February 7, 2022

To all related parties:

Name of the Company:

TOMY Company, Ltd.

Name of the Representative:

Kazuhiro Kojima

Representative Director, President & COO

(Code No. 7867; The First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange)

Further Inquiries:

Goshiro Ito

Executive Officer

Head of Corporate Administrations (TEL: 03-5654-1548)

Notice Regarding Appointment of Officers

At a meeting of its Board of Directors on February 7, 2022, TOMY Company, Ltd. passed a resolution regarding the appointment of officers as described below. Decisions on nominations for the positions of director and statutory auditor will become final upon approval by the 71th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on June 22, 2022.

1. Purpose of Election of Candidates for Board Directors and Statutory Auditors

As part of its efforts to build an effective system of corporate governance, the Company is continuing to adopt a framework in which the majority of directors are independent outside directors, to enhance the independence of the Board of Directors and strengthen its supervisory functions. By nominating candidates for director, independent outside director and statutory auditor who boast extensive experience and knowledge of corporate management and specialized fields, the Company aims to improve sustainable corporate value, enhance management transparency and strengthen objectivity.

2. Candidates for Board Director

Name

Type of election

Current position

Kantaro Tomiyama

Reelection

Representative Director, Chairman & CEO

Kazuhiro Kojima

Reelection

Representative Director, President & COO

Akio Tomiyama

Reelection

Board Director, Senior Executive Officer

Chief Head of Business Headquarters

Hiroyuki Usami

New election (part-time)

Representative Director, President of T-ARTS

Company, Ltd.

Mariko Mimura

Reelection

Board Director (outside)

Fumitoshi Sato

Reelection

Board Director (outside)

Shinichi Tonomura

Reelection

Board Director (outside)

Miwako Iyoku

Reelection

Board Director (outside)

Reiko Yasue

Reelection

Board Director (outside)

3. Career summary of New Candidates for Board Director

Name (Date of birth)

Career summary

Hiroyuki Usami

April 1986:

TOMY Co., Ltd. (currently TOMY Company, Ltd.)

(September 27, 1963)

March 2003:

U-MATE CO., LTD. (currently T-ARTS Company, Ltd.)

June 2003:

U-MATE CO., LTD. / Board Director

January 2009:

T-ARTS Company, Ltd. (amalgamation)

June 2010:

T-ARTS Company, Ltd. / Board Director, Deputy Head of

Gacha & Candy Toy Business

June 2012:

T-ARTS Company, Ltd. / Managing Director, Head of Gacha &

Candy Toy Business

June 2013:

T-ARTS Company, Ltd. / Senior Managing Director

June 2014:

T-ARTS Company, Ltd. / Representative Director, President

(present post)

4. Candidates for Statutory Auditor

Name

Type of election

Current position

Hajime Matsuki

Reelection

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Koichiro Watanabe

Reelection

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (outside)

Yuji Yamaguchi

New election

Director, RFP Tax & Accounting Office

Michihiro Nishi

New election

Partner of Clifford Chance Law Office (Clifford

Chance (Tokyo))

5. Brief Curricula Vitae of New Candidates for Statutory Auditor

Name (Date of birth)

Career summary

Yuji Yamaguchi

September 2001:

Arthur Andersen LLP tax office

(April 3, 1978)

July 2002:

Asahi KPMG Tax Corporation

January 2004:

KPMG Tax Corporation

April 2004:

Registered as a Certified tax accountant

September 2011:

Seconded to KPMG China (Shanghai Office)

October 2017:

KPMG Tax Corporation / Partner

December 2021:

Resigned from KPMG Tax Corporation

January 2022:

Established RFP Tax Accounting Office / Representative

(present post)

Michihiro Nishi

October 2005:

Daini Tokyo Bar Association / Registered Lawyer

(July 22, 1980)

October 2005:

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

April 2008:

Skadden Arps Law Office (Tokyo)

September 2011:

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (Palo Alto)

January 2012:

Registered as a New York State Attorney

April 2012:

Skadden Arps Law Office (Tokyo)

April 2016:

Faculty of Law, Keio University / Part-time Lecturer (present

post)

March 2020: Clifford Chance (gaikokuho kyodo jigyo) / Partner (present post)

6. Reason for Nomination of New Candidates for Outside Auditor

To support its system of appointing three outside auditors, the Company has decided to nominate two new candidates for the position of outside auditor.

Yuji Yamaguchi has spent his entire career in the employ of major international accounting firms. During that time, Mr. Yamaguchi has provided tax accounting services to companies in a wide range of fields and, as a member of an auditing team, supported account audits at companies in a wide array of industries. Thanks to his extensive experience working at offices overseas, Mr. Yamaguchi brings to the table a thorough familiarity with and rich knowledge of overseas operations. In view of this background, the Company judges Mr. Yamaguchi to be fully capable of fulfilling the duties of supervising the execution of the Company's affairs and so is pleased to nominate him as a candidate for statutory auditor.

As a lawyer, Michihiro Nishi is thoroughly versed in corporate law, including laws governing mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and corporate governance, and possesses a great deal of specialized knowledge. As a lawyer at major law offices in Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, Mr. Nishi has performed a wide variety of duties, amassing extensive experience. He also possesses an impressive body of knowledge on international commerce and overseas business operation. For all of these reasons, the Company judges that Mr. Nishi fully capable of fulfilling auditing and other duties in the execution of the Company's affairs and so is pleased to nominate him as a candidate for statutory auditor.

Both Mr. Yamaguchi and Mr. Nishi fulfill the requirements for independent officers based on the stipulations of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). As such, if the nominations of these two gentlemen are approved, the Company will notify the TSE of their appointments as independent officers.

7.Resignation of Board Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members (on June 22, 2022)

Name

New position

Current position

Takashi Konosu

Special Management Adviser

Board Director,

Executive Vice President

Hiroya Kutsuzawa

Special Management Adviser

Senior Managing Director & CFO

Shigeyuki Mito

Resignation

Board Director (outside)

Tsunekazu Umeda

Resignation

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

(outside)

Toshi Yoshinari

Resignation

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

(outside)

8.Changes in Board Directors (on April 1, 2022)

Name

New position

Current position

Akio Tomiyama

Managing Director

Board Director,

Chief Head of Business Headquarters

Senior Executive Officer

& Head of Global Business

Chief Head of Business Headquarters

& Head of Global Business

9. Changes in Executive Officers (on April 1, 2022)

Name

New position

Current position

Goshiro Ito

Executive Officer, CFO

Executive Officer

Head of Corporate Administrations

Head of Corporate Administrations

& Senior General Manager, Accounting

& Senior General Manager, Accounting

& Finance Division

& Finance Division

End of notice

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