之): 1997; Washihira Masayasu (鷲平 雅保): 2019. Others: Not disclosed.
Because the names and counts do not correspond, they are shown as reported without linking the counts to individual names.

Departing officer

6 items
Date of departure13 May 2026 (Nakamura Takayuki (中村 貴幸), Kawano Izumi (川野 泉)); 18 May 2026 (Aihara Koichi (相原 孝一)); and 19 May 2026 (Higashide Masahiro (東出 雅宏))
Matsuo Naoto (松尾 直人)Next role stated
Former PositionRepresentative Director, President and COO
New positionDirector, special assignment for 3C
Aihara Koichi (相原 孝一)Next role stated
Former PositionExecutive Officer and General Manager of Store Operations Department, Sales Headquarters
New positionGeneral Manager of Store Operations Department, Sales Headquarters
Nakamura Takayuki (中村 貴幸)Next role stated
Former PositionSenior Managing Director and General Manager of Store Operations Department
New positionRetirement
Higashide Masahiro (東出 雅宏)Next role stated
Former PositionDirector and Vice Chairman
New positionAdviser
Kusumi Shuichi (楠美 秀一)Next role stated
Former PositionRepresentative Director, President and Head of Sales Headquarters
New positionDirector and Senior Advisor
Kawano Izumi (川野 泉)Next role stated
Former PositionRepresentative Director, President and Head of Sales Headquarters
New positionSpecial adviser

“Next role stated” means the document names the position the person holds after stepping down. It does not necessarily mean they are leaving the company.

Whether the incumbent will remain in office (whether they will retain their position)

Matsuo Naoto (松尾 直人) and Kusumi Shuichi (楠美 秀一) will remain on the Board of Directors. Aihara Koichi (相原 孝一), Nakamura Takayuki (中村 貴幸), Higashide Masahiro (東出 雅宏), and Kawano Izumi (川野 泉) will not remain on the Board of Directors.

Shareholders’ meeting approvalRequired. Formal decisions are scheduled to be made following resolutions at each company's annual general meeting of shareholders and subsequent Board of Directors meetings and other proceedings. The scheduled dates of the general meetings of shareholders are Not disclosed.
Details of organizational changes

株式会社オータニ will establish a Project Assignment position within its Sales Headquarters, effective 13 May 2026.

Who is moving to which position
ItemDetails
Resolution date13 April 2026
Scheduled Appointment Date11 May 2026 (株式会社ユニバース), 13 May 2026 (株式会社オータニ), 14 May 2026 (株式会社ラルズ, 株式会社エルディ), 18 May 2026 (株式会社ベルジョイス), 19 May 2026 (株式会社道北アークス, 株式会社伊藤チェーン), and 20 May 2026 (株式会社東光ストア). Formal decisions are scheduled to be made subject to resolutions at each company's annual general meeting of shareholders and subsequent Board of Directors meetings and other proceedings.
Date of departure13 May 2026 (Nakamura Takayuki (中村 貴幸), Kawano Izumi (川野 泉)); 18 May 2026 (Aihara Koichi (相原 孝一)); and 19 May 2026 (Higashide Masahiro (東出 雅宏))
Name of appointeeNekomiya Kazuhisa (猫宮 一久), Okita Yukihito (起田 幸仁), Tanaka Yoshihiro (田中 義弘), Hosogoe Koji (細越 幸司), Takahashi Akira (髙橋 晃), Hironaka Hiroyuki (広中 裕之), Nakatsui Eiji (中津井 英司), Kosaka Jun (小坂 潤), Tanaka Junya (田中 淳也), Kamibeppu Yuji (上別府 雄二), Ide Yasuhiro (井手 保大), Ito Hiroaki (伊藤 博明), Washihira Masayasu (鷲平 雅保), Miura Takehiko (三浦 建彦), Wakabayashi Fumio (若林 二三夫), Tochimura Masao (栃村 正男), Mega Tsuyoshi (女鹿 剛), Yamada Michihide (山田 美智秀)
Appointee's new positionRepresentative Director, President and COO (株式会社ラルズ), Managing Director, Head of Store Operations Headquarters and General Manager of Store Operations Department (株式会社ユニバース), Managing Director, Head of Administration Headquarters and responsible for Development Office (株式会社ユニバース), Managing Director, Head of Merchandising Headquarters, General Manager of Second Merchandising Department and responsible for Sales Planning Department (株式会社ユニバース), General Manager, Corporate Planning Office (株式会社ベルジョイス), Representative Director, President and Head of Sales Headquarters (株式会社東光ストア), Managing Director, Deputy Head of Sales Headquarters and responsible for Merchandising Control Department (株式会社東光ストア), Director, responsible for Sales Control Department, Sales Headquarters (株式会社東光ストア), Director, responsible for Administration Control Department and General Manager of General Affairs and Human Resources Department (株式会社東光ストア), Executive Officer, responsible for the Product Group, Product Department, Merchandising Control Department, Sales Headquarters (株式会社東光ストア), Executive Officer, responsible for the Fresh Food Group, Fresh Food Department, Merchandising Control Department, Sales Headquarters, and General Manager of Produce Department (株式会社東光ストア), Managing Director and Deputy Head of Sales Headquarters (株式会社伊藤チェーン), Representative Director, President and Head of Sales Headquarters (株式会社オータニ), Chairman of the Board (株式会社オータニ), Director, Project Assignment General Manager, Sales Headquarters (株式会社オータニ), Executive Officer and General Manager of Store Operations Department, Sales Headquarters (株式会社オータニ), Executive Officer and General Manager of Store Operations Department, Sales Headquarters (株式会社オータニ), Senior Managing Director and Head of Sales Headquarters (株式会社エルディ)
Appointee's previous positionVice Chairman of the Board (株式会社ラルズ), Director, Head of Store Operations Headquarters and General Manager of Store Operations Department (株式会社ユニバース), Director, Head of Administration Headquarters and responsible for Development Office (株式会社ユニバース), Director, Head of Merchandising Headquarters, General Manager of Second Merchandising Department and responsible for Sales Planning Department (株式会社ユニバース), Deputy General Manager, Corporate Planning Office (株式会社ベルジョイス), Senior Managing Director, responsible for Sales Control Department and Administration Control Department, Sales Headquarters (株式会社東光ストア), Managing Director, responsible for Merchandising Control Department, Sales Headquarters (株式会社東光ストア), Director, responsible for the Fresh Food Group, Fresh Food Department, Merchandising Control Department, Sales Headquarters (株式会社東光ストア), Executive Officer and General Manager of General Affairs and Human Resources Department, Administration Control Department (株式会社東光ストア), General Manager responsible for the Product Group, Product Department, Merchandising Control Department, Sales Headquarters (株式会社東光ストア), Responsible for the Produce Group, Fresh Food Department, Merchandising Control Department, Sales Headquarters (株式会社東光ストア), Managing Director, Deputy Head of Sales Headquarters and Head of Process Center (株式会社伊藤チェーン), Senior Executive Officer and Deputy Head of Sales Headquarters (株式会社オータニ), - (株式会社オータニ), Director, General Manager of Product Department and General Manager of Sales Promotion Department, Sales Headquarters (株式会社オータニ), Director and General Manager of Store Operations Department, Sales Headquarters (株式会社オータニ), Advisor to the President (株式会社オータニ), Managing Director and Head of Sales Headquarters (株式会社エルディ)
Appointee's date of birthNekomiya Kazuhisa (猫宮 一久): born 11 August 1960; Hironaka Hiroyuki (広中 裕之): born 22 November 1957; Washihira Masayasu (鷲平 雅保): born 3 July 1959. Others: Not disclosed.
Year the appointee joined the CompanyNekomiya Kazuhisa (猫宮 一久): 1983; Hironaka Hiroyuki (広中 裕之): 1997; Washihira Masayasu (鷲平 雅保): 2019. Others: Not disclosed.
Name of departing officerMatsuo Naoto (松尾 直人), Aihara Koichi (相原 孝一), Nakamura Takayuki (中村 貴幸), Higashide Masahiro (東出 雅宏), Kusumi Shuichi (楠美 秀一), Kawano Izumi (川野 泉)
Former position of departing officerRepresentative Director, President and COO, Executive Officer and General Manager of Store Operations Department, Sales Headquarters, Senior Managing Director and General Manager of Store Operations Department, Director and Vice Chairman, Representative Director, President and Head of Sales Headquarters, Representative Director, President and Head of Sales Headquarters
New position of departing officerDirector, special assignment for 3C, General Manager of Store Operations Department, Sales Headquarters, Retirement, Adviser, Director and Senior Advisor, Special adviser
Whether the incumbent will remain in officeMatsuo Naoto (松尾 直人) and Kusumi Shuichi (楠美 秀一) will remain on the Board of Directors. Aihara Koichi (相原 孝一), Nakamura Takayuki (中村 貴幸), Higashide Masahiro (東出 雅宏), and Kawano Izumi (川野 泉) will not remain on the Board of Directors.
Details of organizational changes株式会社オータニ will establish a Project Assignment position within its Sales Headquarters, effective 13 May 2026.
Subject to Approval by the General Meeting of ShareholdersRequired. Formal decisions are scheduled to be made following resolutions at each company's annual general meeting of shareholders and subsequent Board of Directors meetings and other proceedings. The scheduled dates of the general meetings of shareholders are Not disclosed.
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Number of shares held by the appointeeReason for departureReason for changeReasons for appointmentNumber of directors after the changeFiling as an independent officerChange in Corporate Governance Structure

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The Company provisionally decided on these changes and other matters at a Board of Directors meeting held on 13 April 2026. They are scheduled to be formally decided following resolutions at each company's annual general meeting of shareholders and subsequent Board of Directors meetings and other proceedings, but no specific reasons for the changes have been disclosed.

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