Regarding matters regarding controlling shareholders, etc.

We would like to inform you of the following matters regarding our controlling shareholders, etc.

1. Trade names, etc. of the parent company, controlling shareholder (excluding the parent company), or other affiliated companies

(As of March 31, 2020)

• (Note) SoftBank Group Corp. (hereinafter referred to as “SoftBank Group”) is the wholly-owning parent company of SoftBank Group Japan Corp. (hereinafter referred to as “SBGJ”). Additionally, SBGJ is the parent company of SoftBank Corp. (hereinafter referred to as "SoftBank") and owns 67.1% of the company's voting rights.

2. Among the parent companies, the name of the company deemed to have the greatest influence on the listed company and the reason thereof

3． Position of a listed company within the corporate group of the parent company, etc. and other relationships between the listed company and the parent company, etc.
SoftBank Group operates "SoftBank Vision Fund and other SBIA (*) fund businesses," "SoftBank Business," "Arm Business," and "Brightstar Business," among which SoftBank operates the "SoftBank Business." , which operates a domestic communications business. Additionally, SBGJ is an intermediate holding company. As a core ICT service company for a corporate group centered on SoftBank, we use the cloud technology we have cultivated over the years to provide IT support (corporate IT) that allows companies to focus on their core business, as well as AI, IoT, and other services. We operate an ICT service business that enables us to co-create new globally applicable businesses while promoting the strengthening of corporate competitiveness (business IT) through cutting-edge technology and growing significantly together with our customers.

• (*)SBIA: SB Investment Advisers (UK) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of SoftBank Group

As mentioned above, SoftBank Group, SBGJ, and SoftBank are parent companies that own 53.3% of the voting rights of the Company, and are in a position to influence the management decisions of the Company through the exercise of their rights as majority shareholders. However, SoftBank 's group management policy values the independence of its subsidiaries, and aims to create synergies and continue to evolve and grow together while ensuring independence.As a result, the group's corporate value We aim to maximize the Under this policy, we assume management responsibility and manage our business based on our own decision-making, and we believe that a certain degree of independence and autonomy is ensured.

Furthermore, two SoftBank employees have been appointed as officers of the Company. The status of concurrent positions of officers is as follows.

• (Note) The above table describes the situation as of March 31, 2020. As of the same date, two of the Company's eight directors and four auditors hold concurrent positions with the parent company, etc.: Mr. Kimihiko Kaneko and Mr. Takashi Naito.

Four. Matters related to transactions with controlling shareholders, etc.
There are no applicable matters regarding transactions with SoftBank Group and SBGJ during the current consolidated fiscal year. The details and amount of the transaction with SoftBank are as follows.

Current consolidated fiscal year (from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020)

• *The transaction amount does not include consumption tax, etc., but the end-of-period balance includes consumption tax, etc.

Five. Status of implementation of measures to protect minority shareholders when conducting transactions with controlling shareholders, etc.
As with other business partners, the Company determines selling prices for transactions with its parent company, taking into consideration factors such as the cost of the transaction, selling, general and administrative expenses, appropriate profits, and market trends. Furthermore, the calculation and determination of price conditions are the same as with other business partners.

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