船井総研ホールディングス（9757） – Notice Regarding Change of Certified Public Accountant

For Immediate Release February 4, 2022 Funai Soken Holdings, Inc. (TSE 1, stock code 9757) Takayuki Nakatani, President & CEO Contact: Takahisa Okumura Director, senior vice president, and head of Management Administration Divisional Headquarters +81-(0)6-6232-0130 Notice Regarding Change of Certified Public Accountant Funai Soken Holdings hereby announces that its Board of Directors decided at a board meeting today to table a motion at the upcoming annual general meeting of shareholders on March 26, 2022, regarding a change in the certified public accountant firm that certifies of the company’s audits in accordance with Article 193-2 Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. The proposed changes are as follows. 1. Date of Change March 26, 2022 (the scheduled date of the annual general meeting of shareholders) 2. Outgoing & Incoming CPAs (1) Incoming CPA 1) Name 2) Address 3) Executive Officers PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC Otemachi Park Building, 1-1-1 Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Masahisa Kinoshita, Kengo Yamamoto 4) Registration status under the Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ register of audit firms listed on the stock exchange Registered (2) Outgoing CPA 1) Name 2) Address 3) Executive Officers Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC Marunouchi Nijubashi Building, 3-2-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Tomoyuki Suzuki, Miki Kidowaki 3. Reasons for Selection of Candidates in 2. (1) Above The Funai Soken Holdings Board of Directors chose PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata as a candidate to be its accounting auditor as a result of: Comprehensive consideration of factors such as the company’s policy of looking into a change of auditors approximately every seven years in order to maintain a relationship of appropriate tension between auditor and auditee and ensure the objectivity of financial reports, and the extension of the current CPA firm’s term of service beyond eight years; Consideration of the various firms’ global auditing structures, independence, expertise, and efficiency; and An expectation that the auditing firm should not only have a framework for carrying out accounting audits properly but should also bring a fresh perspective that will help bolster the company’s governance. 4. Outgoing CPA’s Term of Service Since March 23, 2013 5. Opinions Stated in Outgoing CPA’s Audit Reports for the Past 3 Years － 1 － N/A 6. Reasons Leading to Decision to Change CPAs The term of contract of the current accounting auditor, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, concludes with the closing of the upcoming annual general meeting of shareholders scheduled for March 26, 2022. Thus, in light of the factors shown in 3. Above, the Funai Soken Holdings Board of Directors chose PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata as a candidate to be its accounting auditor. 7. Outgoing CPA’s View Relating to Audit Report Remarks Pertaining to the Reasons Given in 6. Above (1) Outgoing CPA’s View The outgoing CPA stated it had no particular opinion to report. (2) Audit and Supervisory Committee’s View The Audit and Supervisory Committee deems the reasons valid. － 2 －