On March 23, 2022, BEC Inc announced that it has received shareholder proposals from Shareholders' Education and Defense Movement Foundation, asking the Company 1) for formal representation of employees in strategic decision making; 2) to analyze the possibility of becoming a benefit company and report on this to the shareholders at the next annual meeting; and 3) the official status of the French language be formally recorded in writing in the letters. In addition, the Company urged the shareholders to vote against the shareholders proposal at the annual meeting of shareholders to be held on May 5, 2022.