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April 26, 2024

NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION (6849)

Stock Exchange Listing:

Prime Market, Tokyo Stock Exchange

Head Office:

Tokyo

Representative:

Hirokazu Ogino, Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer

Contact:

Fumio Izumida, Operating Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Division

Phone: +81 / 3-5996-8003

Nihon Kohden Announces Change in Directors

Nihon Kohden today announces that its Board of Directors held on April 26, 2024 passed a resolution to change the Directors of the Company, after the deliberation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee which is a voluntary advisory committee under the Board. The formal decision on this change is to be made at the 73rd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 26, 2024.

1. Candidates for New Directors

  • Outside Directors (excluding Directors serving as Audit & Supervisory Committee Members) Sumie Morita (Professor at Department of Information and Computer Science, Faculty of Systems Science and Technology, Akita Prefectural University)
    Danny Risberg (former President and Representative Director, Baxter Limited)
  • Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Ikumi Sato (Attorney, Nozomi Sogo Attorneys at Law)

*The Company will file with the Tokyo Stock Exchange a notification to establish that Ms. Sumie Morita, Mr. Danny Risberg, and Ms. Ikumi Sato are independent directors as provided by the Exchange because they satisfy the requirements therefor.

2. Directors (excluding Directors serving as Audit & Supervisory Committee Members) to be retired Hiroyuki Satake (Corporate Director)

Kanako Muraoka (Outside Director)

*Mr. Shigeru Kawatsuhara, Outside Director serving as an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, is a candidate for Outside Director (excluding Director serving as an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member).

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Board of Directors as of June 26, 2024

Directors (excluding Directors serving as Audit & Supervisory Committee Members)

Name

Title

Hirokazu Ogino

Representative Director

Takashi Tamura

Representative Director

Tadashi Hasegawa

Corporate Director

Eiichi Tanaka

Corporate Director

Yasuhiro Yoshitake

Corporate Director

Shigeru Kawatsuhara

Outside Director

Hidemitsu Sasaya

Outside Director

Sumie Morita

Outside Director

Danny Risberg

Outside Director

Directors (Audit & Supervisory Committee Members)

Name

Title

Shigeru Hirata

Corporate Director, Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Kazuo Shimizu

Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Ikumi Sato

Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Management Operating Officers

Name

Title

Hirokazu Ogino

President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Tadashi Hasegawa

Executive Operating Officer, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO),

General Manager of Corporate Administration Operations, Chief Compliance Officer

Senior Operating Officer, Chief Regional Officer - North America (CRO-A),

Eiichi Tanaka

General Manager of North America Business Operations,

President of Nihon Kohden North America, Inc.

Yasuhiro Yoshitake

Senior Operating Officer, Chief Regional Officer - International (CRO-I),

General Manager of International Business Operations

Senior Operating Officer, Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO),

Kenji Furukawa

General Manager of Human Resources Development Operations,

General Manager of Human Resources Department

Kazuomi Shimoda

Operating Officer, Chief Business Development Officer (CBDO),

General Manager of Import Business Operations

Kaoru Imajo

Operating Officer, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer (CSIO),

In charge of Business Strategy, R&D, Process Management, Brand Equity

Yoshiyuki Fujita

Operating Officer, Chief Quality & Regulatory Officer (CQRO),

General Manager of Corporate Quality Management Operations

Toshihiko Hiraoka

Operating Officer, Chief Regional Officer - Japan (CRO-J),

In charge of Domestic Business and Services Business

Operating Officer, Chief Manufacturing Officer (CMO),

Yutaka Inano

General Manager of Production Operations, General Manager of Supply Chain

Management Division, President of Nihon Kohden Tomioka Corporation

Hirohiko Ikeya

Operating Officer, Chief Technology Officer (CTO),

General Manager of Technology Development Operations

Operating Officers

Name

Title

Shuhei Morinaga

Operating Officer, Deputy General Manager of North America Business Operations

Masahiko Kumakura

Operating Officer, General Manager of Customer Service Operations

Yoshinori Obara

Operating Officer, General Manager of Solution Business Division

Eri Watanabe

Operating Officer, Deputy General Manager of Corporate Administration Operations,

General Manager of Finance Department

Hiroko Hagiwara

Operating Officer, General Manager of Clinical Development & Regulatory Affairs

Division

Fumio Izumida

Operating Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Division

Tsutomu Wakabayashi

Operating Officer, General Manager of Strategic Technology Operations

Seiji Miyazaki

Operating Officer, General Manager of China Operations

Hironori Asa

Operating Officer, General Manager of Domestic Business Operations

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