アニコム　ホールディングス（8715） – Notice Regarding the Election of Candidates for Officers

June 1, 2022 Company Representative Nobuaki Komori, Anicom Holdings, Inc. Inquiries to Representative Director (Securities Code: 8715 TSE PRIME) Hiroshi Sato, General Manager, Corporate Planning Department Notice Regarding the Election of Candidates for Officers The Board of Directors of Anicom Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) met on May 27, 2022, and passed a resolution to propose the election of candidates for Officers to the 22nd General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held on June 24, 2022. 1. Candidates for Directors Name Current position Classification of appointment Komori Nobuaki Reappointment Momose Yumiko Reappointment Kamei Tatsuhiko Reappointment Representative Director and President Executive Officer Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Director and Managing Executive Officer Tanaka Eiichi (Outside) Reappointment Director Shoyama Katsuo (Outside) New Appointment David G. Litt (Outside) New Appointment Takemi Hiromitsu (Outside) New Appointment Audit & Supervisory Board Member 2. Candidates for Audit & Supervisory Board Member Name Current position Classification of appointment Ito Koichi (Outside) New Appointment Hanaoka Makoto New Appointment － － － － 3. Newly appointed candidates for Directors Name (Date of birth) Career summary Shoyama Katsuo (February 21, 1955) 1978 Joined ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD. (currently Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.) 2008 Senior Officer and General Manager of Higashi-kanto Regional Headquarters 2011 Corporate Officer and General Manager of Chugoku Regional Headquarters 2013 President and Representative Director of LB Co., Ltd. 2016 Senior Managing Director of Asahi Group Foods, Ltd. 2017 President and Representative Director 2021 Company Friend of Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (current position) (Significant concurrent positions outside the Company) Company Friend of Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (Reasons for nomination as candidate for Outside Director) Mr. Shoyama Katsuo has a wealth of experience and insight in corporate management and the food business, having served in various important positions at ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD. and other companies and as President and Representative Director of Asahi Group Foods, Ltd. Based on such experience and insight, the Company expects that he will provide advice and guidance on the Company’s management, including the various business projects undertaken by the Group, and that he will perform an appropriate supervisory function, and as such proposes his appointment as Outside Director. He meets the requirements of an Independent Officer set by Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., and the Company plans to notify the aforementioned exchange. Name (Date of birth) David G. Litt (October 10, 1962) Career summary 1988 Judicial Clerk to the Chief Judge Alfred T. Goodwin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 1989 Admission to the State Bar of California 1990 Judicial Clerk to Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court 1991 Admission to the District of Columbia Bar 1991 Joined O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Partner 2007 Joined Morrison & Foerster LLP, Partner 2012 CEO and Representative Director, Deneb Renewable Energy KK 2015 Professor, Keio University Law School (current position) 2020 Joined O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Foreign lawyer (current position) (Significant concurrent positions outside the Company) Foreign lawyer of O’Melveny & Myers LLP (Reasons for nomination as candidate for Outside Director) Mr. David G. Litt has a wealth of experience and expertise in the field of international legal affairs as a professor of Keio University Law School and as foreign legal consultant, as well as knowledge in the areas of corporate management and the SDGs, including serving as a Representative Director of a renewable energy company. Based on his experience, knowledge and insight, the Company expects that he will provide appropriate advice to the Company’s management, and that he will perform an appropriate supervisory function, and as such proposes his appointment as Outside Director. He meets the requirements of an Independent Officer set by Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., and the Company plans to notify the aforementioned exchange. Name (Date of birth) Career summary 1975 Joined Japan Development Bank (currently Development Bank of Japan) 1982 MBA, University of Rochester, USA 1998 Harvard Business School, USA Completed Advanced Management Program 2001 Vice Director of Research Institute of Capital Formation, Development Bank 2004 Executive Officer of ShinGinko Tokyo, Limited (currently Kiraboshi Bank, of Japan Ltd.) position) Takemi Hiromitsu (December 16, 1952) 2006 Professor of Graduate School of Accounting & Finance, Chiba University of Commerce (Field of academic interests: Corporate governance and corporate finance) (current position) 2007 PhD, Graduate School of Policy Studies, Chiba University of Commerce 2017 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current (Significant concurrent positions outside the Company) Professor of Graduate School of Accounting & Finance, Chiba University of Commerce (Field of academic interests: Corporate governance and corporate finance) (Reasons for nomination as candidate for Outside Director) Mr. Takemi Hiromitsu has a wealth of experience, track record and insights about corporate governance and corporate finance, supported by his deep academic knowledge. He also has the experience of being involved in the management of a financial institution. The Company expects that he will put his wide-ranging experience, track record and insights to use for the Company’s management and that he will perform as appropriate supervisory functions, and as such proposes his appointment as Outside Director. He meets the requirements of an Independent Officer set by Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., and the Company plans to notify the aforementioned exchange. 4. Newly appointed candidates for Audit & Supervisory Board Member Name (Date of birth) Career summary Ito Koichi (December 30, 1969) 1998 PhD MD, PhD MD Course, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo 1998 Research Associate of The Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 2000 Research Associate of Kurume University 2001 Researcher of The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston 2005 Research associate of the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo 2008 Assistant Professor of the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo 2015 Project Associate Professor, Graduate School of the University of Tokyo (current position) (Significant concurrent positions outside the Company) Project Associate Professor, Graduate School of the University of Tokyo (Reasons for nomination as candidate for Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member) Mr. Ito Koichi has specialized knowledge and experience in the field of life sciences as an associate professor of the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo. The Company proposes his election as an Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member so that he can utilize his specialized knowledge, experience, and high-level insight to strengthen the Company’s auditing system. He meets the requirements of an Independent Officer set by Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., and the Company plans to notify the aforementioned exchange. Name (Date of birth) Hanaoka Makoto (April 3, 1969) 1992 Joined Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (currently Tokio Marine & Career summary Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.) 2014 Joined Anicom Insurance, Inc. 2014 Executive Officer 2018 Director and Executive Officer (current position) 2022 Director, ATE Co., LTD (current position) (Reasons for nomination as candidate for Audit & Supervisory Board Member) The Company proposes his election as an Audit & Supervisory Board Member so that he can utilize his knowledge and practical experience in the insurance business accumulated through his extended period of service at Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. and Anicom Insurance, Inc.