Kikkoman Corporation has established the Special Committee based on the Policy Regarding a Large-Scale Purchase of Kikkoman Shares, the renewal of which was approved at the 111th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 21, 2022. At the Board of Directors meeting held June 25, 2024, Kikkoman Corporation resolved to appoint one new member of the Special Committee. As a result, the Special Committee of Kikkoman Corporation will be composed of five Outside Directors (Mr. Toshihiko Fukui, Mr. Takeo Inokuchi, Ms. Masako Iino, Mr. Shinsuke Sugiyama, and Mr. Nobuhiro Endo).
The names and biographies of the Special Committee members from June 25, 2024. Names and biographies of Special Committee members from June 25, 2024: Name: Nobuhiro Endo (Born in 1953) Biography: April 1981 Joined NEC Corporation April 2010 Representative Director, Executive Officer, and President, NEC Corporation April 2016 Representative Director and Chairman, NEC Corporation June 2019 Director and Chairman, NEC Corporation June 2022 Executive Advisor, NEC Corporation (incumbent) June 2024 Director of Kikkoman (incumbent)
Ltd. October 2001 Joint Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the board and Representative Director Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd. July 2007 Senior Advisor, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd. June 2008 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Kikkoman June 2014 Director of Kikkoman (incumbent) April 2018 Honorary Advisor, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co.
Ltd. (incumbent) Name: Masako Iino (Born in 1944) Biography: April 1991 Professor, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts, Tsuda College (current Tsuda University) November 2004 President, Tsuda College June 2012 President, Japan-U.S. Educational Exchange Promotion Foundation (Fulbright Foundation) November 2012 Chair, Board of Trustees, Tsuda College April 2013 Professor Emeritus, Tsuda College (incumbent) April 2013 Advisor, Tsuda College (incumbent) June 2018 Director of Kikkoman (incumbent) Name: Shinsuke Sugiyama (Born in 1953) Biography: April 1977 Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan July 2008 Director General for Global Issues, Minister's Secretariat (Ambassador) January 2011 Director-General of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau June 2013 Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs June 2016 Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs January 2018 Ambassador to the United States of America, Representative of the Government of Japan February 2021 Advisor for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (incumbent) June 2022 Director of Kikkoman (incumbent).