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(Securities Code 7242) June 6, 2024 (Start date for electronic provision measures: May 24, 2024)

To Shareholders with Voting Rights:

Masahiro Kawase Representative Director, President Chief Operating Officer (COO)

KYB Corporation

2-4-1,Hamamatsu-cho,Minato-ku, Tokyo

NOTICE OF

THE 102ND ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

We would like to express our appreciation for your continued support and patronage.

We are pleased to inform you that the 102nd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of KYB Corporation (the "Company") will be held for the purposes as described below.

Regarding the convocation of this General Meeting of Shareholders, measures for electronic provision have been taken for the information included in the reference documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders ("Matters to be Provided Electronically"), and Matters to be Provided Electronically have been posted on the Company's website. Please access the Company's website below to confirm.

The Company's website: https://www.kyb.co.jp/english/ir/stock_meeting.html

In addition to the Company's website, Matters to be Provided Electronically have also been posted on the Tokyo Stock Exchange website. Please access the Tokyo Stock Exchange website below, enter and search for "KYB" in the "Issue name (company name)" search box or "7242" in the "Code" search box, then select "Basic information" and "Documents for public inspection/PR information" in order before checking "Notice of General Shareholders Meeting /Informational Materials for a General Shareholders Meeting" listed under "Filed information available for public inspection."

The Tokyo Stock Exchange's website: https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/JJK020010Action.do?Show=Show

If you are unable to attend the meeting, you may exercise your voting rights via the Internet or by mailing the enclosed Voting Rights Exercise Form. Please exercise your voting rights by 5:15 p.m. on Monday, June 24, 2024 (Japan time), after taking the time to consult the reference documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders listed in Matters to be Provided Electronically.

1 Date and Time: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. (Reception starts at 9:00 a.m.) (Japan time)

2 Place:

Hamamatsucho Convention Hall, 5th Floor Main Hall

Nippon Life Hamamatsucho Crea Tower, 2-3-1,Hamamatsu-cho,Minato-ku,

Tokyo

3 Meeting Agenda:

Matters to be reported: 1. Business Report, Consolidated Financial Statements for the Company's 102nd

Fiscal Year (April 1, 2023-March 31, 2024) and results of audits by the

Accounting Auditor and the Audit & Supervisory Board of the Consolidated

Financial Statements

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2. Non-consolidated Financial Statements for the Company's 102nd Fiscal Year (April 1, 2023-March 31, 2024)

Proposals to be resolved:

Proposal 1: Appropriation of Surplus

Proposal 2: Election of Seven (7) Members of the Board of Directors

Proposal 3: Election of Four (4) Audit & Supervisory Board Members

4 Exercise of voting rights:

  1. If you vote both in writing on the Voting Rights Exercise Form and via the Internet, only your vote placed via the Internet will be counted.
  2. If you vote multiple times via the Internet, only the last vote will be counted.
  3. If there is no indication of approval or disapproval of the proposals on the Voting Rights Exercise Form, it will be treated as an indication of approval.

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  • We do not prepare gifts for shareholders attending the meeting. We appreciate your understanding.
  • Of Matters to be Provided Electronically, the following matters are not stated in the documents delivered to shareholders who requested delivery of a paper copy in accordance with laws and regulations and the provisions of Article 15, Paragraph 2 of the Company's Articles of Incorporation. Moreover, said documents are part of the documents audited by the Audit & Supervisory Board Members and the Accounting Auditor for the preparation of the Audit Reports.
    1. The Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity and Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Consolidated Financial Statements
    2. The Statements of Changes in Equity and Notes to the Non-consolidated Financial Statements in the Non-consolidated Financial Statements
  • Any revisions to Matters to be Provided Electronically will be posted on each website listed above.
  • Please note that persons who are not shareholders, such as non-shareholder proxies or persons accompanying shareholders, are not allowed to attend the meeting.

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Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders

Proposal 1: Appropriation of Surplus

Appropriate shareholder return is an important management policy of the Company. In accordance with the Company's basic policy and in consideration of business performance for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, future capital investment, and other factors, the Company proposes the payment of a year-end dividend of 100 yen per share of common stock for the fiscal year under review. For class A preferred shares, the Company proposes the payment of a dividend calculated as designated at issuance.

Matters concerning year-ended dividends:

1.

Type of dividend property

Cash

2.

Allocation of dividend property and total amount thereof

Total amount: 2,504,116,500 yen

100 yen per share of common stock of the Company

3,750,000 yen per class A preferred share of the Company

Total amount: 468,750,000 yen

3.

Effective date of dividends of surplus

June 26, 2024

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Proposal 2: Election of Seven (7) Members of the Board of Directors

The terms of office of all the eight (8) Members of the Board of Directors will expire at the conclusion of this General Meeting of Shareholders. With the aim of more prompt decision-making of the Board of Directors, we propose the reduction of one (1) Director and the election of seven (7) Members of the Board of Directors.

The candidates for the Members of the Board of Directors are as follows:

List of candidates for Members of the Board of Directors

Attendance

Current positions in the

of the

No.

Name

Attributes

meetings of

Company

the Board of

Directors

1

Representative Director,

100%

Masao Ono

(Reappointment)

Chief Executive Officer

(17/17)

(CEO)

2

Representative Director,

100%

Masahiro Kawase

(Reappointment)

President Chief Operating

(17/17)

Officer (COO)

Member of the Board of

100%

(12/12)

Directors, Senior Managing

3

(After taking

Takashi Saito

(Reappointment)

Executive Officer,

office on

Chief Financial Officer

June 23,

(CFO)

2023)

(Candidate for

4

Shuhei Shiozawa

(Reappointment)

Member of the Board

Member of the Board of

100%

of Directors

Directors (Outside)

(17/17)

(Outside))

(Independent Officer)

(Candidate for

5

Masakazu Sakata

(Reappointment)

Member of the Board

Member of the Board of

100%

of Directors

Directors (Outside)

(17/17)

(Outside))

(Independent Officer)

(Candidate for

6

Akemi Sunaga

(Reappointment)

Member of the Board

Member of the Board of

100%

of Directors

Directors (Outside)

(17/17)

(Outside))

(Independent Officer)

(Candidate for

100%

(12/12)

Member of the Board

Member of the Board of

7

Chizuko Tsuruta

(Reappointment)

(After taking

of Directors

Directors (Outside)

office on

(Outside))

June 23,

(Independent Officer)

2023)

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No.

Name

Career summary, positions, and responsibilities at the Company

Number of shares

of the Company

(Date of birth)

held

April 1979

Joined the Company

January 2004

General Manager, Operations Planning Dept., Automotive

Devices Business Div.

April 2005

General Manager, Operations Planning Dept., Automotive

Components Operations

June 2006

General Manager, Purchasing Dept.

June 2008

General Manager, Purchasing Div.

April 2012

Executive Officer, General Manager, Purchasing Div.

April 2014

Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Purchasing Div.

April 2016

Senior Managing Executive Officer, in Charge of Purchasing, in

Charge of CSR, General Manager, Corporate Planning Div.

April 2017

Senior Managing Executive Officer, in Charge of Purchasing, in

Charge of Audit, General Manager, Corporate Planning Div.

June 2017

Member of the Board of Directors, Senior Managing Executive

Officer, in Charge of Purchasing, in Charge of Audit, General

Manager, Corporate Planning Div.

April 2018

Member of the Board of Directors, Senior Managing Executive

Masao Ono

Officer, in Charge of Purchasing, General Manager, Corporate

Planning Div.

(November 7, 1956)

June 2018

Member of the Board of Directors, Executive Vice President

Male

Executive Officer, in Charge of Special Purpose Vehicles Div.,

Domestic Affiliate Companies and Purchasing, General

(Reappointment)

Manager, Corporate Planning Div.

January 2019

Member of the Board of Directors, Executive Vice President

8,860

1

Term of office as a

Executive Officer, in Charge of Global Corporate Planning,

(common stock)

Aircraft Components Div., Domestic Affiliate Companies and

Member of the Board

Purchasing, General Manager, Corporate Planning Div.

of Directors: 7 years

April 2019

Representative Director, President Executive Officer

Attendance of the

June 2022

Representative Director, President Chief Executive Officer

(CEO)

meetings of the Board

June 2023

Representative Director, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (current

of Directors: (17/17)

position)

[Reasons for proposing him as a candidate for Member of the Board of Directors] He has engaged in operations including sales, purchasing, CSR, corporate planning at the Group and has an extensive experience and achievements. He has promoted the important tasks of the Company, including reinforcement of the business base by leading a company that operates globally as President Executive Officer since April 2019 and as President CEO since June 2022.

We consider that a strong leadership he has demonstrated based on his extensive experience is indispensable in order to achieve further improvement of the corporate value of the Group. In addition, we consider that he will be able to contribute to addressing various issues in the industry and further developing the industry with his knowledge to this point. Consequently, we reappoint him as a candidate for Member of the Board of Directors.

[Significant concurrent positions]

None

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Name

Number of

No.

Career summary, positions, and responsibilities at the Company

shares of the

(Date of birth)

Company held

April 1985

Joined the Company

January 2010

General Manager, Suspension Engineering Dept., Automotive

Components Operations

April 2013

Deputy General Manager, Engineering Headquarters and

General Manager, Suspension Engineering Dept., Engineering

Headquarters, Automotive Components Operations

May 2014

General Manager, Market & Product Planning Dept. and Deputy

General Manager, Engineering Headquarters, Automotive

Components Operations

July 2014

General Manager, Market & Product Planning Dept.,

Automotive Components Operations

January 2016

General Manager, Engineering Headquarters and General

Manager, Developmental Experiment Center, Automotive

Components Operations

January 2017

Deputy General Manager, Gifu North Plant, Automotive

Components Operations

April 2017

Executive Officer, General Manager, Steering Headquarters,

Automotive Components Operations

April 2019

Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Steering

Headquarters, Automotive Components Operations

April 2020

Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Suspension

Headquarters and General Manager, Steering Headquarters,

Masahiro Kawase

Automotive Components Operations

(December 3, 1962)

April 2021

Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Automotive

Components Operations and General Manager, Suspension

Male

Headquarters, Automotive Components Operations

January 2022

Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Automotive

(Reappointment)

Components Operations

2

April 2022

Senior Managing Executive Officer, in Charge of Automotive

2,425

Term of office as a

Components Operations, in Charge of Engineering, General

(common stock)

Member of the Board

Manager, Automotive Components Operations and General

of Directors: 2 years

Manager, Engineering Div.

June 2022

Member of the Board of Directors, Senior Managing Executive

Attendance of the

Officer, in Charge of Automotive Components Operations, in

meetings of the Board

Charge of Engineering, General Manager, Automotive

of Directors: (17/17)

Components Operations, General Manager, Engineering Div.

April 2023

Member of the Board of Directors, Senior Managing Executive

Officer, in Charge of Automotive Components Operations,

General Manager, Automotive Components Operations and

General Manager, Suspension Headquarters

June 2023

Representative Director, and President Chief Operating Officer

(COO) (current position)

[Reasons for proposing him as a candidate for Member of the Board of Directors] He has engaged in operations including engineering and market & product planning at the Group and possesses an extensive knowledge and experience with manufacturing. He has engaged in optimizing engineering and production systems at domestic and overseas facilities and promoted a range of reforms as General Manager of Automotive Components Operations. Additionally, he has engaged in optimizing research and development and production systems as General Manager of Engineering Div.

Since June 2023, he has focused on addressing key management issues in the Group as a whole as Representative Director and President COO. We consider that he is indispensable in order to further improve the corporate value of the Group. Consequently, we reappoint him as a candidate for Member of the Board of Directors.

[Significant concurrent positions] None

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Name

Number of

No.

Career summary, positions, and responsibilities at the Company

shares of the

(Date of birth)

Company held

April 1984

Joined Fuji Bank, Limited (now Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)

April 2011

General Manager, International Fund Dept., Fuji Bank, Limited

April 2012

Executive Officer, General Manager, International Fund Dept.,

Fuji Bank, Limited

July 2013

Executive Officer, General Manager, Derivatives Sales Dept.,

Fuji Bank, Limited

April 2016

Managing Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Global Markets

Company, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

April 2016

Managing Executive Officer, Co-General Manager, Global

Markets Division, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

May 2017

Advisor, Mizuho Human Services K.K.

June 2017

Representative Director and President, Mizuho Human Services

K.K.

June 2018

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full Time) of the

Company

June 2020

Managing Executive Officer, in Charge of Audit, in Charge of

President office

Takashi Saito

February 2021

Managing Executive Officer, in Charge of European Operations,

President, KYB Europe GmbH

(July 23, 1959)

April 2022

Managing Executive Officer, in Charge of European Operations

(Deputy), President, KYB Europe GmbH

Male

June 2022

Managing Executive Officer, in Charge of European Operations,

General Manager, Finance & Accounting Div.

(Reappointment)

April 2023

Senior Managing Executive Officer, in Charge of European

3

Operations, General Manager, Finance & Accounting Div.

1,600

Term of office as a

June 2023

Member of the Board of Directors, Senior Managing Executive

(common stock)

Member of the Board

Officer, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), in Charge of European

of Directors: 1 year

Operations, Global Corporate Finance, CSR, and Public

Relations/IR, General Manager, CSR & Safety Control Div.

Attendance of the

April 2024

Member of the Board of Directors, Senior Managing Executive

meetings of the Board

Officer, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), in Charge of Global

of Directors: (12/12)

Corporate Finance, CSR, and Public Relations/IR, General

Manager, CSR & Safety Control Div. (current position)

[Reasons for proposing him as a candidate for Member of the Board of Directors] Based on the knowledge and experience acquired during his tenure at financial institutions, he has considerable knowledge of finance and accounting. At the Group, he possesses international experience as the head of the Company's European base and he has worked to improve the Group's financial position as General Manager of the Finance & Accounting Div.

Since June 2023, he has led a wide range of areas including global corporate finance, European operations, CSR, and public relations/IR as Senior Managing Executive Officer and CFO.

We consider that he is indispensable in order to further improve the corporate value of the Group. Consequently, we reappoint him as a candidate for Member of the Board of Directors

[Significant concurrent positions] None

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Name

Number of

No.

Career summary, positions, and responsibilities at the Company

shares of the

(Date of birth)

Company held

April 1981

Assistant, Faculty of Economics, Keio University

April 1987

Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University

April 1991

Visiting researcher, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris

April 1994

Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University

January 2001

Director for International Economic Affairs, Cabinet Office

October 2005

Dean, Faculty of Economics, Keio University

March 2012

Member of the Board of Directors (Outside), Kenedix, Inc.

Shuhei Shiozawa

June 2016

Member of the Board of Directors (Outside) of the Company

(current position)

(September 19, 1955)

June 2017

Member of the Board of Directors (Outside) (Audit &

Male

Supervisory Committee member), Ahresty Corporation (current

position)

(Reappointment)

April 2019

Professor Emeritus, Keio University (current position)

April 2019

President, Tokyo International University

(Candidate for

April 2022

Senior Advisor and Professor, Faculty of Economics, Tokyo

Member of the Board

International University (current position)

of Directors

4

(Outside))

[Reasons for proposing him as a candidate for Member of the Board of Directors

1,200

(Candidate for

(Outside) and overview of expected roles]

(common stock)

Independent Officer)

Since assuming office as Member of the Board of Directors (Outside) of the Company

Term of office as a

in 2016, he has properly performed supervisory function in regard to business

execution on various occasions including the Board of Directors' meetings, such as

Member of the Board

giving us useful opinions and recommendations on finance and CSR of the Company

of Directors (Outside):

based on a wealth of knowledge and insight as a specialist in economics. We expect

8 years

him to continue giving us useful advice and guidance. Consequently, we reappoint

Attendance of the

him as a candidate for Member of the Board of Directors (Outside). Although he has

not participated in corporate management other than as an outside director, we expect

meetings of the Board

that he will duly perform his duties as a Member of the Board of Directors (Outside)

of Directors: (17/17)

for the above-mentioned reasons.

[Significant concurrent positions]

Member of the Board of Directors (Outside) (Audit & Supervisory Committee

member), Ahresty Corporation

Professor Emeritus, Keio University

Senior Advisor and Professor, Faculty of Economics, Tokyo International University

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Name

Number of

No.

Career summary, positions, and responsibilities at the Company

shares of the

(Date of birth)

Company held

April 1983

Joined Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (now FUJIFILM Business

Innovation Corp.)

April 2007

General Manager, Public Relations and Advertisement Dept.,

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

April 2010

Senior Vice President, Fuji Xerox Advanced Technology Co.,

Ltd. (now FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.)

June 2011

Senior Vice President and Director, Fuji Xerox Advanced

Technology Co., Ltd.

June 2015

Executive Vice President, Fuji Xerox Information Systems Co.,

Ltd. (now FUJIFILM Corporation)

Masakazu Sakata

June 2017

President and Representative Director, Fuji Xerox Advanced

Technology Co., Ltd. (now FUJIFILM Business Innovation

(August 2, 1959)

Corp.)

April 2019

Senior Adviser, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (now FUJIFILM Business

Male

Innovation Corp.)

June 2020

Member of the Board of Directors (Outside) of the Company

(Reappointment)

(current position)

(Candidate for

June 2020

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside), ULS Group,

Member of the Board

Inc.

of Directors

October 2020

Member of the Board of Directors (Outside), PLANET, INC.

5

(Outside))

June 2021

Member of the Board of Directors (Outside) (Audit &

600

(Candidate for

Supervisory Committee Member), ULS Group, Inc. (current

(common stock)

Independent Officer)

position)

October 2022

Representative Director and President, President and Chief

Term of office as a

Executive Officer, PLANET, INC. (current position)

Member of the Board

[Reasons for proposing him as a candidate for Member of the Board of Directors

of Directors (Outside):

4 years

(Outside) and overview of expected roles]

Since assuming office as Member of the Board of Directors (Outside) in 2020, he has

Attendance of the

properly performed supervisory function in regard to business execution in areas of

meetings of the Board

business renovation such as work style reforms that prioritize diversity in

the

of Directors: (17/17)

Company, the promotion of IT efficiency, and productivity improvements in back-

office operations based on broad knowledge and experience cultivated at Fuji Xerox

Co., Ltd. We expect him to continue giving us useful advice and guidance.

Consequently, we reappoint him as a candidate for Member of the Board of Directors

(Outside).

[Significant concurrent positions]

Member of the Board of Directors (Outside) (Audit & Supervisory Committee

Member), ULS Group, Inc.

Representative Director and President, President and Chief Executive Officer,

PLANET, INC.

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Name

Number of

No.

Career summary, positions, and responsibilities at the Company

shares of the

(Date of birth)

Company held

October 1989

Joined Auditing Department, Aoyama Audit Corporation (now

PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC)

February 1991

Joined Auditing Department, Chuo Audit Corporation

November 1994

Established Sunaga CPA Firm; Representative (current position)

November 1996

Established Marunouchi Business Consulting Ltd.;

Representative Director and President (current position)

January 2012

Established Marunouchi Business Consulting Tax Co.;

Representative Partner (current position)

June 2016

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside),

Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings Co., Ltd. (now MatsukiyoCocokara

& Co.)

June 2017

Established Marunouchi Audit Corporation; Senior Partner

(current position)

March 2019

Alternate Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Lion

Akemi Sunaga

Corporation

June 2020

Member of the Board of Directors (Outside) (Audit &

(August 14, 1961)

Supervisory Committee Member), USHIO INC. (current

Female

position)

June 2020

Member of the Board of Directors (Outside) (Audit and

(Reappointment)

Supervisory Committee Member), YOMEISHU SEIZO CO.,

LTD. (current position)

(Candidate for

June 2021

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside), Prima Meat

Member of the Board

of Directors

Packers, Ltd. (current position)

June 2022

Member of the Board of Directors (Outside) of the Company

(Outside))

200

6

(current position)

(Candidate for

March 2023

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside), Lion

(common stock)

Independent Officer)

Corporation (current position)

Term of office as a

[Reasons for proposing her as a candidate for Member of the Board of Directors

Member of the Board

of Directors (Outside):

(Outside) and overview of expected roles]

2 years

She possesses expert knowledge and a wealth of experience as a CPA and tax

accountant, and serves as an Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside) and

Attendance of the

Member

of the Board of Directors (Outside) (Audit & Supervisory Committee

Member)

at other

companies. Based on such experience, she has appropriately

meetings of the Board

of Directors: (17/17)

performed her supervisory function at the Company as well. We expect her to continue

giving us useful advice and guidance. Consequently, we reappoint her as a candidate

for Member of the Board of Directors (Outside).

[Significant concurrent positions]

Representative, Sunaga CPA Firm

Representative Director and President, Marunouchi Business Consulting Ltd.

Representative Partner, Marunouchi Business Consulting Tax Co.

Senior Partner, Marunouchi Audit Corporation

Member of the Board of Directors (Outside) (Audit & Supervisory Committee

Member), USHIO INC.

Member of the Board of Directors (Outside) (Audit and Supervisory Committee

Member), YOMEISHU SEIZO CO., LTD.

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside), Prima Meat Packers, Ltd.

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside), Lion Corporation

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