SAKATA SEED CORPORATION (the “Company”) hereby announces that at the Board of Directors meeting held on July 14, 2025, it was informally decided to change representative directors as follows.

The change will be officially decided after being appointed at the 84th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held on August 26, 2025, and following a resolution at the Board of Directors meeting to be held on the same day.

Changes in Representative Directors

Scheduled effective date: August 26, 2025

1. Reason for Change

To enhance our group's sustainable growth and corporate value.

2. Change in the Representative Director

Name

New Position

Current Position

Hiroshi Sakata

Chairman and Representative Director

President and Representative Director

Tsutomu Kagami

President and Representative Director
President and Executive Officer

Director, Managing Executive Officer
Supervisor for Overseas Sales & Marketing Div.

3. Career Summary of the Newly Appointed Representative Director

Name
(Date of birth)

Profile

Tsutomu Kagami
(January 17, 1962)

April 1987: Joined the Company
August 2002: General Manager of Research & Development Div.
June 2007: Executive Officer, Senior General Manager of Research & Development Div.
May 2008: Senior General Manager of Research & Development Div., Manager of Genetic Resources Dept.
August 2011: Director, Executive Officer
August 2013: Managing Director, Managing Executive Officer
August 2015: Chief Assessment Officer of Internal Control
August 2016: Supervisor for Overseas Sales & Marketing Div. (current position)
June 2021: Director, Managing Executive Officer (current position）