#PersonnelChange

An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders will be held on February 17, 2026, with Ryoki Nishii to be appointed as an outside director. The director candidate has extensive management experience and industry expertise.

Effective April 1, 2026, Michiaki Yashiro will be appointed Managing Executive Officer and Director, and Hiroyuki Goda will be appointed Managing Executive Officer. Hiroyuki Goda is scheduled to resign as Director as of March 27, 2026.

Director personnel changes scheduled for March 27, 2026. Two new director candidates (Hiroyuki Ogawa and Shotaro Inada) and two directors to resign (Hiroyuki Goda and Tatsuro Ishizuka) are planned.

Mr. Fumihiko Kobayashi and Mr. Tsuyoshi Hachimura will resign as Representative Directors effective March 31, 2026, and Mr. Tomokuni Nishiguchi is scheduled to assume the position at the June 2026 Annual Shareholders Meeting. Concurrently, Mr. Makoto Kyoda will resign as Auditor, and Mr. Kenji Takai will be appointed.

Personnel changes including promotions, appointments, and resignations of executive officers, directors, and auditors effective April 1 and June 17, 2026. Significant executive restructuring announced including changes in representative directors.

Takayuki Watarai is scheduled to assume the position of Representative Director on February 20, 2026. Multiple changes to directors and executive officers will also be implemented to renew the organizational structure.

Resolutions on candidates for directors and audit & supervisory board members to be submitted at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June 25, 2026, and on executive officers personnel effective April 1, 2026. Includes appointments of two new directors and two new audit & supervisory board members.

As of April 1, 2026, Osamu Inoshita, General Manager of the 2nd Business Headquarters and Head of the Home Appliances Division, was appointed Executive Managing Officer. Daisuke Inoue was promoted to General Manager of the 2nd Business Headquarters, Head of the Lifestyle Business Division, and Head of the Home Appliances Division.

As of December 22, 2025, the largest major shareholder has changed to Oasis Management Company Limited.

Effective January 1, 2026, multiple executive personnel changes including Executive Managing Officers will be implemented. The objective is to strengthen the organization through restructuring of the research division and the establishment of new projects.

Changes to directors and auditors are scheduled as of March 27, 2026. Mr. Kei Nakano will be newly appointed as an outside director, and Mr. Hiroyuki Ito will retire. For auditors, Mr. Yuichiro Katsura will be newly appointed, and Mr. Yukihiro Yakura will retire.

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. plans to change its representative directors effective March 26, 2026. Mr. Yasuaki Kunitaka will be newly appointed as President and Representative Director, and Mr. Satoru Yamamoto will assume the role of Chairman and Representative Director.