Shareholders Meeting

 The 22nd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders was held as described below.

Shareholders with voting rights whose names have been entered or recorded in the Company’s final shareholders register as of March 31, 2026.
(Shareholders holding only shares constituting less than one unit are not eligible to attend.)

Shareholders of the Company are entitled to one voting right for each unit of 100 shares they hold.
Resolutions of the shareholders’ meeting are, in principle, adopted by a majority of the voting rights of shareholders in attendance who are entitled to exercise their voting rights; however, depending on the proposal, the quorum and method of resolution may differ as prescribed by laws and regulations or the Articles of Incorporation.
In addition to attending the shareholders’ meeting in person, shareholders may exercise their voting rights by either of the following methods.

(1) Exercising Voting Rights in Writing (by Mail)
Under this method, shareholders indicate their approval or disapproval of each proposal on the voting form sent with the convocation notice and return it by mail.
(Voting deadline: forms must arrive by 5:00 p.m. (Japan Standard Time) on Friday, June 26, 2026)

(2) Exercising Voting Rights via the Internet or Other Means
Under this method, shareholders enter their approval or disapproval of each proposal on the voting website designated by the Company.
Please log in using the voting rights exercise code and password shown on the right-hand portion of the voting form, and enter your votes by following the instructions on screen.
(Voting deadline: 5:00 p.m. (Japan Standard Time) on Friday, June 26, 2026)
Voting website: https://soukai.mizuho-tb.co.jp/

In accordance with applicable laws and regulations, shareholders and creditors may inspect the Financial Statements, Etc. kept at the Company’s head office from two weeks prior to the date of the annual shareholders meeting (i.e., from June 12 if the meeting is held on June 27, 2026), and may request transcripts or extracts thereof. (Fees prescribed by the Company are payable when requesting transcripts or extracts.)

As both a listed company and a corporate group that plays an integral role in the capital markets, we regard the shareholders’ meeting as management’s most important forum for dialogue. Since our founding, we have worked to create an environment in which more people can participate in the capital markets, and at our shareholders’ meetings as well, our emphasis has always been on creating an environment in which as many shareholders as possible can take part and express their views and opinions.
Guided by this approach, we have continued to find ways to lower the barriers to participating and speaking, such as holding the meeting on a Saturday and eliminating the need for shareholders to state their names or shareholder numbers when speaking. We have also promoted direct dialogue between shareholders and director candidates, for example by giving each candidate an opportunity to personally state their views before proposals are put to a vote. These initiatives are aimed at elevating the shareholders’ meeting from merely being a formal decision-making event to being a forum where management and shareholders deepen their mutual understanding.

To take this approach further, at the 22nd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held in June 2026, we proposed amendments to the Articles of Incorporation concerning general meetings of shareholders, which were approved. The main changes are to enable the Company to hold general meetings of shareholders without a designated location (“virtual-only shareholders’ meetings”), to revise the record date for voting rights and the timing of the meeting, and to expand the range of persons eligible to chair the shareholders’ meeting. These changes will create an environment in which all shareholders, regardless of geographical constraints, can ask questions and participate in discussions on equal terms, and they will ensure shareholders have sufficient time to analyze the Annual Securities Report after its disclosure and before attending the meeting. Furthermore, by creating the option for a director on the supervisory side of the Board of Directors, rather than only a Representative Executive Officer, to chair the meeting, we will further clarify the respective roles of supervision and execution and enhance the effectiveness of our governance.

We will continue to use the feedback received from shareholders through the shareholders’ meeting survey to improve how the meeting is run and to enrich our dialogue with shareholders.