Biographies and Reasons for Appointment

Tsuneo Murata has been involved in the running and management of domestic and overseas business and sales divisions at the Company and its group companies for many years, accumulating a wealth of experience and a solid record of achievement. He has been responsible for the Company’s management as President and Representative Director of the Company since 2007, as Chairman of the Board, President and Representative Director of the Company since 2017 and as Chairman of the Board and Representative Director of the Company since 2020. He has been elected as a Member of the Board of Directors because the Company expects that he will continue to strengthen the decision-making and supervisory functions of the Board of Directors.

Norio Nakajima has been involved in technology development and business management at the Company and its group companies for many years, accumulating a wealth of experience and a solid record of achievement. He has been responsible for the Company’s management as Representative Director and Senior Executive Vice President of the Company since 2017 President and Representative Director of the Company since 2020. He has been elected as a Member of the Board of Directors because the Company expects that he will continue to demonstrate his managerial ability and strengthen the decision-making and supervisory functions of the Board of Directors.

Hiroshi Iwatsubo has been involved in technology development and business management, planning, and sales at the Company and its group companies for many years, accumulating a wealth of experience and a solid record of achievement. He has been elected as a Member of the Board of Directors because the Company expects that he will continue to strengthen the decision-making and supervisory functions of the Board of Directors.

Masanori Minamide has been involved in accounting, financial and planning duties at the Company and its group companies for many years and corporate management as a chief officer at a local headquarters company in Southeast Asia, accumulating a wealth of experience and a solid record of achievement. He has been elected as a Member of the Board of Directors because the Company expects that he will continue to strengthen the decision-making and supervisory functions of the Board of Directors.

Yuko Yasuda has engaged in the introduction, assessment and development of CEOs, and evaluation of the effectiveness of boards of directors for many years as Japan Director at a company that searches for corporate executive candidates. She has extensive experience with and insight into fields concerning executive personnel assessment, development and corporate governance. As Outside Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of the Company since 2018 and as Outside Director of the Company since 2020, she has contributed to strengthening the functions of the Board of Directors from an independent perspective. She has been elected as an Outside Director because the Company expects that she will continue to strengthen the decision-making and supervisory functions of the Board of Directors by leveraging her experience and insight in managing the affairs of the Company.

Takashi Nishijima has extensive experience and insight as a corporate executive and a board chairman in a company group expanding business related to industrial automation globally. As Outside Director of the Company since 2022, he has contributed to strengthening the functions of the Board of Directors from an independent perspective. He has been elected as an Outside Director because the Company expects that he will continue to strengthen the decision-making and supervisory functions of the Board of Directors by leveraging his experience and insight in managing the affairs of the Company.

Yoshiro Ozawa has been involved in accounting, finance, and personnel affairs in Japan and overseas for many years at the Company and its group companies, and has extensive experience and insight in these fields. He has been elected as a Member of the Board of Directors who is an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member because the Company expects that he will continue to strengthen the decision-making functions and audit and supervisory functions of the Board of Directors.

Hyo Kambayashi has been engaged in affairs concerning financial auditing, internal control advising, risk management, and strengthening governance for many years as a certified public accountant and executive and has extensive experience and insight in corporate accounting, auditing and internal control. As an Outside Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of the Company since 2018, he has contributed to strengthening the functions of the Board of Directors from an independent perspective by leveraging his experience and insight in managing the affairs of the Company. He has been elected as a Outside Director who is an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member because the Company expects that he will continue to strengthen the decision-making functions and audit and supervisory functions of the Board of Directors.

Takatoshi Yamamoto has extensive experience of corporate analysis of companies in Japan and overseas as a securities analyst, particularly in regard to the electronics industry, and has specialized insight in finance and accounting, in addition to a wealth of experience related to global corporate management. Leveraging his experience and insight in managing the affairs of the Company as an Outside Director since 2019 and as an Outside Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of the Company since 2020, he has contributed to strengthening the functions of the Board of Directors from an independent perspective. He has been elected as an Outside Director who is an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member because the Company expects that he will continue to strengthen the decision-making functions and audit and supervisory functions of the Board of Directors.

Naoko Munakata has extensive experience in and insight into the national administrative fields of economics, international trade and intellectual property, among others. As an Outside Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of the Company since 2020, she has contributed to strengthening the functions of the Board of Directors by leveraging her experience and insight in managing the affairs of the Company from an independent perspective. Furthermore, while never having been involved in corporate management in any way other than serving as an outside officer, she possesses sufficient experience in organizational management in central bureaucracy. She has been elected as an Outside Director who is an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member because the Company expects that she will continue to strengthen decision-making functions and audit and supervisory functions of the Board of Directors.