Notice regarding determination of director candidates

We would like to inform you that, at the board of directors meeting held today, the following candidates for director will be proposed for discussion at the 31st Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held on June 17, 2019.

Record

1. Director candidate

Name Title	Current position	New/Existing appointment
Shinichi Ata (Shinichi Ata)	Representative Director and President	Heavy appointment
Mitsuhiro Sato (Mitsuhiro Sato)	Member of the Board	Heavy appointment
Yukimasa Goto (Goto Yukimasa)	Member of the Board	Heavy appointment
Akira Kitamura (Kitamura/Akira)	Member of the Board	Heavy appointment
Takashi Kodama (Takashi Kodama)	Member of the Board	Heavy appointment
Kimihiko Kaneko *1 (Kaneko Kimihiko)	Please refer to the biography	new
Shigeo Suzuki *2 (Shigeo Suzuki)	External Member of the Board	Heavy appointment
Yoshie Munakata *2 (Yoshie Munakata)	External Member of the Board	Heavy appointment

*1 Mr. Kimihiko Kaneko is a candidate for non-executive director.
*2 Mr. Shigeo Suzuki and Mr. Yoshie Munakata are candidates for outside director.

2. Biography, etc. of new director candidates

Name	Kimihiko Kaneko
Date of Birth	October 27, 1965
Biography	April 1986	Joined Kokusai Digital Communication Co., Ltd.
	September 1999	Cable and Wireless IDC Co., Ltd. Director, Program Management Asia
	February 2005	Japan Telecom IDC Co., Ltd. Operations Department Operations Planning Manager
	July 2005	Japan Telecom Co., Ltd. (currently SoftBank Corp.) Technical Supervisor Business Management Department Manager
	June 2009	SoftBank Telecom Corp. (currently SoftBank Corp.) Technology Management, Technology Management Headquarters, Business Management Department
	May 2012	SoftBank Mobile Corp. (currently SoftBank Corp.) Technology Management Migration Promotion Headquarters Migration Planning General Manager
	May 2014	Head of Transition Promotion Headquarters, Sales Division 3 of the company
	January 2015	Seconded to Sprint Corporation in the US
	April 2017	SoftBank Corp. Technology Unit Technology Strategy Director Technology Management Headquarters
	July 2018	Company Technology Unit IT & Network Management IT Strategy Chief General Manager (current position)

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