ハイレックス（7279） – Partial Corrections to the “Notice of the 78th Annual Meeting of Shareholders”

To our shareholders: Company name: HI-LEX CORPORATION Representative: Taro Teraura ,President and Representative Director Inquiries: (Securities Code: 7279, 2nd section, Tokyo Stock Exchange)Mitsuhiro Nakano ,Vice President and Representative Director (TEL 0797-85-2500)January 6,2022 Partial Corrections to the “Notice of the 78th Annual Meeting of Shareholders” Hi-lex Corporation hereby announces that the “Notice of the 78th Annual Meeting of Shareholders” contained matters that require correction. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and have made partial corrections as described below. [Corrected sections] (Corrections are underlined.) Item No. 2 Election of Five(5) Directors” of Reference Documents for General Meeting of Shareholders (page 6 of the Notice(English translation) / page 39 of the Notice(Japanese original)) “Brief Profile, position and responsibility at the Company, and important concurrent position” of “Candidate No. 4 Yoshifumi Akanishi” Before correction Candidate No. Name (Date of birth) Brief Profile, position and responsibility at the Company, and important concurrent position Number of the Company’s shares owned Yoshifumi Akanishi (Born on March 5, 1948) Reappointment Outside Independent April, 1972 April, 1974 April, 1992 April, 1993 Legal Apprentice in the Supreme Court Assistant Judge, Kobe District Court Prosecutor, Litigation Division, Osaka Legal Affairs Bureau Manager of Litigation Division, Osaka Legal Affairs Bureau Presiding Justice of Kobe Family Court January, 2007 October, 2008 Chief Judge, Osaka High Court June, 2013 Registered as a practicing attorney (Osaka Bar Association) (incumbent) September, 2013 Member of the Public Interest Corporation April, 2014 Commission of Osaka Prefecture Professor of Graduate School of Law, Kindai University (incumbent) January, 2017 Director of the Company (incumbent) 4 4 [Reason for nomination as a candidate for Outside Director and outline of expected role] Mr. Yoshifumi Akanishi has acquired, through his long career as a judge, abundant experience and deep As Outside Director of the Company, he has provided useful suggestions based on his knowledge and insight. experience as a legal expert. He is, based on the above, expected to strengthen the corporate governance of the Company by making proposals on the Company’s overall management, and by being appropriately involved and giving advice as an independent Outside Director. For this reason, he continues to be a candidate for the position of Outside Director. After correction Candidate No. Name (Date of birth) Brief Profile, position and responsibility at the Company, and important concurrent position Number of the Company’s shares owned Yoshifumi Akanishi (Born on March 5, 1948) Reappointment Outside Independent April, 1972 April, 1974 April, 1992 April, 1993 Legal Apprentice in the Supreme Court Assistant Judge, Kobe District Court Prosecutor, Litigation Division, Osaka Legal Affairs Bureau Manager of Litigation Division, Osaka Legal Affairs Bureau Presiding Justice of Kobe Family Court January, 2007 October, 2008 Chief Judge, Osaka High Court June, 2013 Registered as a practicing attorney (Osaka Bar Association) September, 2013 Member of the Public Interest Corporation April, 2014 Commission of Osaka Prefecture Professor of Graduate School of Law, Kindai University January, 2017 Director of the Company (incumbent) April, 2021 Registered as a practicing attorney (Kyoto Bar Association) (incumbent) [Reason for nomination as a candidate for Outside Director and outline of expected role] Mr. Yoshifumi Akanishi has acquired, through his long career as a judge, abundant experience and deep insight. experience as a legal expert. As Outside Director of the Company, he has provided useful suggestions based on his knowledge and He is, based on the above, expected to strengthen the corporate governance of the Company by making proposals on the Company’s overall management, and by being appropriately involved and giving advice as an independent Outside Director. For this reason, he continues to be a candidate for the position of Outside Director. – 1 – – shares – shares