スパークス・グループ（8739） – Notice on Changes and Reappointment of Officers

The following is an English version of the official Japanese announcement, which has been given to the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the media in Tokyo, Japan. For Immediate Release May 6, 2022 SPARX Group Co., Ltd. President and Group CEO Shuhei Abe (Code: 8739, TSE Prime Market) Notifice on Changes and Reappointment of Officers TOKYO—May 6, 2022—SPARX Group Co., Ltd. (the “the Company”) would like to inform you that the Board of Directors, at its meeting held today, voted to add the following executive personnel changes to the agenda for the 33rd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company, which is scheduled for June 10, 2022. These reappointments will formally be deteremined conditional upon approval at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June 10, 2022. ■ Non-Audit and Supervisory Committee Director candidates Category Full name Reappointment Shuhei Abe Reappointment Masatoshi Fukami Reappointment Tadahiro Fujimura New Appointment Hiroshi Minematsu Current position Representative Director, President, Group CEO, SPARX Group Co., Ltd. Representatvie Director, President & CEO, SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. Representatitve Director, Executive Deputy President, Group COO, SPARX Group Co., Ltd. Representative Director, Executive Deputy President, SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. Director, SPARX Green Energy & Technology Co., Ltd. Chairman & Director, SPARX Asset Trust & Management Co., Ltd. Representative Director, Senior Managing Director, Group CIO, SPARX Group Co., Ltd. Representative Director, Senior Managing Director, CIO, Senior Fund Manager, SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. Director, SPARX Asia Investment Advisors Limited Group Senior Managing Executive Officer, Group CFO, SPARX Group Co., Ltd. Senior Managing Director, CFO, SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. Director, SPARX Green Energy & Technology Co., Ltd. Director, SPARX Asset Trust & Management Co., Ltd. Director, SPARX Asia Investment Advisors Limited Director, SPARX Asset Management Korea Co., Ltd. At the meeting of Board of Directors to be held after the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, the directors plan to reappoint Mr. Shuhei Abe as president, Mr. Masatoshi Fukami as executive deputy president, and Mr. Tadahiro Fujimura as senior managing director. It will also put forward a new non-Audit and Supervisory Committee Director candidate, Mr. Hiroshi Minematsu, whose biography is as follows: The following is an English version of the official Japanese announcement, which has been given to the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the media in Tokyo, Japan. Brief biography for non-Audit and Supervisory Committee Director candidates Full name: Date of birth: Work history highlights: Hiroshi Minematsu September 28, 1971 November 1997: Joined Asahi Arthur Andersen Ltd. (currently known as PWC Consulting October 1999: May 2001: July 2005: April 2010: LLC). Transferred to Asahi Auditing (currently known as KPMG Azsa LLC). Registered as a certified public accountant Joined SPARX Asset Management Trust Co., Ltd. (currently known as SPARX Group Co., Ltd.). Appointed Head of Corporate Division, SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. (current position). February 2014: Appointed Director, SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. April 2014: Appointed Director, SPARX Asset Trust & Management Co., Ltd. (current position). February 2015: Appointed Director, December 2015: Appointed Group Executive Officer, SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. SPARX Green Energy & Technology Co., Ltd. (current position). November 2017: Appointed Head of Fund Operation Division, January 2016: May 2016: March 2018: April 2019: June 2019: April 2022: Appointed Head of Corporate Division, SPARX Group Co., Ltd. (current post). Appointed Group Executive Officer, SPARX Group Co., Ltd. Appointed Director, SPARX Asia Investment Advisors Limited (current position). SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. (current position). Appointed Director, SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. Appointed Group Managing Executive Officer, Group CFO, SPARX Group Co., Ltd. Appointed Director, SPARX Asset Management Korea Co., Ltd. (current position). Appointed Senior Managing Director and CFO, SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. (current position). Appointed Group Senior Managing Executive Officer, Group CFO, SPARX Group Co., Ltd. (current position). The following is an English version of the official Japanese announcement, which has been given to the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the media in Tokyo, Japan. ■ Audit and Supervisory Committee Director candidates Category Full name Reappointment Kazuyoshi Kimura Current position Audit and Supervisory Committee Director, SPARX Group Co., Ltd. Corporate Auditor, SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. Outside Director, Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. Director, Kojima Co., Ltd. Representative Director and President, Bic Camera Inc. Audit and Supervisory Committee Director, SPARX Group Co., Ltd. Corporate Auditor, SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. Advisor, J-Will Corporation Ltd. Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Wismettac Nishimoto HD Co., Ltd. Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), IR Japan Holdings, Ltd. Audit and Supervisory Committee Director, SPARX Group Co., Ltd. Corporate Auditor, SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. Representative Director, Office Nakagawa Co., Ltd. Outside Auditor, Asuka SSI Partner, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto LPC Partner, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Outside Corporate Auditor, Kito Corporation Reappointment Kimikazu Noumi Reappointment Toshihiko Nakagawa New Appointment Eiko Hakoda The directors plan to reappoint Mr. Kazuyoshi Kimura, Mr. Kimikazu Noumi, and Mr. Toshihiko Nakagawa outside directors and notify as required by the Tokyo Stock Exchange that they will remain in their positions as independent directors. It will also put forward a new Audit and Supervisory Committee director candidate, Ms. Eiko Hakoda, whose biography is as follows: Brief biography for Audit and Supervisory Committee director candidates Full name: Eiko Hakoda Date of birth: May 25, 1957 Work history highlights: April 1980: April 1990: April 1992: Joined Hamada & Matsumoto (now Mori Hamada & Matsumoto). Underwent judicial apprenticeship, Legal Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Japan. Admitted to the bar, Daini Tokyo Bar Association. Rejoined Hamada & Matsumoto (now Mori Hamada & Matsumoto). January 2005: Appointed Partner, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (current position). January 2016: June 2019: Appointed LPC Partner, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (current position). Appointed Outside Auditor, Kito Corporation (current position). The following is an English version of the official Japanese announcement, which has been given to the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the media in Tokyo, Japan. ■ For inquiries related to this release, contact: SPARX Group Co., Ltd., Finance & Management Control Dept. Tel: 81-3-6711-9100 / Fax: 81-3-6711-9101 No further entry