July 1, 2021

Company name:

SanBio Co., Ltd.

Representative:

Keita Mori, Representative Director

and President

(TSE Mothers Code: 4592)

Contact:

Yoshihiro Kakutani, Corporate Officer

of Management Administration

(TEL. +81-3-6264-3481)

Notice Concerning Changes to Our Lineup of Corporate Officers

SanBio Company Limited (hereafter, the "Company") hereby announces that its Board of Directors has decided through a meeting held on the date of this notice to implement the following changes to its lineup of corporate officers, effective on July 1, 2021.

1. Changes

With the departure of Corporate Officer Hiroshi Yamamoto, Representative Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Akihiro Tsujimura will assume the additional offices of Business Head (Japan/Asia) and CEO of subsidiary SanBio Asia Pte. Ltd. (based in Singapore), positions that were previously held by Yamamoto. Following his separation, Yamamoto will continue to support the Company as a senior advisor, providing assistance as it aims to receive manufacturing and marketing approval for regenerative cell medicine SB623 as a treatment for chronic effects associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI program) and establish the post-launch framework necessary to ensure the medicine's success.

SanBio Co, Ltd.

Former position

New position

Akihiro Tsujimura

Representative Director, Executive

Representative Director,

Vice President and COO

Executive Vice President, COO,

and Business Head (Japan/Asia)

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Corporate Officer and Business

Head (Japan/Asia)

-

SanBio, Inc.

Former position

New position

Akihiro Tsujimura

Director and CEO

Director and CEO (no change)

SanBio Asia Pte. Ltd.

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Former position

New position

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Director and CEO

-

Akihiro Tsujimura

Director

Director and CEO

2. Career summary of Mr. Akihiro Tsujimura

Name

Career summary

1992

Joined Nichimen Corp. (current Sojitz Corp.)

2001

President & CEO, Biaxis Packaging Sales Inc., an

overseas joint venture of Nichimen

Akihiro Tsujimura

2004

Joined Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

(DOB: Dec. 26, 1967)

2012

Corporate Officer, Santen Pharmaceutical/ President

& CEO, Santen Inc.

2015

Senior Corporate Officer and Head of Asia Business,

Santen Pharmaceutical

2016

Executive Corporate Officer and Head of Corporate

Development Division, in charge of Asia and North

America Businesses, Santen Pharmaceutical/ President

& CEO, Santen Inc.

2017

Director, Santen Pharmaceutical

2018

Joined SanBio Co., Ltd.

Senior Managing Executive Officer, SanBio/ CEO,

SanBio, Inc.

2019

Executive Officer and Senior Managing Director,

SanBio/ CEO, SanBio, Inc.

2020

Executive Vice President and COO, SanBio/ CEO,

SanBio, Inc.

2021

Representative Director, Executive Vice President and

COO, SanBio/ CEO, SanBio, Inc.

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