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Announcement of Candidates for Directors
Aug 6, 2025
TechnoPro Holdings, Inc. today announced candidates for its Directors to be recommended at the 20th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (scheduled for September 26, 2025, the “Meeting”) as follows. The appointment of the Directors and the new responsibilities of the Executive Directors are scheduled to be formally determined following the conclusion of the Meeting and the Board of Directors meeting to be held on the same day.
As of September 26, 2025 (Candidates for Directors and Directors to Retire)
1. Candidates for Directors (excluding those who are Audit & Supervisory Committee Members)
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Takeshi Yagi | Current | President, Representative Director and CEO |
| New | ditto (scheduled) | |
| Gaku Shimaoka | Current | Vice President, Representative Director and COO |
| New | ditto (scheduled) | |
| Koichiro Asai | Current | Senior Managing Director |
| New | ditto (scheduled) | |
| Masahiko Ito | Current | Outside Director |
| New | ditto | |
| Kazuhiko Yamada | Current | Outside Director |
| New | ditto | |
| Shoko Takase | Current | Outside Director |
| New | ditto | |
2. Candidate for a Director who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Masatoshi Deguchi | Current | Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) |
| New | ditto | |
(Note)Hitoshi Madarame and Rumiko Tanabe, elected as Directors (Audit & Supervisory Committee Members) on September 27, 2024, are not subject to re-election.
3. Directors to retire
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Toshihiro Hagiwara | Current | Managing Director and CFO |
| Mitsutoshi Takao | Current | Outside Director |
4. The planned appointment of 1) the chairperson of the Board of Directors, 2) the chairperson of the Audit & Supervisory Committee, and 3) the chief Independent Outside Director, and the planned composition of each committee
Once the above candidates for Directors are approved at the Meeting, the Board of Directors and the Audit & Supervisory Committee, which are scheduled to be held immediately after the Meeting, shall make resolutions such as the appointment of the chairperson of the Board of Directors and the chairperson of the Audit and Supervisory Committee. The chairperson of the Board of Directors and the composition of each committee will be as follows.
[underlines indicate chairperson of each committee]
| Chairperson of the Board of Directors and Chief Independent Outside Director | Masahiko Ito |
| Audit & Supervisory Committee | Hitoshi Madarame, Rumiko Tanabe, Masatoshi Deguchi |
| Nomination and Compensation Committee | Masahiko Ito, Kazuhiko Yamada, Shoko Takase |
| Independent Directors Committee | Masahiko Ito, Kazuhiko Yamada, Shoko Takase, Rumiko Tanabe, Masatoshi Deguchi |
Note: This document is provided for informational purposes only. If there are any discrepancies between this and the original, the original Japanese document prevails.