カカクコム（2371） – Notice of Organizational and Personnel Changes

For Immediate Release (English translation of the original Japanese document) March 16, 2022 Representative: Shonosuke Hata, President and Representative Director (Stock code: 2371; First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange) Company Name: Kakaku.com, Inc. Contact: Kiyoaki Shirakawa, Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Management Division Phone: +81 3-5725-4554 Notice of Organizational and Personnel Changes Kakaku.com, Inc. (the Company) hereby announces that its Board of Directors approved on March 16, 2022 the following organizational and personnel changes. 1. Organizational changes (effective April 1, 2022) The Company will implement the following organizational changes for more efficient intra-departmental coordination. ① In order to further grow the media capabilities of services in the New Media Business by sharing know-how and technology gained through media production in the Kakaku.com Business, media production functions of Kakaku.com and services in the New Media Business, excluding Tabelog, Kyujin Box and those services operated by affiliate companies, will be consolidated into the newly established “Shopping Media Division” and “Service Media Division”. ② With the aim to maximize revenue from generating traffic for Kakaku.com’s client companies, sales functions of Kakaku.com’s Shopping Business and Kakaku.com’s Service Business will be consolidated into the newly established “Kakaku.com Business Division”. ③ The Company will establish a “Travel Business Division”, which will manage and operate travel related businesses, including 4travel and icotto, with the aim of expanding Kakaku.com group’s travel business. ④ The “Corporate Strategy Division” will be renamed into “Corporate Planning Division” and will consist of the “Planning Department”, which will consolidate corporate planning functions previously handled by multiple departments, and the “Communication Design Office”, responsible for enhancing the value of the corporate brand. ⑤ For the purpose of consolidating support and management of affiliate companies as well as the Company’s investments in Japan and overseas, the Affiliate Company Management Division (previously Affiliate Administration Division) will be reorganized into two departments, the newly established Domestic Management Department and the Global Management Department (formerly part of the Corporate Strategy Division). 1 2. Personnel changes (Effective April 1, 2022) (1) Executive Officers ①Newly Appointed New position – Executive Officer – General Manager, Travel Business Div. Takamatsu – Executive Officer – Representative Director, LCL, Inc. Tatsuya Matsui ②Personnel Change New position – Director and Executive Officer – Executive Officer – General Manager, Kakaku.com Business Div. – Executive Officer – General Manager, Corporate Planning Div. – Executive Officer – General Manager, Human Resources & General Affairs Div. – Executive Officer – General Manager, Kyujin Box Div. Kota Shiratani 2 Name Yuzo Name Kanako Miyazaki Norihiko Fukuda Takeshi Kamada Current position – Founder CEO, Time Design Co., Ltd. – General Manager, Marketing Div. – Manager, Business Marketing Dept., – Manager, Data Business Planning Marketing Div. Office Current position – Director and Executive Officer – General Manager, Shopping Business – Executive Officer and CTO Div Div. – Executive Officer – Assistant General Manager, Shopping – Manager, Media Creative Dept., Shopping Business Div. Ryu – Executive Officer Shibaki – General Manager, Tabelog Sales Div. Yusuke Aizawa – Executive Officer – Manager, President’s Office – Executive Officer – General Manager, Human Resources & Mitsuhiro General Affairs Div. Sakusabe – Manager, Human Resources Dept., Human Resources & General Affairs Div. – Executive Officer – General Manager, Kyujin Box Div. – Manager, Sales Dept., Kyujin Box Div. – Executive Officer and CTO – General Manager, Platform Technology – Executive Officer Kimihiro – Executive Officer – General Manager, Shopping Media Div. Murakami – Representative Director, LCL, Inc. – Executive Officer Media Div. – Assistant General Manager, Shopping Business Div. New position Name Current position – Executive Officer – General Manager, Business Development Div. – Manager, Kinarino/icotto Dept., Business Development Div. Current position – General Manager, Service Business – Manager, Planning Dept., Service Div. Business Div. – Manager, Metropolitan Area Sales Dept. 1, Tabelog Sales Div. – Assistant General Manager, System Div. – General Manager, System Div. – Executive Officer (2) General Managers New position – General Manager, Service Media Div. – General Manager, Tabelog Sales Div. – Manager, Metropolitan Area Sales Dept. 1, Tabelog Sales Div. – General Manager, System Div. – Assistant General Manager, System Div. Div. Office (3) Managers – General Manager, Platform Technology – Manager, Advanced Technology Dept., Platform Technology Div. – General Manager, Marketing Div. – Manager, Data Business Planning Satoru – Manager, Marketing Support Office, Asakawa Marketing Div. New position Name Current position – Manager, Media Planning Dept. 1, Tomoaki – Manager, Planning Dept., Shopping Shopping Media Div. Ryu Business Div. – Manager, Media Planning Dept. 2, Shopping Media Div. Takuhiro Koyama – Assistant Manager, Planning and Production Office, Shopping Business Div. – Manager, Media Creative Dept., Yasuyuki – Manager, Planning and Production Shopping Media Div. Endo Office, Shopping Business Div. – Manager, Data Management Office, – Manager, Data Management Office, Shopping Media Div. Shopping Business Div. Tomoko Miyake – Manager, Media Design Dept. 1, Shopping Media Div. Satoshi – Manager, Media Design Dept., – Manager, Communication Design Nozomito Shopping Business Div. Office, Corporate Planning Div. – Manager, Media Design Dept. 2, Keiichi – Manager, Media Design Dept., Shopping Media Div. Wakabayashi Business Development Div. Tomoyuki Watabe Name Hideki Ono Yuji Ogino Kenji Ando Toru Akasaka Hiroshi Miyata 3 New position Current position – Manager, Media Planning Dept., – Assistant Manager, Planning Dept., Service Media Div. Service Business Div. Name Kohei Iida – Manager, Sumaity Dept., Service Media Hidekazu – Manager, Sumaity Dept., Business Div. Kando Development Div. – Manager, Commerce Marketing Dept., Shunsuke Kakaku.com Business Div. Yanagisawa – Assistant Manager, Commerce Marketing Dept., Shopping Business Div. – Manager, Service Marketing Dept. 1, – Assistant Manager, Service Marketing Kakaku.com Business Div. Dept. 1, Service Business Div. Tomoki Takase – Manager, Service Marketing Dept. 2, Yasuyuki – Manager, Service Marketing Dept. 2, Kakaku.com Business Div. Sakurano Service Business Div. – Manager, Business Development Dept., Hiromichi – Manager, Service Marketing Dept. 1, Travel Business Div. Ide Service Business Div. – Manager, 4 travel Dept., Travel Katsuhiro – Manager, 4 travel Dept., Service Business Div. Sales Div. – Manager, Business Support Dept., – Manager, Sales Dept., Kyujin Box Div. Saito Koichi Tomotsune Tsubasa Ishikawa Business Div. – Manager, Customer Service Dept. – Manager, Commerce Marketing Dept., Shopping Business Div. – Manager, Media Planning Dept., Kyujin Takeshi – Manager, Planning Dept., Kyujin Box Box Div. Ushiwata Div. – Manager, Advanced Technology Dept., Platform Technology Div. Mitsuru Tokita – Assistant Manager, Advanced Technology Dept., Platform Technology – Manager, Business Marketing Dept., Keisuke – Assistant Manager, Business Marketing Marketing Div. Ogishima Dept., Marketing Div. – Manager, Marketing Promotion Dept., Koki – Assistant Manager, Marketing Support Marketing Div. Morishita Office, Marketing Div. – Manager, Sales Promotion Dept., Sales Div. Div. – Manager, Customer Service Dept. – Manager, Domestic Management Dept., Affiliate Company Management – Manager, Affiliate Administration Div. Div. Div. – Manager, Global Management Dept., – Manager, Global Strategy Dept., Affiliate Company Management Div. Corporate Strategy Div. – Manager, Planning Dept., Corporate Takao – Manager, Corporate Strategy Dept., Planning Div. Maruyama Corporate Strategy Div. – Manager, Human Resources Dept., – Manager, Operational Reforms Human Resources & General Affairs Promotion Office, Human Resources & General Affairs Div. Shinya Bessho Osamu Terada Joi Okada Takumi Kusumoto 4 For Reference: New Organizational Chart (As of April 1, 2022) 5