At a meeting of the Board of Directors held on January 26th, 2023, Sojitz Corporation passed a resolution approving the following changes to its representative directors. Details of the Change: Name: Yoshiki Manabe. New position: Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, CFO, Executive Management of General Accounting, Business Accounting, Financial Solutions, Finance.

Current position: Managing Executive Officer COO, General Accounting Department, Business Accounting Department, Finance Department. Mr. Yoshiki Manabe will be promoted to Senior Managing Executive Officer on April 1st, 2023. Following the General Shareholders' Meeting in June 2023, Mr. Manabe will be approved at the Board of Directors Meeting and will assume the position of Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer.

Yoshiki Manabe's Biographical Outline: Hometown: Hiroshima, Japan. Date of Birth: June 6th, 1963. Education: Bachelor of Economics, Osaka Prefecture University in March 1986.

April 2022 - present: COO, General Accounting Department, Business Accounting Department, Finance Department. April 2021 - present: Managing Executive Officer; April 2021: COO, General Accounting Department, Business Accounting Department, Finance Department, IR Office; April 2020: COO, General Accounting Department, Business Accounting Department, Finance Department, IR Office, Controller Office; April 2019: Executive Officer COO, General Accounting Department, Finance Department, Structured Finance Department, IR Office; July 2017: CFO & CAO for the Americas CFO & CAO, Sojitz Corporation of America; July 2015: General Manager, Controller Office (Automotive, Aerospace & IT Business, Infrastructure & Environment Business); April 2015: General Manager, Controller Office (Energy, Metals & Coal); April 2012: General Manager, Controller Office, Energy & Metal Division; October 2005: Sojitz Holdings Corporation and Sojitz Corporation merge to form company under trade name, Sojitz Corporation; April 2004: Nichimen Corporation and Nissho Iwai Corporation merge to form company under trade name, Sojitz Corporation; and April 1986 Joined Nissho Iwai Corporation.