Yahoo Japan Corporation Receives Letter of Retirement from Nikesh Arora, Chairman of the Board of Directors

Z Holdings Corporation is a holding company organized around 3 areas of activity: - operation of e-commerce portals (69.5% of net sales): primarily operation of the Yahoo! Japan Shopping, PayPay Mall, ASKUL, Lohaco, Zozotown, Line Friends and Line Gift online stores. In addition, the group operates online auction platforms (Yahuoku!, PayPay Flea Market, etc.), online hotel and travel booking platforms (Yahoo! Japan Travel, Ikyu Travel, etc.) and electronic payment and financial services platforms (PayPay Card, PayPay Bank, LINE Securities, etc.) ; - media services (28.2%): Internet advertising and marketing services, operation of generalist portals providing Internet tools and services (search engines, e-mail, discussion forums, electronic diaries, instant messaging, etc.), and content ( e-books, video content, thematic directories, news, etc.); - other (2.3%).