Anicom : Notice Regarding the Election of Candidates for Officers

	June 1, 2022
Company	Anicom Holdings, Inc.
Representative	Nobuaki Komori,
	Representative Director
	(Securities Code: 8715 TSE PRIME)
Inquiries to	Hiroshi Sato,
	General Manager,
	Corporate Planning Department

Notice Regarding the Election of Candidates for Officers

The Board of Directors of Anicom Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") met on May 27, 2022, and passed a resolution to propose the election of candidates for Officers to the 22nd General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held on June 24, 2022.

1. Candidates for Directors

	Name		Classification of	Current position
		appointment
	Komori Nobuaki		Reappointment	Representative Director and
		President Executive Officer
	Momose Yumiko		Reappointment	Director and
		Senior Managing Executive Officer
	Kamei Tatsuhiko		Reappointment	Director and
		Managing Executive Officer
	Tanaka Eiichi	(Outside)	Reappointment	Director
	Shoyama Katsuo	(Outside)	New Appointment	－
	David G. Litt	(Outside)	New Appointment	－
	Takemi Hiromitsu	(Outside)	New Appointment	Audit & Supervisory Board Member
2. Candidates for Audit & Supervisory Board Member
	Name		Classification of	Current position
		appointment
	Ito Koichi	(Outside)	New Appointment	－
	Hanaoka Makoto		New Appointment	－

3. Newly appointed candidates for Directors

NameCareer summary

(Date of birth)

Shoyama Katsuo

1978 Joined ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD. (currently Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.) 2008 Senior Officer and General Manager of Higashi-kanto Regional

Headquarters

2011 Corporate Officer and General Manager of Chugoku Regional Headquarters 2013 President and Representative Director of LB Co., Ltd.

(February 21, 1955)

2016 Senior Managing Director of Asahi Group Foods, Ltd.

2017 President and Representative Director

2021 Company Friend of Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (current position)

(Significant concurrent positions outside the Company) Company Friend of Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.

(Reasons for nomination as candidate for Outside Director)

Mr. Shoyama Katsuo has a wealth of experience and insight in corporate management and the food business, having served in various important positions at ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD. and other companies and as President and Representative Director of Asahi Group Foods, Ltd. Based on such experience and insight, the Company expects that he will provide advice and guidance on the Company's management, including the various business projects undertaken by the Group, and that he will perform an appropriate supervisory function, and as such proposes his appointment as Outside Director.

He meets the requirements of an Independent Officer set by Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., and the Company plans to notify the aforementioned exchange.

NameCareer summary (Date of birth)

David G. Litt

1988 Judicial Clerk to the Chief Judge Alfred T. Goodwin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

1989 Admission to the State Bar of California

1990 Judicial Clerk to Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court 1991 Admission to the District of Columbia Bar

1991 Joined O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Partner

2007 Joined Morrison & Foerster LLP, Partner

(October 10, 1962)

2012 CEO and Representative Director, Deneb Renewable Energy KK

2015 Professor, Keio University Law School (current position)

2020 Joined O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Foreign lawyer (current position)

(Significant concurrent positions outside the Company) Foreign lawyer of O'Melveny & Myers LLP

(Reasons for nomination as candidate for Outside Director)

Mr. David G. Litt has a wealth of experience and expertise in the field of international legal affairs as a professor of Keio University Law School and as foreign legal consultant, as well as knowledge in the areas of corporate management and the SDGs, including serving as a Representative Director of a renewable energy company. Based on his experience, knowledge and insight, the Company expects that he will provide appropriate advice to the Company's management, and that he will perform an appropriate supervisory function, and as such proposes his appointment as Outside Director.

He meets the requirements of an Independent Officer set by Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., and the Company plans to notify the aforementioned exchange.

Name	Career summary
(Date of birth)
1975	Joined Japan Development Bank (currently Development Bank of Japan)
1982	MBA, University of Rochester, USA
1998	Harvard Business School, USA Completed Advanced Management Program
2001	Vice Director of Research Institute of Capital Formation, Development Bank
	of Japan
2004	Executive Officer of ShinGinko Tokyo, Limited (currently Kiraboshi Bank,
	Ltd.)
2006	Professor of Graduate School of Accounting & Finance, Chiba University of
Takemi Hiromitsu	Commerce (Field of academic interests: Corporate governance and corporate
(December 16, 1952)	finance) (current position)
2007	PhD, Graduate School of Policy Studies, Chiba University of Commerce
2017	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current
	position)

(Significant concurrent positions outside the Company)

Professor of Graduate School of Accounting & Finance, Chiba University of Commerce (Field of academic interests: Corporate governance and corporate finance)

(Reasons for nomination as candidate for Outside Director)

Mr. Takemi Hiromitsu has a wealth of experience, track record and insights about corporate governance and corporate finance, supported by his deep academic knowledge. He also has the experience of being involved in the management of a financial institution. The Company expects that he will put his wide-ranging experience, track record and insights to use for the Company's management and that he will perform as appropriate supervisory functions, and as such proposes his appointment as Outside Director.

He meets the requirements of an Independent Officer set by Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., and the Company plans to notify the aforementioned exchange.

Name (Date of birth)

Hanaoka Makoto

(April 3, 1969)

Career summary

4. Newly appointed candidates for Audit & Supervisory Board Member Name

(Date of birth)

	1998	PhD MD, PhD MD Course, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of
		Medicine, The University of Tokyo
	1998	Research Associate of The Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
		and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
	2000	Research Associate of Kurume University
Ito Koichi	2001	Researcher of The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
2005	Research associate of the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo
(December 30, 1969)
2008	Assistant Professor of the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo
	2015	Project Associate Professor, Graduate School of the University of Tokyo
		(current position)

(Significant concurrent positions outside the Company)

Project Associate Professor, Graduate School of the University of Tokyo (Reasons for nomination as candidate for Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member)

Mr. Ito Koichi has specialized knowledge and experience in the field of life sciences as an associate professor of the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo. The Company proposes his election as an Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member so that he can utilize his specialized knowledge, experience, and high-level insight to strengthen the Company's auditing system.

He meets the requirements of an Independent Officer set by Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., and the Company plans to notify the aforementioned exchange.

Career summary

1992 Joined Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (currently Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.)

2014 Joined Anicom Insurance, Inc.

2014 Executive Officer

2018 Director and Executive Officer (current position)

2022 Director, ATE Co., LTD (current position)

(Reasons for nomination as candidate for Audit & Supervisory Board Member)

The Company proposes his election as an Audit & Supervisory Board Member so that he can utilize his knowledge and practical experience in the insurance business accumulated through his extended period of service at Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. and Anicom Insurance, Inc.