KOSÉ Corporation announced ollowing appointments and changes in executives scheduled for January 1, 2024, as follows: Masanori Kobayashi, Executive Director, Chief Marketing Officer as Executive Director, Chief Product Officer. Retiring Directors: Yuko Maeda as Outside Director. Shinji Tanabe as Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member plans to retire from the position of Audit & Supervisory Board Member at the close of the shareholders meeting scheduled for late March 2024.

New Executive Officers (effective January 1, 2024): Yuko Takemoto, General Manager of Quality Assurance Dept. as Executive Officer. Kei Arai, General Manager of Product Designing Dept.

as Executive Officer. Masato Nakade, General Manager of Legal Dept. as Executive Officer.

Hiromichi Mayuzumi, General Manager in charge of Manufacturing Dept., Director of KOSÉ INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. as Executive Officer and Manabu Ota, General Manager of Strategic Brands Div., KOSÉ SALES CO., LTD. as Executive Officer. Retiring Executive Officers (effective January 1, 2024): Osamu Miyagawa as Executive Officer, General Manager of Purchasing Dept. to Director of KOSÉ Cosmeport Corp.

Kazuhiro Ishida as Executive Officer, General Manager of Manufacturing Dept., and Nobuhiko Makishima as Executive Officer, General Manager of DECORTÉ Div. to Senior Advisor of Asia Business Div., General Manager of Global South Business Strategy Dept.