Notice of Nominees for Directors (Resolution planned, June 19, 2024)

March 14,2024

-- KDDI Corporation

KDDI Corporation resolved at a meeting of the Board of Directors held today to change (newly appointed, retire) a director and nominate following members for directors.

This subject is to be resolved at the annual meeting of Shareholders, and the meeting of the Board of Directors scheduled on June 19, 2024.

1. Change (Newly appointed) of Representative Director

(1)

Name, Title, Biography and Number of Share Held of Newly appointed Representative Director

Name Yasuaki Kuwahara

New Title Executive Vice President, Representative Director

Date of Birth October 25, 1962

Biography

Jun. 2023

Senior Managing Executive Officer, Director (Current position)

Apr. 2023

Executive Director, Solution Business Sector, and General Manager, KDDI Group Strategy Division (Current position)

Apr. 2022

Managing Executive Officer

Apr. 2018

Executive Officer

Number of Share Held [1] Number of common stock shares 7,200

(Number of potential shares 17,257)

[1]

As of March 31, 2023. With regard to potential shares, the number indicated is equivalent to the number of vested points in the stock compensation plan utilizing the trust as of March 31, 2023.

(2)

Reason to Change

Along with newly appointed director, to respond to changes in the environment surrounding the Company and the Group, and to make appropriate management decisions in a flexible, smooth, prompt manner.

(3)

Tentative Date of Newly appointed

June 19, 2024

2. Change (Retirement) of Representative Director

(1)

Name and Title

NameNew TitleOld Title

Takashi Tanaka Chairman, Director Chairman, Representative Director

Toshitake Amamiya Executive Advisor Representative Director

(2)

Reason to Retire

In order to further strengthen KDDIs corporate governance by entrusting management with more executive duties and further clarifying the position of supervising executive duties.

And along with retirement of director, to retire as a director with representative rights.

(3)

Tentative Date of Retirement

June 19, 2024

3. Members of Directors

(1)

Nominees for Directors

NameTitle

Takashi Tanaka Chairman, Director

Makoto Takahashi President, Representative Director

Yasuaki Kuwahara Representative Director (Promotion)

Hiromichi Matsuda Director

Nanae Saishoji Director (Newly appointed)

Hiroshi Takezawa Director (Newly appointed)

Goro Yamaguchi Director

Keiji Yamamoto Director

Tsutomu Tannowa Director

Junko Okawa Director

Kyoko Okumiya Director

Makoto Ando Director (Newly appointed)

Mr. Goro Yamaguchi, Mr. Keiji Yamamoto, Mr. Tsutomu Tannowa, Ms. Junko Okawa, Ms. Kyoko Okumiya and Mr. Makoto Ando are the nominees for the position for outside director.

Mr. Tsutomu Tannowa, Ms. Junko Okawa, Ms. Kyoko Okumiya and Mr. Makoto Ando are the nominees for the position of independent director pursuant to Rule 436-2 of the Securities Listing Regulations of Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.

(2)

Directors Planning to Retire

NameNew TitleOld Title

Toshitake Amamiya Executive Advisor Executive Vice President, Representative Director

Kazuyuki Yoshimura Senior Managing Executive Officer, CTO Senior Managing Executive Officer, Director, CTO

Shigeki Goto - Director

(3)

Nominees for Audit & Supervisory Board Member

NameTitle

Kazuyasu Yamashita Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Newly appointed)

Naoki Fukushima Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Newly appointed)

Kazutoshi Kogure Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Newly appointed)

Koji Arima Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Newly appointed)

Mr. Naoki Fukushima, Mr. Kazutoshi Kogure and Mr. Koji Arima are the nominees for the position for outside audit & supervisory board member, as well as the nominees for the position of independent director pursuant to Rule 436-2 of the Securities Listing Regulations of Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.

(4)

Audit & Supervisory Board Member Planning to Retire

NameNew TitleOld Title

Kenichiro Takagi - Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Yukihiro Asahina - Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Toshihiko Matsumiya - Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Jun Karube - Audit & Supervisory Board Member

(5)

Executive Officers (Promotion)

NameNew TitleOld Title

Yasuaki Kuwahara Executive Vice President Senior Managing Executive Officer

The information contained in the articles is current at the time of publication.

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