Japan Exchange : Appointment of Statutory Auditor

[Translation]

November 29, 2019

Company Name: Japan Exchange Group, Inc.

Name of Representative: Akira Kiyota, Director & Representative Executive Officer, Group CEO

(Code No.: 8697, TSE 1st Section)

Inquiries: Corporate Communications

(TEL: [phone])

Appointment of Statutory Auditor

Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX) hereby announces that JPX has chosen a Statutory Auditor of JPX's subsidiary Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc. (TOCOM), to be appointed on December 1, 2019, as follows.

• Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc. (TOCOM)

1. New Statutory Auditor (effective on December 1, 2019)

Statutory Auditor (Outside)

Kazuhiko Yamada

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Reference 1

Curriculum Vitae of New Statutory Auditor

Name	: Kazuhiko Yamada
Date of Birth	: Apr. 28, 1981

Brief Biography and Position:

Nov. 2002

Oct. 2005

Jan. 2012

Sept. 2015

Sept. 2016

Passed the Bar Examination

Registered at Daini Tokyo Bar Association

Assigned to Nakamura, Tsunoda & Matsumoto

Partner, Nakamura, Tsunoda & Matsumoto (current position)

Director, TechnoPro Holdings, Inc. (current position)

Special Visiting Professor, Gakushuin University Law School (current position)

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							Reference 2
Revised List of Directors, Executive Officers and Statutory Auditors
1. Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc.
				Name		Area(s) of Responsibility
	Representative Director	&	Hiromi Yamaji
	Chair, Chairperson	of	the
	Board
	Representative	Director,	Takamichi Hamada
	President
	Director & Senior Executive	Hiroyasu Ichimoto	Development of	Comprehensive	Exchange,
	Officer				General Administration, Marketing, Global
					Business Development, Research Institute of
					Market Structure, New Market Development,
					Market, Market Surveillance & Operation Office
	Executive Officer			Mitsuhiro Onosato	Marketing,	Global	Business Development,
					Systems,	System	Development,	Research
					Institute of Market Structure, New Market
					Development, Market, Self-Regulation, Market
					Surveillance & Operation Office
	Standing Statutory Auditor	Etsuji Ohishi
	Statutory Auditor			Peter L. Jaeger
	Statutory Auditor (Outside)	Katsushi Kuroda
	Statutory Auditor (Outside)	Kazuhiko Yamada

(Note) 1 Mr. Peter L. Jaeger, who was announced on October 30 as a Statutory Auditor (Outside), has been newly assigned as a part-time Statutory Auditor.

2 The Corporate Planning, Administration, Legal, Accounting & Finance, and Communications departments of TOCOM will be consolidated to form the General Administration department, effective on December 1, 2019.

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