February 19, 2024

For Immediate Release

Company name

Okabe Co., Ltd.

Representative

Hirohide Kawase, Representative Director,

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Securities Code: 5959, TSE Prime Market)

Contact

Yasushi Hosomichi, Director and

Senior Managing Executive Officer

in charge of Administrative Division

and International Division

(TEL. +81-3-3624-5119)

Notice of Changes in Executives

Okabe Co., Ltd. (the "Company") hereby announces that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, informally decided to make changes regarding its Executives as of March 28, 2024. Details are as follows. These changes are scheduled to become official following a decision at the 80th ordinary general meeting of the Company's shareholders to be held on March 28, 2024.

1. Changes to Directors (excluding Directors who are Audit & Supervisory Committee Members)

(1) Change in title of Director

Director and Chairman

Makoto Hirowatari (currently Director, Chairman and Executive Officer)

(2) New Outside Director candidate

Outside Director

Unemi Yamaguchi

2. Changes in Executive Officers

  1. Promotion in status: Executive Officer Director and Managing Executive Officer

Toshinori Kai (currently Director, Senior Executive Officer and Executive General

Manager of Sales Division)

(2)

Change in association with abolition of Senior Executive Officer

Director Executive Officer

Toshinari Endou (currently Director, Senior Executive Officer. and Executive General

Manager of Production Division）

Executive Officer

Yasunobu Yamazaki (currently Senior Executive Officer, Executive General Manager

of International Division, in charge of Americas and Europe）

(3)

New Executive Officer candidate

Executive Officer

Yohsuke Kotoh (currently General Manager of Strategic Planning Department)

(4)

Retiring Executive Officers

Futoshi Okunishi

(currently Executive Officer and General Manager of the Production Division)

Kazunori Maeda

(currently Executive Officer of the Company, General Manager of the Civil

Engineering Group in the R&D Division)

(Note) Mr. Futoshi Okunishi and Mr. Kazunori Maeda are scheduled to assume the post of Fellow of the Company, respectively.

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(Reference)

New executives as of March 28, 2024 (plan)

(The symbol # signifies promotion, and * signifies newly appointed.)

(1) Directors and Audit & Supervisory Committee Members

Name

New titles, and major new responsibilities or concurrent positions

Current titles, and major current

responsibilities or concurrent positions

Hirohide Kawase

Representative

President and Corporate Officer

Same as left

Director,

Makoto Hirowatari

Director and

Director Chairman

and Executive

Chairman

Officer

Yasushi Hosomichi

Director and Senior

Managing Executive

In charge of Administrative Division

Same as left

Officer

Toshihiko Mikami

Director and

Managing Executive

In charge of International Division

Same as left

Officer

#Toshinori Kai

Director and

Director and Senior

Executive

Managing Executive

In charge of Sales Division

General Manager

Officer

Executive Officer

of Sales Division

Director and

Executive

Toshinari Endou

Executive General Manager of Production Division

Director and Senior

General Manager

Executive Officer

Executive Officer

of Production

Division

Professor in the Department of Sustainable Studies of

Hosei University's Faculty of Sustainable Studies

Senior Sustainability Advisor, Sapporo Holdings Ltd.

Naoya Hasegawa

Outside Director*1

Outside Director, Nissan Tokyo Sales Holdings Co., Ltd.

Same as left

Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee

Member), Silver Life Co., Ltd.

Advisor of Miraial Co., Ltd.

Advisor of Kohoku Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Kazuhisa Nishigai

Outside Director*1

External Adviser, Bridgestone Corporation

Same as left

Outside Director, MODEC, Inc.

*Unemi Yamaguchi*2

Outside Director*1

Representative of U Academy

‒

Same as left

Outside Director of MCJ Co., Ltd.

Director

Yoshiharu Nohara

(Full-time Audit &

Chairman of Audit & Supervisory Committee

Same as left

Supervisory

Committee Member)

Katsuyuki Yamazaki

Outside Director*1

Attorney, Toranomon First General Law Offices

Same as left

(Audit & Supervisory

Committee Member)

Akitoshi Ishimoto

Outside Director*1

Representative attorney, Akitoshi Ishimoto Law Office

(Audit & Supervisory

Same as left

Committee Member)

Outside Director, Housecom Corporation

Representative Certified Public Accountant, NODA C.P.A.

Accounting Firm

Outside Director*1

Representative Director, Probity Consulting Co., Ltd.

Hiroko Noda

Part-time lecturer, Asia University Graduate School of

(Audit & Supervisory

Same as left

Committee Member)

Asian and International Business Strategy

Outside Director, MODEC, Inc.

Outside Director, S.T. CORPORATION

Outside Director, Chori Co., Ltd.

*1. Naoya Hasegawa, Kazuhisa Nishigai, Unemi Yamaguchi, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Akitoshi Ishimoto and Hiroko Noda satisfy the requirements for outside directors prescribed in Clause 15, Article 2 of the Companies Act.

*2: The name of Ms. Unemi Yamaguchi on the family register is Unemi Sekine.

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(2) Executive Officers not serving concurrently as Directors

Name

New titles, and major new responsibilities or concurrent

Current titles, and major current responsibilities or

positions

concurrent positions

Yasunobu Yamazaki

Executive

General Manager of International Division, in

Senior Executive

Executive General Manager of

Officer

charge of North America

Officer

International Division, in charge

of Americas and Europe

Masateru Gotoh

Executive

Sales Division, General Manager of Civil

Same as left

Officer

Engineering Division

Akira Hoshi

Executive

General Manager of International Division, in

Same as left

Officer

charge of Asia

Takashi Yokoyama

Executive

Sales Division, Manager of Nagoya Branch

Same as left

Officer

Hisanori Ekawa

Executive

General Manager of the Financial Affairs Group

Same as left

Officer

in the Administrative Division

Tsutomu Tanaka

Executive

Administration Manager of OCM, Inc.

Same as left

Officer

Masakazu Yokoyama

Executive

General Manager of R&D Division

Same as left

Officer

Daikan Kobayashi

Executive

General Manager of the Human Resources and

General Affairs Department in the

Same as left

Officer

Administrative Division

Takashi Okouchi

Executive

General Manager of the Production Division, in

Same as left

Officer

charge of product promotion

Andy Cramer

Executive

President and Company Secretary of OCM, Inc.

Same as left

Officer

*Yohsuke Kotoh

Executive

General Manager of Strategic Planning

‒

Same as left

Officer

Department

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