Lawson : Announcement of personnel changes

Lawson, Inc. announced the following executive personnel changes, which were unanimously approved at the Board of Directors' meeting held on March 25, 2020. Nominated changes to Members of the Board and Corporate Auditors will become effective following the adoption of resolutions at the 45th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 27, 2020.

■ Personnel changes
(effective following the adoption of the resolution at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on May 27, 2020)
At the General Meeting of Shareholders, provided that a partial amendment to the Articles of Incorporation is approved and the number of Corporate Auditors increases, the number of the Corporate Auditors will increase to five including two new nominated Corporate Auditors, in order to strengthen the audit system.

Members of the Board

Nomination for a new Member of the Board

Current Position:

Associate Professor, School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University Business School

Retiring Member of the Board

Current Position:

Professor, School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University Business School

Corporate Auditors

Nomination for new Corporate Auditors

Current Position:

Executive Management Officer - Compliance & Risk Management - Human Resources

Current Position:

Representative, C.P.A., SHIBA Accounting Service Office

Retiring Corporate Auditor

Current Position:

Standing Corporate Auditor

Members of the Board

New Position:	Member of the Board Senior Executive Managing Officer, Division Director of Corporate Strategy and Planning Division - Human Resources
Current Position:	Member of the Board Senior Executive Managing Officer, Division Director of Corporate Strategy and Planning Division

Senior Vice President

New Position:	Senior Executive Managing Officer, - Corporate Communications Office - Compliance & Risk Management - Human Resources (Deputy in charge)
Current Position:	Senior Executive Managing Officer, - Corporate Communications Office - Human Resources (Deputy in charge)

Reference:

Member of the Board and Coporate Auditors (effective as of May 27, 2020)

President and CEO Representative Director Chairman of the Board	Sadanobu Takemasu
Member of the Board	Katsuyuki Imada
Member of the Board	Satoshi Nakaniwa
Member of the Board	Yutaka Kyoya
Member of the Board	Keiko Hayashi
Member of the Board	Kazunori Nishio
Member of the Board	Miki Iwamura
Member of the Board	Satoko Suzuki

* Members of the Board(outside) / the independent officers will be Keiko Hayashi, Miki Iwamura, and Satoko Suzuki.

Standing Corporate Auditor	Masakatsu Gonai
Standing Corporate Auditor	Shuichi Imagawa
Corporate Auditor	Eiko Tsujiyama
Corporate Auditor	Yuko Gomi
Corporate Auditor	Keiko Yoshida

* Corporate Auditors (outside) / the independent officers will be Eiko Tsujiyama, Yuko Gomi, and Keiko Yoshida.