Press Release

Notice Regarding Appointment of the Members of the Board

To all concerned stakeholders,

Asteria Corporation
(TSE Prime Market: 3853)
Contact: Yasuhisa Saito, CFO
(Phone: +81-3-5718-1655)
Tokyo — June 27, 2022 — Asteria Corporation (Japan listed, Security Code: 3853) hereby announces that the following resolution regarding the appointment of the members of the Board was passed at its 24th Annual Shareholders Meeting and a meeting of Board of Directors held on June 25, 2022. We also announce the voting results of the shareholders meeting, which was held in a virtual only format without a designated physical venue (hereinafter “a virtual-only meeting of shareholders”) using blockchain technology, as listed below.

1.The Board members from June 25, 2022 onwards

Title Name Position in the Company
Directors Yoichiro Hirano President/ CEO
Yoshiyuki Kitahara Executive Vice President/ CTO
Hirofumi Gomi Outside Director
Anis Uzzaman Outside Director
Mariko Tokioka Outside Director
Audit & Supervisory Board Members Yoshiharu Takano Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Kazuya Akamatsu Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Akira Nagasaki Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

2.The results of Asteria’s blockchain-based voting system

Category Early voting
(Opened through 5:30 p.m.
on June 24)
Voting on the day of the Shareholders Meeting
(Opened from 10 a.m. on June 25)
The number of questions received for the meeting 16 7
The ratio by the number of voting rights exercised Blockchain :51% Blockchain:100%
(Main-in ballots were accepted until June 24)
Mail-in ballot:49%
The ratio by the number of voters Blockchain :41% Blockchain:100%
(Main-in ballots were accepted until June 24)
Mail-in ballot:59%
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Asteria’s Annual Shareholders Meeting
was live streamed on June 25.
The 24th Annual Shareholders Meeting was held in a virtual-only format using our unique blockchain-based system which allows shareholders to exercise their voting rights, ask questions and table motions.
Fifty-four percent of the shareholders exercised their voting rights via the blockchain voting system, higher than the percentage for mail-in ballots.
As a pioneer in the introduction of virtual-only meetings of shareholders, Asteria will continue to encourage the implementation of advanced shareholders meetings.

[Reference data: The overview of the 24th Annual Shareholders Meeting]

Date and Time From 10:30 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. on June 25, 2022 (Saturday)
Duration 70 minutes
The total number of questions received 23
The number of voting rights 93,623 (about 60%)
The ratio by the number of voting rights exercised Voting via blockchain-based system:54%
Mail-in ballot:46%
The ratio by the number of voters Voting via blockchain-based system:41%
Mail-in ballot:59%
Archived video https://youtu.be/DX4rw0p1o-g  (in Japanese only)

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TEL: +81-3-5718-1297 / Mobile: +81-80-7716-9841 (Koizumi) / E-mail: press@asteria.com

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