Sojitz Corporation at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on November 27, 2023, Sojitz passed a resolution approving the following changes to company organizational structure, as well as to executives and other management. New appointments: Hitoshi Oda: Current Position: General Manager, General Risk; New Position: Executive Officer, COO, Risk Management Department. Kenji Maeda: Current Position: Vice COO, Chemicals Division General Manager, Specialty Chemicals Department; New Position: Executive Officer, COO, Chemicals Division.

Mizue Nakazawa: Current Position: General Manager, General Accounting Department; New Position: Executive Officer, COO, General Accounting Department, Business Accounting Department. These appointments will be effective as of April 1, 2024. Promotions: Kosuke Uemura: Current Position: Executive Officer COO,Corporate Planning Department; New Position: President & COO.

Makoto Shibuya: Current Position: Managing Executive Officer, CFO, Executive Management of M&A Strategy & Value Creation, IR, Corporate Sustainability, Financial Solutions, Finance COO, General Accounting Department, Business Accounting Department; New Position: Senior Managing Executive Officer, CFO, Executive Management of Corporate Departments COO, Corporate Planning Department. Tomomi Arakawa: Current Position: Managing Executive Officer CDO, CIO COO, Digital Department; New Position: Senior Managing Executive Officer, CDO, CIO COO, Digital Department. Yasuhisa Nakao: Current Position: Executive Officer COO, Business Innovation Office; New Position: Managing Executive Officer COO, Business Innovation Office Executive Management of Economic Security.

Kazuhisa Yumikura: Current Position: Executive Officer COO, Financial Solutions Department, Finance Department; New Position: Managing Executive Officer, COO, Financial Solutions Department, Finance Department. Toshiaki Kasai: Current Position: Executive Officer COO, PR Department, Risk Management Department; New Position: Managing Executive Officer COO, Human Resources Department. These promotions will be effective as of April 1, 2024.

Retirees: Kyosuke Sasaki: Managing Executive Officer President & CEO for Europe Managing Director, Sojitz Corporation of Europe B.V. General Manager, Sojitz Corporation of Europe B.V., Paris Branch. Naoki Yokoyama: Executive Officer, COO, M&A Strategy & Value Creation Office. Yuji Yuasa: Executive Officer, COO, Consumer Industry & Agriculture Business Division.

Mr. Kyosuke Sasaki, Mr. Naoki Yokoyama, and Mr. Yuji Yuasa will be appointed as Corporate Advisors of Sojitz Corporation. Changes to Executives Areas of Responsibility: Kosuke Uemura: Current position: Executive Officer, COO, Corporate Planning Department; New position: Executive Officer COO, Corporate Planning Department, Energy Transformation, Decarbonization Area, Effective as of January 1, 2024. Masayoshi Fujimoto: Current position: President & CEO; New position: Chairman & CEO, Effective as of April 1, 2024.

Kosuke Uemura: Current position: Executive Officer COO, Corporate Planning Department; New position: President & COO, Effective as of April 1, 2024. Ryutaro Hirai: Current position: Executive Vice President Advisor to the President Executive Management of Business Group (Automotive, Aerospace & Transportation Project, Infrastructure & Healthcare), and East Asia region; New position: Executive Vice President Advisor to the President Executive Management of Business Group (Automotive, Aerospace, Transportation & Infrastructure, Energy Solution & Healthcare), and East Asia region, Effective as of April 1, 2024. Makoto Shibuya: Current position: Managing Executive Officer, CFO,Executive Management of M&A Strategy & Value Creation, IR, Corporate Sustainability, Financial Solutions, Finance COO, General Accounting Department, Business Accounting Department; New position: Senior Managing Executive Officer, CFO, Executive Management of Corporate Departments COO, Corporate Planning Department.

Masakazu Hashimoto: Current position: Managing Executive Officer COO, Human Resources Department; New position: Managing Executive Officer COO, Aerospace, Transportation & Infrastructure Division, Effective as of April 1, 2024. Yasuhisa Nakao: Current position: Executive Officer COO, Business Innovation Office; New position: Managing Executive Officer COO, Business Innovation Office Executive Management of Economic Security, Effective as of April 1, 2024. Toshiaki Kasai: Current position: Executive Officer COO, PR Department, Risk Management Department; New position: Managing Executive Officer, COO, Human Resources Department, Effective as of April 1, 2024.

Taro Okamura: Current position: Executive Officer, COO, Chemicals Division; New position: Executive Officer President & CEO for Middle East & Africa, Effective as of April 1, 2024. Yumie Endo: Current position: Executive Officer COO, IR Office, Corporate Sustainability Department; New position: Executive Officer COO, PR Department, IR Office, Corporate Sustainability Department, Effective as of April 1, 2024. Tatsuhiko Niitaka: Current position: Executive Officer COO, Aerospace & Transportation Project Division; New position: Executive Officer President & CEO for Europe Managing Director, Sojitz Corporation of Europe B.V. General Manager, Sojitz Corporation of Europe B.V., Paris Branch Director & CEO, Sojitz Europe Trade Holdings GmbH, Effective as of April 1, 2024.

Takefumi Nishikawa: Current position: Executive Officer COO, Infrastructure & Healthcare Division; New position: Executive Officer COO, Energy Solution & Healthcare Division, Effective as of April 1, 2024. Hideo Hatada: Current position: Executive Officer General Manager, Secretariat Department; New position: Executive Officer COO, Consumer Industry & Agriculture Business Division, Effective as of April 1, 2024.