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(Securities code: 7819) December 7, 2023 (Start date of measures for electronic provision: November 30, 2023)

To Shareholders with Voting Rights:

Masahide Terada

Representative Director and

President

SHOBIDO Corporation

2-15-1 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo,

Japan

NOTICE OF

THE 75th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

We are pleased to inform you that the 75th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") of SHOBIDO Corporation (the "Company") will be held as described below.

In convening this Meeting, the Company has taken measures for electronic provision. Matters subject to electronic provision are posted on the following website on the internet.

The Company's website: https://www.shobido-corp.co.jp/ir/event/ (in Japanese)

In addition to the above, the matters are also posted on the following website on the internet.

Tokyo Stock Exchange website: https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/JJK020010Action.do?Show=Show

To find the matters provided electronically, please access the above website, enter and search the Company's name "SHOBIDO" or securities code "7819," and select "Basic information" and then "Documents for public inspection/PR information."

If you are not attending the Meeting in person, you can exercise your voting rights via the internet or in writing. Please review the Reference Documents for the General Meeting included in the matters to be provided electronically, and exercise your voting rights by 5:30 p.m. Japan time, Thursday, December 21, 2023.

1. Date and Time: Friday, December 22, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. Japan time (Doors open at 9:00 a.m.)

2. Place:

10F, Osaka Head Office of SHOBIDO Corporation

6-4-18Nishi-Tenma,Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka

3. Meeting Agenda:

Matters to be reported:1. The business report and consolidated financial statements for the

Company's 75th fiscal year (October 1, 2022 - September 30, 2023) and results of audits of the consolidated financial statements by the accounting auditor and the Audit and Supervisory Committee

2. Non-consolidated financial statements for the Company's 75th fiscal year (October 1, 2022 - September 30, 2023)

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Proposals to be resolved:

Proposal 1: Election of Six (6) Directors (Excluding Directors Serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

Proposal 2: Election of Four (4) Directors Serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Members

4. Matters to be confirmed upon convocation:

    1. If you are planning on a non-uniform exercise of voting rights, please notify the Company in writing to that effect and the reasons for the choice not later than three days before the day of the Meeting.
    2. If you do not indicate approval or disapproval for the proposals on the voting rights exercise form, it will be considered that you have indicated your approval.
  • No souvenirs are prepared for shareholders attending the Meeting.
  • If you are attending the Meeting in person, please submit the enclosed voting rights exercise form at the reception.
  • Any revisions to the matters subject to electronic provision will be posted on the websites where the matters are posted.
  • The Company presents its in-house proprietary products as shareholder benefits to shareholders who hold 3 share units (300 shares) or more of the Company's shares stated or recorded in the Company's shareholder register as of September 30 every year. Furthermore, to shareholders who hold 3 share units (300 shares) or more of the Company's shares as of September 30 every year and have done so consecutively for three years or more, the Company presents a QUO card worth 1,000 yen in addition to the above as additional benefits for long-term shareholders. The Company plans to send out the benefits on December 8, 2023.
    • Shareholders stated or recorded in the shareholder register as of September 30 every year under the same shareholder number four consecutive times or more will be treated as shareholders consecutively holding shares for three years or more.

To prevent the spread of infectious diseases, we appreciate your cooperation in any anti-infection measures taken at the venue of the Meeting for the safety of shareholders.

No souvenirs are prepared for shareholders attending the Meeting. Thank you for your kind understanding in advance.

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Payment of Year-End Dividends for the 75th Fiscal Year

The Company has resolved to pay 12 yen per share as year-end dividends with an effective date (payment start date) of December 8, 2023 at its Board of Directors meeting held on November 17, 2023, as provided for by its Articles of Incorporation.

If you prefer transfer to your bank deposit account, please confirm the enclosed Dividend Statement and Notice on the Destination of Payment Transfer.

If you prefer distribution of dividends proportional to the number of shares you hold, please confirm the enclosed Dividend Statement and Notice on How to Receive Your Dividends.

If you do not prefer either of the above, please bring the enclosed Dividend Receipt to the head office, a branch or sub-branch of JAPAN POST BANK or a post office near you and receive your dividends during the period from Friday, December 8, 2023 to Tuesday, January 9, 2024.

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Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders

Proposals and References

Proposal 1: Election of Six (6) Directors (Excluding Directors Serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

The terms of office of all six (6) Directors (excluding Directors serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Members; hereinafter, the same shall apply in this proposal) will expire at the close of this Meeting. Accordingly, the Company proposes the election of six (6) Directors.

The details of candidates for Director are as follows:

No.

Name

Career summary, positions, responsibilities,

Number of

shares of the

(Date of birth)

and significant concurrent positions

Company held

Ichiro Terada

April 1971

Joined CHORI CO., LTD.

November 1974

Joined the Company, Senior Managing Director

2,140,600

(October 14, 1948)

January 1990

Representative Director and President

December 2013

Director and Chairman (current)

1

[Reason for nomination as candidate for Director]

Mr. Ichiro Terada has served in numerous prominent positions at the Company as Representative Director and

President, and Director and Chairman, and has long administered important operations of the Company's

management in general. In addition, he has a wealth of experience and insight in the Company's businesses and

operations, and is deemed to have advanced knowledge on corporate management. Therefore, the Company

reappoints him as a candidate for Director.

April 2001

Joined Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

May 2004

Joined the Company

November 2004

Senior Managing Director

June 2005

President, SHOBIDO (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.

April 2013

(current)

Director (Part-time), Melly Sighte Co., Ltd.

December 2013

(currently, SHO-BI Labo Co., Ltd.)

Representative Director and President, the

Masahide Terada

October 2015

Company (current)

President, SHOBIDO TAIWAN CO., LTD.

1,405,200

(November 18, 1977)

May 2018

Representative Director and President, Melly

Sighte Co., Ltd. (currently, SHO-BI Labo Co.,

April 2019

Ltd.) (current)

2

President, One Sight Health Technology

October 2020

(Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (current)

Representative Director, BEAUTYDOOR

HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

June 2022

Director, BEAUTYDOOR CO., LTD.

Representative Director, BEAUTYDOOR CO.,

LTD. (current)

[Reason for nomination as candidate for Director]

Mr. Masahide Terada has served in numerous prominent positions at the Company as Senior Managing

Director, and Representative Director and President. He has a wealth of experience and insight in corporate

management and is well versed in the Company's divisions. Furthermore, he has been successful overseas as

well, as he launched subsidiary SHOBIDO (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. and expanded business. He excels in the

ability of executing and supervising operations, and is deemed capable of setting the future direction of the

Company and demonstrating leadership. Therefore, the Company reappoints him as a candidate for Director.

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No.

Name

Career summary, positions, responsibilities,

Number of

shares of the

(Date of birth)

and significant concurrent positions

Company held

March 1983

Joined the Company

October 2007

General Manager, First Department, Second Sales

Division

October 2009

Executive Officer, General Manager, Third Sales

Department

October 2012

Executive Officer, General Manager, Second Sales

Department

December 2014

Director (Part-time), Melly Sighte Co., Ltd.

(currently, SHO-BI Labo Co., Ltd.)

October 2015

Executive Officer, General Manager, Product

Planning Department, the Company

October 2016

Executive Officer, General Manager, Product

Planning Department and Executive Officer in

charge of Production Management

December 2016

Director, General Manager, Product Planning

Kotaro Yoshida

Department and Officer in charge of Production

35,900

(February 25, 1960)

Management

October 2017

Director, General Manager, Product Planning

Division and Officer in charge of Production

3

Management

October 2018

Director, General Manager, ZACCA Business

Division and Officer in charge of Production

Management

October 2020

Director, General Manager, Business Division,

General Manager, Personal Care Business

Department, and Officer in charge of Production

Management

February 2021

Director, General Manager, Marketing Division

and Officer in charge of Production Management

October 2021

Director, General Manager, Business Promotion

Division, General Manager, Product Planning

Group, and Officer in charge of Production

Management (current)

[Reason for nomination as candidate for Director]

Mr. Kotaro Yoshida has served in numerous prominent positions at the Company as General Manager of Sales Departments and General Manager of Product Planning Division, etc. He is well versed in the field of sales as well as the Company's various divisions, gaining a wealth of experience. He excels in the ability of executing and supervising these operations and is deemed a personnel that will contribute to increasing corporate value in a sustainable manner by demonstrating leadership. Therefore, the Company reappoints him as a candidate for Director.

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No.

Name

Career summary, positions, responsibilities,

Number of

shares of the

(Date of birth)

and significant concurrent positions

Company held

March 1983

Joined the Company

October 2007

General Manager, Second Department, Second

Sales Division

October 2009

Executive Officer, General Manager, Fourth Sales

Department

October 2011

Executive Officer, General Manager, Product

Planning Department and in charge of Overseas

Business Department

September 2012

Director, SHOBIDO (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.

October 2012

Executive Officer, General Manager, Overseas

Tadaaki Toyokura

Business Department, the Company

April 2013

Executive Officer, General Manager, Fourth Sales

29,800

(August 26, 1960)

Department

Director (Part-time), Melly Sighte Co., Ltd.

(currently, SHO-BI Labo Co., Ltd.)

4

October 2013

Executive Officer, General Manager, Fifth Sales

Department, the Company

October 2015

Executive Officer, General Manager, Special Sales

Department

October 2017

Executive Officer, General Manager, OEM

Business Department

December 2017

Director, General Manager, OEM Business

Department

October 2021

Director, General Manager, Sales Group (current)

[Reason for nomination as candidate for Director]

Mr. Tadaaki Toyokura has served in numerous prominent positions at the Company as General Manager of Sales Departments, General Manager of Overseas Business Department, General Manager of Special Sales Department and General Manager of OEM Business Department. He is well versed in the field of sales as well as the Company's various divisions, gaining a wealth of experience. He excels in the ability of executing and supervising these operations and is deemed a personnel that will contribute to increasing corporate value in a sustainable manner by demonstrating leadership. Therefore, the Company reappoints him as a candidate for Director.

March 1985

Joined the Company

October 2015

General Manager, Internal Audit Office

Hiroshi Tomoda

October 2016

General Manager, Business Administration

Department

20,300

(February 21, 1963)

October 2017

Executive Officer, General Manager, Business

Administration Department

December 2020

Director, General Manager, Business

5

Administration Department (current)

[Reason for nomination as candidate for Director]

Mr. Hiroshi Tomoda has served in numerous prominent positions at the Company as General Manager of

Internal Audit Office and General Manager of Business Administration Department. He is well versed in the

field of business administration as well as the Company's various divisions, gaining a wealth of experience. He

excels in the ability of executing and supervising these operations and is deemed a personnel that will contribute

to increasing corporate value in a sustainable manner by demonstrating leadership. Therefore, the Company

reappoints him as a candidate for Director.

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No.

Name

Career summary, positions, responsibilities,

Number of

shares of the

(Date of birth)

and significant concurrent positions

Company held

April 1987

Joined The Fuji Bank, Limited (currently, Mizuho

Bank, Ltd.)

April 2010

General Manager, Corporate Banking

Coordination Division (Large Corporations),

Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

April 2011

Deputy General Manager, Head Office Sales

Department XVIII

December 2017 Seconded to the Company, Associate General

Manager, General Affairs and Personnel

Department

October 2018

Joined the Company, General Manager, General

Affairs and Personnel Department

Masaki Saito

February 2019

General Manager, General Affairs and Personnel

11,500

(July 14, 1964)

Department and General Manager, Accounting

Department

October 2019

Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager,

6

Administration Division, General Manager,

General Affairs and Personnel Department and

General Manager, Accounting Department

December 2019 Executive Officer, General Manager,

Administration Division, General Manager,

General Affairs and Personnel Department and

General Manager, Accounting Department

December 2020 Director, General Manager, Administration

Division, General Manager, General Affairs and

Personnel Department and General Manager,

Accounting Department (current)

[Reason for nomination as candidate for Director]

Mr. Masaki Saito has experience at a financial institution, as well as a wealth of experience and insight as a top executive of the Administration Division that he gained through serving in numerous prominent positions at the Company as General Manager of General Affairs and Personnel Department and General Manager of Administration Division. He excels in the ability of executing and supervising these operations and is deemed a personnel that will contribute to increasing corporate value in a sustainable manner by demonstrating leadership. Therefore, the Company reappoints him as a candidate for Director.

Notes: 1. There are no special interests between any of the candidates for Director and the Company.

  1. Mr. Masahide Terada falls under the Parent Company, etc. stipulated in Article 2, item 4-2 of the Companies Act.
  2. The Company has entered into a directors and officers liability insurance (D&O insurance) contract that insures each Director (excluding Directors serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Members). The insurance policy covers damages that may arise when the insured assumes liability for the execution of his or her duties or receives a claim related to the pursuit of such liability. The insurance premiums are fully borne by the Company. The insurance policy does not cover damages caused by intent or gross negligence. The Company plans to renew the insurance policy with the same contents during the term of office of each candidate.

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Proposal 2: Election of Four (4) Directors Serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Members

The terms of office of all four (4) Directors serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Members will expire at the close of this Meeting. Accordingly, the Company proposes the election of four (4) Directors serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Members.

Consent has been obtained from the Audit and Supervisory Committee regarding the submission of this proposal.

The details of candidates for Directors serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Members are as follows:

No.

Name

Career summary, positions, responsibilities,

Number of

shares of the

(Date of birth)

and significant concurrent positions

Company held

March 1983

Joined the Company

October 2012

General Manager, Finance Department

October 2017

Executive Officer, General Manager, Finance

Yoshihiro Imamura

December 2019

Department

Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee

31,100

(June 11, 1960)

Member) (current)

Corporate Auditor, SHOBIDO (SHANGHAI) CO.,

1

October 2020

LTD. (current)

Corporate Auditor, BEAUTYDOOR CO., LTD.

(current)

[Reason for nomination as candidate for Director]

Mr. Yoshihiro Imamura has a wealth of experience as General Manager of Finance Department of the Company

and insight into the Group's business as a whole. He is deemed to have the experience and ability suitable for a

Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company. Therefore, the Company reappoints him

as a candidate for Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member).

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No.

Name

Career summary, positions, responsibilities,

Number of

shares of the

(Date of birth)

and significant concurrent positions

Company held

October 1979

Joined Nisshin Audit Corporation (currently, Ernst

March 1982

& Young ShinNihon LLC)

Registered as a certified public accountant of Japan

August 1998

Representative Partner of Century Audit

Corporation (currently, Ernst & Young ShinNihon

July 2004

LLC)

Representative Director, Japan Management

June 2005

Consulting Co., Ltd. (current)

Outside Corporate Auditor, SRG TAKAMIYA

Yoshihiro Sakatani

February 2006

Co., Ltd. (currently, Takamiya Co., Ltd.)

Outside Auditor, KITAKEI CO., LTD. (current)

(March 11, 1957)

March 2011

Corporate Auditor, the Company

6,600

June 2015

Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory

[Outside]

Committee Member), Pressance Corporation Co.,

2

November 2015

Ltd. (current)

Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory

December 2015

Committee Member), Watts Co., Ltd. (current)

Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee

March 2022

Member), the Company (current)

Director (Outside Audit & Supervisory Committee

Member), KURIYAMA HOLDINGS

June 2022

CORPORATION (current)

Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory

Committee Member), Takamiya Co., Ltd. (current)

[Reason for nomination as candidate for Outside Director and expected roles]

Mr. Yoshihiro Sakatani has a wealth of experience and insight as a certified public accountant. He is fit for the

role of performing specialized and high quality audits from an objective viewpoint based on his deep expertise

in finance and accounting. Accordingly, his appointment is deemed to facilitate improved transparency and

strengthened audit and supervisory functions of the Board of Directors. Therefore, the Company reappoints him

as a candidate for Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member).

October 1993

Joined Tohmatsu & Co. (currently, Deloitte

Hideaki Okano

Touche Tohmatsu LLC)

April 1997

Registered as a certified public accountant of Japan

(May 19, 1969)

August 1998

Joined Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.

9,800

July 2008

Opened Okano CPA Office, President (current)

[Outside]

December 2008

Corporate Auditor, the Company

3

December 2015

Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee

Member) (current)

[Reason for nomination as candidate for Outside Director and expected roles]

Mr. Hideaki Okano has a wealth of experience and insight as a certified public accountant and a tax accountant.

He is fit for the role of performing specialized and high quality audits from an objective viewpoint based on his

deep expertise in finance and accounting. Accordingly, his appointment is deemed to facilitate improved

transparency and strengthened audit and supervisory functions of the Board of Directors. Therefore, the

Company reappoints him as a candidate for Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member).

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No.

Name

Career summary, positions, responsibilities,

Number of

shares of the

(Date of birth)

and significant concurrent positions

Company held

March 1993

Completed legal apprenticeship

April 1993

Admitted to the bar

Joined Kitahama Partners

January 1998

Partner, Kitahama Partners (current)

June 2007

Outside Auditor, O-WELL CORPORATION

December 2009

Director, the Company

Toru Watanabe

June 2013

Outside Corporate Auditor, Aoyama Trading Co.,

(February 2, 1966)

December 2015

Ltd.

9,000

Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee

[Outside]

Member), the Company (current)

June 2019

Outside Director, Aoyama Trading Co., Ltd.

4

(current)

January 2020

Representative Partner, Kitahama Partners

(current)

June 2020

Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory

Committee Member, O-WELL CORPORATION

(current)

[Reason for nomination as candidate for Outside Director and expected roles]

Mr. Toru Watanabe has a wealth of experience and insight as an attorney-at-law specializing in the Companies

Act and related laws and regulations. He is fit for the role of monitoring management from an objective

viewpoint independent from the Company taking into account corporate society as a whole including laws and

regulations, free from the Company's internal situations. Accordingly, his appointment is deemed to facilitate

improved transparency and strengthened audit and supervisory functions of the Board of Directors. Therefore,

the Company reappoints him as a candidate for Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member).

Notes: 1. There are no special interests between any of the candidates for Directors serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Members and the Company.

  1. Messrs. Yoshihiro Sakatani, Hideaki Okano and Toru Watanabe are candidates for Outside Director. The Company has filed an Independent Directors/Auditors Notification to the effect that each of them is an independent director without any concerns over conflicts of interest with general shareholders, which the Tokyo Stock Exchange requires listed companies to designate. If the candidates' election is approved, they will continue to be designated as independent directors.
  2. Messrs. Hideaki Okano and Toru Watanabe have not been directly engaged in corporate management other than through serving as Outside Directors, but the Company deems them capable of performing the duties of Outside Directors serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Members as stated in the respective reason for nomination as candidate for Outside Director.
  3. The Company has entered into agreements with Messrs. Yoshihiro Imamura, Yoshihiro Sakatani, Hideaki Okano and Toru Watanabe to limit their liability prescribed in Article 423, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act in accordance with provisions under Article 427, Paragraph 1 of the same Act to the amount provided by laws and regulations. If this proposal is approved as proposed, the Company plans to continue a similar agreement with each of the candidates.
  4. Mr. Toru Watanabe will have served as an Outside Director and a Director serving as an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of the Company for fourteen (14) years and eight (8) years, respectively, at the close of the Meeting. Messrs. Yoshihiro Sakatani and Hideaki
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