Notice of Nominees for Directors (Resolution planned, June 19, 2024)

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March 14,2024

KDDI Corporation

KDDI Corporation resolved at a meeting of the Board of Directors held today to change (newly appointed, retire) a director and nominate following members for directors.
This subject is to be resolved at the annual meeting of Shareholders, and the meeting of the Board of Directors scheduled on June 19, 2024.

1. Change (Newly appointed) of Representative Director

  • (1)

    Name, Title, Biography and Number of Share Held of Newly appointed Representative Director

    Name Yasuaki Kuwahara
    New Title Executive Vice President, Representative Director
    Date of Birth October 25, 1962
    Biography
    • Jun. 2023
      Senior Managing Executive Officer, Director (Current position)
    • Apr. 2023
      Executive Director, Solution Business Sector, and General Manager, KDDI Group Strategy Division (Current position)
    • Apr. 2022
      Managing Executive Officer
    • Apr. 2018
      Executive Officer
    Number of Share Held [1] Number of common stock shares 7,200
    (Number of potential shares 17,257)
    • [1]
      As of March 31, 2023. With regard to potential shares, the number indicated is equivalent to the number of vested points in the stock compensation plan utilizing the trust as of March 31, 2023.
  • (2)

    Reason to Change

    Along with newly appointed director, to respond to changes in the environment surrounding the Company and the Group, and to make appropriate management decisions in a flexible, smooth, prompt manner.

  • (3)

    Tentative Date of Newly appointed

    June 19, 2024

2. Change (Retirement) of Representative Director

  • (1)

    Name and Title

    NameNew TitleOld Title
    Takashi Tanaka Chairman, Director Chairman, Representative Director
    Toshitake Amamiya Executive Advisor Representative Director
  • (2)

    Reason to Retire

    In order to further strengthen KDDI's corporate governance by entrusting management with more executive duties and further clarifying the position of supervising executive duties.
    And along with retirement of director, to retire as a director with representative rights.

  • (3)

    Tentative Date of Retirement

    June 19, 2024

3. Members of Directors

  • (1)

    Nominees for Directors

    NameTitle
    Takashi Tanaka Chairman, Director
    Makoto Takahashi President, Representative Director
    Yasuaki Kuwahara Representative Director (Promotion)
    Hiromichi Matsuda Director
    Nanae Saishoji Director (Newly appointed)
    Hiroshi Takezawa Director (Newly appointed)
    Goro Yamaguchi Director
    Keiji Yamamoto Director
    Tsutomu Tannowa Director
    Junko Okawa Director
    Kyoko Okumiya Director
    Makoto Ando Director (Newly appointed)
    • Mr. Goro Yamaguchi, Mr. Keiji Yamamoto, Mr. Tsutomu Tannowa, Ms. Junko Okawa, Ms. Kyoko Okumiya and Mr. Makoto Ando are the nominees for the position for outside director.
      Mr. Tsutomu Tannowa, Ms. Junko Okawa, Ms. Kyoko Okumiya and Mr. Makoto Ando are the nominees for the position of independent director pursuant to Rule 436-2 of the Securities Listing Regulations of Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.
  • (2)

    Directors Planning to Retire

    NameNew TitleOld Title
    Toshitake Amamiya Executive Advisor Executive Vice President, Representative Director
    Kazuyuki Yoshimura Senior Managing Executive Officer, CTO Senior Managing Executive Officer, Director, CTO
    Shigeki Goto - Director
  • (3)

    Nominees for Audit & Supervisory Board Member

    NameTitle
    Kazuyasu Yamashita Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Newly appointed)
    Naoki Fukushima Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Newly appointed)
    Kazutoshi Kogure Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Newly appointed)
    Koji Arima Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Newly appointed)
    • Mr. Naoki Fukushima, Mr. Kazutoshi Kogure and Mr. Koji Arima are the nominees for the position for outside audit & supervisory board member, as well as the nominees for the position of independent director pursuant to Rule 436-2 of the Securities Listing Regulations of Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.
  • (4)

    Audit & Supervisory Board Member Planning to Retire

    NameNew TitleOld Title
    Kenichiro Takagi - Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
    Yukihiro Asahina - Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
    Toshihiko Matsumiya - Audit & Supervisory Board Member
    Jun Karube - Audit & Supervisory Board Member
  • (5)

    Executive Officers (Promotion)

    NameNew TitleOld Title
    Yasuaki Kuwahara Executive Vice President Senior Managing Executive Officer
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