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As of March 18, 2026, Oasis Management Company Limited increased its voting rights ratio from 9.93% to 12.52%, becoming a major shareholder and the principal major shareholder.

The record date for exercising voting rights at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders is set as March 26, 2026. The meeting is scheduled between late April and early May 2026, based on a shareholders' request for convocation.

A 2-for-1 stock split will be conducted with the record date of June 30, 2026, doubling the total number of issued shares from 453.6 million shares to 907.2 million shares. The total number of authorized shares will also be changed from 1 billion shares to 2 billion shares.

Kao Corporation plans to cancel 12,300,000 shares of treasury stock on December 26, 2025, resulting in a total of 453,600,000 shares outstanding.

Between August 7, 2025 and August 31, 2025, Kao Corporation acquired 3,694,000 shares of treasury stock for 24,772,656,000 yen. The acquisition upper limit is 15,000,000 shares, the maximum acquisition price is 80,000,000,000 yen, and the period is from August 7, 2025 to January 30, 2026.