Apr 27, 2022

04/27/2022 | 01:25am EDT Message : April 27, 2022 Representative: Katsutaro Inabata, Director, President (Stock code: 8098, Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange)Inquiries: Koichi Noda, General Manager, Financial Management Office (TEL 03-3639-6421) Notice Regarding Officer Appointment After the Transition to a Company with Audit and Supervisory Committee Inabata & Co., Ltd (the "Company") will transition to a "company with audit and supervisory committee," subject to approval and adoption at the 161st Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company (the "Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders") to be held on June 22, 2022, as disclosed in the "Notice Regarding Transition to a Company with Audit and Supervisory Committee," which was disclosed on February 28, 2022. As a result, the Company hereby announces that, at the meeting of its board of directors held today, it has informally decided officer appointments after the transition to a company with audit and supervisory committee. Once the decision is made, the Company will promptly announce the partial amendments to the Articles of Incorporation associated with the transition to a company with audit and supervisory committee. 1. Candidates for director (excluding directors who are audit and supervisory committee members) (Planned to be proposed at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 22, 2022) Name Jun. 2018 Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, Astellas Pharma Inc. *Career summaries have been omitted for Kenji Hamashima and for Satoshi Tamai as they are currently outside director, and outside audit & supervisory board member, respectively. 4. Candidate for substitute director who is an audit and supervisory committee member (Planned to be proposed at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 22, 2022) Toru Muranaka * Toru Muranaka is a candidate for substitute outside director who is an audit and supervisory committee member. 5. Directors and audit & supervisory board members planning to resign (Planning to resign at the conclusion of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 22, 2022) Name