Sumitomo Forestry : Notice of Change of Representative Directors

November 30, 2023

For Immediate Release

Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd.

Notice of Change of Representative Directors

Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd. hereby announces that the Board of Directors passed the following

changes to its representative directors on November 30, 2023.

1. Details of Change

Tatsumi Kawata	Representative Director and	Director and
	Executive Vice President	Senior Managing Executive
		Officer
Tatsuru Satoh	Director and	Representative Director and
	Executive Officer	Executive Vice President

1. Reason for Change
   Due to change in management structure.
2. Brief Career History of Newly Appointed Representative Director

Name	Tatsumi Kawata
Date of Birth	October 4, 1962 (61 years old)
Career History	April 1986		Joined the Company
		April 2012		General Manager of Personnel Department
		April 2014		General Manager of Corporate Planning Department
		June 2016		Executive Officer (General Manager of Corporate
			Planning Department)
		April 2017		Managing Executive Officer
		June 2018		Director (Managing Executive Officer)
		January 2022		Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
				(Present)
Number of shares held		12,200 shares (as of June 30, 2023)

4. Scheduled date of appointment

January 1, 2024