Company name

Sapporo Holdings Limited

Representative

Tsutomu Kamijo

Representative Director, President

Securities code

2501

Listed on

Tokyo Stock Exchange

Sapporo Securities Exchange

Inquiries

Toshihiko Umezato

Corporate Communications Department

TEL: +81-3-5423-7407

[Translation]

Notice Concerning Executive Appointments

November 2, 2016

Sapporo Holdings Limited (the "Company"), at its Board of Directors' meeting held today, resolved the executive appointments as follows.

1.Appointment of Director

(1)Name and Post

Name

New post

Current post

Tsutomu

Kamijo

Chairman and Representative Director of

Sapporo Holdings Limited

President and Representative Director of

Sapporo Holdings Limited

(2)Date for the transfer January 1, 2017

2.Appointments of Group Operating Officers

(1)Name and Post

Name

New post

Current post

Masaki Oga

(※1)

President and Group Operating Officer of Sapporo Holdings Limited

Group Operating Officer of Sapporo Holdings Limited

(President and Representative Director of

Sapporo Breweries Limited)

Hideya Takashima

(※2)

Group Operating Officer of Sapporo Holdings Limited

(Scheduled to assume the post of President and Representative Director of Sapporo Breweries

Limited)

(Director and Executive Managing Officer of Pokka Sapporo Food & Beverage Ltd.)

Yoshihiro Iwata

(※3)

Group Operating Officer of Sapporo Holdings Limited

(Scheduled to assume the post of President and Representative Director of Pokka Sapporo

Food & Beverage Ltd.)

(Director and Executive Managing Officer of Pokka Sapporo Food & Beverage Ltd.)

Kiwamu Kunihiro

(※4)

Retirement of Group Operating Officer of Sapporo Holdings Limited

(Scheduled to retire from President and Representative Director of Pokka Sapporo

Food & Beverage Ltd.)

Group Operating Officer of Sapporo Holdings Limited

(President and Representative Director of Pokka Sapporo Food & Beverage Ltd.)

Please refer to the notes in the next section as to .

(2)Date for the transfer January 1, 2017

※1 Mr. Masaki Oga is scheduled to assume the post of Representative Director of Sapporo Holdings Limited after

resolution of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on March 2017 and following resolution of the Board of Directors for the appointment.

※2 Mr. Hideya Takashima is scheduled to assume the post of President and Representative Director of Sapporo

Breweries Limited after resolution of the Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders to be held by December 31, 2016 and following resolution of the Board of Directors for the appointment.

※3 Mr. Yoshihiro Iwata is scheduled to assume the post of President and Representative Director of Pokka

Sapporo Food & Beverage Ltd. after resolution of Board of Director for appointment to be held by December 31, 2016.

※4 Mr. Kiwamu Kunihiro is scheduled to retire from President and Representative Director of Pokka Sapporo

Food & Beverage Ltd. after resolution of Board of Directors to be held by December 31, 2016. He is scheduled to assume the post of Advisor of such company after the closing of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on March 2017, on expiration of his term of office as the Director of such company.

3.Attachments

Exhibit 1 Sapporo Holdings Limited Brief history of Newly Appointed President (Mr. Masaki Oga)

Exhibit 1 Sapporo Holdings Limited Brief history of Newly Appointed Group Operating Officer (Mr. Hideya Takashima)

Exhibit 2 Sapporo Holdings Limited Brief history of Newly Appointed Group Operating Officer (Mr. Yoshihiro Iwata)

以 上

Exhibit 1

Name of

new post

President and Group Operating Officer

Name

Masaki Oga

Place of

birth

Tokyo

Date of

birth

December 2, 1958

Personal History

Mar. 1982

Apr. 1982

Jul. 2003

Oct. 2006

Mar. 2009

Mar. 2010

Mar. 2013

Mar. 2015

Graduated from Faculty of Law, Keio University

Joined the Company (former SAPPORO Breweries Limited) Newly established Sapporo Breweries Ltd. in connection with restructuring of the Company as a pure holding company

Director, Tokyo Headquarters Office, Tokyo Metropolitan Area Sales & Marketing Division of Sapporo Breweries Ltd.

Operating Officer, Director of Hokkaido Sales & Marketing Division Director (Member of the Board) and Managing Officer, Director of Marketing Department

President and Representative Director (current position)

Director (Member of the Board) and Group Operating Officer of the Company

Group Operating Officer of the Company

Name of

new post

Group Operating Officer (President and Representative Director of Sapporo Breweries Limited)

Name

Hideya Takashima

Place of

birth

Fukushima

Date of

birth

November 20, 1959

Personal History

Mar. 1982

Apr. 1982

Jul. 2003

Mar. 2007

Graduated from Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University Joined the Company (former SAPPORO Breweries Limited) Newly established Sapporo Breweries Ltd. in connection with restructuring of the Company as a pure holding company

Manager of Sendai Factory of Sapporo Breweries Ltd.

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