MANI, INC. announces that the Company resolved to change the Chairperson of the Board of Directors at the Board of Directors meeting. Details are as follows. Newly appointed Chairperson of the Board of Directors: Outside Director: Yosuke Mitsusada.

Scheduled date of appointment July 11, 2024. Reason for change: As disclosed on July 11, 2024 in the "Notice Regarding Change of President and Representative Executive Officer," it has been decided that Masaya Watanabe, an outside director who currently serves as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, will be newly appointed as President and Representative Executive Officer. According to the company's Basic Policy on Corporate Governance, it stipulates the requirement that the Chairperson of the Board of Directors be a director who does not concurrently serve as an executive officer, with the aim of separating the supervision and execution of management.

The Company believes that the appointment of the new Chairperson of the Board of Directors will enable the Company to supervise management more efficiently while complying with this basic policy.