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Yumiko Murakami worked for the United Nations, Goldman Sachs Japan Co. Ltd. and Credit Suisse Securities (Japan) Limited, and Head of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Tokyo Centre,etc. The Company requests that shareholders elect her as an Outside Director since the Company expects, based on her significant global experience and experience about corporate management and understanding of the securities business, she will be able to advise on the management of the Company and supervise of the execution of duties by Corporate Executive Officers,and at the Company's 2021 General Meeting of Shareholders she was newly appointed as an outside director.