KITO : Notice of Election of Candidates for Board of Directors

News Release (6409 TSE)
Company	KITO CORPORATION
President and CEO	Yoshio Kito
Identification Code	6409 (TSE Prime)
Contact	Shigeki Osozawa
Managing Director
Chief Financial Officer
TEL: [phone]

April 22, 2022

Notice of Election of Candidates for Board of Directors

KITO CORPORATION (TSE:6409) at the meeting of the Board of Directors held today resolved the following candidates for the positions of Director be submitted to the 78 th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in June 2022.

1. Director Candidates

Name	New title	Current title	Reappointment /New appointment
Yoshio Kito	President	Same as the left	Reappointment
Edward W. Hunter	Executive Vice President & Director	Same as the left	Reappointment
Shigeki Osozawa	Managing Director	Same as the left	Reappointment
Toshio Kono	Managing Director	-	New appointment
Katsumi Nakamura	Outside Director	Same as the left	Reappointment
Takashi Hirai	Outside Director	Same as the left	Reappointment
Koji Osawa	Outside Director	Same as the left	Reappointment

(Note) Messrs. Katsumi Nakamura, Takashi Hirai and Koji Osawa are candidates for Outside Director and candidates for Independent Director as stipulated by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

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2. Retiring director

Mr. Tsuneo Yuzurihara, Managing Director, is scheduled to retire by the end of his term of office at the conclusion of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in June 2022.

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Career summary of newly appointed directorToshio Kono DOB December 20, 1962

Personal history, positions, responsibilities

February 1990	Joined the Company
April 2010	Executive Officer, General Manager of Sales Division
April 2011	Executive Officer, General Manager of Domestic Sales Division,
General Manager of Global Solutions Division
November 2011	Executive Officer, General Manager of Yamanashi Manufacturing Division
April 2013	Executive Officer, General Manager of Manufacturing Division
August 2013	Executive Officer, General Manager of Manufacturing Division,
Project Manager of KITO GLOBAL ONE Project
April 2016	Senior Executive Officer, Chief Manufacturing Officer,
General Manager of Procurement Division,
Project Manager of KITO GLOBAL ONE Project
April 2017	Executive Officer, General Manager of Procurement Division
April 2018	Executive Officer, General Manager of Procurement Division
April 2021	Executive Officer,
General Manager of Chain Manufacturing Division
April 2022	Senior Executive Officer, Chief Manufacturing Officer,
General Manager of Chain Manufacturing Division,
Head of Below Hook Devices
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