Note: This document has been translated from a part of the Japanese original for reference purposes only. In the event of any discrepancy between this translated document and the Japanese original, the original shall prevail.

Securities code: 4559 June 6, 2023 Start date of measures for providing information in electronic format: June 1, 2023

To Our Shareholders:

Mitsuhiro Ibe, Representative Director, President

Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

10-11, Nihonbashi Kobuna-cho,Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Notice of the 69th Ordinary Stockholders' General Assembly

We are pleased to announce the 69th Ordinary Stockholders' General Assembly of Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (the "Company"), which will be held as indicated below.

When convening this Stockholders' General Assembly, the Company takes measures for providing information that constitutes the content of reference documents for the Stockholders' General Assembly, etc. (items for which measures for providing information in electronic format are to be taken) in electronic format. This information is posted on the websites stated in "4. Websites Stating the Items Subject to Measures for Providing Information in Electronic Format," so please access those websites to confirm the information.

If you are unable to attend the meeting in person, it is also possible to exercise voting rights through the Internet or in writing. Please review the Reference Documents for the Stockholders' General Assembly and then exercise voting rights using one of the following methods by 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 28, 2023 (JST).

(Exercising Voting Rights Through the Internet)

Please access our website for exercising voting rights (https://www.web54.net) by the deadline stated above and follow the instructions onscreen to indicate your approval or disapproval.

(Exercising Voting Rights in Writing)

Please indicate your approval or disapproval on the Voting Rights Exercise Form, and return it to the Company (by post) so that it arrives no later than the deadline for exercising voting rights stated above.

For those attending the Stockholders' General Assembly on the day, please check your physical condition before attending the venue. Please note that souvenirs will not be provided.

  1. Date and time: Thursday, June 29, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. (JST)
  2. Venue: East 21 Hall, 1F, Hotel East 21 Tokyo

6-3-3 Toyo, Koto-ku, Tokyo

3. Purpose of the Meeting Matters to be reported

  1. Business Report and Consolidated Financial Statements for the 69th Term (from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023), as well as the results of audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements by the Accounting Auditors and the Audit & Supervisory Board
  2. Non-consolidatedFinancial Statements for the 69th Term (from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023)
    Matters to be resolved
    Proposal No. 1 Appropriation of Surplus
    Proposal No. 2 Election of Six Directors of the Board
    Proposal No. 3 Election of Three Audit & Supervisory Board Members

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4. Websites Stating the Items Subject to Measures for Providing Information in Electronic Format

Website name and URL

Access method

1

The Company's website:

Please see "69th Ordinary Stockholders' General Assembly"

https://www.zeria.co.jp/ir/meeting/ (in Japanese)

available on the website on the left.

2

Listed Company Search (Tokyo Stock Exchange):

Enter the issue name (Zeria Pharmaceutical) or securities

https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/JJK010010Action.do?Show

code (4559) and click "Search," then select "Basic

=Show (in Japanese)

Information," "Documents for public inspection/PR

information" in that order.

3

The Portal of Shareholders' Meeting

Access the website to the left, then enter the Voting code/ the

(Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited):

Portal of Shareholders' Meeting Login ID and password

https://www.soukai-portal.net (in Japanese)

described on the Voting Rights Exercise Form.

  • The websites may be inaccessible at times due to periodic maintenance.
    If you are unable to view a website, access another website or try to access it again after some time has elapsed.
  • For those attending the meeting on the day, please submit the Voting Rights Exercise Form at the reception desk.
  • If revisions to the items subject to measures for providing information in electronic format arise, details of the revisions will be posted on the aforementioned websites.
  • Among the items subject to measures for providing information in electronic format, in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations and Article 18 of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, the following items are not provided in the paper-based documents delivered to shareholders.
    • The Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity and the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Consolidated Financial Statements
    • The Non-consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity and the Notes to the Non-consolidated Financial Statements included in the Non-consolidated Financial Statements
      The documents are part of the documents included in the scope of audits by the Audit & Supervisory Board Members and the Accounting Auditors when they create their respective audit reports.
  • Please check the Company's website for notices of any major changes to the operation of the Stockholders' General Assembly. (https://www.zeria.co.jp/) (in Japanese)

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Reference Documents for the Stockholders' General Assembly

Proposals and Reference Information

Proposal No. 1 Appropriation of Surplus

Year-end dividends

The Company has given comprehensive consideration to matters including the business performance of the fiscal year, future business development and the business environment around the Company, and it proposes to pay year- end dividends for the 69th fiscal year as follows:

  1. Allotment of dividend property to shareholders and their aggregate amount

¥22 per common share of the Company Total payment: ¥969,764,576

(Note) The dividend for the fiscal year, including the interim dividend, will be ¥40 per share, up ¥5 from the previous fiscal year.

  1. Effective date of dividends of surplus June 30, 2023

Proposal No. 2 Election of Six Directors of the Board

The terms of office of all six Directors of the Board will expire at the conclusion of this meeting. Therefore, the Company proposes the election of six Directors of the Board including three outside Directors of the Board.

The candidates for Director of the Board are as follows:

Candidate

Name

Career summary, position and responsibility in the Company,

Number of the

Company's shares

No.

(Date of birth)

and significant concurrent positions outside the Company

owned

Mar. 1972

Joined the Company

Mar. 1972

Director of the Board

Sachiaki Ibe

Apr. 1978

Managing Director

1

Apr. 1981

Senior Managing Director

1,592,967 shares

March 17, 1941

Apr. 1982

President

June 2014

Chairman & CEO

(current position)

Apr. 1994

Joined The Fuji Bank, Limited

Oct. 2009

Senior Manager, Corporate Banking

Coordination Department of Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

Apr. 2010

Director, Finance & Accounting of the

Company

June 2010

Director of the Board, and Director of Finance

& Accounting

Mitsuhiro Ibe

Apr. 2011

Director of the Board

2

In charge of Ethical Products Sales &

77,900 shares

November 17, 1971

Marketing Division, and Consumer Healthcare

Products Sales & Marketing Division

June 2011

Managing Director

In charge of Ethical Products Sales &

Marketing Division, and Consumer Healthcare

Products Sales & Marketing Division

June 2014

President & COO

(current position)

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Candidate

Name

Career summary, position and responsibility in the Company,

Number of the

Company's shares

No.

(Date of birth)

and significant concurrent positions outside the Company

owned

Apr. 1970

Joined The Tokai Bank, Limited

June 1996

Director

June 1998

Managing Executive Officer

Apr. 2001

Senior Managing Executive Officer

May 2002

Vice President & Executive Officer of UFJ

Bank Limited

June 2002

Representative Director & Vice President

June 2004

Senior Advisor of UFJ Card Ltd.

Sept. 2005

Senior Managing Executive Officer of JAPAN

MEDICAL LEASE CORPORATION

June 2006

Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer

Tetsuo Komori

of UFJ Central Leasing Co., Ltd.

3

June 2006

Substitute Audit & Supervisory Board Member

7,300 shares

January 25, 1948

of the Company

Apr. 2007

Senior Managing Director of Mitsubishi UFJ

Lease & Finance Company Limited

June 2007

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of

the Company

June 2009

Deputy President of Mitsubishi UFJ Lease &

Finance Company Limited

June 2010

Representative Director & President of JAPAN

MEDICAL LEASE CORPORATION

June 2015

Outside Director of the Board of the Company

(current position)

June 2015

Outside Director of NORITAKE CO.,

LIMITED

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Candidate

Name

Career summary, position and responsibility in the Company,

Number of the

Company's shares

No.

(Date of birth)

and significant concurrent positions outside the Company

owned

May 1966

Assistant at School of Medicine, Kyushu

University (Bacteriology)

Oct. 1973

Assistant Professor at School of Medicine,

Kyushu University (Bacteriology)

Jan. 1977

Professor of Cancer Research Center, School of

Medicine, Kyushu University

Apr. 1982

Professor, Medical Institute of Bioregulation,

School of Medicine, Kyushu University

Oct. 1995

Chairman of The Japan Society for

Transplantation

Oct. 1997

Vice Chairman of Incorporated Association

Japan Organ Transplant Network (currently

Public Interest Incorporated Association Japan

Organ Transplant Network)

Apr. 1998

Director of Medical Institute of Bioregulation,

4

Kikuo Nomoto

Kyushu University

-

June 5, 1936

Apr. 1998

Director of Japan Foundation for AIDS

Prevention

Apr. 2000

Professor Emeritus of Kyusyu University

(current position)

Mar. 2001

Chair of Ethics committee, Japan Health

Sciences Foundation

Apr. 2004

Specially Appointed Director (in charge of

medical accident prevention projects), Japan

Council for Quality Health Care

Apr. 2011

Chairman of Incorporated Association Japan

Organ Transplant Network

Apr. 2011

Councilor of Japan Foundation for AIDS

Prevention

(current position)

June 2017

Outside Director of the Board of the Company

(current position)

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