Notice regarding Director Candidates

May 19, 2025

SMS Co., Ltd. hereby announces that, on May 19, 2025, its Board of Directors has resolved to elect the following candidates for directors to be formally appointed at the 22nd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held on June 20, 2025.
New titles for each candidate will be officially decided at the Board of Directors’ meeting on the same day.

1.Candidates for Directors who are not Audit and Supervisory Committee Members

Name
New title
Current title
Natsuki Goto Representative Director
CEO
Representative Director
CEO
Masato Sugizaki Director
CFO
Director
CFO
Masaki Takahata(New) Director
CEO, the MIMS Group
CEO, the MIMS Group

(Reference) Biography of New Candidate
Masaki Takahata (Date of birth: April 14, 1984)
Career summary Apr. 2007  Joined KPMG AZSA & Co. (Currently, KPMG AZSA LLC)
Jul. 2011  Joined Frontier Management Inc.
Sep. 2013  Joined SMS Co., Ltd.
May 2016  CFO, the MIMS Group
Mar. 2021  CEO, the MIMS Group (Current position)
    
(Significant concurrent positions)


2.Candidate for Substitute Director who is an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Taro Mizunuma


Notice regarding Director Candidates