East Japan Railway : Notice Regarding Changes in Representative Director, etc.

(Translation)

May 15, 2023

To whom it may concern:

Company Name: East Japan Railway Company

Name of Representative: Yuji Fukasawa

President and CEO

Securities Code: 9020

Tokyo Stock Exchange (Prime Market)

Contact Person: Dan Tsuchizawa

Department Director,

Corporate Communications Department

Notice Regarding Changes in Representative Director, etc.

As disclosed in "Announcement Regarding Transition to Company with Audit and Supervisory Committee" dated February 15, 2023, East Japan Railway Company will effect a transition to a company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee, subject to approval at the 36th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 22, 2023. At its meeting held on May 15, 2023, the Board of Directors made a determination to effect Representative Director changes and to nominate Director candidates for election at the 36th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, as described below.

The relevant resolutions are expected to be adopted at the 36th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and the meeting of the Board of Directors to be held thereafter.

1. Changes in Representative Director

1. Reason for changes
   Change in management associated with expiration of term of office
2. Name and position of and other information related to new Representative Director to be elected and retiring Representative Director
   (New Representative Director)

Name:	Chiharu Watari
New position:	Executive Vice President (Representative Director)
Date of birth:	January 30, 1963 (Age: 60)
Brief personal record:	April 1988	Joined the Company
	June 2014	Executive Officer
	June 2018	Director of Hokkaido Railway Company
	June 2020	Executive Director of Hokkaido Railway Company
	June 2022	Executive Director
Number of shares owned:	1,500 shares
(Retiring Representative Director)
Name:	Totaro Ichikawa
Previous position:	Executive Vice President (Representative Director)

3. Scheduled date of assumption of office June 22, 2023

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1. Other changes in Directors and Corporate Auditors

1. New Director Candidate (excluding Directors who are also Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

Hitoshi Suzuki	(currently Senior Executive Officer; Deputy Director General of Railway Business
	Headquarters (Transport & Rolling Stock))

2. Retiring Director

Executive Director

Atsushi Ouchi

3. Candidates for New Directors who are also Audit and Supervisory Committee Members

Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)	Takashi Kinoshita*
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)	Masaki Ogata
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)	Kimitaka Mori*
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)	Kunihiko Koike*

*Mr. Takashi Kinoshita, Mr. Kimitaka Mori and Mr. Kunihiko Koike are candidates for Outside Directors who are also Audit and Supervisory Committee Members.

4. Retiring Corporate Auditors

Corporate Auditor (Full-time)	Keiji Takiguchi (to serve as Chairman and Director of East Japan
	Railway Trading Co., Ltd.)
Corporate Auditor (Part-time)	Nobuyuki Hashiguchi

(Note) After these changes, the number of Directors will become 15 (currently 12).

Each of the following persons is scheduled to be elected as Representative Director or executive director at the meeting of the Board of Directors to be held after the aforementioned General Meeting of Shareholders.

1. Chairman (Director) scheduled to be elected

Tetsuro Tomita

(currently Chairman (Director))

2. President and CEO (Representative Director) scheduled to be elected

Yuji Fukasawa

(currently President and CEO (Representative Director))

3. Executive Vice Presidents (Representative Directors) scheduled to be elected

Yoichi Kise	(currently Executive Vice President)
Katsumi Ise	(currently Executive Vice President)
Chiharu Watari	(currently Executive Director)

4. Executive Directors scheduled to be elected

Atsuko Itoh	(currently Executive Director)
Hitoshi Suzuki	(currently Senior Executive Officer)

Additionally, the following persons will be elected or retire as Executive Officers (excluding Mr. Hitoshi Suzuki, who will retire as Executive Officer upon election as Director).

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(New Senior Executive Officers) as of June 22, 2023
Senior Executive Officer	Norio Kimura	(currently Executive Officer;
In charge of Audit Department; In		Department Director of
charge of Corporate & Legal		Corporate & Legal Strategies
Strategies Department; In charge of		Department)
Organizational Restructuring;
Department Director of Corporate &
Legal Strategies Department
Senior Executive Officer	Shunzo Miyake	(currently Executive Officer;
Director General of International		Department Director of
Affairs Headquarters		Planning & International
		Relations Department,
		International Affairs
		Headquarters)
Senior Executive Officer	Osamu Kato	(currently Executive Officer;
Deputy Director General of Innovation		Department Director of
Strategy Headquarters; Deputy		Electrical & Signaling
Director General of Railway Business		Network Department,
Headquarters (Electricity); In charge		Railway Business
of Energy Strategies		Headquarters)
Senior Executive Officer	Harumi Nakagawa	(currently Executive Officer;
Deputy Director General of Railway		General Manager of Chiba
Business Headquarters (Station		Branch Office; Department
Operation and Service Quality); In		Director of Railway
charge of Tourism		Operations Department, Chiba
		Branch Office)
Senior Executive Officer	Haruhiko Ogawa	(currently Executive Officer;
Director General of Tokyo		General Manager of Niigata
Metropolitan Area Headquarters;		Branch Office)
Department Director of Railway
Operations Department, Tokyo
Metropolitan Area Headquarters
Senior Executive Officer	Takehiro Tamagawa	(currently Executive Officer;
Deputy Director General of Railway		Department Director of
Business Headquarters (Facilities);		Facility Department, Railway
Department Director of Facility		Business Headquarters)
Department, Railway Business
Headquarters
(Retiring Senior Executive Officers)
As of June 21, 2023
Senior Executive Officer	Yoshihiro Kumamoto	(to serve as Senior Fellow of
Deputy Director General of		the Company)
International Affairs Headquarters
(Indian HSR Project)
Senior Executive Officer	Mitsuhiro Fukagai	(to serve as Executive
Director General of Tokyo		Director, Director of Foods
Metropolitan Area Headquarters;		Company of JR East Cross
Department Director of Railway		Station Co., Ltd.)
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Operations Department, Tokyo

Metropolitan Area Headquarters

As of June 22, 2023
Senior Executive Officer	Hitoshi Saimyo
Director General of International
Affairs Headquarters
Senior Executive Officer	Teruyuki Omote	(to serve as President and
Deputy Director General of Marketing		Representative Director of
Headquarters		LUMINE Co., Ltd.)
Senior Executive Officer	Masaaki Nakanishi	(to serve as President and
Deputy Director General of Railway		Representative Director of
Business Headquarters (Facilities)		Union Construction Co., Ltd.)
Senior Executive Officer	Hiroyuki Takahashi	(to serve as President and
Deputy Director General of Railway		Representative Director of
Business Headquarters (Station		atré Co., Ltd.)
Operation and Service Quality)
(New Executive Officers) as of June 22, 2023
Executive Officer	Hiroyuki Takeshima	(currently Department
Deputy Director General of		Director of Community
Marketing Headquarters		Development Coordination
		Department, Marketing
		Headquarters)
Executive Officer	Yuuki Saito	(currently Division Senior
Department Director of Electrical &		Manager of Electrical &
Signaling Network Department,		Signaling Network
Railway Business Headquarters		Department, Railway
		Business Headquarters)
Executive Officer	Tatsuo Higuchi	(currently Department
General Manager of Takasaki		Director of Strategies &
Branch Office; Department Director		Business Platform
of Railway Operations Department,		Department, Marketing
Takasaki Branch Office		Headquarters)
Executive Officer	Dan Tsuchizawa	(currently Department
General Manager of Chiba Branch		Director of Corporate
Office; Department Director of		Communications Department,
Railway Operations Department,		Corporate Strategies
Chiba Branch Office		Headquarters)
Executive Officer	Hiroko Shirayama	(currently Department
General Manager of Niigata Branch		Director of Service Quality
Office; Department Director of		Improvement Division,
Railway Operations Department,		Railway Business
Niigata Branch Office		Headquarters)

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(Retiring Executive Officers) as of June 21, 2023
Executive Officer	Chiharu Minamisawa (to serve as Senior Executive
General Manager of Takasaki Branch	Director of JR East
Office	Environment Access Co.,
	Ltd.)

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