Board, Audit and Executive Members

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Kirin Holdings has adopted a pure holding company structure as a means of controlling its diverse and global business, which is centered on the three domains of Alcoholic Bevarage, Soft Drinks & Health Science, Phartmaceuticals. As the institutional design, we have adopted a Company with Audit & Supervisory Board system, and aim to maintain and improve on a highly transparent governance system for its stakeholders. The Board, more than half of which are Outside Directors, works closely with the Audit & Supervisory Board to take final decisions on important matters and reinforce the monitoring function on management. We have also introduced an executive officer based system in order to implement strategies for each of our businesses and functions in an agile fashion and clarify executive responsibilities.

To ensure the effective functioning of our monitoring and management structure and achieve the Group’s sustainable growth and corporate value enhancement, it is essential that the directors and Audit & Supervisory Board members have the necessary skills and embrace diversity in terms of gender, nationality, and other characteristics. This same requirement applies to our management team.

Looking beyond KV2027, the Company has recently announced a new Long-Term Management Vision, “Innovate2035!” Taking this opportunity, the Company has reviewed the skills required of the Board of Directors and the Audit & Supervisory Board.

First, the Company considers an in-depth understanding of and empathy for the philosophy of “CSV management” promoted by the Group to be a basic and essential requirement common to all Directors of the Board and Audit & Supervisory Board Members.

On that basis, while premised on comprehensive capabilities in “Corporate Management” through experience as a corporate or business executive, the Company has positioned knowledge in the areas of “Sustainability,” “Global,” “Finance / IR,” and “Legal / Risk Management” as essential basic skills for driving the Company’s management and ensuring the effectiveness of corporate governance.

Furthermore, under “Innovate2035!,” the Group aims to achieve sustainable growth through CSV management and contribute to the social issue of “Health and Well-Being.” The Group has established the following vision: “Vitalize the world through innovation by our people and technology, as a global leader in Creating Shared Value (CSV).” The sources for creating innovation are the Group’s organizational capabilities such as “R&D,” “Marketing,” “Human Resources and Organization,” “ICT and DX,” and “Manufacture and Quality Assurance.” These capabilities are regarded as essential skills for the Board of Directors and the Audit & Supervisory Board to conduct highly effective decision-making and oversight.

Regarding skills related to “Sustainability,” the Company provides input on sustainability (CSV management) as part of its corporate governance training conducted annually for the Company’s newly appointed officers and department heads. After the input session, the Company also facilitates exchanges of opinions among officers on material themes, including questions and answers regarding the content.

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As of March, 2026, seven (7) Non-Executive Directors and three (3) Audit & Supervisory Board Members that satisfy the Company's independence criteria, with reference to the criteria for independence of officers as prescribed in the regulations of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, have been appointed as Independent Directors/Auditors in order to improve the fairness and transparency of corporate governance, ensure the Group's sustainable growth, and boost corporate value over the medium to long term.