BeNext Yumeshin : Notice of Understanding of Nominations for New Director Candidates and New Audit & Supervisory Board Member Candidates

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	August 19, 2022
Company name	BeNext-Yumeshin Group.Co.
Name of Representative	Yutaka Nishida,
	Chairman and Representative Director, CEO
	(Code:2154 Prime Market of TSE)
Contact	Hiroshi Sato,
	Board Director, CFO
Telephone Number	03-6672-4181

Notice of Understanding of Nominations for New Director Candidates and New Audit &

Supervisory Board Member Candidates

At the meeting of the Board of Directors held today, we have decided to make an informal offer to nominate candidates for new directors and newly appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Members, and to submit the proposal to the 18th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in September 2022, as described below.

1. Name and career history of the newly appointed director

Name	Career history
	Apr. 1992	Assistant Institute for Production Technology, The University of Tokyo
	Apr. 1995	Overseas researcher of the Ministry of Education
		(Stanford University, U.S.A.)
	Jun. 1998	Lecturer, The University of Tokyo Institute of Production Technology
	Jun. 1999	The University of Tsukuba's Group III Functional Engineering/
		The University of Tokyo's Institute of Production Technology
		Assistant professor
	Apr. 2000	Associate Professor, Institute of Production Technology,
Mari Oshima		The University of Tokyo
Jul. 2005	Professor, Institute of Production Technology,
(March. 25, 1962)
	The University of Tokyo (at present)
	Apr. 2006	The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Information and Environment/
		The University of Tokyo Institute of Production and Technology Professor
		(at present)
	Apr. 2014	Director, National Institute of High Schools, Incorporated Administrative
		Agency
	Apr. 2017	Chairman, the Japan Association of Machinery
		(95th fiscal period)
	Apr. 2017	Director, NSK Scholarship Foundation
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	Oct. 2017	Member, the Scientific Council of Japan
	Jul. 2018	Outside Director, Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. (at present)
	Sep. 2018	Director, the Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Memorial Foundation
	Jun. 2019	Director, the Hitachi Global Foundation (Public Foundation)
	Aug. 2020	Adviser, the Japan Society of Science Education
	Apr. 2022	Director, the Japan Society of Fluid Mechanism
Name	Career history
	Apr. 2000	Lecturer, Faculty of Commerce, Kansai University
	Apr. 2002	Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Kansai University
	Apr. 2003	Visiting Foster School of Business Researcher, Washington University
	Apr. 2007	Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Kansai University
	Apr. 2009	Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Kansai University
	Aug. 2012	Visiting Researcher, INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute (at present)
	Jan. 2013	Full Bright Researcher, Washington University Foster School of Business
	Oct. 2013	Research Fellow, Asian Institute of Consumer Insight of Nanyang
Tomoko Kawakami		Technological University
(May 3, 1965)
Apr. 2015	Professor, Graduate School of Business and Finance, Waseda University
		(at present)
	Apr. 2016	Secretary, Waseda Blue Ocean Strategy Institute (currently Waseda Blue
		Ocean Shift Institute), Waseda University Comprehensive Research
		Organization (at present)
	Apr. 2019	General Manager, International Institute for Marketing, Waseda University
		Comprehensive Research Organization (at present)
	Jun. 2019	Outside Director, Takara Holdings Inc. (at present)
	Dec. 2019	Examination Committee Member, Certified Public Accountants

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2. Name and career history of the newly appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Name	Career history
	Apr. 1974	Joined Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corporation (currently Mitsubishi UFJ
		Trust and Banking Corporation)
	Jun. 2005	Managing Director and Managing Executive Officer of the Bank
	Jun. 2007	President, MU Trust Apple Planning Company, Ltd.
	Mar. 2008	Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Miyoshi Oil & Fat Co., Ltd.
	Jul. 2009	President and Representative director, RY Insurance Services Co., Ltd.
Hajime Mita
Jun. 2013	Managing Director, Nihon Chouzai Co., Ltd.
(Dec. 15, 1950)
Nov. 2017	Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Medic Planning Office Co., Ltd.
		(at present)
	Apr. 2018	Outside Director, Point Three Co., Ltd. (at present)
	Jul. 2019	Outside Director, LENDEX Corporation (at present)
	Dec. 2019	Outside Director, Yumeshin Holdings Co., Ltd.
	Apr. 2021	Outside Director of the Company

3. Scheduled assumption of title September 27, 2022

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Reference

The composition of the company officers at the time of the conclusion of the 18th Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting, Scheduled for September 27, 2022.

Board Director

Name	Classification	Title
Yutaka Nishida	Reappointment	Chairman and Representative Director, CEO
Daio Sato	Reappointment	President and Representative Director, COO
Kenjiro Ogawa	Reappointment	Board Director
Hiroshi Sato	Reappointment	Board Director
Noriyuki Murai	Reappointment	Board Director
Rieko Zamma	Reappointment	Outside Board Director
Arata Shimizu	Reappointment	Outside Board Director
Yoichi Wada	Reappointment	Outside Board Director
Mari Oshima	New appointment	Outside Board Director
Tomoko Kawakami	New appointment	Outside Board Director
Audit & Supervisory Board member
Name	Classification	Title
Fujio Shimokawa	Reappointment	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board member (full-time)
Toshio Nago	Reappointment	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board member
Hiroaki Rokugawa	Reappointment	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board member
Hajime Mita	New appointment	Audit & Supervisory Board member

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