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May 13, 2024

NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION (6849)

Stock Exchange Listing:

Prime Market, Tokyo Stock Exchange

Head Office:

Tokyo

Representative:

Hirokazu Ogino, Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer

Contact:

Fumio Izumida, Operating Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Division

Phone: +81 / 3-5996-8003

Nihon Kohden Announces Stock Split and

Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation

Nihon Kohden today announced that its Board of Directors held on May 13, 2024 has resolved to conduct a stock split and partially amend the Articles of Incorporation.

1. Purpose of stock split

The purpose of the stock split is to create an environment that makes it easier for investors to invest in the Company's stock and to increase the trading liquidity of the stock and expand the investor base, by lowering the amount of one unit of investment.

2. Outline of stock split

  1. Method of stock split

Each share of common stock held by shareholders listed or recorded in the final shareholders' register as of Sunday, June 30, 2024 will be split into two shares.

(2)

Increase in number of shares due to stock split

1)

Total number of shares issued before stock split

88,230,980 shares

2)

Increase in number of shares due to stock split

88,230,980 shares

3)

Total number of shares issued after stock split

176,461,960 shares

4)

Total number of shares authorized to be issued after stock split

395,944,000 shares

3. Schedule of stock split

(1)

Public notice date of record date

Friday, June 14, 2024 (planned)

(2)

Record date

Sunday, June 30, 2024

(3)

Effective date

Monday, July 1, 2024

  • As the record date is a non-business day of the shareholders registry administrator, the actual record date will be Friday, June 28, 2024.

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4. Partial amendment to the Articles of Incorporation

  1. Reason for amendment

Along with the stock split, Nihon Kohden will amend Article 6 (Total Number of Shares Authorized to be Issued) of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, effective July 1, 2024, in accordance with the provision of Article 184, Paragraph 2 of the Companies Act.

(2) Contents of amendment

(The amendment is underlined.)

Current Articles of Incorporation

Amended Articles of Incorporation

(Total Number of Shares Authorized to be Issued)

(Total Number of Shares Authorized to be Issued)

Article 6.

Article 6.

The total number of shares authorized to be issued

The total number of shares authorized to be issued

by the Company shall be 197,972k shares.

by the Company shall be 395,944k shares.

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