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Items for Disclosure on the Internet Pursuant to Laws, Regulations, and the Articles of Incorporation Regarding the Notice of Convocation of the 173rd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

■Business Report

II Shares and Subscription Rights to Shares (All)

P. 1

III Items Related to the Company Executives

2. Situation of Important Con-current Posts

P. 2

6. Items Related to Outside Directors

P. 4

IV Items Related to the Accounting Auditor (All)

P. 6

V Company System and Policy (All)

1. Basic Policy on the Internal Control System

P. 7

2. Summary of Operational Status of the Internal Control System

P. 9

■Consolidated Financial Statements

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

P. 10

■Financial Statements

Notes to Nonconsolidated Financial Statements

P. 24

Dentsu Group Inc.

Pursuant to laws and regulations and Article 19 of the Company's Articles of Incorporation, the above items are provided to shareholders on the Company's website (https://www.group.dentsu.com/en/ir/stockandratings/shareholdersmeeting.html).

  1. Shares and Subscription Rights to Shares

1. Items Related to Shares

(1)

Total number of authorized shares

Common shares

1,100,000,000 shares

(2)

Types of issued shares and total number of shares

Common shares

288,410,000 shares

(Of which treasury shares14,393,421 shares)

(3)

Number of shareholders

37,759 persons

(4)

Major Shareholders (Top 10)

Shareholder

No. of Shares Held

Percentage of Total

Shares Issued

(Shares)

(%)

The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust accounts)

48,558,400

17.72

Kyodo News

18,988,800

6.93

Jiji Press, Ltd.

16,028,680

5.85

Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust accounts)

14,147,200

5.16

SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.

7,208,300

2.63

Group Employees' Stockholding Association

5,647,184

2.06

Yoshida Hideo Memorial Foundation

4,984,808

1.82

Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.

4,929,900

1.80

The Bank of New York Mellon (International) Limited 131800

4,330,400

1.58

Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.

4,000,000

1.46

(Notes) 1. The number of shares held by each trust bank includes shares related to trust services.

    1. The Company holds 14,393,421 treasury shares but is excluded from the major shareholders listed above.
    2. The Percentage of Total Shares Issued is calculated excluding treasury shares.
  1. Shares granted to Company officers during the fiscal year as consideration for performance of duties

No items to report.

  1. Other Important Items Related to Shares
    At the meeting of the Board of Directors on February 15, 2021, the Company resolved to conduct a share repurchase of its common stock via an open market purchase on the Tokyo Stock Exchange with a maximum repurchase of 15 million shares and a maximum repurchase cost of 30 billion yen, from the period between February 16, 2021, to December 23, 2021, and conducted the share repurchase as follows.
    Result of the share repurchase:
    1. Repurchase Period: From February 16, 2021, to December 6, 2021
    2. Total Number of Shares Repurchased: 7,498,700 shares
    3. Total Repurchase Price: 29,999,634,404 yen

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2. Items Related to Subscription Rights to Shares, etc.

(1) Summary of contents of subscription rights to shares held by company executives, etc. as of the final

day of the fiscal year under review that were issued as compensation for business execution

No items to report.

(2) Summary of contents of subscription rights to shares that were issued to employees, etc., during the fiscal year under review as compensation for business execution

No items to report.

    1. Other important items regarding subscription rights to shares No items to report.
  1. Items Related to the Company Executives

2. Situation of Important Concurrent Posts

Name

Organization of Concurrent Post

Position

Directors who are not

members of the Audit and Supervisory Committee

Toshihiro Yamamoto

KYODO TELEVISON, LTD

Corporate Auditor

Dentsu International Limited

Non-Executive Director

Rakuten Data Marketing, Inc.

Director

Timothy Andree

Dentsu International Limited

Executive Chairman

Hiroshi Igarashi

Dentsu Inc.

Representative Director,

President & CEO

FRONTAGE INC.

Director

Dentsu International Limited

Non-Executive Director

Arinobu Soga

Dentsu International Limited

Non-Executive Director

CARTA HOLDINGS, INC.

Corporate Auditor

Nick Priday

Dentsu International Limited

Executive Director, CFO

Merkle Group Inc.

Director

Wendy Clark

Dentsu International Limited

Executive Director, Global

CEO

Gan Matsui

Yaesu Sogo Law Office

Attorney

Orient Corporation

Outside Corporate Auditor

Nagase & Co., Ltd.

Outside Corporate Auditor

Totetsu Kogyo Co.

Outside Corporate Auditor

Globeride, Inc.

Outside Director, Member of

the Audit and Supervisory

Committee

Directors who are members of the Audit and Supervisory Committee

Toshiaki Hasegawa

T. Hasegawa & Co. Law Offices

Attorney

Kentaro Koga

Hitotsubashi University Business School

Associate Professor

School of Business Administration

NUCB Undergraduate School of Kurimoto

Professor

Educational Institute

Etsuko Katsu

Meiji University

Professor

School of Political Science and Economics

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.

Outside Director

Simon Laffin

Watkin Jones plc

Non-Executive Director

Dentsu International Limited

Chairman of the Audit

Committee

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(Notes)

  1. Director who is not a member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee Toshihiro Yamamoto resigned as Non- Executive Director of Dentsu International Limited on February 18, 2022 and Director of Rakuten Data Marketing, Inc. on December 31, 2021.
  2. Director who is not a member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee Timothy Andree resigned as Executive Chairman of Dentsu International Limited on February 18, 2022.
  3. Director who is not a member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee Hiroshi Igarashi resigned as President & CEO of Dentsu Inc. on January 1, 2022, and Director of FRONTAGE INC. on June 18, 2021. He was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Dentsu International Limited on February 18, 2021, and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of that company on February 18, 2022.
  4. There are no items to report for Director who is not member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee Shun Sakurai
  5. Director who is not a member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee Nick Priday resigned as Director of Merkle Group Inc. on December 31, 2021.
  6. There are no items to report for Director who is a member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee Izumi Okoshi.
  7. Director who is a member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee Kentaro Koga retired as Associate Professor of Hitotsubashi University Business School on August 31, 2021,and was appointed as Professor of NUCB Undergraduate School of Kurimoto Educational Institute on September 1, 2021.

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6. Items Related to Outside Directors

  1. Status of Major Activities and Overview of Duties Performed Related to the Roles Expected of an Outside Director in the Fiscal Year under Review

Category / Name

Meetings attended

Remarks and Overview of Duties Performed Related to

the Roles Expected of an Outside Director

Outside Director

Attended all 16 meetings of

Actively made suggestions about internal control in

Gan Matsui

the Board of Directors held

group management and importance of establishment of

in the fiscal year under

compliance system, using his many years of expertise as

review.

a prosecutor in significant positions and his abundant

knowledge of the significance of crisis management,

and contributed to improving the Company's

governance system.

Outside Director

Attended all 16 meetings of

Made remarks from an objective and professional

Toshiaki Hasegawa

the Board of Directors and

perspective as an Outside Director, utilizing his rich

all 11 meetings of the Audit

experience as an international business lawyer and his

and Supervisory Committee

specialized knowledge of law, and contributed to

held in the fiscal year under

improving the Company's governance system, which

review.

included providing advice and supervision from a

different perspective to internal Directors.

Outside Director

Attended 15 out of 16

Provided accurate advice and supervision, including

Kentaro Koga

meetings of the Board of

actively expressing opinions from an economic

Directors and all 11

perspective, particularly regarding M&A projects,

meetings of the Audit and

utilizing his rich experience as a university professor

Supervisory Committee held

and a university associate professor (accounting) to

in the fiscal year under

contribute to enhancing the Company's corporate value.

review.

Outside Director

Attended all 16 meetings of

Made remarks from an objective and professional

Etsuko Katsu

the Board of Directors and

perspective as an Outside Director with her expertise

all 11 meetings of the Audit

and abundant knowledge on finance, international

and Supervisory Committee

economics, economic policy, and global human

held in the fiscal year under

resources development, and contributed to enhancing

review.

the effectiveness of the Board of Directors by fulfilling

the roles expected of her, which include providing

advice and supervision from a different perspective to

internal Directors.

Outside Director

Attended all 16 meetings of

Actively made suggestions, specifically regarding the

Simon Laffin

the Board of Directors and

establishment and improvement of global governance

all 11 meetings of the Audit

system, utilizing his expertise and abundant knowledge

and Supervisory Committee

of accounting and finance, and his abundant insight into

held in the fiscal year under

overseas business, to contribute to enhancing the

review.

Company's corporate value.

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