亀田製菓（2220） – Notice Regarding the Changes in Representative Directors and Officers

April 22, 2022 TSE Prime Market: Code No. 2220 Notice Regarding the Changes in Representative Directors and Officers KAMEDA SEIKA CO., LTD. (headquartered in Niigata-shi, Niigata; Isamu Sato, President & COO; hereinafter Kameda) announces that the Board of Directors resolved changes of Representative Directors and Officers at a meeting held on April 22, 2022, as described below. The nominations are subject to approval at the 65th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June 14, 2022 and the Board of Directors to be held after the meeting. 1. Reason for changes In order to realize our goal of becoming a “Global Food Company,” embodying the value of “Better For You,” and transforming ourselves from a rice cracker and snack manufacturer to a food company, we have renewed our executive structure. Under the new leadership, we will strive to achieve sustainable growth and enhance the corporate value of the KAMEDA SEIKA Group. The changes of Representative Directors and Officers were carefully discussed by a Special Review Committee consisting mainly of Outside Directors and Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members, and were resolved at a meeting of the Company’s Board of Directors. 2. Changes in Directors (1) Name and title of Representative Directors Name New title Current title Lekh Raj Juneja Masanori Takagi Representative Director, Chairman & CEO Representative Director, Executive Vice President Representative Director, President & COO General Manager, Sales Division Michiyasu Tanaka Director, Senior Chairman Isamu Sato Executive Adviser Yoshio Kodera Special Adviser Representative Director, Chairman & CEO Representative Director, President & COO Representative Director, Executive Vice President 1 (2) Name and title of Directors Name New title Senior Managing Director & CFO, General Manager of Administrative Division Managing Director, in charge of Group Companies and Diversity Current title Director & CFO, General Manager of Administrative Division Director, in charge of Group Companies and Diversity Katsuo Shoyama *1 Outside Director － Outside Director Outside Director *1 The Company is scheduled to appoint Mr. Katsuo Shoyama as an independent director that he meets all the conditions for independence stipulated by the Tokyo Stock Exchange. 3. Changes in Audit & Supervisory Board Members Name and title of Audit & Supervisory Board Members Name New title Current title Akira Kobayashi Naoko Koizumi Nobuo Seki Tadasu Tsutsumi Kazuyoshi Aoki *2 Akihiro Ito *2 Kenichi Yazawa Takao Yuhara Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member － － Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member － － － － *2 The Company is scheduled to appoint Mr. Kazuyoshi Aoki and Mr. Akihiro Ito as independent directors that they meets all the conditions for independence stipulated by the Tokyo Stock Exchange. 4．Effective Date June 14, 2022 2 5．Biographies of new Representative Director, Director and Audit & Supervisory Board Member candidates Name Date of birth Masanori Takagi February 11, 1972 Career summary Apr 1990 Joined the Company November 2014 Head of Shirone Plant June 2017 June 2018 Number of shares owned: 1,412 shares April 2020 July 2021 General Manager of General Affairs Department Executive Officer, General Manager of General Affairs Department Executive Officer, General Manager of Business Restructuring Team Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Sales Division (current position) Name Date of birth Katsuo Shoyama February 21, 1955 Career summary April 1978 Number of shares owned: － Name Date of birth Kazuyoshi Aoki December 24, 1955 Career summary April 1979 March 2003 March 2005 May 2007 June 2012 Number of shares owned: － Name Date of birth Akihiro Ito December 19, 1960 Career summary April 1983 January 2013 March 2014 March 2015 April 2016 March 2018 Number of shares owned: － Joined Asahi Brewery Company (currently Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.) June 2011 September 2008 Director, General Manager of East Kanto Area Management Headquarters Executive officer, General Manager of Chugoku Area Management Headquarters President and Representative Director of LB Co., Ltd. Senior Managing Director of Asahi Group Foods, Ltd. President and Representative Director (resigned in March 2021) March 2013 March 2016 March 2017 Joined Kao Soap Co., Ltd. (currently Kao Corporation) Controller of International Household Div., Kao Corporation Vice chairman of the Board and Vice President, Kao (China) Holding Co., Ltd. Senior Manager of Accounting and Finance Div., Kao Corporation Executive Officer in charge of Accounting and Finance, Kao Corporation January 2017 Resigned from Kao Corporation June 2019 Outside Director of ANRITSU CORPORATION (current position) Joined Kirin Brewery Company, Limited (currently Kirin Holdings Company, Limited) Executive Officer, Director of Group Finance Director of the Board, CFO Director of the Board, Senior Executive Officer Director of Brasil Kirin Holding S.A. (resigned in May 2017) Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Kirin Holdings Company, Limited (resigned March, 2022) 3 (Reference) Executive Structure as of June 14, 2022 (plan) Directors 11 members (including 6 outside directors) Title Representative Director, Chairman & CEO Representative Director, President & COO (New) Name Lekh Raj Juneja Masanori Takagi Senior Managing Director & CFO Akira Kobayashi Managing Director Naoko Koizumi Director, Senior Chairman Michiyasu Tanaka Outside Director Outside Director Outside Director Outside Director Outside Director Mackenzie Clugston Minesaburo Miyake Yoshio Ito Takayuki Kanai Toshimasa Iue (New) Outside Director Katsuo Shoyama Audit & Supervisory Board Members 4 members (including 2 outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members) Title Name Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member Michiya Kondo Jun Sasaki (New) (New) Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Kazuyoshi Aoki Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Akihiro Ito 4